Chapter
1.
Introduction
The
IBM
®
TotalStorage
®
DS6000
series
is
a
member
of
the
family
of
DS
products
and
is
built
upon
2
Gbps
fibre
channel
technology
that
provides
RAID-protected
storage
with
advanced
functionality,
scalability,
and
increased
addressing
capabilities.
The
DS6000
series
offers
a
high
reliability
and
performance
midrange
storage
solution
through
the
use
of
hot-swappable
redundant
RAID
controllers
in
a
space
efficient
modular
design.
The
DS6000
series
provides
storage
sharing
and
consolidation
for
a
wide
variety
of
operating
systems
and
mixed
server
environments.
The
DS6000
series
offers
high
scalability
while
maintaining
excellent
performance.
With
the
DS6800
(Model
1750-511),
you
can
install
up
to
16
disk
drive
modules
(DDMs).
The
minimum
storage
capability
with
8
DDMs
is
584
GB.
The
maximum
storage
capability
with
16
DDMs
for
the
DS6800
model
is
4.8
TB.
If
you
want
to
connect
more
than
16
disks,
you
use
the
optional
DS6000
expansion
enclosures
(Model
1750-EX1)
that
allow
a
maximum
of
224
DDMs
per
storage
system
and
provide
a
maximum
storage
capability
of
67
TB.
The
DS6800
measures
5.25-in.
high
and
is
available
in
a
19-in.
rack
mountable
package
with
an
optional
modular
expansion
enclosure
of
the
same
size
to
add
capacity
to
help
meet
your
growing
business
needs.
The
DS6000
series
addresses
business
efficiency
needs
through
its
heterogeneous
connectivity,
high
performance
and
manageability
functions,
thereby
helping
to
reduce
total
cost
of
ownership.
The
DS6000
series
offers
the
following
major
features:
v
PowerPC
750GX
processors
v
Dual
active
controllers
provide
continuous
operations
through
the
use
of
two
processors
that
form
a
pair
to
back
up
the
other
v
A
selection
of
2
GB
fibre
channel
(FC)
disk
drives,
including
73
GB,
146
GB,
and
300
GB
sizes
with
speeds
of
10
000
or
15
000
revolutions
per
minute
(RPM)
v
2
GB
fibre
channel
and
FICON
host
attachments
of
up
to
8
ports,
which
can
be
configured
with
an
intermix
of
Fibre
Channel
Protocol
(FCP)
and
FICON
v
Fibre
channel
arbitrated
loop
(FC
AL)
switched
device
attachment
of
up
to
2
dual
loops
v
Storage
virtualization
v
Battery
backed
mirrored
cache
v
Fully
redundant
power
and
cooling
system
v
Disaster
Recovery
and
Copy
Service
solutions
Overview
of
the
DS6000
series
models
The
DS6000
series
offers
a
base
enclosure
model
with
storage
and
optional
expansion
enclosures.
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Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2004,
2005
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