Chapter 1 - Overview
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7700 Flash Storage Platform Installation Guide 7.6.3.x
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7000 Series FSP
The 7000 Series of Flash Storage Platforms (FSPs) can be of any of the following
model types:
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7300 FSP, equipped with 1TB x 64 VIMMs
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7300E FSP, equipped with 1TB x 32 VIMM7600-2G, equipped with 2TB x 64
VIMMs
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7600-1G, equipped with 1TB x 64 VIMMs
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7250-1D, equipped with 1TB x 24 VIMMs
•
7450, 500MHz, equipped with 1TB x 24 VIMMs, 1TB x 64 VIMMs, 2TB x 64
•
VIMMs
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7650, 500 MHz, equipped with 1TB x 24 VIMMs, 1TB x 64 VIMMs, 2TB x 64
•
VIMMs
All 7000 Series FSPs can be configured as storage shelves in the modular 7700 FSP
storage cluster, and you can add or remove capacity at the storage shelf level. Each
7000 Series FSP shelf is a single, integrated storage device that runs Concerto OS
7.x and Aria 7.x. When a 7000 Series FSP is single, standalone and not connected to
a 7700 FSP Controller, it is known as an array.
Note:
Throughout the rest of this guide, generic FSP or 7000 Series FSP references
are used interchangeably to indicate any 7000 Series FSP model. Only where a
specific difference exists or a distinction needs to be made, will the specific FSP model
number be noted.
6000 Series FSP
The 6000 Series storage devices can be of any of the following model types:
•
6600, equipped with 1 x 64 VIMMs
•
6200, equipped with 1 x 64 VIMMs
•
6100, equipped with 1 X 32 VIMMs
These 6000 Series units can be configured as storage shelves in the modular 7700
FSP, you can add or remove capacity at the storage shelf level. Each 6000 Series
unit is a single, integrated storage device that runs vMOS 5.x or vMOS 6.x. When
6000 Series are single, standalone units, and not connected to a 7700 FSP
Controller, they are known as storage arrays.
Simple SetUp
TM
Configuration Tool
Simple SetUp
TM
Editor is a web-based configuration tool that creates array
configuration (.cfg) files for any 7000 Series FSP used as standalone array or as a
storage shelf in a 7700 FSP modular storage cluster. You create .cfg files based on the
configuration values you specify, and using the .cfg file, you can rapidly configure
multiple storage arrays in any Enterprise data center using the same .cfg file as a
template or a modified version you create using this utility.
Dedup
Violin Systems’s in-line storage deduplication and compression feature. Compression
is data encoding so that it requires less space for storage and less time to transmit.
Deduplication is a specialized form of compression that eliminates the storage of
redundant data, improves storage utilization, and in SAN data transfers, reduces the
number of bytes needing to be transferred. Deduplication identifies unique chunks of
data or byte patterns when analyzed and stored. When further data analysis is done,
new data is compared with the stored dedup data, and if a match is made, this makes
the data redundant and eliminates the need to store or transfer it.
Term
Description
Table 1.1 7700 Flash Storage Platform Terminology(Continued)
