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7700 Flash Storage Platform Components
The 7700 Flash Storage Platform (FSP) is an independent, switched fabric Fibre Channel storage
cluster managed and monitored by Symphony.
7700 Flash Storage Platform—Two 7700 FSP Controllers connect to one to 10 Violin Systems
FSPs (7000 Series) or 6000 Series storage shelves through two Brocade
®
6510 Fibre Channel
(FC) switches (or four Brocade
®
6510 FC switches in a stretched cluster). The modular nature of
the 7700 FSP allows you to add storage capacity as needed, and it can consist of a mix of the
following:
•
7000 Series FSPs
— 7300
— 7300E
— 7450
— 7600
— 7650
•
6000 Series arrays
Northbound
Connections
Northbound connections refer to cable connections made between the 7700 FSP
Controllers in the 7700 FSP cluster and the network switches in the client network
(also known as upstream connections). For inter-cluster cable connections, see
Southbound Connections.
Southbound
Connections
Southbound connections refer to cable connections made between the 7700 FSP
Controllers, the Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel switches, and the 7000/6000 Series
storage shelves in the 7700 FSP cluster (also known as downstream connections). For
client network-facing cable connections, see Northbound Connections.
Stretched Cluster
7700 FSP modular storage clusters that are configured in multiple locations, which
allow one 7700 FSP Controller to fail over to a partner 7700 FSP Controller located at
a remote site that can be located on a different floor in the same building or in a remote
building located across town. For details, see Appendix F,
Switch
Brocade
6510 Fibre Channel switch used in the 7700 FSP cluster to perform internal
storage area networking.
Symphony
Violin Systems’s GUI-based management platform for configuring, managing, and
monitoring any of the installed 7700 FSP components (shelves and controllers) over a
standard Web browser console. The browser and computer from which you run
Symphony needs connectivity to the network segment where the storage shelves and
controllers are running, because it communicates directly with the server and clients.
VIMM
Violin Intelligent Memory Modules are bundled NAND flash memory that function as
storage memory in the FSPs. VIMMs are an effective solution for delivering the
advantages in flash memory to the data center. VIMMs function as a hardware-based
Flash Translation Layer within the Flash Fabric Architecture (FFA), which provide the
Flash Storage Platform (FSP) with both data storage and a means to manage error
and fault. Data is written to and read from VIMMs, and for maximum performance,
VIMMs are where data is written to and from in each array, and VIMMs are hot-
swappable components in each array.
Term
Description
Table 1.1 7700 Flash Storage Platform Terminology(Continued)
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