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by James Thompson, Renato Santos, Carsten Larsen, Jana Jamsek, Jeffrey Irving, Jon
Introducing and Implementing IBM FlashSystem V9000
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December 2016, Third Edition
Chapter 1. IBM FlashSystem V9000 introduction
1.1 IBM FlashSystem V9000 storage overview
1.2 Why flash matters
1.3 IBM FlashSystem family: Product differentiation
1.4 IBM FlashSystem V9000: IBM Tier 1 storage
1.5 IBM FlashCore technology
1.5.1 Hardware accelerated I/O
1.5.2 IBM MicroLatency module
1.5.3 Advanced flash management
1.5.4 Flash wear assurance
1.6 Architectural design overview
1.6.1 IBM FlashSystem V9000 building blocks
1.6.2 IBM FlashSystem V9000 expansion enclosures
1.6.3 IBM FlashSystem V9000 AE2 flash storage array
1.6.4 IBM Variable Stripe RAID and two-dimensional flash RAID overview
1.6.5 Fixed and scalable configurations
1.6.6 Scale-up and scale-out solutions
1.7 Advanced software features
1.7.1 Advanced functions for data reduction
1.7.2 Data migration
1.7.3 Advanced copy services
1.7.4 External virtualization
1.7.5 Easy Tier
1.8 IBM HyperSwap
1.9 Transparent cloud tiering (V7.8)
1.10 Licensing
Chapter 2. FlashSystem V9000 architecture
2.1 Introduction to IBM FlashSystem V9000
2.1.1 Capacity
2.1.2 Performance and latency
2.1.3 IBM FlashCore technology
2.1.4 Overview of IBM Variable Stripe RAID and 2D Flash RAID
2.1.5 Scalability
2.1.6 Host adapter protocol support
2.1.7 Encryption support
2.1.8 Management
2.2 Architecture of IBM FlashSystem V9000
2.2.1 Overview of architecture
2.2.2 Hardware components
2.2.3 Power requirements
2.2.4 Physical specifications
2.3 Control enclosure (AC2)
2.3.1 I/O connectivity
2.3.2 Compression Acceleration Card
2.3.3 Technician port
2.3.4 Battery backup
2.4 Control enclosure (AC3)
2.5 Storage enclosure (AE2)
2.5.1 Interface cards
2.5.2 MicroLatency modules
2.5.3 Battery modules
2.6 Expansion enclosures (12F, 24F, 92F)
2.6.1 SAS expansion enclosures intermix
2.7 Administration and maintenance
2.7.1 System management
2.7.2 Software and licensing
2.7.3 Serviceability and software enhancements
2.8 Support matrix for IBM FlashSystem V9000
Chapter 3. Advanced software functions
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Advanced features for storage efficiency
3.2.1 IBM Easy Tier
3.2.2 Thin provisioning
3.2.3 IBM Real-time Compression Software
3.2.4 Data reduction: pattern removal, data deduplication, and compression
3.3 Data migration
3.3.1 Migration operations
3.3.2 Migrating data from an image mode volume
3.4 Advanced copy services
3.4.1 FlashCopy
3.4.2 Volume mirroring and migration options
3.4.3 Remote Copy
3.5 Data encryption
3.6 IBM HyperSwap
3.6.1 Overview of HyperSwap
3.7 IBM Spectrum Control (formerly IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center)
Chapter 4. Planning
4.1 General planning introduction
4.2 Physical planning
4.2.1 Racking considerations
4.2.2 Power requirements
4.2.3 Network cable connections
4.2.4 SAS expansion enclosures
4.3 Logical planning
4.3.1 Management IP addressing plan
4.3.2 SAN zoning and SAN connections
4.3.3 iSCSI IP addressing plan
4.3.4 Call home option
4.3.5 IBM FlashSystem V9000 system configuration
4.3.6 Easy Tier
4.3.7 Volume configuration
4.3.8 Host mapping (LUN masking)
4.3.9 SAN boot support
4.4 License features
4.4.1 Encryption feature
4.4.2 External virtualized storage configuration
4.4.3 Advanced copy services
4.4.4 Real-time Compression
4.5 Data migration
4.6 IBM FlashSystem V9000 configuration backup procedure
Chapter 5. Scalability
5.1 Overview
5.2 Building block for scaling
5.3 Scaling concepts
5.3.1 Scale up for capacity
5.3.2 Scale out for performance
5.3.3 IBM FlashSystem V9000 scaled configurations
5.4 Adding an IBM FlashSystem V9000 storage enclosure (AE2)
5.5 Adding a second building block
5.6 Adding an IBM FlashSystem V9000 expansion enclosure
5.7 Planning
5.8 Installing
5.9 Operations
5.10 Concurrent code load in a scaled-out system
Chapter 6. Installation and configuration
6.1 Installation overview
6.1.1 Tasks for the IBM SSR or IBM lab-based services
6.1.2 First customer involvement
6.2 IBM FlashSystem V9000 physical specifications
6.3 Installing the hardware
6.4 Connecting the components
6.4.1 Connecting the components in a fixed building block
6.4.2 Connecting the components in a scalable building block
6.4.3 Ethernet cabling
6.4.4 Scaling from one to two, three, or four building blocks
6.5 Initial customer setup
6.5.1 License agreement and password change
6.5.2 System Setup wizard
6.5.3 System name change
6.5.4 Licensed functions
6.5.5 Date and time setup
6.5.6 Call Home
6.5.7 Summary of changes
6.5.8 Add AE2 storage enclosure
Chapter 7. Host configuration
7.1 Host attachment overview
7.2 IBM FlashSystem V9000 setup
7.2.1 Fibre Channel and SAN setup overview
7.2.2 Fibre Channel SAN attachment
7.2.3 Fibre Channel direct attachment
7.3 iSCSI
7.3.1 Initiators and targets
7.3.2 iSCSI nodes
7.3.3 iSCSI qualified name
7.3.4 iSCSI set up of IBM FlashSystem V9000 and host server
7.3.5 Volume discovery
7.3.6 Authentication
7.3.7 Target failover
7.3.8 Host failover
7.4 File alignment for the best RAID performance
7.5 AIX: Specific information
7.5.1 Optimal logical unit number configurations for AIX
7.5.2 Configuring the AIX host
7.5.3 Configuring fast fail and dynamic tracking
7.5.4 Subsystem Device Driver Path Control Module (SDDPCM)
7.5.5 Configuring the assigned volume by using SDDPCM
7.5.6 Using SDDPCM
7.5.7 Creating and preparing volumes for use with AIX and SDDPCM
7.5.8 Expanding an AIX volume
7.5.9 Running IBM FlashSystem V9000 commands from AIX host system
7.6 IBM i: Specific information
7.6.1 Connection of IBM FlashSystem V9000 to IBM i
7.6.2 Block translation
7.6.3 IBM i LUNs and capacity
7.6.4 Data layout
7.6.5 Thin provisioning and IBM Real-time Compression
7.6.6 Multipath
7.6.7 Fibre Channel adapters in IBM i partition
7.6.8 Zoning SAN switches
7.6.9 Boot from SAN
7.6.10 IBM i mirroring
7.6.11 Migration
7.7 Windows: Specific information
7.7.1 Configuring Windows Server 2008 and 2012 hosts
7.7.2 Configuring Windows
7.7.3 Hardware lists, device driver, HBAs, and firmware levels
7.7.4 Installing and configuring the host adapter
7.7.5 Changing the disk timeout on Windows Server
7.7.6 Installing the SDDDSM multipath driver on Windows
7.7.7 Attaching IBM FlashSystem V9000 volumes to Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2
7.7.8 Extending a volume
7.7.9 Removing a disk from Windows
7.7.10 Using IBM FlashSystem V9000 CLI from a Windows host
7.7.11 Microsoft 2012 and Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX)
7.7.12 Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy (VSS)
7.8 Linux: Specific information
7.8.1 Configuring the Linux host
7.8.2 Supported Linux distributions
7.8.3 Multipathing in Linux
7.9 VMware: Configuration information
7.9.1 Configuring VMware hosts
7.9.2 Operating system versions and maintenance levels
7.9.3 HBAs for hosts that are running VMware
7.9.4 VMware storage and zoning guidance
7.9.5 Multipathing in ESXi
7.9.6 Attaching VMware to volumes
7.9.7 Volume naming in VMware
7.9.8 Extending a VMFS volume
7.9.9 Removing a data store from an ESXi host
7.10 Oracle (Sun) Solaris: Configuration information
7.10.1 MPxIO dynamic pathing
7.11 Hewlett-Packard UNIX: Configuration information
7.11.1 Operating system versions and maintenance levels
7.11.2 Supported multipath solutions
7.11.3 Clustered-system support
7.11.4 Support for HP-UX with greater than eight LUNs
7.12 Using NPIV functionality
7.12.1 How NPIV works
7.13 Using SDDDSM, SDDPCM, and SDD web interface
7.14 More information
Chapter 8. Using IBM FlashSystem V9000
8.1 Overview of FlashSystem V9000 management tool
8.1.1 Access to the GUI
8.1.2 GUI home window: Single building block system
8.1.3 GUI home window: Multiple building block system
8.1.4 Layout of GUI
8.1.5 Function icons
8.1.6 Capacity, performance, and health indicators
8.1.7 See which user is logged in, get help, and get overview information
8.1.8 System details
8.2 Actions menu
8.2.1 Rename System
8.2.2 Update System
8.2.3 Power Off
8.3 Monitoring menu
8.3.1 System
8.3.2 Events
8.3.3 Performance
8.4 Pools menu
8.4.1 Opening the Pools menu
8.4.2 Storage pools
8.4.3 Volumes by Pool
8.4.4 Creating storage pools
8.4.5 Renaming a storage pool
8.4.6 Deleting a storage pool
8.4.7 System Migration
8.5 Volumes menu
8.5.1 Opening the Volumes menu
8.5.2 Volumes window
8.5.3 Volumes by Pool
8.5.4 Volume by Host
8.6 Hosts menu
8.6.1 Opening the Hosts menu
8.6.2 Ports by Hosts
8.6.3 Host Mappings
8.6.4 Volumes by Host
8.7 Copy Services menu
8.7.1 FlashCopy
8.7.2 Consistency Groups
8.7.3 FlashCopy mappings
8.7.4 Remote copy
8.7.5 Partnerships
8.8 Access menu
8.8.1 Users
8.8.2 Audit log
Chapter 9. Configuring settings
9.1 Settings menu
9.1.1 Opening the Settings menu
9.2 Notifications menu
9.2.1 Email and call home
9.2.2 SNMP
9.2.3 Syslog
9.3 Network menu
9.3.1 Management IP address
9.3.2 Service IP Addresses
9.3.3 Ethernet ports
9.3.4 iSCSI
9.3.5 Fibre Channel
9.3.6 Fibre Channel ports
9.4 Security menu
9.4.1 Remote authentication
9.4.2 Encryption
9.4.3 Secure Communications
9.5 System menu
9.5.1 Date and Time option
9.5.2 Licensed functions
9.5.3 Update software
9.5.4 VVOL
9.5.5 Resources
9.5.6 IP Quorum
9.5.7 I/OGroups: Enable and disable NPIV
9.6 Support menu
9.6.1 Download support package
9.6.2 Download individual log files
9.6.3 Deleting log files
9.7 GUI Preferences
Chapter 10. Service Assistant Tool
10.1 Accessing Service Assistant Tool
10.2 Log in to Service Assistant Tool
10.3 Home page
10.4 Collect Logs page
10.5 Manage System page
10.6 Recover System page
10.7 Re-install Software page
10.8 Update Manually page
10.9 Configure Node page
10.10 Change Service IP page
10.11 Configure CLI Access page
10.12 Restart Service page
Chapter 11. IBM HyperSwap
11.1 Overview
11.1.1 HyperSwap Implementations
11.2 HyperSwap design
11.3 Comparison with Enhanced Stretched Cluster
11.3.1 Disaster recovery
11.3.2 Consistency Groups
11.3.3 HyperSwap restrictions for software version 7.7.1
11.4 Planning
11.5 Configuration
11.5.1 SAN Configuration
11.5.2 Defining the sites
11.5.3 Control enclosures
11.5.4 Configuring the IBM FlashSystem V9000 storage enclosures
11.5.5 Configuring the external storage controllers
11.5.6 Define quorum device
11.5.7 Configuring the hosts
11.5.8 Configuring the HyperSwap topology
11.5.9 Configuring synchronization rates
11.5.10 HyperSwap configuration using the GUI wizard
11.5.11 SAN environment for low latency
11.5.12 Creating HyperSwap volumes
11.5.13 Creating a HyperSwap volume from a basic volume
11.5.14 Mapping HyperSwap volumes to a host
11.6 Operations
11.6.1 Site failure
11.6.2 Converting a HyperSwap volume to a basic volume
11.6.3 Deleting HyperSwap volumes
11.6.4 FlashCopy with HyperSwap volumes
11.7 HyperSwap with SAS attached expansion enclosures
11.8 Disaster recovery with HyperSwap
11.8.1 Using the VDisk that the hosts are currently accessing
11.8.2 Going back to the up-to-date copy
11.9 Disaster recovery with consistency groups
11.10 The overridequorum command
11.11 HyperSwap Failure scenarios
11.12 Unconfiguring HyperSwap
11.12.1 Removing HyperSwap volumes completely
11.12.2 Converting to basic volumes, while retaining access through themaster VDisk
11.12.3 Converting to basic volumes, while retaining access through theauxiliary VDisk
11.12.4 Converting to system topology standard
11.13 Summary of interesting object states for HyperSwap
11.13.1 The lsvdisk command
11.13.2 The lsvdiskcopy command
11.13.3 The lsrcrelationship or lsrcconsistgrp commands
11.13.4 The lsfcmap command
11.14 Naming conventions
11.15 IBM FlashSystem V9000 HyperSwap CLI commands
11.15.1 Command comparison
11.15.2 Creating HyperSwap volumes with software V7.5
11.15.3 Creating a consistency group
11.15.4 Creating the VDisks
11.15.5 HyperSwap V7.5 setup
11.15.6 Converting to basic volumes, while retaining access through theauxiliary VDisk
Chapter 12. Independent software vendors and use cases
12.1 Use cases and ISV overview and considerations
12.2 VMware
12.3 Cisco VersaStack
12.4 Database acceleration
12.4.1 Oracle
12.4.2 Microsoft SQL Server
12.4.3 DB2
12.4.4 Architecture for SAP landscapes featuring IBM FlashSystem
12.4.5 Epic
12.5 IBM Spectrum Scale
12.5.1 IBM Spectrum Scale benefits
12.5.2 IBM FlashSystem benefits
12.5.3 IBM FlashSystem as a cache device with IBM Spectrum Scale
12.5.4 IBM FlashSystem for metadata acceleration for IBM Spectrum Scale
12.5.5 IBM FlashSystem as a storage tier dynamically managed byIBM Spectrum Scale
12.5.6 Use cases: Scientific and medical high-performance computing
12.6 IBM Spectrum Control Storage Insights
12.6.1 Deployment
12.7 Data deduplication
12.7.1 Atlantis USX and Atlantis ILIO
12.7.2 Permabit
12.7.3 IBM ProtecTIER
12.8 VMware vCloud integration
12.8.1 IBM FlashSystem V9000 in a VMware vCloud environment
12.8.2 IBM Spectrum Control
12.8.3 vCloud Suite
12.8.4 Use case: Provisioning IBM FlashSystem V9000 volumes using VMware
12.8.5 Single-site HA: Volume mirroring to another storage system
12.8.6 Cross-site HA: Extended distance
12.9 OpenStack Cinder driver for IBM FlashSystem V9000
12.10 Running IBM FlashSystem V9000 in a Virtual Storage Center environment
12.10.1 Licensing
Chapter 13. Hints and tips
13.1 Performance data and statistics gathering
13.1.1 IBM FlashSystem V9000 controller performance overview
13.1.2 Performance monitoring
13.2 Estimating compression savings
13.2.1 IBM Comprestimator: Built-in GUI version
13.2.2 IBM Comprestimator utility: Host installed version
13.3 Command-line hints
13.3.1 Running commands on the IBM FlashSystem V9000
13.3.2 Creating connections
13.3.3 IBM FlashSystem V9000 command-line scripting
13.3.4 Sample commands of mirrored VDisks
13.3.5 Recover lost superuser password
13.3.6 Internal Fibre Channel switch maintenance
13.3.7 Backup IBM FlashSystem V9000 configuration
13.3.8 Using the IBM FlashSystem V9000 Software Upgrade Test Utility
13.3.9 Secure erase of data
13.4 Call home process
13.4.1 Call home details
13.4.2 Email alert
13.4.3 Inventory
13.5 Service support
13.5.1 IBM Storage Technical Advisor
13.5.2 Enterprise Class Support
13.5.3 How an IBM FlashSystem V9000 is entitled for support
13.5.4 Providing logs to IBM ECuRep
13.5.5 Downloading from IBM Fix Central
Appendix A. Guidelines: Port utilization in an IBM FlashSystem V9000 scalable environment
A.1 Overview
A.2 Comparison of port utilization methods
A.3 Guidelines: The performance method
A.4 Guidelines: The infrastructure savings method
A.5 Guidelines: Zoning and pathing
A.6 Summary
A.7 Supported environments
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