IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Series User Manual
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The IBM TotalStorage
DS6000 Series: Concepts
and Architecture
Cathy Warrick
Olivier Alluis
Werner Bauer
Heinz Blaschek
Andre Fourie
Juan Antonio Garay
Torsten Knobloch
Donald C Laing
Christine O’Sullivan
Stu S Preacher
Torsten Rothenwaldt
Tetsuroh Sano
Jing Nan Tang
Anthony Vandewerdt
Alexander Warmuth
Roland Wolf
Enterprise-class storage functions in a
compact and modular design
On demand scalability and
multi-platform connectivity
Enhanced configuration
flexibility with virtualization
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- Front cover
- Contents
- Notices
- Summary of changes
- Preface
- Part 1 Introduction
- Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM TotalStorage DS6000 series
- Part 2 Architecture
- Chapter 2. Components
- 2.1 Server enclosure
- 2.2 Expansion enclosure
- 2.3 Controller architecture
- 2.4 Disk subsystem
- 2.5 Server enclosure RAID controller card
- 2.6 Expansion enclosure SBOD controller card
- 2.7 Front panel
- 2.8 Rear panel
- 2.9 Power subsystem
- 2.10 System service card
- 2.11 Storage Manager console
- 2.12 Cables
- 2.13 Summary
- Chapter 3. RAS
- Chapter 4. Virtualization concepts
- Chapter 5. IBM TotalStorage DS6000 model overview
- Chapter 6. Copy Services
- Part 3 Planning and configuration
- Chapter 7. Installation planning
- Chapter 8. Configuration planning
- Chapter 9. The DS Storage Manager: Logical configuration
- 9.1 Configuration hierarchy, terminology, and concepts
- 9.2 Introducing the GUI and logical configuration panels
- 9.3 The logical configuration process
- 9.3.1 Configuring a storage complex
- 9.3.2 Configuring the storage unit
- 9.3.3 Configuring the logical host systems
- 9.3.4 Creating arrays from array sites
- 9.3.5 Creating extent pools
- 9.3.6 Creating FB volumes from extents
- 9.3.7 Creating volume groups
- 9.3.8 Assigning LUNs to the hosts
- 9.3.9 Deleting LUNs and recovering space in the extent pool
- 9.3.10 Creating CKD LCUs
- 9.3.11 Creating CKD volumes
- 9.3.12 Using the Express Configuration Wizard
- 9.3.13 Displaying the storage units WWNN in the DS Storage Manager GUI
- 9.4 Summary
- Chapter 10. DS CLI
- Part 4 Implementation and management in the z/OS environment
- Chapter 11. Performance considerations
- Chapter 12. zSeries software enhancements
- 12.1 Software enhancements for the DS6000
- 12.2 z/OS enhancements
- 12.2.1 Scalability support
- 12.2.2 Large Volume Support (LVS)
- 12.2.3 Read availability mask support
- 12.2.4 Initial Program Load (IPL) enhancements
- 12.2.5 DS6000 definition to host software
- 12.2.6 Read Control Unit and Device Recognition for DS6000
- 12.2.7 New performance statistics
- 12.2.8 Resource Measurement Facility (RMF)
- 12.2.9 Preferred pathing
- 12.2.10 Migration considerations
- 12.2.11 Coexistence considerations
- 12.3 z/VM enhancements
- 12.4 z/VSE enhancements
- 12.5 TPF enhancements
- Chapter 13. Data Migration in zSeries environments
- Part 5 Implementation and management in the open systems environment
- Chapter 14. Open systems support and software
- Chapter 15. Data migration in the open systems environment
- Appendix A. Operating systems specifics
- Appendix B. Using the DS6000 with iSeries
- Supported environment
- Logical volume sizes
- Protected versus unprotected volumes
- Adding volumes to iSeries configuration
- Multipath
- Avoiding single points of failure
- Configuring multipath
- Adding multipath volumes to iSeries using 5250 interface
- Adding volumes to iSeries using iSeries Navigator
- Managing multipath volumes using iSeries Navigator
- Multipath rules for multiple iSeries systems or partitions
- Changing from single path to multipath
- Preferred path for DS6000
- Sizing guidelines
- Migration
- Copy Services for iSeries
- AIX on IBM iSeries
- Linux on IBM iSeries
- Appendix C. Service and support offerings
- Related publications
- Index
- Back cover