IBM TOTAL STORAGE DS8000 User Manual

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as

the

subname

of

the

fully

qualified

domain

name,

for

example,

mycomputer

.

See

also

host

system.

host

processor

A

processor

that

controls

all

or

part

of

a

user

application

network.

In

a

network,

the

processing

unit

in

which

the

data

communication

access

method

resides.

See

also

host

system.

host

system

A

computer,

either

of

the

mainframe

(for

example,

zSeries)

or

of

the

open-systems

type,

that

is

connected

to

theDS8000.

zSeries

hosts

are

connected

to

the

DS8000

through

ESCON

interfaces.

Open-systems

hosts

are

connected

to

the

DS8000

by

SCSI

or

fibre-channel

interfaces.

hot

plug

Pertaining

to

the

ability

to

add

or

remove

a

hardware

facility

or

resource

to

a

unit

while

power

is

on.

HSL

See

high-speed

link.

HSM

See

hierarchical

storage

management

or

Hardware

Service

Manager.

I

i5/OS

The

IBM

operating

system

that

runs

the

IBM

i5/OS

and

e(logo)Server

i5

server

families

of

servers.

IBM

e(logo)server

The

IBM

brand

name

for

a

series

of

server

products

that

are

optimized

for

e-commerce.

The

products

include

the

iSeries,

pSeries,

xSeries,

and

zSeries.

IBM

product

engineering

(PE)

The

third-level

of

IBM

service

support.

Product

engineering

is

composed

of

IBM

engineers

who

have

experience

in

supporting

a

product

or

who

are

knowledgeable

about

the

product.

IBM

Serial

Storage

adapter

A

physical

adapter

based

on

the

IBM

Serial

Storage

architecture.

IBM

Serial

Storage

adapters

connect

disk

drive

modules

to

DS8000

clusters.

IBM

TotalStorage

The

brand

name

used

to

identify

storage

products

from

IBM,

including

the

IBM

TotalStorage

DS8000.

See

also

IBM

TotalStorage

DS8000

and

IBM

TotalStorage

DS

Storage

Manager.

IBM

TotalStorage

DS8000

A

member

of

the

IBM

TotalStorage

Resiliency

Family

of

storage

servers

and

attached

storage

devices

(disk

drive

modules).

The

DS8000

delivers

high-performance,

fault-tolerant

storage

and

management

of

enterprise

data,

affording

access

through

multiple

concurrent

operating

systems

and

communication

protocols.

High

performance

is

provided

by

multiple

symmetrical

multiprocessors,

integrated

caching,

RAID

support

for

the

disk

drive

modules,

and

disk

access

through

a

high-speed

serial

storage

architecture

interface.

IBM

TotalStorage

DS

CLI

The

command-line

interface

(CLI)

that

is

specific

to

the

DS8000.

IBM

TotalStorage

DS

Storage

Manager

(DS

Storage

Manager)

Software

with

a

Web-browser

interface

for

configuring

the

DS8000.

IBM

TotalStorage

Enterprise

Storage

Server

Network

(ESSNet)

A

private

network

providing

Web

browser

access

to

the

Enterprise

Storage

Server.

IBM

installs

the

ESSNet

software

on

an

IBM

workstation

called

the

IBM

TotalStorage

ESS

Master

Console,

supplied

with

the

first

ESS

delivery.

IBM

TotalStorage

Management

Console

(MC)

An

IBM

workstation

that

acts

as

the

focal

point

for

configuration,

Copy

Services

management,

and

maintenance

for

the

DS8000

.

It

includes

a

Web

browser

that

provides

links

to

the

user

interface,

including

the

DS

Storage

Manager

and

the

DS8000

Copy

Services.

IBM

TotalStorage

Multipath

Subsystem

Device

Driver

(SDD)

Software

that

is

designed

to

support

the

multipath

configuration

environments

of

the

DS8000.

The

SDD

resides

in

a

host

system

with

the

native

disk

device

driver.

IBM

TotalStorage

Resiliency

Family

A

set

of

hardware

and

software

features

and

products,

as

well

as

integrated

software

and

services

that

are

available

on

theIBM

TotalStorage

DS8000

and

the

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