2 requirements and planning, System requirements – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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2 Requirements and planning

This chapter describes system requirements and recommendations for planning a BC Z system.

System requirements

The following table shows minimum requirements for BC Z.

Requirement

Item

Based on purchased capacity. For more information, see

“License capacity requirements”

(page 15)

.

BC Z license capacity

Must be installed.

License key

For more information about installation, see the HP XP P9000 Remote Web Console User
Guide
.

RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6

RAID level

If you are using the previous version of RWC, which is shown in a secondary window,
you must be in Modify mode to perform pair operations.

RWC

BCM and PPRC are independent functions. Use one or the other.

BCM/IBM PPRC

BCM requires a command device. For more information about PPRC, see

“Preparing for

Business Continuity Manager, PPRC use” (page 23)

,

“Pair operations using PPRC”

(page 70)

, the Business Continuity Manager User Guide, and other IBM documentation

regarding PPRC.

Requires a command device when used in In-Band mode, though not for Out-of-Band
mode.

RAID Manager

For more information, see the HP XP P9000 RAID Manager User Guide.

System requirements

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