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Abstract

The IBM 2107 TotalStorage DS8000 series is designed to provide unmatched functionality, flexibility, and performance for enterprise disk storage systems at improved levels of cost effectiveness. The DS8000 series incorporates IBM's POWER5 processor technology either in a dual two-way processor-complex offering, the DS8100 Model 921 or, for customers requiring additional performance or capacity, two dual four-way processor-complex offerings, the DS8300 Models 922 and 9A2. The DS8300 Model 9A2 further demonstrates IBM's unique ability to converge server and storage technologies by enabling the creation of multiple IBM TotalStorage Storage System LPARs (Logical Partitions). These Storage System LPARs can be used for completely separate production or test environments in a single physical system. This may enable you to purchase one storage server in environments where more than one may have been needed in the past.

Model Abstract 2107-9A2

The IBM 2107 TotalStorage DS8100 Model 9A2 is a base unit that offers a dual four-way processor complex and supports the use of two Storage System LPARs. It holds up to 128 disk drives for a maximum capacity of up to 38.4 TB. It also supports up to 256 GB of processor memory and up to 16 ESCON or Fibre Channel/FICON adapters. With additional optional DS8000 Model 9AE expansion units, it can scale up to 640 disk drives, for a maximum capacity of up to 192 TB.
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Highlights

The IBM TotalStorage DS8000 series is designed to provide high-performance, reliable, and exceptionally scalable disk storage needed to help simplify your storage infrastructures by providing an extraordinary platform for storage consolidation. The IBM TotalStorage DS8000 series is designed to:

  • Deliver robust, flexible, and cost-effective disk storage for the mission-critical workloads of medium and large enterprises

  • Enable the creation of multiple Storage System LPARs (Logical Partitions) within a single DS8300 Model 9A2, that can be used for completely separate production, test, or other unique storage environments

  • Support high availability, storage sharing and consolidation for a wide variety of operating systems and mixed server environments

  • Scale to 192 TB and facilitates asset protection with options for model-to-model field upgrades

  • Help increase storage administration productivity with centralized and simplified management

  • Provide a base unit that occupies 20 percent less floor space than the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) Model 800's base unit, while holding more capacity

  • Provide a four-year warranty (IBM On-Site Repair (IOR) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, same-day response)

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Description

High-performance disk storage for business-critical enterprise workloads

The IBM TotalStorage DS8000 series is a high-performance, high-capacity series of disk storage devices. It is designed to extend upon the functionality, stability, and reliability of the current IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server. The DS8000 series incorporates IBM's POWER5 processor technology in a dual two-way processor-complex offering, the DS8100 Model 921, or for customers requiring additional performance or capacity, two dual four-way processor-complex offerings, the DS8300 Models 922 and 9A2. These models are designed to offer higher performance, additional capacity, increased addressing capabilities, and additional enhancements versus the ESS Model 800. In addition, the DS8300 Model 9A2 further demonstrates IBM's unique ability to converge server and storage technologies by enabling the creation of multiple IBM TotalStorage Storage System LPARs (Logical Partitions).

The DS8000 series uses the highly reliable and functional microcode base of the TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) Model 800, on top of a leading-edge, modular hardware design. This innovative design incorporates a high-bandwidth internal fabric designed to support fault tolerance, highly expandable and flexible processor memory, and the latest in Fibre Channel attached disks. It has a dual-processor complex implementation that supports concurrent microcode loads, transparent I/O failover and failback support, and redundant, hot-swappable components to help support 24 x 7 business environments. The maximum host I/O operations per second of a DS8300 is up to six times the maximum of an ESS Model 800, so that you can easily consolidate your workload into a single storage subsystem. The DS8100 and DS8300 also offer power and packaging which takes 20 percent less floor space than a base ESS Model 800.

The DS8000 series extends the advantages offered by IBM's TotalStorage Resiliency Family technologies, including FlashCopy, Global Mirror, Metro Mirror, as well as other mirroring functions supported by the ESS Model 800. The DS8000 series also provides z/OS performance capabilities provided by Parallel Access Volumes (PAV), I/O Priority Queuing, and Multiple Allegiance.

The DS8100 offers scalability of physical capacity from 1.1 to 115.2 TB, while the DS8300 offers a maximum capacity of 192 TB. Fibre Channel disks are available in 73 GB, 146 GB, and 300 GB capacities and these will be intermixable within a single system. Thus, you can better tailor your disk storage configuration to cost effectively address capacity and performance requirements. RAID-5 as well as RAID-10 are both intermixable within a single system.

The DS8000 series offers a wide range of management functionality and flexibility to help I/T organizations more easily manage their storage environments. These systems come standard with the IBM TotalStorage DS Storage Manager, an easy-to-use, high-function GUI-based manager for performing and managing logical configuration and copy services functions as well as a single command line interface which can help automate these functions.

Technology for high-performance, reliability, and enhanced connectivity

The DS8000 series features the following hardware and technology that can enhance performance, connectivity, and reliability:

  • POWER5 processor technology - The DS8000 series features IBM's POWER5 server technology to help support high performance. The maximum host I/O operations per second of the DS8300 Model 922 or 9A2 is up to six times the maximum of an ESS Model 800.

  • Multiple Storage System Logical Partitions (LPARs) - The DS8300 Model 9A2 supports two Storage System LPARs, each with their own resources. This may enable you to purchase one storage server in environments where more than one may have been needed in the past.

  • Industry-standard Fibre Channel disk drives - The DS8000 series offers a selection of Fibre Channel disk drives, including 300 GB drives, allowing a DS8100 to scale up to 115.2 TB of capacity and a DS8300 to scale up to 192 TB of capacity.

  • Four-port Fibre Channel/FICON adapters - These adapters are designed not only to enhance connectivity, but increase configuration flexibility because the individual ports can be configured to support Fibre Channel or FICON.

  • Processor memory offerings - The DS8100 offers up to 128 GB of processor memory and the DS8300 offers up to 256 GB of processor memory. In addition, the Non-Volatile Storage (NVS) scales to the processor memory size selected, which can also help optimize performance. Improved caching algorithms can also help enhance performance versus the ESS Model 800 through technologies for managing cache space.

  • More host attachments than the ESS Model 800 - The DS8100 offers up to 128 MB of processor memory and the DS8300 offers up to 32 host adapters. This can be an intermix of ESCON and Fibre Channel/FICON adapters, further increasing your ability to share your disk storage.

  • Internal fabric - The DS8000 series features an internal fabric which can help provide increased bandwidth.

  • High availability - The DS8000 series is designed and implemented with component redundancy to help avoid many potential single points of failure.

Functional enhancements for flexibility and ease-of-use

The DS8000 series offers functional enhancements and capabilities that are designed to increase flexibility and usability.

Logical Unit Number (LUN) and volume management

  • Non-disruptive LUN and volume creation and deletion are now supported. When a LUN or volume is deleted, the capacity can be re- formatted and re-used.

  • LUNs and volumes can be configured to span arrays. Therefore, the size of the volume/LUN is not constrained by the size of the array. LUNs up to 2 TB are supported. CKD volumes up to 65,520 cylinders are supported.

Addressing capabilities

More Logical Subsystems (LSS), logical devices, and logical paths can be defined versus the current ESS.

  • Up to 255 logical subsystems (LSS)
  • Up to 65,280 logical devices
  • Up to 130,560 FICON logical paths (512 logical paths per control unit image)
  • Up to 8,000 process logins (509 per SCSI-FCP port)

These addressing boundaries are extended to each storage image in a DS8300 Model 9A2.

Simplified storage management for zSeries with z/OS

For zSeries and z/OS environments, the DS8000 series can support a new 65,520 cylinder 3390 volume. This volume option has a capacity of approximately 55.7 GB. It can help relieve addressing constraints, improve disk resource utilization, and improve storage administrator productivity by providing the ability to consolidate multiple disk volumes into a single address.

Administration and management

  • Online and offline configuration capability features an a Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) designed to offer increased ease of use.

  • A single command line interface (CLI) supports both logical configuration and copy services.

Technology and packaging

The DS8000 series features technology, packaging, and capabilities designed to help improve availability and reduce costs.

  • The packaging allows a single DS8100 or DS8300 base frame to take up to 20% less floor space than an ESS base frame. This can help reduce your costs for valuable floor space.

  • Capabilities such as remote code distribution and e-mail notification of link failures can also improve availability.

Choice of models to meet your performance and configuration needs

The DS8000 series features several models in a higher-density footprint, than the ESS Model 800, providing configuration flexibility.

The DS8100 Model 921 offers a dual two-way processor complex and holds up to 128 disk drives for a maximum capacity up to 38.4 TB. It also supports up to 128 GB of processor memory and up to 16 ESCON or Fibre Channel/FICON adapters. With an optional expansion unit (DS8000 Model 92E), a single DS8100 Model 921 solution supports up to 384 disk drives, for a total capacity of up to 115.2 TB.

The DS8300 Model 922 offers a dual four-way processor complex and holds up to 128 disk drives for a maximum capacity of up to 38.4 TB. It also supports up to 256 GB of processor memory and up to 16 ESCON or Fibre Channel/FICON adapters. With one or two optional expansion units, it scales as follows:

  • With one DS8000 Model 92E expansion unit, the DS8300 Model 922 supports up to 384 disk drives, for a maximum capacity of up to 115.2 TB, and up to 32 ESCON or Fibre Channel/FICON adapters.

  • With two DS8000 Model 92E expansion units, the DS8300 Model 922 supports up to 640 disk drives, for a maximum capacity of up to 192 TB, and up to 32 ESCON or Fibre Channel/FICON adapters.

The DS8300 Model 9A2 offers a dual four-way processor complex and supports the use of two Storage System LPARs. It holds up to 128 disk drives for a maximum capacity of up to 38.4 TB. It also supports up to 256 GB of processor memory and up to 16 ESCON or Fibre Channel/FICON adapters. With one or two optional DS8000 Model 9AE expansion units, it scales as follows:

  • With one DS8000 Model 9AE expansion unit, the DS8300 Model 9A2 supports up to 384 disk drives for a maximum capacity of up to 115.2 TB, and up to 32 ESCON or Fibre Channel/FICON adapters.

  • With two DS8000 Model 9AE expansion units, the DS8300 Model 9A2 supports up to 640 disk drives, for a maximum capacity of up to 192 TB, and up to 32 ESCON or Fibre Channel/FICON adapters.

Depending on workload, the maximum host I/O operations per second of the DS8100 Model 921 is up to three times the maximum of the ESS Model 800, and the maximum host I/O operations per second of the DS8300 Model 922 or 9A2 is up to six times the maximum of the ESS Model 800. This may allow you to consolidate workload from multiple Model 800s or Model F20s to a single DS8100 or DS8300 system.

Storage System Logical Partitions (LPARs) Enhance flexibility

The DS8300 Model 9A2 exploits LPAR technology, allowing you to run two separate storage server images. Each Storage System LPAR has access to:

  • 50 percent of the processors
  • 50 percent of the processor memory
  • Up to 16 host adapters
  • Up to 320 disk drives (up to 96 TB of capacity)

With these separate resources, each Storage System LPAR can run the same or different versions of microcode, and can be used for completely separate production, test, or other unique storage environments within this single physical system. This may enable storage consolidations where separate storage subsystems were previously required, helping to increase management efficiency and cost effectiveness.

A variety of configuration options

Physical capacity for the DS8000 series is purchased via disk drive sets. A disk drive set contains 16 identical disk drives (same capacity and rpm). Disk drive sets are available in 73 GB (15,000 rpm), 146 GB (10,000 rpm and 15,000 rpm), and 300 GB (10,000 rpm). For additional flexibility, feature conversions are available to exchange existing disk drive sets when purchasing new disk drive sets with higher capacity. Price, performance, and capacity flexibility to help meet specific application and business requirements is provided through support for the intermix of 73 GB, 146 GB, or 300 GB drives.

IBM standby capacity on demand offering for the DS8000

The IBM Standby Capacity On Demand for DS8000 (Standby CoD) offering allows inactive disk drives to be installed that can be easily activated as business needs require.

IBM offers capacity on demand solutions that are designed to meet the changing storage needs of rapidly growing e-businesses. The Standby CoD offering is designed to provide you with the ability to tap into additional storage and is particularly attractive if you have rapid or unpredictable growth, or if you simply want the knowledge that the extra storage will be there when you need it.

With this offering, up to four Standby CoD disk drive sets (64 disk drives) can be factory or field installed into your system. To activate, you simply logically configure the disk drives for use -- a nondisruptive activity that does not require intervention from IBM. Upon activation of any portion of a Standby CoD disk drive set, you must place an order with IBM to initiate billing for the activated set. At that time, you can also order replacement Standby CoD disk drive sets.

As with the IBM Standby Capacity on Demand for ESS offering, this offering also allows you to purchase licensed functions based upon your machine's physical capacity excluding unconfigured Standby CoD capacity. This can help improve your cost of ownership since your extent of IBM authorization for licensed functions can grow at the same time you need your disk capacity to grow.

To further improve your cost of ownership, this offering does not have an offering fee premium.

A Standby CoD disk drive set must be activated within a twelve-month period from the date of installation; all such activation is permanent. Contact your IBM representative to obtain additional information regarding Standby CoD offering terms and conditions.

Flexibility with support for RAID-5 and RAID-10

With the DS8000 series, physical capacity can be configured as RAID-5, RAID-10, or a combination of both. RAID-5 can offer excellent performance for most applications, while RAID-10 can offer better performance for selected applications, in particular, high random write content applications in the open systems environment. RAID-10 combines RAID-1 (mirroring) with RAID-0 (striping). Each drive within a RAID-10 array is mirrored to a second drive within the array, and to optimize performance, data is striped across the drives within the array.

The decision to configure capacity as RAID-5 or RAID-10, as well as the amount of capacity to configure for each type, can be made at any time. RAID-5 and RAID-10 arrays can be intermixed within a single system and the physical capacity can be logically reconfigured at a later date (for example, RAID-5 arrays can be reconfigured into RAID-10 arrays).

Enhanced connectivity with four-port Fibre Channel/FICON host adapters

The DS8000 series is designed to offer enhanced connectivity with the availability of four-port Fibre Channel/FICON Host Adapters. The 2Gb Fibre Channel/FICON Host Adapters, which are offered in long-wave and shortwave, auto-negotiate to either 2Gb or 1Gb link speeds. This flexibility enables the ability to exploit the potential benefits offered by higher performance, 2Gb SAN-based solutions, while also maintaining compatibility with existing 1Gb infrastructures. In addition, the individual ports on the adapter can be configured with Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) or FICON. This can help protect your investment in Fibre Channel adapters, and increase your ability to migrate to new servers. The DS8000 series also offers two-port ESCON adapters. A DS8100 Model 921 can support up to a maximum of 16 host adapters which equates to a maximum of 64 Fibre Channel ports or a maximum of 32 ESCON ports. A DS8300 Model 922 or 9A2 can support up to a maximum of 32 host adapters which equates to a maximum of 128 Fibre Channel ports or a maximum of 64 ESCON ports.

The DS8000 series offers extensive connectivity support -- including Fibre Channel, FICON, or ESCON -- across a broad range of server environments -- including IBM eServer zSeries, pSeries, IBM eServer p5, iSeries, IBM eServer i5, and xSeries servers, servers from Sun and Hewlett-Packard, and non-IBM Intel-based servers. This rich support of heterogeneous environments and attachments, along with the flexibility to easily partition the DS8000 series storage capacity among the attached environments, can help support storage consolidation requirements and dynamic, changing environments.

Rich set of business continuance solutions

The DS8000 series supports a rich set of copy service functions and management tools that can be used to build solutions to help address business continuance requirements.

Point-in-time copy solutions

IBM TotalStorage FlashCopy is designed to provide a point-in-time copy capability for logical volumes. FlashCopy creates a physical point-in-time copy of the data, with minimal interruption to applications, and makes it possible to access both the source and target copies immediately.

FlashCopy supports many advanced capabilities, including:

  • Data Set FlashCopy: Allows a FlashCopy of a data set in a zSeries environment.

  • Multiple Relationship FlashCopy: Allows a source to have FlashCopy relationships with multiple targets simultaneously. This flexibility allows you to initiate up to 12 FlashCopy establishes on a given logical unit number (LUN), volume, or data set, without needing to first wait for or cause previous relationships to end.

  • Incremental FlashCopy: Provides the capability to "refresh" a LUN or volume involved in a FlashCopy relationship. When a subsequent FlashCopy establish is initiated, only the data required to bring the target current to the source's newly established point-in-time is copied. The direction of the "refresh" can also be reversed, in which case the LUN or volume previously defined as the target becomes the source for the LUN or volume previously defined as the source (and is now the target).

  • FlashCopy To A Remote Mirror Primary: Lets you establish a FlashCopy relationship where the target is also a remote mirror primary volume. This enables you to create full or incremental point-in-time copies at a local site and then use remote mirroring commands to copy the data to the remote site.

  • Consistency Group Commands: Allows DS8000 series systems to hold off I/O activity to a LUN or volume until the FlashCopy Consistency Group command is issued. Consistency groups can be used to help create a consistent point-in-time copy across multiple LUNs or volumes, and even across multiple DS8000s.

  • Inband Commands Over Remote Mirror Link: In a remote mirror environment, commands to manage FlashCopy at the remote site can be issued from the local or intermediate site and transmitted over the remote mirror Fibre Channel links. This eliminates the need for a network connection to the remote site solely for the management of FlashCopy.

FlashCopy is an optional feature of the DS8000 series, and is available with the point in time indicator feature, #0720 and corresponding DS8000 series function authorization (2244-PTC with feature(s) #72xx).

Remote mirror and copy solutions

The DS8000 series supports several hardware-based remote mirror and copy solutions:

  • IBM TotalStorage Metro Mirror: This solution is designed to provide real-time mirroring of logical volumes between two systems that can be located up to 300 km from each other. It is a synchronous copy solution where write operations are completed on both copies (local and remote site) before they are considered to be done.

  • IBM TotalStorage Global Copy: This is a non-synchronous long-distance copy option for data migration and backup.

  • IBM TotalStorage Global Mirror: Global Mirror is a long-distance remote copy solution across two sites using asynchronous technology and is designed to provide the following:

    • Support for virtually unlimited distance between the local and remote sites, with the distance typically limited only by the capabilities of the network and channel extension technology being used. This can better enable you to choose your remote site location based on business needs and enables site separation to add protection from localized disasters.

    • A consistent and restartable copy of the data at the remote site, created with little impact to applications at the local site.

    • Data currency where, for many environments, the remote site lags behind the local site an average of 3 to 5 seconds, minimizing the amount of data exposure in the event of an unplanned outage. The actual lag in data currency experienced will depend upon a number of factors, including specific workload characteristics and bandwidth between the local and remote sites.

    • Dynamic selection of the desired Recovery Point Objective (RPO) based upon business requirements and optimization of available bandwidth.

    • Session support whereby data consistency at the remote site is internally managed across up to eight systems located across the local and remote sites.

    • Efficient synchronization of the local and remote sites with support for failover and failback modes, helping to reduce the time required to switch back to the local site after a planned or unplanned outage.

All of the above remote mirroring solutions use Fibre Channel as the communications link between the primary and secondary machines. The Fibre Channel ports used for remote mirror and copy can be configured as either a dedicated remote mirror link or as a shared port between remote mirroring and Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) data traffic.

The remote mirror and copy solutions listed above are optional capabilities of the DS8000 series. They are available with the remote mirror and copy indicator, feature #0740 and corresponding DS8000 series function authorization (2244-RMC with feature(s) #74xx). The DS8000 series system can participate in remote mirror and copy solutions with the ESS Model 750, ESS Model 800, and DS6000 series systems.

Remote mirror and copy solutions for z/OS

Following are two remote mirror and copy solutions for the z/OS environment for the DS8000 series:

  • IBM TotalStorage z/OS Global Mirror: This is a combined hardware and software business continuance solution for the zSeries environment providing asynchronous mirroring between systems at two sites located global distances apart. z/OS Global Mirror is an optional capability of the DS8000 series, and is available with the remote mirror for z/OS indicator, feature #0760 and corresponding DS8000 series function authorization (2244-RMZ with feature(s) #76xx).

  • z/OS Metro/Global Mirror (3-site z/OS Global Mirror and Metro Mirror): This mirroring capability utilizes z/OS Global Mirror to mirror primary site data to a location that is a long distance away and also uses Metro Mirror to mirror primary site data to a location within the metropolitan area. This enables a 3-site high availability and disaster recovery z/OS solution for even greater protection from unplanned outages. z/OS Metro/Global Mirror is an optional capability of the DS8000 series, and is available with the remote mirror for z/OS indicator, feature #0760 and corresponding DS8000 series function authorization (2244-RMZ with feature(s) #76xx) and the remote mirror and copy indicator, feature #0740 and corresponding DS8000 series function authorization (2244-RMC with feature(s) #74xx).

IBM performance innovations for the zSeries environments

The DS8000 series supports the following previously introduced IBM performance innovations for zSeries environments.

FICON extends the ability of the DS8000 series system to deliver high bandwidth potential to the logical volumes needing it, when they need it. Older technologies are limited by the bandwidth of a single disk drive or a single ESCON channel, but FICON, working together with other DS8000 series functions, provides a high-speed pipe supporting multiplexed operation.

Parallel Access Volumes (PAV)

Enables a single zSeries server to simultaneously process multiple I/O operations to the same logical volume, which can help to significantly reduce device queue delays. This is achieved by defining multiple addresses per volume. With Dynamic PAV, the assignment of addresses to volumes can be automatically managed to help the workload meet its performance objectives and reduce overall queuing. PAV is an optional feature on the DS8000 series, available with the PAV indicator feature, #0780 and corresponding DS8000 series function authorization (2244-PAV with feature(s) #78xx).

Multiple Allegiance

Expands the simultaneous logical volume access capability across multiple zSeries servers. This function, along with PAV, enables the DS8000 series to process more I/Os in parallel, helping to improve performance and enabling greater use of large volumes.

I/O priority queuing

Allows the DS8000 series to use I/O priority information provided by the z/OS Workload Manager to manage the processing sequence of I/O operations.

Licensing capabilities for copy functions to reduce costs

With the DS8000 series, new licensing options are available for users of FlashCopy (point in time copy feature #0720) and remote mirror and copy (feature #0740) as follows:

  • If the function is used with open systems data only, a license is required for only the total physical capacity configured as Fixed Block (FB).

  • If the function will be used with zSeries data only, a license is required for only the total physical capacity configured as Count Key Data (CKD).

  • If the function is used with both open systems and zSeries data, a license is required for the total physical capacity of the DS8000 series system.

In addition, the license scope (FB, CKD, or entire machine) is client managed through an IBM Web-based application. This allows you to change the license scope on a given machine as your business requirements change.

Management tools and utilities to improve administrator productivity

The DS8000 series supports the following management tools and utilities:

IBM TotalStorage Management Console for the DS8000

The Management Console is the focal point for configuration, copy services management, and maintenance activities. The Management Console is a dedicated workstation that is physically located (installed) inside your DS8100 and DS8300 and can proactively monitor the state of your system, notifying you and IBM when service is required. It can also be connected to your network to enable centralized management of your system using the IBM TotalStorage DS Command Line Interface or storage management software utilizing the IBM TotalStorage DS Open API.

An external Management Console is available as a optional feature and can be used as a redundant management console for environments with high-availability requirements.

For environments with high-availability requirements and multiple DS8000 series machines, cross-cabling between two internal management consoles is supported. Each internal management console can be used as a redundant management console for the other.

IBM TotalStorage DS Storage Manager

The DS Storage Manager is a single integrated web-based (HTML) graphical user interface (GUI) that offers:

  • Offline configuration: Allows a user to create and save logical configurations and apply them to an online DS8000 series system. This offline configuration tool is installed on a customer server and can be used for the configuration of a DS8000 series system at initial installation.

  • Online configuration: Provides real-time configuration management support.

  • Copy services: Allows a user to execute copy services functions.

The online configuration and copy services are available via a Web browser interface installed on the DS management console. The DS Storage Manager is provided with the DS8000 series at no additional charge.

IBM TotalStorage DS Command Line Interface (CLI)

The DS CLI is a single CLI that has the ability to perform a full set of commands for both configuration and copy services activities. The application will have three models of execution:

  • Single shot mode will connect, issue a single command, and then return to the user.

  • Script mode will connect, execute a predefined customer script, and then return to the user

  • Interactive mode will place the user in a shell environment with a static connection to the storage subsystem so the user can execute multiple commands.

This CLI has the ability to dynamically invoke copy services functions. This can help enhance your productivity since it eliminates the previous requirement for you to create and save a task using the GUI. The DS CLI can also issue copy services commands to an ESS Model 750, ESS Model 800, or DS6000 series system.

The DS CLI is available with the DS8000 series at no additional charge. The DS CLI client is available for the AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Novell NetWare, OS/400, Sun Solaris, and Microsoft Windows operating system environments.

Note: The OS/400 client supports the management of copy service functions only.

IBM TotalStorage DS Open API

The DS Open API supports routine LUN management activities, such as LUN creation, mapping and masking, and the management of point in time copy and remote mirroring. It supports these activities through the use of a standard interface as defined by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S). The DS Open API is implemented through the IBM TotalStorage Common Information Model Agent (CIM Agent) for the DS Open API, a middleware application designed to provide a CIM-compliant interface. The interface allows Tivoli and third-party CIM-compliant software management tools to discover, monitor, and control DS8000 series systems. The DS Open API and CIM Agent are provided with the DS8000 series at no additional charge. The CIM Agent is available for the AIX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows operating system environments.

IBM TotalStorage multi-path Subsystem Device Driver (SDD)

SDD provides load balancing and enhanced data availability capability in configurations with more than one I/O path between the host server and the DS8000 series system. Load balancing can help reduce or eliminate I/O bottlenecks that occur when many I/O operations are directed to common devices via the same I/O path. SDD also helps eliminate a potential single point of failure by automatically rerouting I/O operations when a path failure occurs, thereby supporting enhanced data availability capability. SDD is provided with the DS8000 series at no additional charge. Fibre Channel (SCSI-FCP) attachment configurations are supported in the AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Novell NetWare, and Sun Solaris environments.

Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act

The IBM TotalStorage DS8100, the IBM TotalStorage DS8300, and IBM TotalStorage DS8000 Expansion Unit are capable as of December 3, 2004, when used in accordance with IBM's associated documentation, of satisfying the applicable requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, provided that any assistive technology used with the product properly interoperates with it. A US Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) can be requested via IBM's Web site at:

http://www-3.ibm.com/able/product_accessibility/index.html

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Product Positioning

The IBM TotalStorage DS8000 series is designed to provide exceptional performance, scalability, and flexibility to help support 24 x 7 business operations by providing the access and protection demanded by today's business environments. It is also designed to deliver the flexibility and centralized management needed to lower long-term costs. It is part of a complete set of disk storage products that are all part of the IBM TotalStorage DS Family and is the IBM disk product of choice for environments that require the highest reliability, scalability, and performance for mission-critical workloads available from IBM. Clients who currently have an IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) in their enterprise should also consider the IBM DS8000 series.
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Model

Model Summary Matrix

Model Processor Physical Capacity Disk Drives Processor Memory Host Adapters Attaches to
9A2 Four-way 38.4 TB 128 256 GB 16 9AE (1 or 2)

Maximum

The Model 921 supports the attachment of one Model 92E expansion unit.

The Model 922 supports the attachment of up to two Model 92E expansion units.

The Model 9A2 supports the attachment of up to two Model 9AE expansion units.

Customer Setup (CSU)

The DS8000 is not designated as customer setup.

However, retrieval and installation of feature activation codes to activate licensed functions is a customer responsibility. Refer to IBM TotalStorage DS8000 Series - Function Authorizations (machine type 2244) for more information.

Devices Supported

Information on servers, operating systems, host adapters, and connectivity products supported by the DS8000 is available at:

http://www.ibm.com/storage/disk/ds8000/supserver.htm

Model Conversions

Machine Type 2107

From        To      Returned
Model      Model    Parts(1)
-----      -----    --------
 921       922(1)     Yes
 921       9A2(1)     Yes
 922       9A2(1)     Yes
 92E       9AE(1)     Yes
 9A2       922(1)     Yes
 9AE       92E(1)     Yes

Note: (1) Parts removed or replaced become the property of IBM and must be returned.
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Technical Description
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Overview

The IBM TotalStorage DS8000 is a series of disk storage devices. It consists of three base unit models (IBM TotalStorage DS8100 Model 921, IBM TotalStorage DS8300 Model 922, and IBM TotalStorage DS8300 Model 9A2), as well as, two expansion unit models (IBM TotalStorage DS8000 Models 92E and 9AE). The DS8000 series offers Fibre Channel, FICON, or ESCON attachment to a variety of servers. Physical view

The physical configuration of the DS8000 series consists of the following components:

  • Base Unit: The base units (DS8100 Model 921, DS8300 Model 922, and DS8300 Model 9A2) provide the rack and packaging that contain a dual processor complex, host adapters, I/O enclosures, device adapters, power supplies, batteries, and cooling, as well as space for up to eight drive sets that contain 16 disk drives. The DS8300 Model 9A2 also contains additional components to support multiple IBM TotalStorage Storage Systems LPARs (Logical Partitions).

  • Expansion Unit: The expansion units (DS8000 Models 92E and 9AE) provide the rack and packaging for an additional 16 drive sets that contain 16 disk drives. In certain configurations, the expansion units can also contain additional host adapters, device adapters, and I/O enclosures. They also contain their own set of power supplies, batteries, and cooling.

  • Host Adapters: Host adapters provide the I/O connections between the DS8000 series and server/fabric components. Up to 16 ESCON or Fibre Channel (SCSI-FCP and FICON host adapters) can be installed in any combination in a DS8100 Model 921. Up to 32 ESCON or Fibre Channel (SCSI-FCP and FICON) host adapters can be installed in a DS8300 system in any combination (16 in the DS8300 base unit and another 16 in the first DS8000 expansion unit). The ESCON adapters have two ports and the Fibre Channel adapters have four ports. They are installed within I/O enclosures and can communicate with both processor complexes.

  • Storage Facility: A storage facility is composed of a storage server and two or more storage enclosures that are packaged in one or more racks with associated power supplies, batteries, and cooling.

  • Storage Server: A storage server is composed of two processor complexes, two or more I/O enclosures, and a pair of Rack Power Control (RPC) cards.

  • Processor Complex: A processor complex controls and manages the storage facility to perform the function of a storage server. The two processor complexes form a redundant pair and execute Licensed Machine Code (LMC) to manage and control the operations and licensed function of the DS8000 series. The processor complex also has Ethernet connections to allow management functions to be invoked over a network.

Sub-components in a processor complex include:

  • Processor: The processor complex contains one or more processors that share a common address space. In a DS8300 Model 9A2, each of the two Storage System LPARs has access to 50 percent of the processors.

  • Processor Memory: The memory on a processor complex is used to store instructions and data for the processors or is used to store data that is transferred between processor complex memory and I/O adapters within the configuration. Some of the processor memory is used as Nonvolatile Storage (NVS) to store a second copy of write data to help protect against loss of data in the event of a processor or power failure. In addition, some of the processor memory is used for hardware caching to help improve the performance of the processor complex. The DS8100 supports up to 128 GB of processor memory and the DS8300 Model 922 and 9A2 support up to 256 GB of processor memory. In a DS8300 Model 9A2, each of the two Storage System LPARs has access to 50 percent of the processor memory.

  • I/O enclosures: An I/O enclosure provides a way to interconnect one or more external I/O adapters to the processor complex I/O interface. The I/O enclosure supports the following types of external I/O adapters:

    • Host Adapters: A host adapter supports the attachment of host systems to the storage facility Device Adapters. In a DS8300 Model 9A2, each of the two Storage System LPARs has access to a maximum of 50 percent of the installed host adapters.

    • Device Adapters: A device adapter supports the attachment of storage devices to the storage facility through one or more I/O ports. The attachment is a Fibre Channel arbitrated loop (FC-AL). Each DS8100 system can have up to four device adapter pairs and each DS8300 system can have up to eight device adapter pairs.

  • Storage enclosure: A storage enclosure provides a way to interconnect one or more external storage devices to the I/O interface attached to a device adapter I/O port. Each storage enclosure contains a redundant pair of storage enclosure services cards.

  • Disk Drives: The disk drives provide storage capacity for the DS8000. Disk drives are installed in disk enclosure pairs, in a disk install group of 16 identical drives of the same type (capacity and rpm). Drive sets are available with 73 GB (15K rpm), 146 GB (10K rpm and 15K), and 300 GB (10K rpm) drives. In a DS8300 Model 9A2, each of the two Storage System LPARs has access to a maximum of 50 percent of the installed disk drives.

Logical View

To servers, the DS8000 series appears to be a set of disk volumes that can be configured to emulate disk device types that are compatible with the attaching servers.

The storage capacity of the DS8000 series is logically divided into groups of eight physical disk drives that are each configured as either a RAID-5 or RAID-10 array. The array is logically formatted to support either:

  • Count-key data (3380 or 3390 track format)
  • Fixed-block data (either 512 or 520 byte logical blocks)

Once formatted, the arrays are then subdivided allocatable storage units that can be allocated to individual volumes or LUNs that can be assigned to the various attached servers.

The DS8100 and DS8300 logical configuration is created and managed using the IBM TotalStorage DS Storage Manager, IBM TotalStorage DS Command Line Interface (CLI), or IBM TotalStorage DS Open API.

Physical Specifications

Refer to the IBM TotalStorage DS8000 Introduction and Planning Guide (GC35-0495). This publication is available at:

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/2107.html

Operating Environment

Refer to the Installation and Planning Guide.

Limitations

  • The amount of physical capacity within the 2107 system that can be logically configured for use will be enforced by the 2107 Licensed Machine Code to maintain compliance with the extent of IBM authorization established for licensed functions activated on the machine. The 2107 Licensed Machine Code will not allow the logical configuration of physical capacity beyond the extent of IBM authorization (except when activating Standby CoD capacity).

  • The deactivation of an activated licensed function, or a lateral change or reduction in the license scope is a disruptive activity and requires a machine IML (Model 921 and Model 922) or reboot of the affected Storage System LPAR (Model 9A2).

  • Reconfiguration activity with the offline configuration tool is not supported.

  • The following activities are disruptive:

    • Model conversions. In addition, data may not be preserved during the model conversion.

    • Field attachment of a Model 92E with the 922 - 92E Position 1 indicator (feature number 0221) to a Model 922.

    • Field attachment of a Model 9AE with the 9A2 - 9AE Position 1 indicator (feature number 0231) to a Model 9A2.

    • Removal of an expansion unit model from the base unit model. Data may not be preserved during this activity.

Hardware Requirements

Licensed Machine Code

The DS8000 series Models 921, 922, 92E, 9A2, and 9AE require Licensed Machine Code (LMC) level 5.0.0, or later.

DS8000 series LMC level 5.0.3 or later is required for the following item:

  • DS CLI client for OS/400

Some DS8000 series features and functions may not be available or supported in all environments. Current information on supported environments, prerequisites, and minimum operating systems levels is available at:

http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds8000/interop.html

Licensed functions

The following licensed functions are available on the DS8000 series:

DS8000 Licensed Function    Description
------------------------    -----------------------------------------
Operating environment       IBM TotalStorage DS Operating Environment
Point in time copy          IBM TotalStorage FlashCopy
Remote mirror and copy      IBM TotalStorage Metro Mirror
                            IBM TotalStorage Global Mirror
                            IBM TotalStorage Global Copy
Remote mirror for z/OS      IBM TotalStorage z/OS Global Mirror
Parallel access volumes     Parallel access volumes
 

Licensed functions require the selection of a DS8000 series feature number (IBM 2107) and the purchase of DS8000 Series Function Authorization (IBM 2244) feature numbers:

  • The 2107 licensed function indicator feature number enables the technical activation of the function subject to the client applying a feature activation code made available by IBM.

  • The 2244 function authorization feature numbers establish the extent of authorization for that function on the 2107 machine for which it was acquired.
                             IBM 2107                IBM 2244
                             Indicator         Function Authorization
Licensed Function          Feature Number    Models and Feature Numbers
-----------------------    --------------    --------------------------
Operating environment          0700                Model OEL 70xx
Point in time copy             0720                Model PTC 72xx
Remote mirror and copy         0740                Model RMC 74xx
Remote mirror for z/OS         0760                Model RMZ 76xx
Parallel access volumes        0780                Model PAV 78xx
 

Refer to Hardware Announcement 104-xxx, dated October 12, 2004, IBM TotalStorage DS8000 Series - Function Authorizations, for information regarding ordering, authorization levels, and terms and conditions.

Operating environment

An operating environment license is required on every 2107 base unit (Models 921, 922, and 9A2). The extent of IBM authorization acquired through the 2244 Model OEL feature numbers must cover the physical capacity of the 2107 system, where system is defined as the base unit and all physically attached expansion units (excluding Standby CoD capacity).

If the operating environment license has not been acquired and activated on the machine, disk drives installed within the 2107 system cannot be logically configured for use. Upon activation of the operating environment, disk drives can be logically configured up to the extent of IBM authorization.

As additional disk drives are installed, the extent of IBM authorization must be increased by acquiring additional 2244 Model OEL feature numbers. Otherwise, the additional disk drives cannot be logically configured for use.

For a 2107 system with Standby CoD disk drives (#2xx7 features), activation (logical configuration) of CoD disk drives may exceed the extent of IBM authorization for the operating environment, in which case an increased authorization level must be acquired.

Remote mirror and copy

To use remote mirror and copy, the remote mirror and copy function authorization (2244 Model RMC) must be purchased for both the primary and secondary 2107.

Remote mirror and copy requires the installation of at least one Fibre Channel/FICON host adapter on each 2107 system in the remote mirror and copy configuration to serve as the remote mirror and copy communications link. For higher availability, IBM recommends that more than one host adapter per system be used for the remote mirror and copy connectivity.

Remote mirror and copy is supported with the use of SAN fabric products, channel extenders, and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) products. A current list of supported environments, configurations, network connectivity, and products is available at:

http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds8000/interop.html

Vendors should be consulted regarding hardware and software prerequisites when using their products in a remote mirror and copy configuration. IBM is not responsible for third-party products.

IBM supports the use of remote mirror and copy over the network technologies that are currently supported by the channel extender products, including Fibre Channel, Ethernet/IP, ATM-OC3, and T1/T3. Evaluation, qualification, approval, and support of remote mirror and copy configurations using channel extender products are the sole responsibility of the channel extender vendor. The vendor should be contacted for its distance capability, line quality requirements, as well as SAN and WAN attachment capabilities.

Global Mirror

Global Mirror has the following, additional prerequisites:

  • A point in time copy function authorization (2244 Model PTC) must be purchased for the secondary 2107.

  • If Global Mirror will be used during failback on the secondary system, a point in time copy function authorization must also be purchased on the primary system.

In the event of a planned or unplanned outage, recovery procedures are required to achieve a consistent and restartable copy of the data at the remote site. Scripts and software can be used to help automate these procedures.

Remote mirror for z/OS

When failback from the secondary 2107 to the primary 2107 is required, the remote mirror for z/OS function authorization (2244 Model RMZ) must be purchased for both systems.

Remote mirror for z/OS is supported with the use of channel extenders and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) products. A current list of supported environments, configurations, network connectivity, and products is available at:

http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds8000/interop.html

Vendors should be consulted regarding hardware and software prerequisites when using their products in a DS8000 remote mirror for z/OS configuration. IBM is not responsible for third-party products.

IBM supports the use of remote mirror for z/OS over the network technologies that are currently supported by the channel extender products, including Fibre Channel, Ethernet/IP, ATM-OC3, and T1/T3. Evaluation, qualification, approval, and support of remote mirror for z/OS configurations using channel extender products are the sole responsibility of the channel extender vendor. The vendor should be contacted for its distance capability, line quality requirements, as well as SAN and WAN attachment capabilities.

z/OS Metro/Global Mirror

z/OS Metro/Global Mirror requires the purchase of remote mirror for z/OS and remote mirror and copy.

Remote mirror and copy must be purchased for both the primary and secondary system, and requires the installation of at least one Fibre Channel/FICON host adapter on each DS8000. Refer to the "Remote mirror and copy" section above for additional information.

Software Requirements

Current information on servers, operating systems, host adapters, and connectivity products supported by the DS8000 series is available at:

http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds8000/interop.html

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Publications

The following publication is available now:

                                                      Order
  Title                                               Number
  ---------------------------------------           ---------
  IBM TotalStorage DS8000 Introduction              GC35-0495
    and Planning Guide
 

The following publications are shipped with the DS8000 series:

                                                      Order
  Title                                               Number
  -------------------------------------------       ---------
  IBM TotalStorage DS8000 Introduction and          GC35-0495
    Planning Guide
  IBM TotalStorage DS8000 Host Systems              SC26-7628
    Attachment Guide
  IBM TotalStorage DS8000 User's Guide              SC26-7623
  IBM TotalStorage DS Command-Line Interface        SC26-7625
    User's Guide
  IBM TotalStorage DS Open Application              GC35-0493
    Programming Interface Reference
  IBM TotalStorage DS8000 Messages User's           GC26-7659
    Guide
  IBM TotalStorage 2107 Statement of Limited        GC26-7700
    Warranty
  IBM TotalStorage 2107 Licensed Machine Code       GC26-7699
    Agreement
 

DS8000 publications are available at:

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/2107.html

Publications can be ordered from your IBM representative, by direct order, or through the Publication Notification System (PNS) Web site at:

http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/public/applications/publications/ cgibin/pbi.cgi

The Publications Center is a worldwide central repository for IBM product publications and marketing material. This site offers customized search functions to locate publications. This site also offers access to the Publication Notification System (PNS), a site where you can subscribe to receive e-mail notifications regarding new or revised publications that are of interest to you.

The Publications Center can be accessed at:

http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/public/applications/publications/ cgibin/pbi.cgi

The IBM TotalStorage DS8000 is supported by an Information Center, which is an online information system that is shipped as an integrated information system (also available from the Web and on a CD-ROM as a stand-alone information system). The Information Center provides easy accessibility and retrievability to user assistance topics through a user friendly navigation structure. The Information Center navigation is categorized to allow users to quickly familiarize themselves with the major aspects of the product and to easily recognize the topics for which they require more information.

The Information Center can be searched in its entirety for specific topic information that users can quickly access for more information. User assistance for tasks, conceptual data, referential data, user scenarios, tutorials, and other types of user information are all combined within the Information Center rather than being spread across several publications within the product library. This makes the information easier to access and allows users of the IBM TotalStorage DS8000 series to access information more efficiently and effectively.
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Features -- Specify/Special/Exchange
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No Charge Specify Codes

Description                                   Machine   Model   Feature
-------------------------------------------   -------   -----   -------
TotalStorage DS8300                             2107     9A2
Model 9xE Merge Indicator:
- 9xE Factory Merge                                              0001
Shipping Weight Reduction                                        0200
Model 9xE Position Indicators:
- 9A2 - 9AE Position 1                                           0231
- 9A2 - 9AE Position 2                                           0232
Licensed Function Indicators:
- OEL Indicator                                                  0700
- PTC Indicator                                                  0720
- RMC Indicator                                                  0740
- RMZ Indicator                                                  0760
- PAV Indicator                                                  0780
Initial System Capacity:
- Up to 2.0 TB capacity                                          0800
- 2.1 to 5.0 TB capacity                                         0802
- 5.1 to 10.0 TB capacity                                        0805
- 10.1 to 25.0 TB capacity                                       0810
- 25.1 to 50.0 TB capacity                                       0815
- 50.1 to 75.0 TB capacity                                       0820
- 75.1 to 100.0 TB capacity                                      0825
- 100.1 to 150.0 TB capacity                                     0830
- 150.1 to 200.0 TB capacity                                     0835
Standby CoD Indicators:
- Non-Standby CoD                                                0900
- Standby CoD Indicator                                          0901
- Standby CoD Indicator                                          0902
- Standby CoD Indicator                                          0903
Administrative Indicators:
- Disk Intermix Indicator                                        0920
- IBM/Openwave Alliance                                          0930
- IBM iSeries Indicator                                          0931
- IBM pSeries Indicator                                          0932
- IBM xSeries Indicator                                          0933
- IBM zSeries Indicator                                          0934
- Linux Indicator                                                0940
- Global mirror indicator                                        0950
Line Cords:
- Line Cord (US/LA/AP/Canada)                                    1090
- Line Cord (EMEA)                                               1091
- Line Cord (Japan/US/Canada)                                    1092
- Line Cord (US Chicago)                                         1093
IGF Transaction:
- IGF Transaction: OEL                                           7000
- IGF Transaction: OEL                                           7001
- IGF Transaction: OEL                                           7002
- IGF Transaction: OEL                                           7003
- IGF Transaction: OEL                                           7004
- IGF Transaction: OEL                                           7005
- IGF Transaction: OEL                                           7010
- IGF Transaction: PTC                                           7200
- IGF Transaction: PTC                                           7201
- IGF Transaction: PTC                                           7202
- IGF Transaction: PTC                                           7203
- IGF Transaction: PTC                                           7204
- IGF Transaction: PTC                                           7205
- IGF Transaction: PTC                                           7210
- IGF Transaction: RMC                                           7400
- IGF Transaction: RMC                                           7401
- IGF Transaction: RMC                                           7402
- IGF Transaction: RMC                                           7403
- IGF Transaction: RMC                                           7404
- IGF Transaction: RMC                                           7405
- IGF Transaction: RMC                                           7410
- IGF Transaction: RMZ                                           7600
- IGF Transaction: RMZ                                           7601
- IGF Transaction: RMZ                                           7602
- IGF Transaction: RMZ                                           7603
- IGF Transaction: RMZ                                           7604
- IGF Transaction: RMZ                                           7605
- IGF Transaction: RMZ                                           7610
- IGF Transaction: PAV                                           7800
- IGF Transaction: PAV                                           7801
- IGF Transaction: PAV                                           7802
- IGF Transaction: PAV                                           7803
- IGF Transaction: PAV                                           7804
- IGF Transaction: PAV                                           7805
- IGF Transaction: PAV                                           7810
Input Voltage:
- AC Voltage: 200V - 240V                                        9090
- AC Voltage: 380V - 480V                                        9091
Management Console - Keyboard:
- MC Keyboard - US English                                       9100
- MC Keyboard - Japanese                                         9101
- MC Keyboard - US English                                       9110
- MC Keyboard - Japanese                                         9111
 

(#000x) Model 9xE merge indicators

Feature  Description        Corequisite
-------  -----------------  -------------
0001     9xE factory merge  Feature #023x
 

This feature indicates an expansion unit model is being ordered with the initial order of the base unit model, and notifies Manufacturing that a "factory merge" of the base unit and expansion unit is required. This feature is for administrative purposes only.

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: Two.
  • Corequisites:
    • See table above.
    • Two #0001 features are required when #0231 and #0232 are present.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Plant install only.

(#0200) Shipping weight reduction

This optional feature ensures the maximum shipping weight of the machine does not exceed 909 kg (2,000 lb.) during the initial shipment.

The machine weight is reduced by removing selected components, which will be shipped separately. The components are installed into the machine by the IBM service representative during the machine installation. This feature will increase the machine installation time and should only be ordered if required.

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: One.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Plant install only.

(#021x - #023x) Model 9xE position indicators

Feature      Description             System-Level Corequisites
-------      --------------          ----------------------------
  0231       9A2 - 9AE position 1    Model 9AE with feature #0231
  0232       9A2 - 9AE position 2    Model 9AE with feature #0232
 

These features indicate the presence of an attached Model 9xE expansion unit. It is used to determine multi-model system configuration rules, including cross-model feature corequisites.

Incorrect use of this feature can result in the creation and shipment of incorrect and/or incomplete configurations. Therefore, it must be added or removed if changes are made to the system-level configuration.

Incorrect use of these features can result in the creation and shipment of incorrect and/or incomplete configurations. Therefore, they must be added or removed if changes are made to the system-level configuration.

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: One per feature number.
  • Corequisites:
    • See table above.
    • Additionally, feature #0231 is required when feature #0232 is present.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#08xx) Initial System Capacity

Feature   Description
-------   --------------------------
 0800     Up to 2.0 TB capacity
 0802     2.1 to 5.0 TB capacity
 0805     5.1 to 10.0 TB capacity
 0810     10.1 to 25.0 TB capacity
 0815     25.1 to 50.0 TB capacity
 0820     50.1 to 75.0 TB capacity
 0825     75.1 to 100.0 TB capacity
 0830     100.1 to 150.0 TB capacity
 0835     150.1 to 200.0 TB capacity
 

These features indicate the total capacity of a system (base unit and any attached expansion unit models) at initial order. They are for administrative purposes only.

To determine the total capacity, perform the following calculation:

  • Determine the total number of #2xx6 disk drives on order for each disk drive capacity. #2xx7 Standby CoD disk drives are excluded from this calculation.
  • Multiple each total by its respective disk drive capacity (i.e., 73 GB, 146 GB, or 300 GB).
  • Add together all the resulting values.
    • Minimum required: One.
    • Maximum allowed: One.
    • Corequisites: None.
    • Limitations: None.
    • Plant install / field install: Plant install only.

(#090x) Standby CoD indicators

Feature Description            System-Level Corequisites
------- ---------------------  ----------------------------------------
0900    Non-Standby CoD        None
0901    Standby CoD indicator  #2xx7 features on any models in the system
0902    Standby CoD indicator  #2xx7 features on any models in the system
0903    Standby CoD indicator  #2xx7 features on any models in the system
 

Each feature identifies whether a machine is participating in the DS8000 Standby Capacity on Demand (Standby CoD) offering. They are for administrative purposes only.

Feature #0900 is required on machines not participating in the Standby CoD offering.

Feature #0901, #0902, or #0903 is required on machines participating in the Standby CoD offering. Standby CoD program participation is defined as the presence of the #2xx7 features (Standby CoD disk drive) on the base unit model and any attached expansion unit models.

  • Feature #0901 is the default indicator and indicates participation under standard offering terms and conditions. This feature is designated as "manual schedule"; as such, orders with this feature will not be scheduled (accepted) until confirmation is received that the Standby CoD agreements have been signed by the client.

  • Feature #0902 and #0903 are used on an exception basis only. These features are designated as "manual schedule"; as such, orders with these features will not be scheduled (accepted) until geography brand management approval is obtained, and confirmation is received that the Standby CoD agreements have been signed by the client.

One of the following agreements must be signed by the client prior to the acquisition of their first machine configured with Standby CoD features:

  • For clients who have a signed IBM Customer Agreement (or equivalent):
    • IBM Customer Agreement, Attachment for DS8000 Standby Capacity on Demand (in the U.S., this is form number Z125-7142), and
    • IBM Supplement for DS8000 Standby Capacity on Demand (in the U.S., this is form number Z125-7144).
  • For clients who do not have a signed IBM Customer Agreement (or equivalent):
    • IBM Agreement for Capacity Upgrade on Demand (in the U.S., this is form number Z125-6310), and
    • IBM Agreement for Capacity Upgrade on Demand, Attachment for DS8000 Standby Capacity on Demand (in the U.S., this is form number Z125-7143), and
    • IBM Supplement for DS8000 Standby Capacity on Demand (in the U.S., this is form number Z125-7144).

Once a client has executed either set of the above agreements, each subsequent order for any #2xx7 features requires only that the customer sign an additional IBM Supplement for DS8000 Standby Capacity on Demand.

When a machine exits the Standby CoD offering, feature #0901, #0902, or #0903 must be replaced with feature #0900 using the feature removal and add option. A machine exits the Standby CoD offering when all #2xx7 features are converted to #2xx6 features.

When an installed machine enters the Standby CoD offering through the field installation of the #2xx7 features, feature #0900 must be replaced with feature #0901, #0902, or #0903 using the feature removal and add option.

  • Minimum required: One.
  • Maximum allowed: One.
  • Corequisites: See table above.
  • Limitations: Feature #0900 is not compatible with the #2xx7 features, regardless of whether the #2xx7 features are present on the base unit model or attached expansion unit models.
  • Plant install / field install: Features #0900 and #0901 are both; features #0902 and #0903 are plant install only.

(#0920) Disk intermix indicator

This feature indicates a machine contains more than one type of disk drive, where type is defined by the disk drive capacity and/or speed. It is for administrative purposes only.

It must be included on a new machine order when the order contains the following:

  • #20xx and #21xx features.
  • #20xx and #23xx features.
  • #20xx, #21xx, and #23xx features.
  • #21xx and #23xx features.

This feature must also be included on an MES order if disk drive intermix will occur within the machine as a result of the MES order:

  • If #20xx features are installed on the machine, this feature is required if the MES order contains #21xx and/or #23xx features.
  • If #21xx features are installed on the machine, this feature is required if the MES order contains #20xx and/or #23xx features.
  • If #23xx features are installed on the machine, this feature is required if the MES order contains #20xx and/or #21xx features.
  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: 99.
  • Corequisites: See description above.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#0930) IBM/Openwave alliance indicator

This feature indicates the order is included in sales activity associated with the IBM/Openwave strategic alliance. It is for administrative purposes only.

This feature should be used with both plant and MES order activity.

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: 99.
  • Corequisites: When specified, the feature should be added to all models within the system (e.g., base unit model and all attached expansion unit models) and all 2244 function authorization models associated with the machine.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#0931 - #0934) IBM eServer indicators

Feature Description:

  • 0931 IBM iSeries indicator
  • 0932 IBM pSeries indicator
  • 0933 IBM xSeries indicator
  • 0934 IBM zSeries indicator

These features indicate the IBM eServer environments in which the machine will be used. They are for administrative purposes only and do not affect the technical capabilities of the machine.

All applicable features should be specified.

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: One per feature number.
  • Corequisites: When specified, a feature should be added to all models within the system (e.g., base unit model and all attached expansion unit models) and all 2244 function authorization models associated with the machine.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Plant install only.

(#0940) Linux indicator

This feature indicates the machine will be used in a Linux environment (that is, will be attached to servers running the Linux operating system). It is for administrative purposes only and does not affect the technical capabilities of the machine.

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: One.
  • Corequisites: When specified, this feature should be added to all models within the system (e.g., base unit model and all attached expansion unit models) and all 2244 function authorization models associated with the machine.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

This feature provides a second pair of disk drive power modules. It is a required feature when the quantity of #1210 features exceeds four.

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: One.
  • Corequisites: See description above.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#0950) Global Mirror Indicator

This feature indicates the machine will be used in a Global Mirror configuration. It is for administrative purposes only and does not affect the technical capabilities of the machine.

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: One.
  • Corequisites: Feature #0740.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#7xxx) IGF transaction indicators

                                  IBM 2244
Feature  Description              Corequisite
-------  --------------------     -----------------------
7000     IGF transaction: OEL     Model OEL feature #7000
7001     IGF transaction: OEL     Model OEL feature #7001
7002     IGF transaction: OEL     Model OEL feature #7002
7003     IGF transaction: OEL     Model OEL feature #7003
7004     IGF transaction: OEL     Model OEL feature #7004
7005     IGF transaction: OEL     Model OEL feature #7005
7010     IGF transaction: OEL     Model OEL feature #7010
7200     IGF transaction: PTC     Model PTC feature #7200
7201     IGF transaction: PTC     Model PTC feature #7201
7202     IGF transaction: PTC     Model PTC feature #7202
7203     IGF transaction: PTC     Model PTC feature #7203
7204     IGF transaction: PTC     Model PTC feature #7204
7205     IGF transaction: PTC     Model PTC feature #7205
7210     IGF transaction: PTC     Model PTC feature #7210
7400     IGF transaction: RMC     Model RMC feature #7400
7401     IGF transaction: RMC     Model RMC feature #7401
7402     IGF transaction: RMC     Model RMC feature #7402
7403     IGF transaction: RMC     Model RMC feature #7403
7404     IGF transaction: RMC     Model RMC feature #7404
7405     IGF transaction: RMC     Model RMC feature #7405
7410     IGF transaction: RMC     Model RMC feature #7410
7600     IGF transaction: RMZ     Model RMZ feature #7600
7601     IGF transaction: RMZ     Model RMZ feature #7601
7602     IGF transaction: RMZ     Model RMZ feature #7602
7603     IGF transaction: RMZ     Model RMZ feature #7603
7604     IGF transaction: RMZ     Model RMZ feature #7604
7605     IGF transaction: RMZ     Model RMZ feature #7605
7610     IGF transaction: RMZ     Model RMZ feature #7610
7800     IGF transaction: PAV     Model PAV feature #7800
7801     IGF transaction: PAV     Model PAV feature #7801
7802     IGF transaction: PAV     Model PAV feature #7802
7803     IGF transaction: PAV     Model PAV feature #7803
7804     IGF transaction: PAV     Model PAV feature #7804
7805     IGF transaction: PAV     Model PAV feature #7805
7810     IGF transaction: PAV     Model PAV feature #7810
 

These features indicate 2244 function authorization order transactions on a machine involved in an IGF transaction (lease or financing). They are for administrative purposes only.

These features are used as followed:

  • When a new 2107 machine is ordered with the 2244 function authorizations, a Record Purposes Only (RPO) MES must be used to add the corresponding #7xxx features to the 2107 machine. The #7xxx feature numbers and quantity added to the 2107 machine via RPO MES must match the 2244 function authorization #7xxx feature numbers and quantity.
  • When a new 2244 function authorization model is ordered on an installed 2107 machine, the corresponding #7xxx features must be added to the 2107 machine. The #7xxx feature numbers and quantity added to the 2107 machine must match the 2244 function authorization order transaction. (The use of an RPO MES is not required for this condition.)
  • When #7xxx features are ordered as a field install feature on the 2244 function authorization models associated with the 2107 machine, the corresponding #7xxx features must be added to/removed from the 2107 machine. The #7xxx feature numbers and quantity added to/removed from the 2107 machine must match the 2244 function authorization order transaction. (The use of an RPO MES is not required for this condition.)
  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: 99 per feature.
  • Corequisites: See table above.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Field install only.

(#909x) Input voltage

Feature  Description
-------  --------------------------------------------
 9090    Nominal AC Voltage: 200V - 240V
          Supported line cord features:
           #1090 - Line cord (US, LA, AP, and Canada)
           #1092 - Line cord (Japan, US, and Canada)
           #1093 - Line cord (US - Chicago)
 9091    Nominal AC Voltage: 380V - 480V
          Supported line cord features:
           #1090 - Line cord (US, LA, AP, and Canada)
           #1091 - Line cord (EMEA)
 

These features are used to specify the nominal AC voltage (phase to phase) supported by the AC/DC power supply installed in the machine.

This feature can be changed on an installed machine by submitting a Request for Price Quotation (RPQ).

  • Minimum required: One.
  • Maximum allowed: One.
  • Corequisites: See table above.
  • Limitations:
    • Feature #9091 is not compatible with feature #1090.
  • Plant install / field install: Plant install only.

(#910x - #911x) Management console keyboard

Feature Description            Corequisite
---------------------------    -------------
 9100 Keyboard - US English    Feature #1100
 9101 Keyboard - Japanese      Feature #1100
 9110 Keyboard - US English    Feature #1110
 9111 Keyboard - Japanese      Feature #1110
 

These features are used to specify the keyboard supplied with the management console feature (#1100 and #1110).

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: One #910x feature and one #911x feature.
  • Corequisites: See table above.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

Special Feature Codes -- Chargeable

Description                                   Machine   Model   Feature
-------------------------------------------   -------   -----   -------
TotalStorage DS8300                             2107     9A2
Power:
- Remote Power Control                                           1000
- Battery Assembly                                               1050
- Extended PLD                                                   1055
Management Console:
- Management Console Internal                                    1100
- Management Console External                                    1110
External Management Console - Line Cords:
- MC Line Cord Standard Rack                                     1170
- MC Line Cord Group 1                                           1171
- MC Line Cord Group 2                                           1172
- MC Line Cord Group 3                                           1173
- MC Line Cord Group 4                                           1174
- MC Line Cord Group 5                                           1175
- MC Line Cord Group 6                                           1176
- MC Line Cord Group 7                                           1177
- MC Line Cord Group 8                                           1178
- MC Line Cord Group 9                                           1179
- MC Line Cord Group 10                                          1180
- MC Line Cord Group 11                                          1181
- MC Line Cord Group 12                                          1182
- MC Line Cord Group 13                                          1183
- MC Line Cord Group 14                                          1184
- MC Line Cord Group 15                                          1185
- MC Line Cord Group 16                                          1186
Disk Enclosures:
- Disk Enclosure Pair - A                                        1220
- Disk Enclosure Pair - B                                        1230
Disk Cable:
- Disk Drive Cable Group 1                                       1211
I/O Enclosure Pair                                               1300
I/O Cable:
- RIO-G Cable Group 3                                            1313
- RIO-G Cable Group 6                                            1316
Fibre Channel/FICON Cables:
- 50 um Fibre Cable (LC)                                         1410
- 50 um Fibre Cable (LC/SC)                                      1411
- 50 um Fibre Cable (Jumper)                                     1412
- 9 um Fibre Cable (LC)                                          1420
- 9 um Fibre Cable (LC/SC)                                       1421
- 9 um Fibre Cable (Jumper)                                      1422
ESCON Cables:
- ESCON Cable (MT-RJ)                                            1430
- ESCON Cable (MT-RJ/DUP)                                        1431
- ESCON Cable (Jumper)                                           1432
- ESCON PL Cable (MT-RJ)                                         1440
- ESCON PL Cable (MT-RJ/DUP)                                     1441
Disk Drive Sets:
- 73 GB 15K Drive Set A                                          2026
- 73 GB 15K Drive Set B                                          2036
- 146 GB 10K Drive Set A                                         2126
- 146 GB 10K Drive Set B                                         2136
- 146 GB 15K Drive Set A                                         2226
- 146 GB 15K Drive Set B                                         2236
- 300 GB 10K Drive Set A                                         2326
- 300 GB 10K Drive Set B                                         2336
Standby CoD Disk Drive Sets:
- 73 GB 15K CoD Drive Set A                                      2027
- 73 GB 15K CoD Drive Set B                                      2037
- 146 GB 10K CoD Drive Set A                                     2127
- 146 GB 10K CoD Drive Set B                                     2137
- 146 GB 15K CoD Drive Set A                                     2227
- 146 GB 15K CoD Drive Set B                                     2237
- 300 GB 10K CoD Drive Set A                                     2327
- 300 GB 10K CoD Drive Set B                                     2337
Disk Enclosure Filler Set                                        2999
Device Adapters:
- Device Adapter Pair - A                                        3021
- Device Adapter Pair - B                                        3031
Host Adapters:
- 2Gb SW FCP/FICON Adapter - A                                   3121
- 2Gb SW FCP/FICON Adapter - B                                   3131
- 2Gb LW FCP/FICON Adapter - A                                   3221
- 2Gb LW FCP/FICON Adapter - B                                   3231
- ESCON Adapter - A                                              3321
- ESCON Adapter - B                                              3331
Processor Memory:
- 32 GB Processor Memory                                         4102
- 64 GB Processor Memory                                         4103
- 128 GB Processor Memory                                        4104
- 256 GB Processor Memory                                        4105
 

(#07x0) Licensed function indicators

Feature Description  System-Level Corequisites
-------------------  ---------------------------------
0700 OEL indicator   IBM 2244 Model OEL #70xx features
0720 PTC indicator   IBM 2244 Model PTC #72xx features
0740 RMC indicator   IBM 2244 Model RMC #74xx features
0760 RMZ indicator   IBM 2244 Model RMZ #76xx features
0780 PAV indicator   IBM 2244 Model PAV #78xx features
 

These features enable a licensed function subject to the client applying a feature activation code made available by IBM. They are also used for maintenance billing purposes.

DS8000 Series Function Authorization (machine type 2244) feature numbers must be purchased to establish the extent of IBM authorization for the licensed function before the feature activation code is provided by IBM.

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: One per feature number.
  • Corequisites: See table above.
  • Limitations:
    • Feature #0700 is not compatible with IBM 2244 Model OEL feature #7000.
    • Feature #0720 is not compatible with IBM 2244 Model PTC feature #7200.
    • Feature #0740 is not compatible with IBM 2244 Model RMC feature #7400.
    • Feature #0760 is not compatible with IBM 2244 Model RMZ feature #7600
    • Feature #0780 is not compatible with IBM 2244 Model PAV feature #7800.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#1000) Remote power control

This optional feature enables remote control of the machine power.

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: One.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#1050) Battery assembly

This feature provides a battery assembly to power the machine when the external power source is lost.

It is a required feature when feature #1300 or #1055 is present.

  • Minimum required: Three.
  • Maximum allowed: Three.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Plant install only.

(#1055) Extended PLD

This optional feature provides extended protection from a power line disturbance (PLD).

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: One.
  • Corequisites:
    • If feature #1055 is selected, it must be selected for all units in the 2107 system. 2107 system is defined as the 2107 base unit and all physically attached 2107 expansion units.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#109x) Line cords

  Feature  Description  Applicable Region or Country  Corequisite
  -------  -----------  ----------------------------  ----------------
  1090     Line cord    US, LA, AP, and Canada        Feature #9090 or
                                                                 #9091
  1091     Line cord    EMEA                          Feature #9091
  1092     Line cord    Japan, US, and Canada         Feature #9090
  1093     Line cord    US (Chicago)                  Feature #9090
 

These features provide two three-phase line cords to supply external power to the machine.

These features can be used to order replacement line cords.

  • Minimum required: One.
  • Maximum allowed: 99.
  • Corequisites: See table above.
  • Limitations:
    • Features #1092 and #1093 are not compatible with feature #9091.
    • Feature #1091 is not compatible with feature #9090.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#1100, #1110) Management console

  • 1100 Internal management console
  • 1110 External management console

These features provide a dedicated workstation consisting of a processor, keyboard, display, modem, and Ethernet cables.

The management console is used for machine configuration, management, and service activities, including call home and remote support.

Feature #1100 provides a management console that is installed (physically located) inside the machine. This feature is required.

Feature #1110 provides a management console for mounting into a 19-inch system rack. When used in accordance with IBM's associated documentation, this feature is capable of satisfying the applicable requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, provided that any assistive technology used with the product properly interoperates with it.

Feature #1110 can also be used as a redundant management console for environments with high availability requirements.

To help preserve console functionality, the management console is not available as a general purpose computing resource.

Refer to the DS8000 Introduction and Planning Guide (GC35-0495) for planning information and system rack specifications.

  • Minimum required:
    • Feature #1100: One.
    • Feature #1110: None
  • Maximum allowed: One per feature number.
  • Corequisites:
    • Feature #1100 requires one #910x feature.
    • Feature #1110 requires one #117x or #118x feature and one #911x feature.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#117x - #118x) Management console line cord

Feature Description                Applicable Region or Country
------- -------------------------- ------------------------------------
 1170   MC line cord standard rack All
 1171   MC line cord group 1      United States, Canada, Bahamas,
                                   Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil,
                                   Colombia, Costa Rica,
                                   Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
                                   El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana,
                                   Honduras, Jamaica, Japan,
                                   Japan (PDS), Korea, Mexico,
                                   Netherlands Antilles, Panama,
                                   Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Surinam,
                                   Taiwan, Trinidad, Venezuela
 1172   MC line cord group 2      Brazil
         (125V, 15A)
 1173   MC line cord group 3      Belgium, Finland, France,
         (250V, 16A)               Indonesia, Korea
 1174   MC line cord group 4      Denmark
         (250V, 10A)
 1175   MC line cord group 5      United Kingdom
         (250V, 13A)
 1176   MC line cord group 6      Israel
         (250V, 6A to 16A)
 1177   MC line cord group 7      Switzerland
          (250V, 10A)
 1178   MC line cord group 8      Pakistan, South Africa
          (250V, 16A)
 1179   MC line cord group 9      Chile, Italy
         (250V, 10A and 16A)
 1180   MC line cord group 10     Argentina, Australia, New Zealand
         (250V, 10A)
 1181   MC line cord group 11     Thailand
         (250V, 15A)
 1182   MC line cord group 12     Uruguay
         (250V, 10A)
 1183   MC line cord group 13     China
         (250V, 10A)
 1184   MC line cord group 14     India
         (250V, 10A)
 1185   MC line cord group 15     Brazil
         (250V,10A)
 1186   MC line cord group 16     Korea
         (250V, 10A)
 

These features provide a line cord to supply external power to the external management console (feature #1110).

These features can be used to order replacement line cords.

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: 99.
  • Corequisites: Feature #1110.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#12x0) Disk enclosure pair

Feature       Description
-------       -----------------------------------------
1220          Disk enclosure pair - physical location A
1230          Disk enclosure pair - physical location B
 

This feature provides two disk enclosures. disk enclosure pair supports up to 32 disk drives.

Every disk enclosure pair must be populated with either 16 or 32 disk drives (features #2xx6 and/or #2xx7). If a disk enclosure pair is populated with only 16 disk drives, it must be populated with one disk enclosure filler set (feature #2999).

When this feature is ordered on the first Model 9xE within a system, the maximum allowed quantity of this feature must be present on the base enclosure model.

When this feature is ordered on the second Model 9xE within a system, the maximum allowed quantity of this feature must also be present on the first Model 9xE.

  • Minimum required: One feature #1220 and one feature #1230, except:
    • Two #1220 features are required when feature #1220 is present on the first attached Model 9AE (identified using feature #0231)
    • Two #1230 features are required when feature #1230 is present on the first attached Model 9AE (identified using feature #0231)
  • Maximum allowed:
    • Feature #1220: Two
    • Feature #1230: Two.
  • Corequisites: Each #12x0 feature requires two #2xxx features. One of these features must be feature #2xx6 or #2xx7.
  • Limitations:
    • All disk drives installed within a disk enclosure pair must be of the same type (capacity and speed).
    • The #2xx6 and #2xx7 features can be installed within the same disk enclosure pair as long as the drives are of the same type (capacity and speed).
    • A disk enclosure pair cannot be populated with two #2999 features.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#121x) Disk drive cables

Feature       Description
-------       ------------------------
 1211         Disk drive cable group 1
 

All Models: This feature provides a complete set of fibre channel cables to connect all the disk drives (supported within the model) to their appropriate device adapters.

Selection of the appropriate feature is dependent upon the Model 9xE physical position (relative to the base unit) and base unit model number. The Model 9xE indicator features (#02xx) are used to ensure the selection of the proper disk drive cable group feature.

If the Model 9xE physical position (relative to the base unit) or the base unit model number is changed, a new disk drive cable group feature is required. A new disk drive cable group is obtained by ordering a feature remove of the installed #121x feature and a feature add of a new #121x feature.

  • Minimum required: One.
  • Maximum allowed: One.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Plant install only.

(#1300) I/O enclosure pair

This feature provides two I/O enclosures. An I/O enclosure pair supports up to two device adapter pairs and up to eight host adapters.

  • Minimum required: Two.
  • Maximum allowed: Two.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Plant install only.

(#131x) I/O cables

Feature      Description            Corequisite
-------      -------------------    ---------------
1313         RIO-G cable group 3    None
1316         RIO-G cable group 6    Feature #0001 and #0231
 

This feature provides a complete set of RIO-G interconnection cables.

  • Minimum required: One, either feature #1313 or #1316.
  • Maximum allowed: One, either feature #1313 or #1316.
  • Corequisites: See table above.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install:
    • Feature #1313 is both, although field installation is supported during a model conversion only.
    • Feature #1316 is plant install only.

(#141x - 142x) Fibre Channel/FICON cables

Feature      Description
-------      --------------------------------------------------
 1410        50 micron, 31 meter Fibre Channel cable
              multimode with LC connectors
 1411        50 micron, 31 meter Fibre Channel cable
              multimode with an LC and SC connector
 1412        50 micron, 2 meter Fibre Channel conversion cable
              multimode with an LC connector and SC receptacle
 1420        9 micron, 31 meter Fibre Channel cable
              singlemode with LC connectors
 1421        9 micron, 31 meter Fibre Channel cable
              singlemode with an LC and SC connector
 1422        9 micron, 2 meter Fibre Channel conversion cable
              singlemode with an LC connector and SC receptacle
 

These optional features provide one Fibre Channel cable to connect a Fibre Channel/FICON adapter port to a server or fabric component port.

Each cable has an LC connector for attachment to the Fibre Channel/FICON adapter port. The cables are available with either an LC or SC connector for attachment to the server or fabric component port.

The 50 micron cables (#141x features) are compatible with:

  • Short-wave Fibre Channel/FICON host adapters (feature #3111, #3121, and #3131).
  • Long-wave Fibre Channel/FICON adapters (feature #3211, #3221, and #3231) only when the adapter is operating at a 1Gb per second transfer rate.

The 9 micron cables (#142x features) are compatible with:

  • Long-wave Fibre Channel/FICON adapters (feature #3211, #3221, and #3231).

Feature #1412 and #1422 provide a "pigtail" conversion cable that can be used to attach the Fibre Channel/FICON adapter port to a cable with an SC connector.

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: 99.
  • Corequisites: See description above.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#143x - #144x) ESCON cables

Feature     Description
-------     ------------------------------------------------------------
 1430       31 meter ESCON cable with MT-RJ connectors
 1431       31 meter ESCON cable with a MT-RJ and ESCON Duplex connector
 1432       2 meter ESCON conversion cable with a MT-RJ connector and
             ESCON Duplex receptacle
 1440       31 meter plenum-rated ESCON cable with MT-RJ connectors
 1441       31 meter plenum-rated ESCON cable with a MT-RJ and
             ESCON Duplex connector
 

These optional features provide one 62.5 micron ESCON cable to connect an ESCON adapter port to a server or fabric port.

Each cable has a small form-factor, industry-standard MT-RJ connector for attachment to the ESCON adapter port. The cables are available with either an MT-RJ or ESCON Duplex connector for attachment to the server or fabric port.

Feature #1432 provides a "pigtail" conversion cable that can be used to attach the ESCON adapter port to a cable with an ESCON Duplex connector.

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: 99.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#2xx6) Disk drive sets

Feature      Description
-------      ------------------------------------------------------
 2026        73 GB 15,000 rpm disk drive set - physical location A
 2036        73 GB 15,000 rpm disk drive set - physical location B
 2126        146 GB 10,000 rpm disk drive set - physical location A
 2136        146 GB 10,000 rpm disk drive set - physical location B
 2226        146 GB 15,000 rpm disk drive set - physical location A
 2236        146 GB 15,000 rpm disk drive set - physical location B
 2326        300 GB 10,000 rpm disk drive set - physical location A
 2336        300 GB 10,000 rpm disk drive set - physical location B
 

These features provide a set of 16 disk drives.

Disk drives are installed in an disk enclosure pair (eight drives in each disk enclosure). A disk enclosure can support up to 32 disk drives. All the disk drives installed within a disk enclosure pair must be of the same type (capacity and speed).

Every disk enclosure pair must be populated with either two disk drive sets (features #2xx6 and/or #2xx7) or a combination of one disk drive set and one disk enclosure filler set (feature #2999). If a disk enclosure pair is populated with feature #2999, the feature must be removed as feature #2xx6 or feature #2xx7 is added.

Feature conversions are available to exchange installed disk drives when purchasing new disk drives of a higher capacity and/or speed. The conversions are a returned parts MES.

  • Minimum required:
    • Feature #2x26: One.
    • Feature #2x36: One.
  • Maximum allowed:
    • Feature #2x26: Four.
    • Feature #2x36: Four.
  • Corequisites:
    • Feature #0920 may be required.
    • Additional #1210 and #2999 features may be required.
    • Additional #1220, #1230 and #2999 features may be required.
    • Additional #30x1 features may be required.
    • Additional 2244 function authorization feature may be required to upgrade authorization and enablement levels.
  • Limitations:
    • The total quantity of #2xxx features cannot exceed eight.
    • Feature #2999 must be included in the total quantity count.
    • The total quantity of #2x2x features cannot exceed four.
    • The total quantity of #2x3x features cannot exceed four.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#2xx7) Standby CoD disk drive sets

Feature   Description
-------   -------------------------------------------------------------
 2027     73 GB 15,000 rpm CoD disk drive set - physical location A
 2037     73 GB 15,000 rpm CoD disk drive set - physical location B
 2127     146 GB 10,000 rpm CoD disk drive set - physical location A
 2137     146 GB 10,000 rpm CoD disk drive set - physical location B
 2227     146 GB 15,000 rpm CoD disk drive set - physical location A
 2237     146 GB 15,000 rpm CoD disk drive set - physical location B
 2327     300 GB 10,000 rpm CoD disk drive set - physical location A
 2337     300 GB 10,000 rpm CoD disk drive set - physical location B
 

These features provide a set of 16 CoD disk drives.

Disk drives are installed in an disk enclosure pair (eight drives in each disk enclosure). A disk enclosure can support up to 32 disk drives. All the disk drives installed within a disk enclosure pair must be of the same type (capacity and speed).

Every disk enclosure pair must be populated with either two disk drive sets (features #2xx6 and/or #2xx7) or a combination of one disk drive set and one disk enclosure filler set (feature #2999). If a disk enclosure pair is populated with feature #2999, the feature must be removed as feature #2xx6 or feature #2xx7 is added.

Activated CoD disk drives are purchased using a "feature exchange" transaction, resulting in the removal of the #2xx7 feature and the addition of the corresponding #2xx6 feature of the same capacity and speed. The transaction is invoiced at the differential price between the features removed and added.

For each type of #2xx7 feature installed, #2xx6 feature of the same type (capacity and speed) cannot be ordered without first purchasing the #2xx7 feature using the "feature exchange" transaction described above. Note: that if the client wants to continue to have CoD disk drives installed in their machine, one or more replacement #2xx7 features should be purchased instead of #2xx6 features.

When purchasing Standby CoD disk drives, agreements must be signed by the client prior to the acquisition of their first DS8000 configured with #2xx7 features. See the #090x features (Standby CoD Indicators) for additional information.

Once the required agreements have been executed, each subsequent order of #2xx7 features requires only that the client sign an additional IBM Supplement for DS8000 Standby Capacity on Demand.

  • Minimum required: None.
  • Minimum required: None.
  • Maximum allowed: Four, subject to the following:
    • One #2xx7 feature requires a minimum quantity of two #2xx6 features.
    • Two #2xx7 features requires a minimum quantity of four #2xx6 features.
    • Three #2xx7 features requires a minimum quantity of four #2xx6 features.
    • Four #2xx7 features requires a minimum quantity of eight #2xx6 features.

      Note: The maximum allowed, as well as the required minimum quantity of #2xx6 features, applies to the system, where the system is defined as the base unit model and all attached expansion unit models.

  • Corequisites:
    • Feature #0920 may be required.
    • Additional #1220, #1230 and #2999 features may be required.
    • Additional #30x1 features may be required.
    • Additional 2244 function authorization features may be required to upgrade authorization and enablement levels.
  • Limitations:
    • The total quantity of #2xxx features cannot exceed eight.
    • Feature #2999 must be included in the total quantity count.
    • The total quantity of #2x2x features cannot exceed four.
    • The total quantity of #2x2x features cannot exceed four.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#2999) Disk enclosure filler set

This feature provides a set of 16 disk enclosure fillers.

Models 921, 922, and 92E: If a disk enclosure pair (feature #1210) is populated with only 16 disk drives (one #2xx6 or #2xx7 feature), it must be populated with one disk enclosure filler set (feature #2999).

If a disk enclosure pair is populated with feature #2999, the #2999 feature must be removed as #2xx6 or #2xx7 features is added.

Models 9A2 and 9AE: If a disk enclosure pair (feature #1220 and #1230) is populated with only 16 disk drives (one #2xx6 or #2xx7 feature), it must be populated with one disk enclosure filler set (feature #2999).

If a disk enclosure pair is populated with feature #2999, the #2999 feature must be removed as feature #2xx6 or feature #2xx7 is added.

  • Minimum required: None
  • Maximum allowed: Four.
  • Corequisites: Additional #12x0 features may be required.
    • The quantity of #2xxx features cannot exceed 16; features #2999 must be included in the total quantity count.
    • A disk enclosure pair cannot be populated with two #2999 features.
  • Limitations:
    • The total quantity of #2xxx features cannot exceed eight.
    • Feature #2999 must be included in the total quantity count.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#30xx) Device adapter pair

Feature     Description
-------     -----------------------------------------
 3021       Device adapter pair - physical location A
 3031       Device adapter pair - physical location B
 

This feature provides two device adapters. Device adapters are installed in an I/O enclosure pair (one device adapter in each I/O enclosure). An I/O enclosure pair can support up to two device adapter pairs.

The required quantity of this feature is based upon the number of disk enclosure pair features present within the system (e.g., base unit model and all attached expansion unit models).

To determine the required quantity of feature #3021:

  • Divide the total quantity of #1220 disk enclosure pair features by two.
  • Round this value up to the next whole number.

To determine the required quantity of feature #3031:

  • Divide the total quantity of #1230 disk enclosure pair features by two (2).
  • Round this value up to the next whole number.

The resulting numbers represent the required quantity, until the maximum allowed quantity for feature is reached.

The addition of a #12x0 feature into a given model may require the addition of #301x features into a different model within the system (than the model that the #12x0 features are being added to).

  • Minimum required: One feature #3021 and one feature #3031.
  • Maximum allowed:
    • Feature #3021: Two.
    • Feature #3031: Two.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Limitations:
    • Feature #3021: Two.
    • Feature #3031: Two.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#31x1, #32x1) Fibre Channel/FICON adapter

Feature      Description
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             Short wave:
 3121        2Gb Fibre Channel/FICON adapter - physical location A
 3131        2Gb Fibre Channel/FICON adapter - physical location B
             Long wave:
 3221        2Gb Fibre Channel/FICON adapter - physical location A
 3231        2Gb Fibre Channel/FICON adapter - physical location B
 

These features provide one four-port Fibre Channel/FICON host adapter. Host adapters are installed in an I/O enclosure. An I/O enclosure pair can support up to eight host adapters. For higher availability, it is recommended that adapters always be added in pairs and in a balance manner across the machine.

Each adapter supports:

  • Four ports, each with a full duplex transfer rate at 2Gb or 1Gb per second
  • SCSI-FCP ULP (Upper Layer Protocol) on point-to-point, fabric, and arbitrated loop (private loop) topologies
  • FICON ULP on point-to-point and fabric topologies are supported.

    Note: SCSI-FCP and FICON are not supported simultaneously on the same port.

Cables for connecting an adapter port to a server or fabric port can be purchased using the #141x and #142x features.

  • Feature #31x1 is supported with 50 micron multimode fiber optic cables terminated with an LC connector.
  • Feature #32x1 is supported with 9 micron singlemode and 50 micron multimode fiber optic cables terminated with an LC connector, although 50 micron is supported only when the adapter is operating a 1Gb per second transfer rate.

Feature conversions are available to exchange installed adapters when purchasing new adapters of a different type. The conversions are a returned parts MES.

  • Minimum required:
    • A minimum of two #3121, #3221, or #3321 features of the same type are required.
      • If feature #3121 is present, the minimum required for feature #3121 is two. If feature #3221 is present, the minimum required for feature #3221 is two.
    • A minimum of two #3131, #3231, or #3331 features of the same type are required.
      • If feature #3131 is present, the minimum required for feature #3131 is two.
      • If feature #3231 is present, the minimum required for feature #3231 is two.
  • Maximum allowed per system:
    • Any combination of feature #3121, #3221, and #3321: Eight.
    • Any combination of feature #3131, #3231, and #3331: Eight.
  • Maximum allowed per multi-model system:
    • Model 9A2 plus one attached Model 9AE:
      • Any combination of feature #3121, #3221, and #3321: 16.
      • Any combination of feature #3131, #3231, and #3331: 16.
    • Model 9A2 plus two attached Model 9AE:
      • Any combination of feature #3121, #3221, and #3321: 16.
      • Any combination of feature #3131, #3231, and #3331: 16.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#33xx) ESCON adapter

Feature      Description
-------      -------------
 3311        ESCON adapter
 

All models: These features provide one two-port ESCON host adapter. Host adapters are installed in an I/O enclosure. An I/O enclosure pair can support up to eight host adapters. For higher availability, it is recommended that adapters always be added in pairs and in a balance manner across the machine.

This 64-bit adapter supports two ESCON links. Each port utilizes a Light Emitting Diode (LED) as the optical transceiver. Cables for connecting the ports to a server or fabric port can be purchased using the #143x and #144x features. This feature supports use of 62.5 micron multimode fiber optic cable terminated with a small form factor, industry standard MT-RJ connector.

Feature conversions are available to exchange installed adapters when purchasing new adapters of a different type. The conversions are a returned parts MES.

  • Minimum required: None.
    • A minimum of two #3121, #3221, or #3321 features of the same type are required.
      • If feature #3321 is present, the minimum required for feature #3321 is two.
    • A minimum of two #3131, #3231, or #3331 features of the same type are required.
      • If feature #3331 is present, the minimum required for feature #3331 is two.
  • Maximum allowed per system:
    • Any combination of feature #3121, #3221, and #3321: Eight.
    • Any combination of feature #3131, #3231, and #3331: Eight.
  • Maximum allowed per multi-model system:
    • Model 9A2 plus one attached Model 9AE:
      • Any combination of feature #3121, #3221, and #3321: 16.
      • Any combination of feature #3131, #3231, and #3331: 16.
    • Model 9A2 plus two attached Model 9AE:
      • Any combination of feature #3121, #3221, and #3321: 16.
      • Any combination of feature #3131, #3231, and #3331: 16.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both.

(#4xxx) Processor memory

Feature    Description
-------    -----------------------
 4102      32 GB processor memory
 4103      64 GB processor memory
 4104      128 GB processor memory
 4105      256 GB processor memory
 

All Models: Each feature designates the amount of processor memory installed in the machine.

Processor memory upgrades are processed as "feature exchange" transaction. The transaction is invoiced at the differential price between the features removed and added.

  • Minimum required: One.
  • Maximum allowed: One.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Plant install / field install: Both, although field installation of feature #4102 is supported during a model conversion only.
 

Feature Exchanges

Not available.
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Accessories

None.

Customer Replacement Parts

None.
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Machine Elements

None.
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Supplies

None.

Diskettes

None.

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