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IBM U.S. Product Life Cycle Dates
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5639-VC11.02.02004/04/282004/04/30 2005/08/262007/04/275639-VC2
5639-VC11.01.02003/06/032003/07/25 2005/08/262006/09/29 -
5639-VC11.01.12003/10/142003/11/21 2005/08/262006/09/29 -


 
Abstract

(No Longer Available as of August 26, 2005)

The IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller is a member of the TotalStorage Virtualization Family of storage solutions. The SAN Volume Controller combines hardware, software, and services into an integrated solution that is designed to centralize storage volume management and improve storage resource utilization. This combination is intended to help enable businesses to adapt quickly and dynamically to their variable environments.

Using virtualization technology, the SAN Volume Controller creates a pool of managed disks from the attached storage subsystems, which can then be mapped to a set of virtual disks for use by host server applications. This capability can help you begin to tap into your unused storage capacity to help make your business more efficient and resilient. And to help reduce complexity within the data center, you can manage all your virtualized storage from a single view.

The SAN Volume Controller combines pairs of servers into a high availability cluster. The cluster is protected against data loss in a power outage by using Uninterruptible Power Supplies. To further enhance application availability, the SAN Volume Controller assumes some basic management tasks, such as monitoring the health of the cluster. If necessary, the cluster can automatically take actions to help support continuous operations. The cluster can also optimize the data path to help maintain performance levels. These autonomic capabilities can help you implement the on demand operating environments necessary in today's world.

The SAN Volume Controller was designed for high availability environments, and can be integrated into existing storage area networks. This design helps to reduce or eliminate planned outages and supports non-disruptive storage software upgrades and server-free backups. The SAN Volume controller can also implement FlashCopy and Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC) functions across different disk storage devices, further helping to lower the total cost of ownership.

SAN Volume Controller V1.2.0

The IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller, a member of the IBM TotalStorage Open Software Family, is expanding its capabilities with its latest software release, V1.2.0, to enable customers to extend the benefits of storage virtualization to larger SAN environments.

V1.2.0 greatly expands the ability of SAN Volume Controller to manage storage from non-IBM suppliers by supporting storage arrays from Dell, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, and Hitachi Data Systems. The SAN Volume Controller can now combine storage volumes from these supported storage arrays into a single reservoir of storage and manage it from a central point.

This software release also adds to previously announced support for the operating systems running on attached host servers. The SAN Volume Controller now supports host servers running Windows 2003, Sun Solaris 9, and specific configurations of VMware.

SAN Volume Controller Storage Software V1.2.0 supports long-distance synchronous replication using our Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC) function with qualified fibre channel extender solutions, and also provides additional interoperability with IBM BladeCenter through support of the 2 port Fibre Channel Switch module in selected configurations.

For the specific models and host environments supported, refer to our support Web site at:

http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145

These SAN Volume Controller solutions implement SNIA's Storage Management Initiative-Specification (SMI-S), which provides our block virtualization products with node and cluster management capabilities that demonstrate IBM's ongoing commitment to promote open industry standards. As such, these SMI-S implementations provide consistent management information for use by other members of the IBM TotalStorage Open Software Family.
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Product Positioning

The SAN Volume Controller is a modular implementation of our solutions intended to address the complexities and costs of managing SAN-based storage. The SAN Volume Controller is designed to be added to existing SANs, to deliver its benefits with minimal disruption.

IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller V1.2.0 Enhancements

The SAN Volume Controller solutions deliver Virtualization Software as part of an integrated set of solutions and products designed to optimize the utilization of enterprise-wide storage assets. SAN Volume Controller Storage Software V1.2.0 expands ability to manage more storage arrays and host operating systems, increases the size of the SAN environments it can manage and increases the distances supported for replication. Combining other members of the Open Software Family with SAN Volume Controller can enhance the value of the SAN Volume Controller V1.2.0 solutions by offering additional potential benefits. For example:

  • IBM TotalStorge SAN File System permits policy-based automation of storage management tasks to help improve administrative efficiency.

  • IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager, Tivoli SAN Manager, and the Productivity Center User Interface together provide an integrated view of the storage environment, enabling central management of the environment.

  • IBM Tivoli Storage Manager provides Hierarchical Storage Management, Archive Management and Recovery Management capabilities to help enterprises manage their data across a wide range of storage devices, comply with the latest regulations, and create scalable data backup, archiving, and recovery solutions.

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Highlights

The IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family of storage solutions is designed to help reduce both the complexity and costs of managing your SAN-based storage.

With the SAN Volume Controller, you have the ability to:

  • Simplify storage management and increase administrator productivity by consolidating storage management for disparate storage controllers into a single view

  • Improve disaster recovery and business continuance capabilities by applying and managing copy services across disparate disk storage devices within the SAN

This solution includes a Common Information Model (CIM) Agent, supporting storage management by products that comply with the open standards of the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) Common Information Model.

V1.2.0 of SAN Volume Controller storage software enhances the offerings by:

  • Expanding support to enable management of selected storage arrays from Dell, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, and Hewlett-Packard

  • Supporting a wider range of host servers and operating systems

  • Enabling long distance replication through support for fibre channel extenders

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Description

The IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller -- What It Does

Definition of Virtual Disks Above the Disk Controller Adds New Scope

The SAN Volume Controller has been designed to combine unique and scalable hardware and software to accomplish Logical Unit virtualization above the storage disk controller level. This allows the creation of Virtual Disks that can span multiple, disparate disk subsystems that are under SAN Volume Controller management, and allows Virtual Disks to be composed with specific attributes, according to performance, availability, or cost requirements. Storage virtualization also has the potential to help simplify maintenance and installation operations, and enable a central, unified and consistent view of all managed storage under the SAN Volume Controller.

Mapping RAID Array storage to Block Level Virtualization

Storage systems make available SCSI Logical Units representing the RAID-controlled storage. The automatic discovery process of the SAN Volume Controller is designed to find the available SCSI Logical Units and allow them to be mapped to Managed Disks in a one-to-one relationship. Managed Disks can then be user-defined into Managed Disk Groups -- combining all the available disk extents. The user may then create Virtual Disks, which are associated with each Managed Disk Group and user-assigned to host systems. Thus, all available disk space in a Managed Disk Group is made accessible through Virtual Disks, and Virtual Disks appear to the host as SCSI Logical Units supporting a SCSI command set.

The user can choose to configure any Virtual Disk to be mapped to Managed Disks in one of three ways:

  1. Image mode, to help simplify the transition of storage from a non- virtualized to a virtualized environment without copying the actual data from one physical location to another

  2. Sequential mode, to help maintain the physical connection between the extents within a given Virtual Disk when placed on physical media (even if the data is subsequently moved to another physical location)

  3. Striped mode, whereby the extents within a given Virtual Disk are distributed evenly among multiple SCSI Logical Units within the Managed Disk Group

The user will then be in a position to leverage the virtualized storage environment and address the shortcomings that are inherent in isolated conventional SAN arrays, such as stranded capacity, varied intelligence levels, data migration limitations, and management idiosyncrasies.

The Efficiency Advantages of True Pools

The establishment of Virtual Disks that can span the entire range of storage in the SAN has the potential to aid in the establishment of Virtual Disks with precision of purpose, such as performance, availability, cost, or other attributes, and also helps to maximize the potential for finding appropriate available storage in the desired category -- no matter which disk subsystem controls the physical storage. This has the potential to result in a higher utilization of disk storage resources.

The volume management efficiency possible on this basis has the potential to minimize the amount of unused capacity throughout the installation. Also, with this architecture, less complex, lower cost, RAID/storage devices are useable to support advanced copy and management functions. The inherent efficiency of virtual Logical Unit blocking allows storage pools to maintain uniform performance, even after many creates and deletes.

System Components, Architecture, and Configurations

The SAN Volume Controller operating environment is based on a Linux 2.4 kernel and is supported by dual IBM 2145 Storage Engines. The SAN Volume Controller is intended for incorporation into existing customer SANs, while the IBM TotalStorage SAN Integration Server, another member of the TotalStorage Virtualization Family, provides a self-contained solution integrating the SAN Volume Controller with dual UPS, Brocade SAN switches, and TotalStorage FAStT storage -- for implementation either as a new SAN or to meet expanding SAN storage requirements.

SAN Volume Controller nodes have been architected to be implemented in pairs, with one or more pairs constituting a cluster. The pairs of nodes operate in a dual-active configuration, with each node in a pair backing up the other, and the cluster configuration shared across the cluster. Data written to the nodes is duplicated across caches in both nodes and both nodes are protected by UPSs. This design is intended to avoid single points of failure and enable maintenance to take place concurrently with application I/O.

Both systems require a minimum of two nodes, and are expandable to four nodes per cluster. Nodes must be added in pairs. The architecture of SAN Volume Controller is designed to be scaled beyond four nodes per cluster. The architecture allows a single cluster to manage up to two petabytes of usable storage, regardless of the number of node pairs in that cluster. Each engine is a customized IBM eServer xSeries server, with four gigabytes of read/write memory. The majority of this memory is available for use as read/write cache; any memory used as write cache is mirrored in the partner engine of the engine pair.

Physical Disk Storage System Support

Storage system support is available for the IBM FAStT models 200, 500, 600, 700, and 900.

Storage system support is available for the IBM Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) models 2105-F20 and 2105-800.

Host Attachments

The IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller supports RISC-based hosts running the IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, or Hewlett-Packard HP-UX, and Intel-based hosts running Microsoft Windows (Windows NT or Windows 2000 Advanced Server) and Red Hat Linux Advanced Server operating systems.

Switch Support

The SAN Volume Controller supports selected models of Brocade, McData, and INRANGE fibre channel SAN switches.

Current Technical Information

Current host attachment, switch, and controller support information, including required microcode levels, will be maintained at:

http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145

Important Functions and Features

Dynamic Data Migration capability

Powerful data migration functions are part of the base virtualization software of the SAN Volume Controller. These functions enable administrators to move storage from one device to another and perform load balancing across storage without taking data offline and without losing the availability of the data. This capability is intended to help reduce or eliminate the planned downtime required to migrate data from obsolete or end-of-lease storage devices onto newer devices.

Optional Advanced Copy Services

In addition to the Data Migration capabilities included in the base virtualization software, the SAN Volume Controller offers a complement of advanced copy functions, including FlashCopy and Synchronous Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC). FlashCopy can be performed for all storage under SAN Volume Controller management (assigned to a Virtual Disk). PPRC is available for host applications in the AIX and Windows 2000 environments using IBM FAStT storage systems. Configuration guidelines and current support summaries can be found at:

http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145

With conventional SAN disk arrays, copy operations are limited to in- box or like-box-to-like-box scenarios. With SAN-wide virtualization, FlashCopy (point-in-time) copies can be performed between separate subsystems within the same cluster and can use differing physical disk subsystems. To aid in disaster recovery, Remote Copy can be performed between clusters at different locations. The distance between locations will affect the performance achieved by Remote Copy. Generally, locations that are closer together will perform better. Remote Copy can also be performed within a cluster. This may be useful for test or production prototyping purposes. Virtual Disk to Managed Disk mappings can be changed without application disruption, and workload rebalance via data migration can be simply and efficiently invoked.

These advanced copy functions include architected failover support. They can be used in conjunction with both LAN-free and server-free backups, while supporting continuous access to the data.

Consistency Groups

In order to allow copy functions to be managed in a coordinated way across a number of Virtual Disks, it is possible to create a single entity for management, known as a Consistency Group. Where an application issues dependent writes that span multiple virtual disks, it is the use of Consistency Groups that will provide volume consistency, even during a rolling disaster.

For example, a set of volumes on a primary cluster could form a Consistency Group. A set of Remote Copy relationships between the primary volumes and a set of corresponding secondary volumes could be treated atomically by the use of a Consistency Group. The SAN Volume Controller software is designed to make it easy to form and manage Consistency Group relationships. Consistency Groups can be created, modified, and deleted with succinct, direct commands. Consistency Groups may also be established for FlashCopy mappings of Virtual Volumes that span multiple Virtual Disks -- enabling the FlashCopy operation on multiple Virtual Disks to take place as an atomic operation.

I/O Metering and I/O Statistics

SAN Volume Controller provides a range of facilities for monitoring, reporting, and controlling the I/Os received by the cluster. This is designed to allow the bandwidth and throughput resources available to the enterprise to be allocated on a per-business-unit basis, or per application basis, enabling some control of throughput allocation, in addition to storage space.

Statistics are maintained on a per SCSI Logical Unit basis. That is, a separate set of counters is maintained for each Virtual Disk, on I/Os received on each SAN Volume Controller port, from each host port. The following statistics are maintained:

Count of read I/Os and write I/Os
Count of blocks read, and blocks written

I/O Governing

It is possible to constrain I/O operations such that a system is constrained in the amount of I/O it can perform with respect to a given Virtual Disk in a period of time. This can be used to satisfy some quality-of-service constraints or contractual obligations (e.g., a customer agrees to pay for I/Os performed, but will not pay for I/Os beyond a certain rate).

Ease of Configuration

With the unified view made possible by the SAN Volume Controller software, a more unified approach to storage volume management is possible. A highly-effective automatic hardware discovery function brings newly installed storage into immediate view. The modularity of the system also supports nondisruptive installation of additional nodes and capacity.

Focus on Availability with Avoidance of Downtime for Planned Outages

Highly Available Clustered Configuration

The redundant design of the SAN Volume Controller allows nondisruptive software upgrades and leverages proven multipathing software from IBM.

Dual Caches

In addition to the dual components design, the architecture of the SAN Volume Controller and SAN Integration Server supports high availability while maintaining performance with read and write caches. Each engine's cache is independent. Cached writes are mirrored in the paired engine, before being acknowledged to the application server. The engines are in turn supported by independent UPS power. This permits cache write operations to be committed immediately, while supporting the availability demanded by application servers.

Superior RAS

The SAN Volume Controller has been designed to provide:

  • Extensive error logging and analysis functions that serve to facilitate rapid problem determination

  • An internal "watchdog" timer that facilitates automatic engine restart and re-admission to the cluster without operator intervention

  • Service pages that are accessible via the Web, enabling efficient and flexible operations.

The Command Line Interface (CLI) for the SAN Volume Controller is accessible via Ethernet, as an alternative or backup to normal Web-accessed CIM/GUI interface control.

The master console provides a unified point of service for the entire cluster, helping to reduce time lost to device/controller path identification and location. The master console also provides access to a readily available Virtual Private Network connection initiated by the customer. The master console also provides IBM Call Home and remote support capabilities, to help support fast, efficient service.

Focus on Economy and Simplicity

Scalability and Price

Scalable software and hardware helps you to both address your current needs and to grow your data storage in keeping with business demands. Storage that is leveraged across multiple devices by virtue of virtual Logical Units enables use of lower cost devices at recovery sites, and, therefore, can help lower overall cost of backup and recovery operations.

SAN Volume Controller Storage Software is licensed to the cluster in tiers, according to the amount of storage virtualized and managed by that cluster. Data Migration functions are included as part of the base software. Additional optional advanced copy features are also priced in tiers according to the amount of storage served by each feature. (The effective tier for each advanced copy service feature may be selected independently from each other and from that of the total base virtualized storage tier, so long as the capacity level tier for either advanced copy feature does not exceed the capacity tier level of licensed base virtualized storage.)

SAN Volume Controller hardware and software tiers may thus be independently scaled, according to performance, storage growth, and other customer functional requirements.

The licensed SAN Volume Controller Storage Software (5639-VC1) runs on the SAN Volume Controller Storage Engine cluster, either as a stand-alone cluster or within the SAN Integration Server solution.

Powerful, Centralized Storage Management Interface

The IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller Storage Software provides a Common Information Model (CIM) Agent that supports the open standards (SNIA SMIS), and allows the SAN Volume Controller to be managed by standard-compliant Storage Resource Management applications. The SAN Volume Controller software also provides a Web-accessible GUI, supporting flexible and rapid access to storage management information.

This software runs on the master console that is dedicated to support the SAN Volume Controller hardware and software. The master console also provides residence for Tivoli SAN Manager, as well as the call-home, remote support, and other tools utilized with the Virtualization Family. The entitled version of Tivoli SAN Manager provided in the Tivoli Bonus Pack supports up to 64 ports per enterprise. See Limitations.

SAN Volume Controller Version 1, Release 1, Modification 1 Adds New Support

The IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller Storage Software Version 1.1.1 broadens the virtualization storage support for and extends the copy services offered by IBM's TotalStorage Virtualization Family's first release of SAN Volume Controller, announced on June 3, 2003.

Users will find in SAN Volume Controller Version 1.1.1 new virtualization capabilities and additional storage support designed to help improve management of the complexity and utilization of their storage environments.

IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller Version 1.1.1 adds support for additional storage subsystems and products -- see the support Web site listed under Current Technical Information.

Support for IBM BladeCenter, in Optical Passthrough Mode, is now available to further extend the SAN Volume Controller host support.

"Single path" support means that between the SAN Volume Controller and the disk array there is a single path for data transfer as opposed to the normal multipathing support. If that link is unavailable for any reason, the SAN Volume Controller will lose access to data on the storage array, but once the link is restored, the data can become available once again. Although this level of attachment is not recommended for production data, it can be used for dynamic data migration from this type of disk array to another array, or for a single-path array to be used as the target for FlashCopy data, or for non-critical data storage.

Remote Copy operations are neither recommended nor supported on single path-attached arrays, due to the availability exposure associated with this attachment mode.

To address overall storage system interoperability and scalability, the Subsystem Device Driver (SDD) of SAN Volume Controller now has the ability to coexist on a particular host with IBM FAStT RDAC (on the AIX, and Windows platforms). New support to extend environment interoperability is now available for Cisco MDS 9000 and for Brocade 2109-M12 SAN Fabric vendor switches.

Copy Services also have been enhanced to provide full Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC) function on all hosts supported by this IBM SAN Volume Controller Storage Software release. Additionally, storage systems that utilize full multipath attachment capabilities for SAN Volume Controller attachment, including the storage, switch fabric, and switches newly added to this release, are now fully supported with PPRC, removing related restrictions of the initial release.

IBM SAN Volume Controller Storage Software Version 1.1.1 provides new system infrastructure capabilities to promote storage resiliency in existing SAN environments and enhanced disaster recovery capabilities with new backup and recovery functions for SAN Volume Controller configuration data, including the backup of such configuration data as: mDisks, mDisk groups, vDisks, vDisks-to-hosts mapping, and FlashCopy and PPRC copy relationships.

SAN Volume Controller Storage Software, Version 1.1.1 also includes key Serviceability improvements to the Installation procedure, to help simplify hardware installation.

IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller V1.2.0 -- Extended Range and Attachability

IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller Storage Software V1.2.0 further broadens the virtualization storage support for, and extends the range of, the functions offered by the first release of SAN Volume Controller, which was announced in Software Announcement 203-150, dated June 3, 2003, and augmented by Software Announcement 203-274, dated October 14, 2003.

In SAN Volume Controller V1.2.0, users will find new capabilities and additional storage support designed to help improve management of the complexity and utilization of their storage environments.

Using virtualization technology, SAN Volume Controller V1.2.0 is designed to provide attachment support and virtualization of a wide range of storage controllers from IBM and other vendors.

Specifically, this release adds support for attachment of:

  • EMC Clariion CX200, CX400, CX600, FC4700
  • Dell/EMC Clariion CX200, CX400, CX600
  • Dell/EMC FC4700
  • EMC Symmetrix 8000-series models
  • HDS 9530V, 9570V, 9580V
  • HDS 9970V, 9980V

Additionally:

  • Support for EXP100 SATA drive drawers on FAStT 600, 600T, and 900 is added.

  • Support for HP MA8000, EMA12000, and EMA16000 is upgraded to include multipath fail-over to SAN Volume Controller.

SAN Volume Controller Storage Software V1.2.0 adds attachment and support for the following host server operating systems (1):

  • Windows 2003 Standard Edition

  • Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition

  • Sun Solaris 9 (64-bit only)

  • VMware ESX 2.1 in single path mode with Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition, and Novel Netware 6.5. Specific configuration restrictions should be validated for these environments at:

    http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145

SAN Volume Controller Storage Software V1.2.0 provides attachment and support for the following fibre channel extender, to augment the synchronous PPRC path distance capability over which SVC can be deployed:

  • CNT UltraNet Edge Storage Router

SAN Volume Controller Storage Software V1.2.0 provides additional interoperability with the IBM BladeCenter blades by supporting not only the Optical Passthrough Module, but now, also the 2 port Fibre Channel Switch module in the following specific configurations:

  • IBM BladeCenter HS20 and HS40 features

Plan your installation now

Customers with existing SAN Volume Controller Storage Software intallations running V1.1.0 or V1.1.1 will want to plan the transition to V1.2.0. For transition planning guidance and options, refer to the support Web site listed above.

Prerequisites for Installation

SAN Volume Controller Storage Software V1.2.0 for new orders is preinstalled on IBM 2145-4F2 SAN Volume Controller Storage Engines, and requires a co-order of this hardware.

Current SAN Volume Controller Storage Solution customers may install V1.2.0 on existing SAN Volume Controller Storage Engine hardware, without hardware modification.

For ordering information and a full description of the SAN Volume Controller functions, hardware prerequisites, and publications listing installation requirements, refer to the SAN Volume Controller Storage Software and Hardware Announcements dated June 3, 2003.

(1) Note: For updated support information including microcode levels supported, connectivity support, installation guidance, as well as current status on configuration or operational restrictions and limitations for SAN Volume Controller, visit the TotalStorage Support Web site at:

http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145

Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act

SAN Volume Controller Storage Software is capable, as of July 25, 2003, 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.
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Technical Description
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Operating Environment

Hardware Requirements

This program requires at least one pair of SAN Volume Controller Storage Engines with dual Uninterruptible Power Supplies and master console, or one IBM 2146-V1A SAN Integration Server (which integrates the above elements) for installation.

Current support summaries, including specific software, hardware and firmware levels supported, are maintained at:

http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145

Software Requirements

SAN Volume Controller Storage Software supports connectivity with Intel-based servers running Windows NT, or Windows 2000 Advanced Server, or Red Hat Linux AS, and with RISC-based servers running AIX, HP-UX, or Sun Solaris operating systems. These servers require the Subsystem Device Driver (SDD) multipathing driver.

Current software support summaries, including specific release and firmware levels, are maintained at:

http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145


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Planning Information

Customer Responsibilities

Planning for and provision of the power and environmental support of the corequisite SAN Volume Controller Storage Engines and/or SAN Integration Server is a customer responsibility.

Planning considerations for SAN Volume Controller Storage Software are listed in the IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family SAN Volume Controller: Planning Guide, GA22-1052.

Limitations

This program, 5639-VC1, operates on specified storage engine hardware only.

Additional limitations and configuration guidelines may apply, as documented in the SAN Volume Controller Storage Software README file, furnished publications for this product, and/or as listed under configuration requirements and guidelines at:

http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145

The SAN Volume Controller includes a license for the IBM Tivoli Bonus Pack for SAN Management or Bonus Kit for SAN Management. The license for the IBM Tivoli Bonus Pack for SAN Management or Bonus Kit for SAN Management applies to the enterprise acquiring the SAN Volume Controller Storage Software and allows up to 64 switch ports to be managed. Multiple Bonus Kit licenses (including any licenses the enterprise may have for the predecessor to the Bonus Kit, IBM Tivoli Bonus Pack for SAN Management) are not cumulative. These 64 ports may be on more than one switch, but every port on a switch selected for entitlement management must count as a port in the "up to" number, unless the entire entitlement (all 64 ports) are allocated to a single switch which has more than 64 ports. When more than 64 switch ports are managed in an enterprise, a separate license for the full IBM Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager product is required.
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Publications

For new orders, hard copies of the following publications ship with each corequisite SAN Volume Controller Storage Engine or SAN Integration Server.

  • IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family SAN Volume Controller: Installation Guide (SC26-7541)

For new orders, a printable soft copy of all the downloadable IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller publications listed below, except IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family SAN Volume Controller: "Host Attachment Guide" (SC26-7563), also ships with the corequisite SAN Volume Controller Storage Engine or SAN Integration Server.

The Publications CD also contains Information Center, for topic-based online user assistance for product and service information.

The following publications can be downloaded immediately from the IBM TotalStorage Product Support Web site at:

http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145

         Title                           Order Number
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IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family    SC26-7541
SAN Volume Controller:
Installation Guide
IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family    SC26-7542
SAN Volume Controller:
Service Guide
IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family    SC26-7543
SAN Volume Controller:
Configuration Guide
IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family    SC26-7544
SAN Volume Controller:
Command-Line Interface User's Guide
IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family    GA22-1052
SAN Volume Controller: Planning Guide
IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family:   SC26-7545
SAN Volume Controller:
CIM Agent Developer's Reference
Subsystem Device Driver User's Guide      SC26-7540
for IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage
Server and IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume
Controller
IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family:   SC26-7563
SAN Volume Controller:
Host Attachment Guide
 

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Security, Auditability, and Control

The IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller Storage Software user interface uses the security features of Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Edition, in conjunction with Web Secure Shell (SSH) and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocols and WebSphere.

The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication facilities.

Trademarks

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** Company, product, or service name may be a trademark or service mark of others.

Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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