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Software Announcement 203-274 October 14, 2003 IBM TotalStorage SAN Virtualization Family update: New additions extend powerful functions and flexibility
At a glanceTake the Next Step with the IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family, and discover how these solutions can help move you into the on demand world. New additions:
This announcement reviews the Virtualization family products being announced separately, includes an update of SAN Volume Controller Storage Software Version 1 Release 1.1 content, and previews the IBM Multiple Device Management offering, designed to improve multi-subsystem administration. For ordering, contact: Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: YE001). OverviewIBM introduces the latest enhancements to its TotalStorage® Virtualization Family, a group of solutions targeted at reducing the complexity and costs of managing Storage Area Network (SAN)-based storage and files. These solutions are designed to help businesses to focus more closely on their core competencies, reduce costs, and increase the resilience of their IT environments.
Preview: IBM Multiple Device Management IBM Multiple Device Management (MDM) is software that is designed to provide a single point of control for managing networked storage devices that are based upon the Storage Management Interface Specification (SMI-S), such as the IBM TotalStorage SAN File System, SAN Volume Controller, SAN Integration Server, and IBM Enterprise Storage Server™. MDM includes IBM Tivoli® Bonus Pack for SAN Management, bringing together device management with fabric management, to help enable the storage administrator to manage the SAN from a central point. The storage administrator will be able to configure storage devices from a single point, view the Storage Area Network status, and provide operational support to these storage devices. MDM will also be designed to provide advanced storage management functions, such as replication and performance management, across multiple IBM storage devices. All statements regarding IBM's plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice. Planned availability dates
DescriptionThe IBM TotalStorage SAN Virtualization FamilyThe IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family members now include:
SAN File System extends file control across the virtual SAN The IBM TotalStorage SAN File System is a member of the TotalStorage Virtualization Family of storage solutions. The SAN File System Solution is designed to combine software and hardware into an integrated solution to provide a network-based heterogeneous file system for data sharing and policy-based storage management in an open environment. The SAN File System:
IBM TotalStorage SAN File System software is ordered with, and pre-loaded on, the IBM 4146 T30 system with 4146 1RX Metadata Server engines. For more information on a SAN File System solution, refer to SAN File System software and hardware announcements listed in the Reference information section. For optional implementation services, contact IBM Global Services. SAN Volume Controller Version 1 Release 1.1 adds new support The IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller Storage Software Version 1 Release 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. IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller Storage Software Version 1 Release 1.1 will be available via Web maintenance download for current customers on November 14, 2003. SAN Volume Controller Storage Software Version 1 Release 1.1 will replace Version 1 Release 1.0 for new orders for SAN Volume Controller or SAN Integration Server that are fulfilled on or after November 21, 2003. Maintenance upgrade orders by current customers for Version 1 Release 1.1 via use of media feature 5809 will contain Version 1 Release 1.1 code and publications for orders fulfilled beginning December 12, 2003. Users will find in SAN Volume Controller Version 1 Release 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 Release 1.1 adds support for the following storage subsystems and products:
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 SAN Fabric vendor switches: Cisco MDS 9000 and Brocade 2109-M12. 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 Release 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 Release 1.1 also includes key serviceability improvements to the installation procedure, to help simplify hardware installation. In summary, IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller Storage Software Version 1 Release 1.1 builds on the fundamental centralized point of control for storage management offered in the previous release, by expanding the breadth of storage support and system infrastructure capabilities to help improve overall resource utilization, consistency management, and maintenance. Available education A new course on SAN Volume Controller Planning and Implementation is available. For further information or enrollment, contact your IBM representative. For current details on new support mentioned above, visit: For ordering information and a full description of the SAN Volume Controller functions, refer to the SAN Volume Controller Storage Software and Hardware Announcements listed in the Reference information section. IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller Storage Software for Cisco MDS 9000 — Designed to reduce total cost and complexity of storage management SAN virtualization functions found in the IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller Storage Software, including the additional Copy Services offered with the IBM SAN Volume Controller Storage Software, are now available in an alternative form factor specifically for the Cisco MDS 9000 family of modular SAN switches. SAN switching continues to grow at an explosive rate based on the extraordinary growth of customer storage needs; and to address this, Cisco has recently brought their communications switching technologies to participate in the SAN switching environment with some value additions to their SAN switches. The IBM SAN Volume Controller for Cisco MDS 9000 Storage Software, loaded and running on the associated Cisco Caching Services Module (CSM), is designed to provide the same block virtualization function and remote copy services already available in the IBM Total Storage SAN Volume Controller. The CSM can be implemented inside any of the designated Cisco MDS 9000 multi-protocol switches and director-class switches, using the same modular form factor as the current modular switch line cards. The IBM SAN Volume Controller Storage Software for Cisco MDS 9000 runs on these CSM blades inside the MDS 9000 switches. The SAN Volume Controller for Cisco MDS 9000 solution is designed to provide critical storage management functions to additional customer environments and strengthen the comprehensiveness of the IBM virtualization approach. The relationship of IBM with Cisco, a new, major player in SAN environments, is intended to provide customers the benefits of the IBM storage virtualization function embedded inside the switch itself and coupled with the advanced blade features of virtual SAN. Customers interested in the consolidation factor provided by rack-dense storage configurations, and who have decided to utilize the Cisco MDS 9000 switches for the features and functions that they provide, will find this an attractive alternative. IBM SAN Volume Controller Storage Software for Cisco MDS 9000 is designed to virtualize storage management by communicating to host systems in a "host zone" and to the backend storage in a "backend zone" via the fabric switch. The blade itself, the Cisco MDS 9000 Caching Services Module (CSM), has the same dimensions as other modular Cisco line cards, and communicates to the respective zones by way of the crossbar switch embedded in the Cisco backplane to the switch. IBM SAN Volume Controller Storage Software for Cisco MDS 9000, with the Cisco MDS 9000 CSM hardware, is designed to offer the benefits of high performance and continuous availability. It offers host and storage independence, scalability, ease of configuration management, and both remote and point-in-time copy services. The blade form factor for the SAN switch provides an important packaging alternative for SAN switch users. The level of interoperability, function and support is roughly equivalent to SAN Volume Controller Storage Software Version 1 Release 1.0, which was announced June 3, 2003. For example, SAN Volume Controller for Cisco MDS 9000 does not, at this time, support Hitachi Data Systems Thunder 9200 or Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks Modular Array 8000 storage, which are added to SAN Volume Controller in Version 1.1.1. For specific interoperability and support information, refer to the SAN Volume Controller Storage Software for Cisco MDS 9000 announcement listed in the Reference information section, and visit: Product previewMultiple Device Management extends interoperable control across multiple storage subsystems This is a preview of IBM's multiple device management (MDM) offering, which is planned to be generally available during the first half of 2004. This software offering is intended to complement other members of the Virtualization Family, by simplifying and consolidating storage management activities. Additional details, including configuration options, specific pricing, and availability dates, are planned for inclusion in a formal announcement during the first quarter of 2004. MDM is designed to simplify and consolidate heterogeneous storage infrastructure components through open standards. Additional details, including configuration options, specific pricing, and availability dates are planned for inclusion in a formal announcement during the first quarter of 2004. MDM uses the Storage Management Interface Specification (SMI-S) standard to support the management of storage infrastructure such as the IBM TotalStorage SAN File System, the IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller Solutions, and the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server. Multiple device management provides device management capability, developed on IBM WebSphere® and DB/2, and is designed to provide base management and event services across multiple devices in a storage infrastructure. On top of this base management capability, MDM will also deliver a variety of more advanced management functions. Two such advanced functions that will be available with the first release of multiple device management are the MDM Performance Manager and the MDM Replication Manager. The Performance Manager feature will focus on storage optimization through identification of best LUN given specific application needs. The storage administrator will be able to monitor metrics such as I/O rates, cache utilization and disk utilization, and alert or take action based on customer policy. The Replication Manager feature is designed to provide significant configuration assistance by automating the source-to-target pairing setup, monitoring the consistency groups, tracking the replication operations, and monitoring the copy services execution of the storage device. The Replication Manager will support the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server, via the SMI-enabled ESS Application Program Interface and the SAN Volume Controller Solutions. MDM will also be designed to interoperate with IBM's Tivoli Storage Resource Manager and the SRM and SAN Management tools available from other storage management software vendors. MDM will provide a device manager component, which includes IBM Tivoli Bonus Pack for SAN Management that will support SAN environments containing up to 64 ports. With the inclusion of IBM Tivoli Bonus Pack for SAN Management, the storage administrator will be able to view the SAN topology, zone the SAN, configure the storage devices, and manage the SAN from a single control point. Reference informationThe following IBM TotalStorage SAN Virtualization Family announcements are appearing concurrently with this Overview. They include ordering details and expanded product descriptions for products being introduced at this time.
Additionally, for information on IBM Tivoli Bonus Pack for SAN Management, refer to Software Announcement 203-087 , dated April 8, 2003. Listed below are previous IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family announcements. These contain the ordering information and product descriptions for previously announced family members, including SAN Volume Controller and SAN Integration Server.
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