IBM Storwize V7000, Spectrum Virtualize, HyperSwap, and VMware Implementation

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Hardware and software description

This chapter describes the necessary hardware to implement an IBM Storwize V7000 HyperSwap configuration. It also briefly describes VMware and several useful features when you implement an IBM Storwize V7000 HyperSwap configuration.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•Hardware description

•IBM System Storwize V7000

•SAN directors and switches

•FCIP routers

•Software high availability

•VMware ESX and VMware ESXi

2.1 Hardware description

The following sections concentrate on the necessary hardware when ...

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