IBM System Storage N series with VMware vSphere 5

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Planning for N series and VMware vSphere 5.1

This chapter explains how to plan the setup of an N series and VMware ESXi installation. It includes the following topics:

•Planning requirements

•Overview of solution sizing

•Planning for the virtualized solution

•Configuration limits and guidance

•vol options <vol-name> no_atime_update on

•Storage provisioning

•Storage connectivity

•Networking for IP storage

•Increasing storage utilization

•Snapshots

•Backup and recovery

•N series FlexShare

•Licensing

4.1 Planning requirements

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