Book description
This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the concepts, architecture, and implementation of the IBM XIV® Storage System.
The XIV Storage System is a scalable enterprise storage system that is based on a grid array of hardware components. It can attach to both Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) and IP network Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) capable hosts. This system is a good fit for clients who want to be able to grow capacity without managing multiple tiers of storage. The XIV Storage System is suited for mixed or random access workloads, including online transaction processing, video streamings, images, email, and emerging workload areas, such as Web 2.0 and storage cloud.
The focus of this edition is on the XIV Gen3 hardware Release 3.4, running Version 11.4 of the XIV system software. With this version, XIV Storage System offers 4 TB drives, and enhanced caching with optional 800 GB flash cache devices (solid-state drives (SSDs)) per module.
IBM XIV software Version 11.4, XIV Gen3 supports encryption for all capacity points. This version also scales XIV snapshot management out with the new Hyper-Scale Consistency, by coordinating concurrent snapshots of volumes that are spread across multiple XIV systems and belong to one application.
In the first few chapters of this book, we describe many of the unique and powerful concepts that form the basis of the XIV Storage System logical and physical architecture. We explain how the system is designed to eliminate direct dependencies between the hardware elements and the software that governs the system. In subsequent chapters, we explain the planning and preparation tasks that are required to deploy the system in your environment by using the intuitive, yet powerful XIV Storage Manager GUI or the XIV command-line interface (XCLI).
We describe the performance characteristics of the XIV Storage System and present options that are available for alerting and monitoring, including an enhanced secure remote support capability.
This book is intended for IT professionals who want an understanding of the XIV Storage System. It also targets readers who need detailed advice on how to configure and use the system.
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Notices
- Preface
- Summary of changes
- Chapter 1. IBM XIV Gen3 Storage System overview
- Chapter 2. IBM XIV Storage System logical architecture and concepts
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Chapter 3. IBM XIV architecture, components, and planning
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3.1 IBM XIV Storage System Gen3
- 3.1.1 Fully populated configurations
- 3.1.2 Partially populated configurations
- 3.1.3 Capacity on Demand
- 3.1.4 XIV Storage System Model 114 and Model 214 hardware components
- 3.1.5 Rack
- 3.1.6 Power components
- 3.1.7 Data Modules and Interface Modules
- 3.1.8 Interface Modules
- 3.1.9 InfiniBand module interconnect
- 3.1.10 Patch panel
- 3.1.11 Hardware support
- 3.2 Hardware planning overview
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3.1 IBM XIV Storage System Gen3
- Chapter 4. IBM XIV Storage Management software
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Chapter 5. Security
- 5.1 Physical access security
- 5.2 x509 certificate validation and management
- 5.3 Configuring IPv6 addresses
- 5.4 Configuring Internet Protocol Security connectivity
- 5.5 Native user authentication
- 5.6 LDAP-based authentication
- 5.7 Defining LDAP on the XIV Storage System
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5.8 LDAP-managed user authentication
- 5.8.1 LDAP repository credential objects
- 5.8.2 Managing LDAP user accounts
- 5.8.3 Managing user groups using XCLI in LDAP authentication mode
- 5.8.4 Active Directory group membership and XIV role mapping
- 5.8.5 OpenLDAP Directory and XIV Storage System role mapping
- 5.8.6 Managing multiple systems in LDAP authentication mode
- 5.9 Securing LDAP communication with Secure Sockets Layer
- Chapter 6. Performance
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Chapter 7. Monitoring
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7.1 Monitoring with XIV Storage Management GUI and XCLI
- 7.1.1 Monitoring by using the Systems menu
- 7.1.2 Monitoring alerts for all defined IBM XIV systems with the GUI
- 7.1.3 Monitoring an individual XIV Storage System using the GUI
- 7.1.4 Monitoring with XIV Storage System Command-Line Interface
- 7.1.5 XIV audit event logging
- 7.1.6 Viewing events in the XIV Storage Management GUI
- 7.1.7 Event attributes
- 7.1.8 Viewing events using the XCLI
- 7.1.9 Defining notification rules
- 7.1.10 Monitoring using the IBM XIV Mobile Dashboard
- 7.1.11 Mobile Dashboard for the Apple iPhone
- 7.1.12 Mobile Dashboard for Android
- 7.2 XIV Storage System event notification
- 7.3 Call home and remote support
- 7.4 Simple Network Management Protocol-based monitoring
- 7.5 Using IBM Director
- 7.6 Using Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
- 7.7 Tivoli Storage Productivity Center web-based GUI
- 7.8 Custom monitoring
- 7.9 Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
- 7.10 XIV Host Attachment Kit and Host Profiler information
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7.1 Monitoring with XIV Storage Management GUI and XCLI
- Appendix A. Thin provisioning conceptual examples
- Appendix B. Additional LDAP information
- Related publications
- Back cover
Product information
- Title: IBM XIV Storage System Architecture and Implementation
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2013
- Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
- ISBN: 9780738439099
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