Implementing the IBM Storwize V5000

Implementing the IBM Storwize V5000

by Jon Tate, Saiprasad Prabhakar Parkar, Lee Sirett, Chris Tapsell, Paulo Tomiyoshi Takeda
Released October 2013
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: 9780738438764

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Book description

Organizations of all sizes are faced with the challenge of managing massive volumes of increasingly valuable data. But storing this data can be costly, and extracting value from the data is becoming more difficult. IT organizations have limited resources but must stay responsive to dynamic environments and act quickly to consolidate, simplify, and optimize their IT infrastructures. The IBM® Storwize® V5000 system provides a smarter solution that is affordable, easy to use, and self-optimizing, which enables organizations to overcome these storage challenges.

Storwize V5000 delivers efficient, entry-level configurations that are specifically designed to meet the needs of small and midsize businesses. Designed to provide organizations with the ability to consolidate and share data at an affordable price, Storwize V5000 offers advanced software capabilities that are usually found in more expensive systems.

This IBM Redbooks® publication is intended for pre-sales and post-sales technical support professionals and storage administrators.

The concepts in this book also relate to the IBM Storwize V3700.

This book was written at a software level of Version 7 Release 1.

Table of contents

  1. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  2. Preface
    1. Authors
    2. Now you can become a published author, too!
    3. Comments welcome
    4. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
  3. Chapter 1: Overview of the IBM Storwize V5000 system
    1. IBM Storwize V5000 overview
    2. IBM Storwize V5000 terminology
    3. IBM Storwize V5000 models
    4. IBM Storwize V5000 hardware
      1. Control enclosure
      2. Expansion enclosure
      3. Host connectivity
      4. Disk drive types
    5. IBM Storwize V5000 terms
      1. Hosts
      2. Node canister
      3. I/O groups
      4. Clustered system
      5. RAID
      6. Managed disks
      7. Quorum disks
      8. Storage pools
      9. Volumes
      10. iSCSI
      11. SAS
    6. IBM Storwize V5000 features
      1. Mirrored volumes
      2. Thin provisioning
      3. Easy Tier
      4. Storage Migration
      5. FlashCopy
      6. Remote Copy
      7. External virtualization
    7. Problem management and support
      1. IBM Assist On-site and remote service
      2. Event notifications
      3. SNMP traps
      4. Syslog messages
      5. Call Home email
    8. More information resources
      1. Useful IBM Storwize V5000 websites
      2. IBM Storwize learning videos on YouTube
  4. Chapter 2: Initial configuration
    1. Hardware installation planning
    2. SAN configuration planning
    3. FC Direct-attach planning
    4. SAS Direct-attach planning
    5. LAN configuration planning
      1. Management IP address considerations
      2. Service IP address considerations
    6. Host configuration planning
    7. Miscellaneous configuration planning
    8. System management
      1. GUI
      2. CLI
    9. First-time setup (1/2)
    10. First-time setup (2/2)
    11. Initial configuration (1/2)
    12. Initial configuration (2/2)
      1. Adding Enclosures after initial configuration (1/2)
      2. Adding Enclosures after initial configuration (2/2)
      3. Configuring Call Home, email alert, and inventory
      4. Service Assistant tool
  5. Chapter 3: Graphical user interface overview
    1. Getting started
      1. Supported browsers
      2. Access the management GUI
      3. Overview panel layout
    2. Navigation
      1. Function icons navigation
      2. Extended help navigation
      3. Breadcrumb navigation aid
      4. Suggested Tasks feature
      5. Presets
      6. Access actions
      7. Task progress
      8. Navigating panels with tables
    3. Status Indicators menus
      1. Horizontal bars
      2. Allocated status bar menu
      3. Running tasks bar menu
      4. Health status bar menu
    4. Function icon menus
      1. Home menu
      2. Monitoring menu
      3. Pools menu (1/3)
      4. Pools menu (2/3)
      5. Pools menu (3/3)
      6. Volumes menu
      7. Hosts menu
      8. Copy Services menu
      9. Access menu
      10. Settings menu (1/3)
      11. Settings menu (2/3)
      12. Settings menu (3/3)
    5. Management GUI help
      1. IBM Storwize V5000 Information Center
      2. Watching an e-Learning video
      3. Learning more
      4. Embedded panel help
      5. Hidden question mark help
      6. Hover help
      7. IBM endorsed YouTube videos
  6. Chapter 4: Host configuration
    1. Host attachment overview
    2. Preparing the host operating system
      1. Windows 2008 R2: Preparing for FC attachment
      2. Creating SAS hosts
  7. Chapter 5: I/O Group basic volume configuration
    1. Provisioning storage from IBM Storwize V5000 and making it available to the host
      1. Creating a generic volume
      2. Creating a thin-provisioned volume
      3. Creating a mirrored volume
      4. Creating a thin-mirror volume
    2. Mapping a volume to the host
      1. Mapping newly created volumes to the host by using the wizard
      2. Manually mapping a volume to the host
    3. Discovering the volumes from the host and specifying multipath settings
      1. Windows 2008 Fibre Channel volume attachment
      2. Windows 2008 iSCSI volume attachment (1/3)
      3. Windows 2008 iSCSI volume attachment (2/3)
      4. Windows 2008 iSCSI volume attachment (3/3)
      5. Windows 2008 Direct SAS volume attachment
      6. VMware ESX Fibre Channel volume attachment (1/2)
      7. VMware ESX Fibre Channel volume attachment (2/2)
      8. VMware ESX iSCSI volume attachment (1/3)
      9. VMware ESX iSCSI volume attachment (2/3)
      10. VMware ESX iSCSI volume attachment (3/3)
      11. VMware ESX Direct SAS volume attachment (1/2)
      12. VMware ESX Direct SAS volume attachment (2/2)
  8. Chapter 6: Storage migration wizard
    1. Interoperability and compatibility
    2. Storage migration wizard
      1. External virtualization capability
      2. Overview of the storage migration wizard
      3. Storage migration wizard tasks (1/3)
      4. Storage migration wizard tasks (2/3)
      5. Storage migration wizard tasks (3/3)
    3. Storage migration wizard example scenario
      1. Storage migration wizard example scenario description
      2. Using the storage migration wizard for example scenario (1/8)
      3. Using the storage migration wizard for example scenario (2/8)
      4. Using the storage migration wizard for example scenario (3/8)
      5. Using the storage migration wizard for example scenario (4/8)
      6. Using the storage migration wizard for example scenario (5/8)
      7. Using the storage migration wizard for example scenario (6/8)
      8. Using the storage migration wizard for example scenario (7/8)
      9. Using the storage migration wizard for example scenario (8/8)
  9. Chapter 7: Storage pools
    1. Working with internal drives
      1. Internal Storage window
      2. Actions on internal drives (1/2)
      3. Actions on internal drives (2/2)
    2. Configuring internal storage
      1. RAID configuration presets
      2. Customizing initial storage configuration
      3. Creating an MDisk and pool
      4. Using the recommended configuration
      5. Selecting a different configuration (1/2)
      6. Selecting a different configuration (2/2)
    3. Working with MDisks on internal and external storage
      1. Adding Externally Virtualized MDisks to storage pools
      2. Importing externally virtualized MDisks to storage pools (1/2)
      3. Importing externally virtualized MDisks to storage pools (2/2)
      4. MDisk by Pools panel
      5. RAID action for MDisks
      6. Selecting the drive tier for externally virtualized MDisks
      7. More actions on MDisks
    4. Working with storage pools
      1. Create Pool option
      2. Actions on storage pools
  10. Chapter 8: Advanced host and volume administration
    1. Advanced host administration
      1. Modifying Mappings menu
      2. Unmapping volumes from a host
      3. Renaming a host
      4. Deleting a host
      5. Host properties
    2. Adding and deleting host ports
      1. Adding a host port
      2. Adding a Fibre Channel port
      3. Adding a SAS host port
      4. Adding an iSCSI host port
      5. Deleting a host port
    3. Host mappings overview
      1. Unmap Volumes
      2. Properties (Host)
      3. Properties (Volume)
    4. Advanced volume administration
      1. Advanced volume functions
      2. Mapping a volume to a host
      3. Unmapping volumes from all hosts
      4. Viewing a host that is mapped to a volume
      5. Renaming a volume
      6. Shrinking a volume
      7. Expanding a volume
      8. Migrating a volume to another storage pool
      9. Exporting to an image mode volume
      10. Deleting a volume
    5. Volume properties
      1. Overview tab
      2. Host Maps tab
      3. Member MDisk tab
      4. Adding a mirrored volume copy
      5. Editing thin-provisioned volume properties
    6. Advanced volume copy functions
      1. Thin-provisioned menu
      2. Splitting into a new volume
      3. Validate Volume Copies option
      4. Delete Volume Copy option
      5. Migrating volumes by using the volume copy features
    7. Volumes by Storage Pool
    8. Volumes by Host
  11. Chapter 9: Easy Tier
    1. Easy Tier overview
    2. Easy Tier for IBM Storwize V5000
      1. Disk tiers
      2. Tiered storage pools
    3. Easy Tier process
      1. I/O Monitoring
      2. Data Placement Advisor
      3. Data Migration Planner
      4. Data Migrator
      5. Easy Tier operating modes
      6. Easy Tier rules
    4. Easy Tier configuration by using the GUI
      1. Creating multitiered pools: Enable Easy Tier
      2. Downloading Easy Tier I/O measurements
    5. Easy Tier configuration by using the command-line interface
      1. Enabling Easy Tier evaluation mode
      2. Enabling or disabling Easy Tier on single volumes
    6. IBM Storage Tier Advisor Tool
      1. Creating graphical reports
      2. STAT reports
    7. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
      1. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center benefits
      2. Adding IBM Storwize V5000 in Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
    8. Administering and reporting an IBM Storwize V5000 system through Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
      1. Basic configuration and administration
      2. Generating reports by using Java GUI
      3. Generating reports by using Tivoli Storage Productivity Center web console
  12. Chapter 10: Copy services
    1. FlashCopy
      1. Business requirements for FlashCopy
      2. FlashCopy functional overview (1/2)
      3. FlashCopy functional overview (2/2)
      4. Planning for FlashCopy
      5. Managing FlashCopy by using the GUI (1/2)
      6. Managing FlashCopy by using the GUI (2/2)
      7. Managing FlashCopy mappings (1/5)
      8. Managing FlashCopy mappings (2/5)
      9. Managing FlashCopy mappings (3/5)
      10. Managing FlashCopy mappings (4/5)
      11. Managing FlashCopy mappings (5/5)
      12. Managing a FlashCopy consistency group (1/2)
      13. Managing a FlashCopy consistency group (2/2)
    2. Remote Copy
      1. Remote Copy concepts
      2. Global Mirror with Change Volumes
      3. Remote Copy planning
    3. Troubleshooting Remote Copy
      1. 1920 error
      2. 1720 error
    4. Managing Remote Copy by using the GUI
      1. Managing cluster partnerships
      2. Managing stand-alone Remote Copy relationships (1/3)
      3. Managing stand-alone Remote Copy relationships (2/3)
      4. Managing stand-alone Remote Copy relationships (3/3)
      5. Managing a Remote Copy consistency group (1/3)
      6. Managing a Remote Copy consistency group (2/3)
      7. Managing a Remote Copy consistency group (3/3)
  13. Chapter 11: External storage virtualization
    1. Planning for external storage virtualization
      1. License for external storage virtualization
      2. SAN configuration planning
      3. External storage configuration planning
      4. Guidelines for virtualizing external storage
    2. Working with external storage
      1. Adding external storage
      2. Managing external storage
      3. Removing external storage
  14. Chapter 12: RAS, monitoring, and troubleshooting
    1. Reliability, availability, and serviceability on the IBM Storwize V5000
    2. IBM Storwize V5000 components
      1. Enclosure midplane assembly
      2. Node canisters: Ports and LED
      3. Node canister replaceable hardware components
      4. Expansion canister: Ports and LED
      5. Disk subsystem
      6. Power supply unit
    3. Configuration backup procedure
      1. Generating a configuration backup by using the CLI
      2. Downloading a configuration backup by using the GUI
    4. Upgrading software
      1. Upgrading software automatically
      2. GUI upgrade process
      3. Upgrading software manually
    5. Event log
      1. Managing the event log
      2. Alert handling and recommended actions (1/2)
      3. Alert handling and recommended actions (2/2)
    6. Collecting support information
      1. Support information via GUI
      2. Support information via Service Assistant
      3. Support Information onto USB stick
    7. Powering on and shutting down IBM Storwize V5000
      1. Shutting down the system
      2. Powering on
  15. Appendix A: Command-line interface setup and SAN Boot
    1. Command-line interface
      1. Basic setup
      2. Example commands
    2. SAN Boot
      1. Enabling SAN Boot for Windows
      2. Enabling SAN Boot for VMware
      3. Windows SAN Boot migration
  16. Related publications and information
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. IBM Storwize V5000 publications
    3. IBM Storwize V5000 support
    4. Help from IBM
  17. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: Implementing the IBM Storwize V5000
  • Author(s): Jon Tate, Saiprasad Prabhakar Parkar, Lee Sirett, Chris Tapsell, Paulo Tomiyoshi Takeda
  • Release date: October 2013
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: 9780738438764