Implementing the IBM Storwize V5000

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Preface

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.

Authors

This book was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the IBM

Manchester Lab, UK.

Jon Tate is a Project Manager for IBM System Storage® SAN

Solutions at the International Technical Support Organization,

San Jose Center. Before joining the ITSO in 1999, he worked in

the IBM Technical Support Center, providing Level 2/3 support

for IBM storage products. Jon has over 27 years of experience

in storage software and management, services, and support,

and is an IBM Certified Consulting IT Specialist and an IBM

SAN Certified Specialist. He is also the UK Chairman of the

Storage Networking Industry Association.

Saiprasad Prabhakar Parkar is a senior IT Specialist for IBM

at the ISTL Pune, India. He has worked for IBM for five years

and provides Level 3 support for UNIX, IBM Power Systems,

and storage products. Sai has a total of 10 years of experience

in UNIX, and Power System and Storage. He also is an IBM

Certified Solution Specialist.

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Thanks to the following people for their contributions to this project:

򐂰 Martyn Spink

򐂰 Djihed Afifi

򐂰 Karl Martin

򐂰 Imran Imtiaz

򐂰 Doug Neil

򐂰 David Turnbull

򐂰 Stephen Bailey

IBM Manchester Lab

򐂰 John Fairhurst

򐂰 Paul Marris

򐂰 Paul Merrison

IBM Hursley

򐂰 Mary Connell

IBM STG

Lee Sirett is a Storage Technical Advisor for the European

Storage Competency Centre (ESCC) in Mainz, Germany.

Before he joined the ESCC, he worked in IBM Technical

Support Services for 10 years and providing support for various

IBM Products, including Power Systems™. Lee has 24 years

experience in the IT Industry. He is IBM Storage Certified and

an IBM Certified XIV® Administrator and Certified XIV

Specialist.

Chris Tapsell is a Presales Storage Technical Specialist for

IBM Systems & Technology Group. Before his current role, in

his 25+ years at IBM, he worked as a CE covering products

such as, typewriters up to AS400 (System i®), as a Support

Specialist for all of the IBM Intel server products (PC Server,

Netfinity®, xSeries®, and System x), PCs and notebooks, and

as a Presales Technical Specialist for System x.

Chris holds a number of IBM Certifications covering System x

and Storage products.

Paulo Tomiyoshi Takeda is a SAN and Storage Disk

Specialist at IBM Brazil. He has over eight years of experience

in the IT arena. He holds a Bachelors degree in Information

Systems from Universidade da Fundacao Educacional de

Barretos and is IBM Certified for IBM DS8000® and IBM

Storwize V7000. His areas of expertise include planning,

configuring, and troubleshooting DS8000, SAN Volume

Controller, and IBM Storwize V7000. He was involved in

storage-related projects such as, capacity growth planning,

SAN consolidation, storage microcode upgrades, and copy

services in the Open Systems environment.