Hitachi G1500 - Operational Requirements

Item Description
Contamination The data center must provide adequate protection from dust,
pollution, and particulate contamination.
Acoustics The data center must provide adequate acoustic insulation for
oper
ating the system.
User-supplied
hardwar
e
Includes cables, connectors, and po
wer r
eceptacles that must
be available and ready when the system is installed.
User-supplied
software
Includes operating systems, supported by the storage system.
on the host and system management console.
Operational requirements
The operational requirements for the storage system include:
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LAN for Device Manager - Storage Navigator
Device Manager - Storage Navigator communicates with the storage system over a
LAN to obtain system conguration and status information and send user commands
to the stor
age system. De
vice Manager - Stor
age Navigator
is an integrated interface
for all resource manager components.
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Cable length for front-end directors
The following table lists the cable length requirements for the front-end directors in
the storage system.
Table 14 Maximum cable length (shortwave)
DataTrans
ferRate
OM2 (50/125 f/m
multi-mode fiber)
OM3 (50/125 f/m laser
optimized multi-mode
fiber)
OM4 (50/125 f/m laser
optimized multi-mode
fiber)
MBps feet / meters feet / meters feet / meters
200 984.3 / 300 1640.4 / 500 N/A
400 492.1 / 150 1246.7 / 380 1312.4 / 400
800 164 / 50 492.1 / 150 623.4 / 190
1600 118 / 36 328 / 100 410.1 / 125
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External data storage
If you plan to attach external storage to the stor
age system, make sure to include the
appropriate power and space requirements before attaching the external storage.
Operational requirements
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