Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100 - Introduction; Overview

Introduction 1–1
Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100 User’s Guide
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Introduction
This chapter provides an overview of your Hitachi Simple Modular
Storage 100 array. This chapter covers the following key topics:
 Overview
 Product Description
 Key Features
 Clear Customer Benefits
 Storage Features
 Supported Host Operating Systems
 Supported Topologies
 Concepts and Terms
Overview
Your Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100 is a cost-effective,
easily deployable, and fully integrated iSCSI storage solution that
allows servers to connect to storage networking using Internet
SCSI (iSCSI).
iSCSI is a standard for linking data storage devices over a
network and transferring data by carrying SCSI commands over
IP networks. On your Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100, iSCSI
disks reside on an expandable RAID-protected volume, but
appear to a client machine as a local SCSI drive. Connectivity to
the iSCSI disk is established using a software package or PCI card
known as an iSCSI initiator, which must be installed on a client
machine. The initiator recognizes your Hitachi Simple Modular
Storage 100 as a “target portal” and an iSCSI disk as a “target.”