IBM DS3500 User Manual

– 8 Gbps FC SFP transceiver pair
– 2 GB cache upgrade (quantity one for single controller, two for dual
controller)
v Premium feature options:
– Turbo performance (requires dual controllers)
– Full Disk Encryption (FDE)
– Can add up to 192 drives in the storage subsystem
(See Note 1)
– FlashCopy Logical Drive
– Other Premium key feature options; these premium features can be activated
using IBM DS Storage Manager 10 controller firmware 7.84 and later:
- Performance Read Cache
- Disaster Recovery Option
v Enhanced Global Mirroring
v Enhanced Remote Mirroring
- Backup & Restore Option
v Enhanced FlashCopy
- Super Key
v Performance Read Cache
v Enhanced Global Mirroring
v Enhanced Remote Mirroring
v Enhanced FlashCopy
Note:
1. To obtain this optional capability, you must purchase a 96 to 192 drive
expansion premium feature.
Operating-system support
This topic discusses the operating systems are supported for the DS3500 storage
subsystem.
The following operating systems are supported for host servers that have mapped
LUNs created in the DS3500 storage subsystem with storage enclosures:
v IBM AIX
®
v IBM Linux on POWER
®
(LoP)
v Microsoft Windows Server 2003
v Microsoft Windows Server 2008
v Microsoft Windows Server 2012
v Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
v SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
v VMware ESX Server
v Oracle Solaris
For additional host operating-system support, see the latest Storage Manager
software readme file and the IBM DS3000 series products interoperability matrix at
http://www.ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/.
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IBM DS3500 Specifications

General

Storage Type	Disk Array
Form Factor	2U
Supported Drives	SAS, SATA
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Management Software	IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager
Operating System Support	Windows, Linux, VMware, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris
Model	IBM DS3500
Host Interfaces	SAS
Cache Memory	2 GB
Power Supply	Dual redundant, hot-swappable
Number of Controllers	2