IBM DS8000 User Manual

The storage management software can be used in real-time or simulated modes.
When you are connected to storage devices over your network, you can use the
Real-time Manager to manage your hardware or configure your storage. When you
want to work offline, you can use the Simulated Manager to create or import a
configuration. This lets you export a configuration that you have already created to
a system when it reaches your site.
Disk
Array Site
Array
Rank
Extents
= CKD Mod1 Extent in IBM
System z environments
= FB 1GB in an Open
systems Host
Virtualization
Extent Pool
Extents
Logical Volume
Volume Group
Volume Groups
Map Hosts to
Volumes
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Figure 7. Logical configuration sequence
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IBM DS8000 Specifications

General

Data Encryption	Yes
High Availability	Yes
Drive Types	SSD, HDD
RAID Support	RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10
Interface	FICON, Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Form Factor	Rack-mountable
Operating Systems Supported	IBM z/OS, IBM i, AIX, Linux, Windows
Model	DS8000 series
Scalability	Highly scalable