IBM DS8900F User Manual

Index
Numerics
2.5-inch 27
4-port HA 28
8-port HA 28
A
accessibility
features 123
acclimation 79
activating licenses 120
adapters
Fibre Channel host 61, 62
zHyperLink 62
air circulation
intake and exhaust 98
air quality 100
algorithms 32
allocation methods 17
AS/400 LUN
control switch settings 109
Attachment to IBM Z 109
auto-rebalance 38
auxiliary volumes 38
availability features 27
B
balancing the I/O load 30
Base function license
Easy Tier 72
Encryption Authorization 72
Operating environment license 73
Base Function license
thin provisioning 73
BSMI certicate 66, 67
BTU 97
C
cable
cutout locations 86
feature codes, Fibre Channel cable 62
feature codes, zHyperLink cable 63
Fibre Channel host adapter 61
I/O adapters 60
I/O cables 61
installation 86
overhead cable 86
RIO-G 61
top exit bracket 86
zHyperLink adapter 62
cables
drive 57
cache 64
capacity
calculating physical and effective 58
exhaust 97
floor load rating 89
caution notices 136, 137
CCW, channel command words 30
certicate, BSMI 66, 67
circuit breakers
high-voltage 96
low-voltage 96
CKD, count key data storage 30
clearances required for service 92
CLI, command-line interface 19
cloud
transparent cloud tiering 35
clusters, RAID disk groups 30
CoD 27
cold weather procedures 79
comments, sending xi
communication requirements, host attachment 105
company information 107
conguration
I/O (RIO-G) cables 61
processor memory 64
conguration control indicators 55
conguration overview 12
Conguration overview 14
conguration
rules
Standby CoD disk drives 57
storage devices 57
storage enclosures 57
connectivity
I/O enclosures 60
consolidating storage 30
containers, shipping 80
contamination information 101
control switch settings 109
control unit threshold 109
conventions
terminology vii
typefaces vii
cooling 98, 102
Copy Services
considerations 43
disaster recovery 50
licensed functions 52
overview 43
Safeguarded copy function 76
Copy Services license
FlashCopy function 76
Remote mirror and copy 76
z/OS Global Mirror 77
z/OS Metro/Global Mirror Incremental Resync 77
Copy Services Manager 20
Copy Services Manager on hardware management console
license 77
Copy Services software package
151

IBM DS8900F Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	DS8900F
Category	Storage
Language	English