IBM SAN Volume Controller User Manual

SAN Volume Controller Information Center
The IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Information Center contains all of the information that
is required to install, configure, and manage the SAN Volume Controller. The information center is
updated between SAN Volume Controller product releases to provide the most current documentation.
The information center is available at the following website:
publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/svc/ic/index.jsp
SAN Volume Controller library
Unless otherwise noted, the publications in the SAN Volume Controller library are available in Adobe
portable document format (PDF) from the following website:
Support for SAN Volume Controller (2145) website at www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145
Other IBM publications
Table 1 lists IBM publications that contain information related to the SAN Volume Controller.
Table 1. Other IBM publications
Title Description Order number
IBM System Storage Productivity
Center Introduction and Planning
Guide
This guide introduces the IBM System
Storage Productivity Center hardware and
software.
SC23-8824
Read This First: Installing the IBM
System Storage Productivity Center
This guide describes how to install the
IBM System Storage Productivity Center
hardware.
GI11-8938
IBM System Storage Productivity
Center User's Guide
This guide describes how to configure the
IBM System Storage Productivity Center
software.
SC27-2336
IBM System Storage Multipath
Subsystem Device Driver User's Guide
This guide describes the IBM System
Storage Multipath Subsystem Device
Driver for IBM System Storage products
and how to use it with the SAN Volume
Controller.
GC52-1309
IBM documentation and related websites
Table 2 lists websites that provide publications and other information about the SAN Volume Controller
or related products or technologies.
Table 2. IBM documentation and related websites
Website Address
Support for SAN Volume Controller (2145) Support for SAN Volume Controller (2145) website at
www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145
Support for IBM System Storage and IBM
TotalStorage
®
products
www.ibm.com/storage/support/
IBM Publications Center www.ibm.com/e-business/linkweb/publications/servlet/pbi.wss
IBM Redbooks
®
publications www.redbooks.ibm.com/
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IBM SAN Volume Controller Specifications

General

Product Name	IBM SAN Volume Controller
Category	Storage
Storage Virtualization	Yes
RAID Support	Yes
Compression Support	Yes
Encryption Support	Yes
Host Interface	Fibre Channel, iSCSI, FCoE, SAS
RAID Levels	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Maximum Cache Per System	2TB
Supported Drive Types	SSD
High Availability	Yes