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IBM Storwize V5030 User Manual

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Chapter 5. Host configuration
This chapter describes how to use the IBM Storwize V5000 graphical user interface (GUI) to
create hosts and how to prepare a host to access the volumes that are created. (Volume
creation is described in Chapter 6, “Volume configuration” on page 287.)
Specifically, this chapter provides information about the following topics:
򐂰 Host attachment overview
򐂰 Planning for direct-attached hosts
򐂰 Preparing the host operating system
򐂰 N-Port Virtualization ID (NPIV) Support
򐂰 Creating hosts by using the GUI
򐂰 Host Clusters
򐂰 Proactive Host Failover
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IBM Storwize V5030 Specifications

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ModelIBM Storwize V5030
CategoryStorage
Controller Enclosures1 or 2
Maximum Drives240
RAID Levels0, 1, 5, 6, 10
VirtualizationYes
Data CompressionYes
Maximum Hosts512
Form Factor2U
Drive TypesSAS, NL-SAS, SSD
Host Interface8 Gb FC, 16 Gb FC, 10 Gb iSCSI, 12 Gb SAS
Processor Cores8 per controller

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