IBM Storwize V5030 User Manual

324 Implementing the IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.1
In the following example, HyperSwap topology has been configured and the Volume
Creation window is being used to define a HyperSwap Volume as shown in Figure 6-39.
The capacity and name characteristics are defined as for a Basic volume (highlighted in blue
in the example) and the mirroring characteristics are defined by the Site parameters
(highlighted in red).
Figure 6-39 HyperSwap Volume creation with Summary of actions
The drop-downs help during creation, and the Summary (lower left of the creation window)
indicates the actions that are carried out when the Create option is selected. As shown in
Figure 6-39, a single volume is created, with volume copies in site1 and site2. This volume
is in an active-active (Metro Mirror) relationship with extra resilience provided by two change
volumes.

IBM Storwize V5030 Specifications

General

Model	IBM Storwize V5030
Category	Storage
Controller Enclosures	1 or 2
Maximum Drives	240
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Virtualization	Yes
Data Compression	Yes
Maximum Hosts	512
Form Factor	2U
Drive Types	SAS, NL-SAS, SSD
Host Interface	8 Gb FC, 16 Gb FC, 10 Gb iSCSI, 12 Gb SAS
Processor Cores	8 per controller