IBM System Storage DS5020 Overview

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Fencing not supported
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TL5 or later only
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DVE support for AIX requires AIX 5.2 or later
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DVE is not supported by SAN Volume Controller
11 For additional configuration details and limitations view the appropriate README files http://www-
03.ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/index.html
12 FRU number 13N2208 (or Option PN 13N2203) and JS20 8842-21X MT/MN are not compatible. This
combination is not supported for Linux on Power releases
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With Patch-52S_DS345K.081020.epkg.Z
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With Patch-iz49529.epkg
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with Patch-iz49529.epkg
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with Patch-iz49526.epkg
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with OS Patch-KB950903
23 Refer to the following link for Updates and Fixes:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/vios/download/home.html
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Fix Pack 10.1 required
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Windows 2003 SP2 is a superset of Windows 2003 SP1, Both SP2 and SP1 are supported.
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Supported on AIX levels : 6.1, 5.3 and 5.2
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RDAC support only. No MPIO support at this time.
28 Operating Systems. LoP: RH5.1, SLES10.1, MPIO: AIX 5.3, AIX 6.1, Linux on Intel: RedHat 4.6 and 5.1;
SLES 9SP4 and 10SP1
29 Windows guests using MSCS or VMotion (but not guests using MSCS and VMotion concurrently) are
supported
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ESX Server Clusters support applies to Windows 2003 RTM, but not Windows 2003 SP1.
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Symantec DSM only for MPIO supported
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Full SFRAC product including VCS clustering
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Includes Windows Server 2008 Server Core support.
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Only QLogic based HBAs are supported at this time.
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Microsoft Cluster Services is not supported at this time
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VMware Tools installed on Virtual Machines.
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AVT disabled
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patch level Generic_125101-04
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'Patch level Generic_122300-13
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Some Windows 2000 configurations can be supported via RPQ
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MPIO only. No RDAC or SDD support at this time
49 Following URL can provide more details about IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack: http://www-
01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage/storage-mgr-fastback/
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Supported on Windows 2003 Standard Server and Enterprise Server, Service Pack 1 or later
52 Refer to the following link for further details on IBM SVC http://www-
03.ibm.com/systems/storage/software/virtualization/svc/
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DS4000 and DS5000 famliy products can coexist on the same server.
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Supported on Windows Server 2008 x64. Windows Server 2003 SP2 R1 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2
with Guest OSes: Window2003 SP2, Window2008 SP1, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista..
The x64 server must have Hyper-V capable hardware. In Hyper-V configurations with DS4000 or DS5000
attached only LSI-DSM is supported. Customers can not have any other DSM running, exceptions to this
restriction require RPQ support to confirm compatibility. In any supported Windows configuration when
running the LSI-DSM, customers can also have compatibility with SDD-DSM but it is dependant upon the
level of SDD-DSM. Please check with your IBM field support team or submit an RPQ for compatibility
guidance if multiple IBM storage devices and multiple DSMs must co-exist.
57 Supported under the following operating systems (except for Veritas environment): AIX 5.2, AIX5.3, AIX 6.1,
RedHat 4.7, RedHat 5.2, RedHat 5.3, SUSE 9, SUSE 9.4, SUSE 10.2, SUSE 11, Solaris 10, Solaris 9,
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, VMWare ESX 3.5 U3, Microsoft Cluster Server for Windows
Server 2003 and for Windows Server 2008, VIOS 2.1
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Up to 8 nodes with MPIO
59 No Direct Connect with Qlogic HBAs, QLE4060C, QLE4062C, QLA4050C, and QLA4052C at this time
60 Supported on VMware ESX 3.5 or higher and 7.xx.xx firmware level or higher. The following web site gives
VMware SRM installation and configuration guidance: http://www-
03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101443
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IBM System Storage DS5020 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	System Storage DS5020
Category	Storage
Language	English