IBM V7000 User Manual

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Chapter 3. Systems management
This chapter provides an overview of storage management for IBM Flex System V7000
Storage Node from the IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module and the IBM Flex
System Manager Node, and shows how to use the navigation tools.
While there are several ways to manage the various components of the IBM Flex Systems, a
description of all these options is beyond the scope of this publication. In this chapter, we
cover the management options related to IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node and the I/O
modules. For detailed information regarding other management options, see Implementing
Systems Management of IBM PureFlex System, SG24-8060.
This chapter describes the following topics:
򐂰 3.1, “System Management overview” on page 84
򐂰 3.2, “IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM)” on page 90
򐂰 3.3, “Flex System Manager” on page 113
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IBM V7000 Specifications

General

Model	IBM Storwize V7000
Storage Type	Hybrid Flash Array
Maximum Capacity	1.2PB
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Connectivity	8 Gbps Fibre Channel, 16 Gbps Fibre Channel, 1 Gbps iSCSI, 10 Gbps iSCSI
Management	Command-line interface (CLI), Graphical user interface (GUI)
Form Factor	2U
Drive Bays	12
Maximum Raw Capacity	1.2PB
Operating System Support	AIX, HP-UX, Linux, VMware, Windows
Data Reduction Features	Real-time Compression, Deduplication
Drive Types	SSD, HDD
Scalability	Scale-up (drive enclosures) and scale-out (clustering) capabilities