IBM V7000 User Manual

116 IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node Introduction and Implementation Guide
The interoperability is illustrated in Figure 3-43.
Figure 3-43 Storage Interoperability
IBM Flex System Manager is the common management interface used in an IBM Flex System
for multi-chassis management. It offers features for simplified administration of storage along
with server and network management. The integrated storage management with Flex System
Manager offers simplified storage virtualization capabilities.
The following storage features are included in IBM Flex System Manager:
򐂰 Storage device discovery
򐂰 Showing relationships between storage and server resources
򐂰 Physical and logical topologies
򐂰 Configuration of physical and logical storage
򐂰 Viewing controller and volume statuses
򐂰 Setting notification alerts
򐂰 Integration with VM Control provides:
– Storage provisioning for virtual server image creation, deployment, and cloning
– Storage system pool lifecycle management, provisioning, and cloning actions within
the pool

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