IBM V7000 User Manual

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You can virtualize and manage the complete solution infrastructure using the IBM Flex
System Manager. Figure 3-44 shows an overview of FSM virtualization.
Figure 3-44 Managing diverse IT infrastructure with storage
For further details regarding managing storage using FSM, see 3.3.7, “Managing storage
using IBM Flex System Manager” on page 143.
IBM Flex System Manager editions
The IBM Flex System Manager software contains a set of components that are responsible
for performing certain management functions. These components must be activated using the
available IBM Feature on Demand (FoD) software entitlement licenses, and they are licensed
on a per-chassis basis.
IBM Flex System Manager base feature set
The following functionality and features are available at this time in the IBM Flex System
Manager base feature set:
򐂰 Support for up to four managed chassis, and up to 5,000 managed elements
򐂰 Auto-discovery of managed elements
򐂰 Overall health status
򐂰 Monitor and availability
򐂰 Hardware management
򐂰 Security management
򐂰 Administration
򐂰 Network management (Network Control).Storage management (Storage Control)
򐂰 Virtual machine life cycle management (VMControl Express)
򐂰 I/O address management (IBM Fabric Manager)

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