IBM V7000 User Manual

Chapter 5. IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node GUI interface 191
After you have logged in successfully, the Home window opens showing the Overview panel
(Figure 5-2).
Figure 5-2 Home menu showing the Overview window
5.1.2 Graphical User Interface layout
This Graphical User Interface (GUI) has three main sections for navigating through the
management tool (Figure 5-3 on page 192). On the far left of the window are eight function
icons. The eight function icons represent the following menus:
򐂰 The Home menu
򐂰 The Monitoring menu
򐂰 The Pools menu
򐂰 The Volumes menu
򐂰 The Hosts menu
򐂰 The Copy Services menu
򐂰 The Access menu
򐂰 The Settings menu
In the middle of the window is a diagram illustrating the existing configuration. Clicking the
function icons in this area provides extended help references, including a link to a short video
presentation to explain the topic in more detail. This video is not a navigation tool, but rather
an extended help window that includes configuration information.
At the bottom of the window are three status indicators. Clicking any of them provides more
detailed information about the existing configuration of IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node
solution. Click any of these function icons to expand them and minimize them as required.

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