IBM V7000 User Manual

Chapter 11. SAN connections and configuration 459
11.2 Connection to chassis I/O modules
IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node uses 10 Gb Ethernet adapters for iSCSI and FCoE
communications plus optional Fibre Channel (FC) adapters for FC connectivity to the
compute nodes. As stated in 2.5.1, “Control canister” on page 51, each canister on IBM Flex
System V7000 Storage Node has host attachments on one control canister that match the
configuration of the second canister and must use the same slots.
11.2.1 I/O module configurations
The Network Adapter slots correspond to the following I/O module slots on the IBM Flex
System Enterprise Chassis:
򐂰 Network Adapter slot 1 in each node canister connects to I/O modules 1 and 2
򐂰 Network Adapter slot 2 in each node canister connects to I/O modules 3 and 4
Network Adapter cards must be installed in pairs (one card per node canister). The following
configurations are supported:
򐂰 Two or four 10 Gb CNA cards
򐂰 Two 8 Gb FC cards
򐂰 Two 10 Gb CNA cards and two 8 Gb FC cards
The following adapters are supported on IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node:
򐂰 IBM Flex System EN2024 4-port 1 Gb Ethernet Adapter
򐂰 IBM Flex System EN4054 4-port 10 Gb Ethernet Adapter
򐂰 IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter
򐂰 IBM Flex System FC5022 2-port 16 Gb FC Adapter
򐂰 IBM Flex System FC3052 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter (Emulex)
򐂰 IBM Flex System CN4054 10 Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
򐂰 IBM Flex System CN4058 8-port 10 Gb Converged Adapter
The Network Adapter on IBM Flex System V7000 Control Enclosure canister will
communicate to switch modules on the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis I/O module
ports. Some pass-through modules are available as an alternative to switches on the IBM
Flex System Enterprise Chassis I/O modules. The following I/O modules are supported with
IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node:
򐂰 IBM Flex System EN2092 1 Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch
򐂰 IBM Flex System EN4091 10 Gb Ethernet Pass-thru
򐂰 IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10 Gb Scalable Switch
򐂰 IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10 Gb Scalable Switch
򐂰 IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10 Gb Converged Scalable Switch
򐂰 IBM Flex System FC3171 8 Gb SAN Switch
򐂰 IBM Flex System FC3171 8 Gb SAN Pass-thru
򐂰 IBM Flex System FC5022 16 Gb SAN Scalable Switch
For more information about these modules, see 1.5, “I/O modules” on page 24.

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