IBM V7000 User Manual

Chapter 12. Host configuration 535
4. On the Windows 2008 server, make sure that the appropriate drivers are installed for
FCoE attachment. It can be done through the IBM UpdateXpress System Update Installer
which can be downloaded from the following website:
http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-XPRESS
Figure 12-35 shows how FCoE drivers are installed using the IBM UpdateXpress System
Update Installer. IBM UpdateXpress System Update Installer is capable of detecting and
recommending which drivers are needed for the Windows 2008 R2 server.
Figure 12-35 FCoE drivers are installed
5. On the Windows 2008 R2 server, install appropriate multipathing software. Multipathing
software for FCoE is the same as for Fibre Channel (FC) attached hosts and is called
Subsystem Device Driver Device Specific Module (SDDDSM). SDDDSM software can be
downloaded from the following link:
https://www.ibm.com/storage/support
6. On the Windows 2008 R2 server, you can optionally install the Emulex OneCommand
Manager, which provides detailed information about the configured FCoE ports and their
status. Emulex OneCommand Manager can be downloaded from this website:
http://www.emulex.com/downloads/ibm/lightpulse-fc-hba-drivers.html

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