IBM XIV User Manual

Access Control:
User Category Permission
Storage administrator Disallowed
Storage integration administrator Disallowed
Application administrator Disallowed
Security administrator Disallowed
Read-only users Disallowed
Technicians Allowed
Completion Codes:
v TECHNICIAN_WORK_TIMEOUT_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED
Timeout can only be specified when technician work starts.
v TECHNICIAN_WORK_COMMENT_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED
Comment can only be specified when technician work starts.
v TECHNICIAN_WORK_TIMEOUT_NOT_SPECIFIED
Timeout must be specified when technician work starts.
v TECHNICIAN_WORK_COMMENT_NOT_SPECIFIED
Comment must be specified when technician work starts.
Enables XIV Support Access
Enables XIV support access for a specific period of time limiting access from the
specific address.
xiv_support_enable [ start=TimeStamp ] < finish=TimeStamp | timeout=Timeout >
from=IPaddress comment=Comment
Parameters:
Name Type Description Mandatory Default
start N/A Starting time for
allowing XIV
support access.
N Immediately.
finish N/A Ending time for
allowing XIV
support access.
N N/A
timeout N/A Timeout for
allowing XIV
support access in
either hh:mm
format or a
number of
minutes. The
timeout cannot
exceed 23 hours
and 59 minutes.
The word
unlimited denotes
unexpired timeout.
N N/A
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IBM XIV Specifications

General

Power Supply	Redundant power supplies
Drive Type	SATA
Redundancy	Fully redundant components
Connectivity	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Form Factor	Rack-mounted
Cache	Distributed cache across modules
Data Protection	Snapshots, remote mirroring
Performance	High throughput and low latency
Scalability	Modular, scale-out architecture
Cooling	Redundant cooling
Architecture	Grid-based, distributed architecture