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Contents
Preface..................................................................................................vii
Safety and Environmental Notices....................................................................... viii
Intended Audience .............................................................................................. ix
Product Version...................................................................................................ix
Document Revision Level ..................................................................................... ix
Source Document(s) for this Revision ...................................................................ix
Changes in this Revision .......................................................................................x
Document Organization ........................................................................................x
Referenced Documents........................................................................................xi
Document Conventions........................................................................................ xi
Convention for Storage Capacity Values ............................................................... xii
Getting Help ...................................................................................................... xii
Comments........................................................................................................ xiii
Product Overview ................................................................................. 1-1
Universal Storage Plat
New and Improved Capabilities ..........................................................................1-3
Specifications at a Glance ..................................................................................1-4
Specifications for the Universal Storage Platform V........................................1-4
Specifications for the Universal Storage Platform VM .....................................1-6
Software Products
form V Family ...................................................................1-2
.............................................................................................1-8
Architecture and Components................................................................ 2-1
Hardware Architectur
Multiple Data and Co
Storage Clusters
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e.......................................................................................2-2
ntrol Paths...................................................................2-3
.........................................................................................2-4
Hardware Components...................................................................................... 2-5
Shared Memory ......................................................................................... 2-6
Cache Memory........................................................................................... 2-6
Front-End Directors and Host Channels........................................................ 2-7
Back-End Directors and Array
Disk Drives and Flash Drives
Domains ........................................................ 2-9
..................................................................... 2-11
Service Processor..................................................................................... 2-12
Power Supplies ........................................................................................ 2-12
Batteries ................................................................................................. 2-12
Control Panel and Emergency Power-Off Switch................................................ 2-13
Control Panel
Emergency Power-Off
........................................................................................... 2-13
Switch .................................................................... 2-15
Intermix Configurations................................................................................... 2-16
RAID-Level Intermix
Data Drive Intermix
................................................................................. 2-16
................................................................................. 2-17
Device Emulation Intermix........................................................................ 2-17
Functional and Operational Characteristics ............................................. 3-1
RAID Implementation ....................................................................................... 3-2
Array Groups and RAID Levels .................................................................... 3-2
Sequential Data Striping ............................................................................. 3-4
LDEV Striping Across Array Groups.............................................................. 3-5
CU Images, LVIs, and LUs................................................................................. 3-7
CU Images ................................................................................................ 3-7
Logical Volume Images............................................................................... 3-7
Logical Units.............................................................................................. 3-8
Storage Navigator............................................................................................. 3-9
System Option Modes, Host Modes, and Host Mode Options .............................. 3-10
System Option Modes............................................................................... 3-10
Host Modes and Host Mode Opti
Mainframe Operations..................................................................................... 3-35
Mainframe Compatibility a
nd Functionality ................................................. 3-35
Mainframe Operating System Support
Mainframe Confi
Open-Systems Operati
guration .......................................................................... 3-36
ons ............................................................................... 3-37
Open-Systems Compatibility and Functionality............................................ 3-37
Open-Systems Host Pl
Open-Systems Conf
Battery Backup Operat
atform Support ........................................................ 3-38
iguration..................................................................... 3-39
ions .............................................................................. 3-40
ons .......................................................... 3-34
........................................................ 3-35
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