IBM DS4300 User Manual
IBM System Storage Product Guide
IBM Systems and Technology Group
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Cost effective and reliable access to your information
People need access to information so they can make knowledgeable decisions that lead to growth and increased profitability. Your challenge is making sure that information is
always available, when and where it is needed, to fuel the
cycle of creative thinking that leads to innovation.
IBM System Storage™ solutions help you more successfully
support your business by creating IT environments that:
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Protect information assets and enable data sharing and collaboration across your enterprise in real time
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More easily handle changing business requirements
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Manage information effectively by matching the value of your
information to how it is stored and accessed at each point in
its life cycle
Only IBM delivers the depth and breadth of intelligent storage
solutions and expertise to help you reliably bring information to
people in a cost-effective way.
Empower your people to innovate and make more informed
business decisions
Innovate faster and help ensure that the information that fuels
creative thinking and decision making is available in real time
with IBM System Storage solutions.
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Automate and simplify IT operations with revolutionary
IBM System Storage solutions—so you can focus on your
business and spend less time managing your infrastructure
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Increase your return on people and create an environment
for competitive advantage by capitalizing on data sharing
and collaboration across the enterprise in real time with
IBM System Storage offerings
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Fuel your innovation engine with complete solutions that
leverage IBM’s unmatched expertise, strong synergy
between servers and storage, award-winning storage software and extensive partner network
Get the most value from your information
Protect and fully leverage your information assets by using
intelligent management solutions from IBM—solutions that
enable your IT staff to implement the most cost-effective storage options based on the value and service level of the information at each point in its lifecycle.
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Align your storage investment with the value of your information using comprehensive tiered storage, policy-based
automation and intelligent information management solutions
from IBM
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Confidently protect your strategic information assets and efficiently comply with regulatory and security requirements with
the unrivaled breadth of storage solutions from IBM
Make your business more responsive with an informationcentric IT environment
Manage and adapt to growing and changing business needs
with an IT environment that makes critical information always
available—without disruption.
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Keep your business running with continuous access to information through industry-leading business continuity solutions
from IBM System Storage
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Rapidly adapt to evolving business needs by creating an
open, flexible, on demand infrastructure that scales as you
grow—without disrupting ongoing operations—using proven
IBM System Storage solutions
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Optimize and protect your IT investment with
marketplace-leading virtualization capabilities, superior multivendor interoperability and cost-effective storage solutions
from IBM
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Disk Storage Systems
Entry-level Disk Systems
System x Only SAN Solutions System p Only Direct Attach Solutions SATA SAN Solutions System p Only Direct Attach Solutions
DS300* DS400* EXP Plus 320 DS4100* 7204
Product DS300 DS400 EXP Plus 320 DS4100 Disk System External Disk Drive
Machine/model 1701-1RS, 1701-2RD 1700-1RS, 1700-2RD 2104/DS4, TS4 1724-100/1SC 7204-573, 7204-646
Platform
support
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Windows 2000, Windows 2003, RedHat 3, RedHat 4,
SUSE 8, SUSE 9, SteeleEye
Windows 2000, Windows 2003, RedHat 3, RedHat 4,
SUSE 8, SUSE 9
System p, IBM AIX Windows Server® 2003, Windows 2000 Server
w/SP4 & Adv.Server, Novell® NetWare 6.0 w/SP4,
NetWare 6.5 w/SP2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0,
4.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9,VMware ESX
2.5.1, AIX 5.1/5.2, 5.3, HP UX 11/11i, Solaris 7/8/9
System p, AIX
7204 646 – also supports Linux version SLES 9
Host
connectivity
iSCSI Fibre Channel Ultra 320 SCSI Fibre Channel Ultra SCSI - LVD
SAN support Switched Ethernet Direct, Switched Fabric N/A Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric N/A
Copy services IBM FlashCopy® FlashCopy N/A FlashCopy option, Enhanced Remote Mirroring N/A
Availability
features
Fault Tolerant, RAID, Redundant Hotswap Power,
Hotswap drives, Dual controller,dual pathing drivers
Fault Tolerant, RAID, Redundant Hotswap Power,
Hotswap drives, Dual controller,dual pathing drivers
RAID with server adapters, redundant power/cooling,
hot-swap drives, enclosure services
Fault-tolerant, RAID, redundant power/cooling, hotswap drives, dual controllers, concurrent microcode
update capability, dual-pathing driver
Controller Dual active 1GB iSCSI RAID Controllers Dual Active 2GB FC RAID Controllers Adapters in server Single/dual 2GB RAID controller
Cache (min, max) 256MB Battery Back-up 256MB Battery Back-up N/A 256MB, 512MB N/A
RAID support 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 0, 1, 5 (using server-based adapters) 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 N/A
Capacity
(min, max)
36GB, 4.2TB 36GB, 12TB with 2 EXP400 Expansion Units 32GB, 2TB 250GB, Dual controller supports 44.8TB with seven
Expansion Units
Single controller supports 5.6TB
7204-573; 73GB
7204-646; 146GB
Drive interface Ultra320 SCSI Ultra320 SCSI Ultra 320 SCSI 2GB FC-AL Ultra SCSI
Drive support 73GB, 146GB, 300GB 10,000 rpm disk drives; 36GB,
73GB, 146GB 15,000 rpm disk drives
73GB, 146GB, 300GB 10,000 rpm disk drives; 36GB,
73GB, 146GB 15,000 rpm disk drives
18.2GB, 36.4GB, 73.4GB and 146.8GB 10,000 rpm
disk drives; 36.4GB and 73.4GB 15,000 rpm disk
drives
250GB, 400GB 7,200 rpm SATA disk drives Single Drive
7204-573; 73GB
7204-646; 146GB
Clustering
Support
Microsoft Windows MSCS Microsoft Windows MSCS IBM HACMP™ Microsoft Clustering Services, IBM SAN Volume
Controller 2.1.0
N/A
* In Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)—New DS300, DS400 and DS4100 are not available.
Midrange Disk Systems
Disk Storage Systems (continued)
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DS4200 Express DS4300* DS4500* DS4700 Express DS4800
Product DS4200 Express Disk System DS4300 Disk System DS4500 Disk System DS4700 Express Disk System DS4800 Disk System
Machine/model 1814-7VA 1722-60U/6LU 1742-90U 1814-72A/70A 1815-80A/82A/84A/88A
Platform
support
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Windows Server 2003 w/SP1, Windows
2000 Server & Adv. Server w/SP4,
Netware 6.5 w/SP2, 6.0 w/SP4, AIX 5.1,
5.2, 5.3, Linux/Intel, RedHat Enterprise
Linux 3.0, RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 U1,
VMWare ESX 2.5.1, Solaris 7, 8,9
w/Veritas Cluster Svs and Veritas VM/DMP,
HP-UX 11i & 11.0, Linux/IBM, System p,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Svr (SLES) 8.0, 9.0
System p, System x, Windows 2000
Server w/SP4 & Adv. Server, Novell
NetWare 6.0 w/SP4, NetWare 6.5 w/SP2,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0, 4.0, SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9, VMware ESX
2.5.1, AIX 5.1/5.2, 5.3, HP UX 11/11i,
Solaris 7/8/9
System p, System x, select Sun and HP
UNIX servers and other Intel processorbased servers, Windows 2000 Server
w/SP4 & Adv.Server, Novell NetWare 6.0
w/SP4, NetWare 6.5 w/SP2, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3.0, 4.0, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 8, 9, VMware ESX 2.5.1,
AIX 5.1/5.2, 5.3, HP UX 11/11i,
Solaris 7/8/9
System p, System x, Windows Server
2003 w/SP1, Windows 2000 Server &
Adv.Server w/SP4, Novell NetWare 6.0
w/SP5 & 6.5 w/SP5, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3.0 U7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0
U3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 SP4, SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3, VMWare
ESX 2.5.2
AIX 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, HP-UX 11i and 11.23,
Solaris 8, 9, 10
System p, System x, Windows Server
2003, Windows 2000 Server & Adv.Server,
Novell NetWare 6.0 w/SP4 and 6.5 w/SP2,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 8/9, VMware ESX 2.5.1,
AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3, HP UX 11/11i, Solaris
7/8/9
Host
connectivity
Fibre Channel Fibre Channel Fibre Channel Fibre Channel Fibre Channel
SAN support Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric Direct, FC-AL, Switched Fabric
Copy services FlashCopy option, Enhanced Remote
Mirroring, VolumeCopy
Single: FlashCopy
Dual base: FlashCopy,VolumeCopy
Turbo option: FlashCopy, VolumeCopy,
Enhanced Remote Mirroring
Enhanced Remote Mirroring, FlashCopy,
VolumeCopy
Enhanced Remote Mirroring, FlashCopy,
VolumeCopy
Enhanced Remote Mirroring, FlashCopy,
VolumeCopy
Availability
features
Fault-tolerant, RAID, redundant
power/cooling, hot-swap drives, dual controllers, concurrent microcode update
capability, dual-pathing driver
Fault-tolerant, RAID, redundant
power/cooling, hot-swap drives,
single/dual controllers, concurrent microcode update capability, dual-pathing driver
Fault-tolerant, RAID, redundant
power/cooling, hot-swap drives, dual controllers, concurrent microcode update
capability, dual-pathing driver
Fault-tolerant, RAID, redundant
power/cooling, hot-swap drives, dual controllers, concurrent microcode update
capability, dual-pathing driver
Fault-tolerant, RAID, redundant
power/cooling, hot-swap drives, dual controllers, concurrent microcode update
capability, dual-pathing driver
Controller Dual 4GB RAID controller Single/dual active 2 Gbps RAID controllers;
optional turbo feature
Dual active 2 Gbps RAID controllers Dual active 4 Gbps RAID controllers Dual active 4 Gbps RAID controllers
Cache (min, max) 2GB 256MB, 256MB (single), 512MB, 512MB
(base) 2GB, 2GB (turbo option)
2GB, 2GB 2GB, 4GB (70A/72A) 4GB, 4GB (80A/82A)
8GB, 8GB (84A)
16GB, 16GB (88A)
RAID support 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 0, 1, 3, 5, 10
Capacity
(min, max)
500GB EV-DDM, supports 56TB with six
EXP420 Expansion Units
36.4GB, 33.6TB via EXP810/EXP710 (FC)
400GB, 44.8TB via EXP100 (Serial ATA)
36.4GB, 67.2TB via EXP700/EXP710 (FC)
400GB, 89.6TB via EXP100 (Serial ATA)
36.4GB, 33.6TB via EXP810/EXP710 (FC) 36.4GB, 67.2TB via
EXP810/EXP700/EXP710 (FC) 400GB,
89.6TB via EXP100 (Serial ATA)
Drive interface 4GB FC-AL 2 Gbps FC-AL 2 Gbps FC-AL 4 Gbps Switched 4 Gbps Switched
Drive support 500GB EV-DDM, SATA disk drives 2 Gbps, 36.4GB, 73.4GB, 146.8GB and
300GB 10,000 rpm; 36.4GB, 73.4GB and
146.8GB 15,000 rpm; (Serial ATA) 250GB,
400GB 7,200 rpm
2 Gbps, 36.4GB, 73.4GB,146.8GB and
300GB 10,000 rpm; 36.4GB, 73.4GB and
146.8GB 15,000 rpm; (Serial ATA) 250GB,
400GB 7,200 rpm
2 Gbps 73.4GB,146.8GB and 300GB
10,000 rpm; 36.4GB, 73.4GB and
146.8GB 15,000 rpm; 4 Gbps 36.4GB,
73.4GB, 146.8GB 15,000 rpm
2 Gbps, 36.4GB, 73.4GB,146.8GB and
300GB 10,000 rpm; 18.2GB, 36.4GB,
73.4GB and 146.8GB 15,000 rpm; (Serial
ATA) 250GB, 400GB 7,200 rpm, 4 Gbps
36.4GB, 73.4GB, 146.8GB 15,000 rpm
Certifications Microsoft Cluster Services, Novell Cluster
Services, HACMP, PSSP, GPFS/RVSD
Support, SteelEye—Lifekeeper 5.2.0,
GPFS for Linux v1.3, Veritas Cluster Server,
HP MC/Service Guard 11.16
Microsoft RAID, Cluster and Data Center,
HACMP,
VERITAS Clustering
Microsoft RAID, Cluster, NetWare Cluster,
HACMP,
VERITAS Clustering
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Microsoft RAID, Cluster, NetWare Cluster,
HACMP,
VERITAS Clustering4
Microsoft RAID, Cluster, NetWare Cluster,
HACMP,
VERITAS Clustering
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* In Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)—New DS4300 and DS4500 are not available.
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