n Series Quick Ref Feature Guide

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IBM System Storage N series Quick Reference Guide

2006 IBM Cororation !

IBM System Storage N series

Quick Reference Feature Guide

"dated as of No#em$er 2%& 2006

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IBM System Storage N series

.)e IBM System Storage N series offers additiona/ c)oice to organiations facing t)e c)a//enges of

enterrise data management- .)e IBM System Storage N series is designed to de/i#er )ig)1end enterrisestorage and data management #a/ue ,it) midrange afforda$i/ity- Bui/t1in enterrise ser#icea$i/ity and

managea$i/ity features )e/ suort your efforts to increase re/ia$i/ity& sim/ify and unify storage

infrastructure and maintenance& and de/i#er ecetiona/ economy-

N series System

3// N series systems uti/ie a sing/e oerating system across t)e entire /atform and offer a com$ination

of mu/ti/e ad#anced function soft,are features t)at ro#ide one of t)e industry4s most mu/tifaceted

storage /atforms& ranging from comre)ensi#e system management& storage management& on$oard

and out$oard coy ser#ices& #irtua/iation tec)no/ogies and disaster reco#ery and $acku so/utions-

In addition& otiona/ 5RM data rotection soft,are ro#ides additiona/ data

security in regu/atory en#ironments ,)ere data must $e stored in non1

erasa$/e and non1re,rita$/e formats to meet t)e industry7s ne,est and strict

regu/atory re8uirements for retaining comany data assets-

.)e N series ortfo/io of roducts offer ease1of1use too/s t)at )e/ customers

manage data$ase en#ironments /ike Microsoft 9c)ange& Microsoft SQ:

Ser#er& IBM (B2 and rac/e- 'atented R3I(1(' )e/s ensure t)e )ig)est

a#ai/a$i/ity and data /oss re#ention ,)i/e using ineensi#e S3.3 disk dri#e

tec)no/ogy-

.)e N series roducts are sim/y one of t)e most #ersati/e

storage roducts in t)e industry today- .)ey are designed to

ro#ide net,ork attac)ed storage for en#ironments ,)ere

customers )a#e a need to uti/ie t)eir storage in#estment in a

mu/tifaceted en#ironment-

.)e N series roducts ro#ide a ,ide1range of net,ork

attac)ment caa$i/ities to a $road range of )ost and c/ient

systems using mu/ti/e net,ork access rotoco/s inc/uding fi/e

system N3S rotoco/s ;CI


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N3700 N5200 N5500 N5600 N7600 N7800

odel (1) 2%6@13!0

2%6@1320

2%6A13!0

2%6A1320

2%613!0

2%61320

2%6%13!0

2%6%1320

2%66>3!0

2%66>320

2%6>3!0

2%6>320

oragentrollers 3cti#e+3cti#e

g!lig!ts Insta//ation 1 offers insta//ation too/s designed to )e/ sim/ify insta//ation and setu

Increased 3ccess 1 a//o,s )eterogeneous access to I' attac)ed storage and fi$re c)anne/attac)ed storage su$systems


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N3700 N5200 N5500 N5600 N7600 N7800

t$oroto%ol S#&&ort

N


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NS 'roto%ol 3//o,s "NID and :inu ser#ers and

c/ients access o#er an I' net,ork

using N


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Sna&Mirror

Syn%Mirror

3sync& sync and semi1sync remote re/ication o#er

ineensi#e Internet rotoco/s- R'Q4s for


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3//o,s administrator to create mu/ti/e f/ei$/e #o/umes across a /arge oo/ of disks-

(ynamic& non1disruti#e storage ;t)in= ro#isioning sace1 and time1efficiency-

3//o,s users to get more sace dynamica//y and non1disruti#e/y-

9na$/es more roducti#e use of a#ai/a$/e storage and )e/s imro#e erformance-

le"4ol

le"ile 4ol#me

ase &rod#%tion data)

Sna&s!ot

le"Clone

Ne$production

$rites

"ser ,rites

ne, data to

c/one coy

"ser reads unc)anged

Snas)ot data in $ase

le"Clone

(esigned to ro#ide instant re/ication of

data #o/umes+sets ,it)out re8uiringadditiona/ storage sace at t)e time of

creation-

3//o,s I. administrator to make a $acku

coy of a data$ase and t)en modify and

run testing against test ;$acku= data$ase

,it)out affecting or taking t)e on1/ine

data$ase off1/ine-

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Sna&4alidatorra%le *alidates lo%s

and adds &rote%tion

inormation

Sna&4alidator

*alidates t!e data

against t!e &rote%tion

inormation

ire C!annelor

I' (iSCSI9 NS

ra%le ataase Ser*er

SnaJa/idator detects and re#ents otentia/

corrutions of rac/e data $efore t)ey )aen- rac/e system assigns a uni8ue #a/ue to eac) ,rite

re8uest $ased on t)e sum of t)e data and sends t)e

data set do,n t)e I+ at) to t)e N series system-

"on receit& SnaJa/idator ca/cu/ates t)e sum of t)e

data and comares it to t)e rac/e #a/ue-

If t)ese #a/ues matc)& t)e system ,rites t)e

information to disk and reorts a successfu/ ,rite-

If t)e identifiers do not matc)& t)e system re#ents

t)e data corrution and roduces an a/ert-

SnaJa/idator meets rac/e F3R( ;Fard,are

3ssisted Resi/ient (ata= initiati#e and ro#ides t)e

)ig)est ossi$/e /e#e/ of rotection for rac/e data

I'I'

Sna&Manager

Fost soft,are for managing 9c)ange and SQ: Ser#er

$acku and restore- SnaManager soft,are sim/ifies

data rotection $y automating rocesses to ro#ide

)ands1off& ,orry1free data management-

It ena$/es you to sc)edu/e and automate $ackus& use

o/icy1$ased $acku retention management& and sim/ifyt)e migration of eisting data$ases to IBM N series

systems-

SnaManager a/so de/i#ers $ui/t1in )ig)

a#ai/a$i/ity& ,it) features t)at a//o, you to

eand data$ases on/ine-

It a/so offers tig)t integration ,it) Microsoft

C/uster Ser#er ;MSCS= and Mu/tiat) I+

;M'I= and ,it) t)e N series C/ustered


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M#ltiStore Mu/tiStore re#ents different enterrise deartmentsaccessing or finding ot)er #irtua/ storage artitions

,it)in t)e sing/e 3/iance or Gate,ay t)ey a//

s)are-

Mu/tiStore )e/s re#ent information on any #irtua/artition from $eing #ie,ed& used or do,n/oaded $y

unaut)oried users-

3na/ogous in urose to :"N masking on a B/ock

Storage System

5indo,s

c/ients

:ogica/ artitioning

"NID

c/ients

:inu

c/ients

Mu/tiStore /ets you 8uick/y and easi/y create

searate& ri#ate /ogica/ artitions of a sing/e N

series4 I' net,orking and storage resources-

Sna&Mo*er

:oca/ data migration so/ution for otimiing ,ork/oads

across N series s)aring a common disk array-

3//o,s you to migrate o,ners)i of a #o/ume from one

contro//er to anot)er in t)e c/uster ,it) a sing/e

command-

3//o,s for $etter resource uti/iation and erformance

amongst mu/ti/e N series de#ices

Mu/tiStore and C/ustering are rere8uisites

N series

Cl#stered

N series

Cl#stered

SnaMo#er ,ners)i Migration

contro//er B takes o,ners)i of Jo/ume U 2

B3 B3

!

2

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A 2

@

A

+I:'' ' (esigned to sur#i#e a// 21disk fai/ure scenarios

9ssentia/ for S3.3 dri#es $ut a/so a/ica$/e to


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Sna&4a#lt

N series

Near:line storage

'ro#ides )omogeneous suer1efficient )our/y disk1$ased

on/ine $acku and restore $y eriodica//y $acking u a

Snas)ot coy to anot)er system

#ll *ol#me9 nati*e ormat %o&iesof rimary N series

systems reside on $acku system and on/y incrementa/

lo% %!angesare sent to $acku system for efficient

sace management

N series

&rimary storage

I'

Blo%s

N series.NI; in#"

Ser*ers


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&erations Manager : B#siness Contin#an%e &tion

&erations Manager (M) Core i%ense

're#ious/y ca//ed* (ata


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?ate$ay ,e%!nology@ Models ?10 / ?20


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&roduct ' Feature ' FunctionIncluded '(ptional

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N*$++

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N*$+

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ata (N-A& Included . . . . .

/SI protocol Included . . . . .& protocol Included . . . . .

"M& protocol Included . . . . .

e$0ol Included . . . . .

aps%ot Included . . . . .

cureAdmin Included . . . . .

/SI 1ost Attac% 2it for AI.3 indo4s3 5inu$ Included . . . . .

e$S%are 6Re7uires "ata (N-A& *!89 Included . . . . .

apMo:er 6co;re7 to MultiStore9 Included . . . . .

ncMirror Included . . . .

FS protocol (ptional . . . . .

FS protocol (ptional . . . . .

--& protocol (ptional . . . . .

/& protocol (ptional . . . . .

e$/lone (ptional . . . . .

ustered Failo:er (ptional . . . . .

ultiStore 6co;re7 to SnapMo:er9 (ptional . . . . .

apMirror (ptional . . . . .

apRestore (ptional . . . . .

pen Systems Snap0ault 6(SS09 (ptional . . . . .

ap0ault (ptional . . . . .

ap"ri:e< indo4s3 =NI.< AI.3 Solaris3 1&;=.3 5inu$ (ptional . . . . .

ap0alidator (ptional . . . . .

apManager for SQ5 Ser:er (ptional . . . . .

apManager for #$c%ange (ptional . . . . .

ngle Mail>o$ Reco:ery for #$c%ange 6SMBR9 (ptional . . . . .perations Manager /ore3 B/ ? SRM 5icense (ptional . . . . .

ap5ock #nterprise (ptional . . . . .

ck0ault #nterprise (ptional . . . . .

etro/luster 6Fa>ric @ "ata (N-A& *! only9 (ptional . R&Q only . R&Q o

sk Sanitiation Included . . .

ap5ock /ompliance (ptional . . .

ck0ault /ompliance (ptional . . .

arStore 6near;line9 Bundle (ptional . .

AI"C3 RAI";"& Included . . .


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