IBM DS3000 Installation Manual

Installation Guide Selling and Deploying DS3000/DS4000/DS5000 in Apple and StorNext Environments Con Rice Modular Storage Product Specialist LSI Corporation 12007 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 325 Reston, VA 20191 Cell: 703-867-0012 Tel: 703-262-5418 e-mail: [email protected] Digital Media Storage Solution I ...

2 © Copyright 2010, IBM Corporation. All rights reserved. Contents INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 4 File Sharing Environments ................................................................................. ...

3 © Copyright 2010, IBM Corporation. All rights reserved. Closing a Case ................................................................................................................. 16 MIGRATING FROM XSAN MDC TO STORNEXT MDC ...................................................... 17 ATTO ................ ...

4 © Copyright 2010, IBM Corporation. All rights reserved. INTRODUCTION There has long been a desire to support Apple servers and work stations with IBM DS series storage, and now we have that capability. But due to confusion in the past, we will be approving a very specific set of known, quality configuratio ...

5 © Copyright 2010, IBM Corporation. All rights reserved. THREE CURRENT SOLUTIONS Apple Homogenous Apple Xsan Clients with Linux MDC (Meta Data Controller) (Apple can also be connected without Xsan/StorNext support) Linux Homogenous Linux StorNext Clients with Linux MDC ...

6 © Copyright 2010, IBM Corporation. All rights reserved. Heterogeneous Apple Xsan Clients, Linux StorNext Clients, Windows Clients (June) and Linux MDC COMPONENT DESCRIPTIONS Apple Clients • Apple connection without StorNext/Xsan support, or • May use Apple Xsan Client software o If you use the Xsan cli ...

7 © Copyright 2010, IBM Corporation. All rights reserved. SAN Architecture must meet RPQ criteria • Limit number of paths for Xsan/StorNext clients to four • This is to limit both complexity and the amount of time required to initialize clients on the SAN • Redundant Meshed Fibre Channel SAN (cross-c ...

8 © Copyright 2010, IBM Corporation. All rights reserved. PLANNED SUPPORT ROLLOUT There are very specific capabilities that are being added and they are tied to specific hardware, software, and driver availability. Support will be added in this order: Apple Homogenous Apple Xsan Clients with Linux MDC (Meta ...

9 © Copyright 2010, IBM Corporation. All rights reserved. Linux Homogenous Linux StorNext Clients with Linux MDC 3. Multiple Linux Host Client connected to DS3000/DS4000/DS5000 Storage (NOW) a. RHEL/SLES using StorNext Client software i. Using previously supported QLogic and/or Emulex HBA‟s b. With StorNex ...

10 © Copyright 2010, IBM Corporation. All rights reserved. Heterogeneous Apple Xsan Clients, Linux StorNext Clients, Windows Clients (June) and Linux MDC 4. Mixed Host Apple and Linux Client connected to DS3000/DS4000/DS5000 Storage (NOW) a. Apple Leopard and Snow Leopard using Xsan Client software i. Using ...