IBM i and IBM System Storage: A Guide to Implementing External Disks on IBM i

IBM Redbooks

IBM i and IBM System Storage: A Guide to Implementing External Disks on IBM i

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a broad discussion of a new architecture of the IBM System Storage™ DS6000™ and DS8000™ and how these products relate to System i™ servers. The book includes information for both planning and implementing IBM System i with the IBM System Storage DS6000 or DS8000 series where you intend to externalize the i5/OS® loadsource disk unit using boot from SAN. It also covers migration from System i internal disks to IBM System Storage DS6000 and DS8000.

This book is intended for IBMers, IBM Business Partners, and customers in the planning and implementation of external disk attachments to System i servers.

The newest release of this book accounts for the following new functions of IBM System i POWER6™, i5/OS V6R1, and IBM System Storage DS8000 Release 3:
-- System i POWER6 IOP-less Fibre Channel
-- i5/OS V6R1 multipath load source support
-- i5/OS V6R1 quiesce for Copy Services
-- i5/OS V6R1 High Availability Solution Manager (HASM)
-- i5/OS V6R1 SMI-S support
-- i5/OS V6R1 multipath resetter HSM function
-- System i HMC V7
-- DS8000 R3 space efficient FlashCopy®
-- DS8000 R3 storage pool striping
-- DS8000 R3 System Storage Productive Center (SSPC)
-- DS8000 R3 Storage Manager GUI

Price: $75.00 $60.00
Pages: 656
Date Published: September 22, 2008
Author: IBM Redbooks
Product Number: SG24-7120-01
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