- Front cover
- Notices
- Preface
- Part 1 Concepts and architecture
- Chapter 1. Introduction to the IBM DS8900F storage system
- 1.1 Introduction to the DS8900F system
- 1.1.1 At-a-glance features of the DS8900F
- 1.2 DS8900F controller options and frames
- 1.3 DS8900F architecture and functions overview
- 1.3.1 Overall architecture and components
- 1.3.2 Storage capacity
- 1.3.3 Supported environments
- 1.3.4 Configuration flexibility
- 1.3.5 Copy Services functions
- 1.3.6 Service and setup
- 1.3.7 IBM Certified Secure Data Overwrite
- 1.4 Performance features
- 1.4.1 3.4 TB cache
- 1.4.2 32 GFC and 16 GFC host adapters
- 1.4.3 Sophisticated caching algorithms
- 1.4.4 Flash storage
- 1.4.5 Performance for IBM Z
- 1.4.6 Performance enhancements for Power Systems servers
- Chapter 2. IBM DS8900F hardware components and architecture
- 2.1 Flash drive terminology of the DS8900F
- 2.1.1 Storage system
- 2.1.2 Management Enclosure
- 2.1.3 Central processor complex
- 2.2 DS8900F configurations and models
- 2.2.1 DS8910F Flexibility Class Racked configuration
- 2.2.2 DS8910F Flexibility Class Rack-Mounted configuration
- 2.2.3 DS8950F Agility Class configuration
- 2.2.4 DS8900F base frames
- 2.2.5 DS8900F expansion frame
- 2.2.6 Scalable upgrades
- 2.2.7 Licensed functions
- 2.3 DS8900F architecture overview
- 2.3.1 IBM POWER9 CPCs
- 2.3.2 Processor memory
- 2.3.3 Flexible service processor
- 2.3.4 Ethernet connections
- 2.3.5 Peripheral Component Interconnect Express adapters
- 2.4 I/O enclosures and adapters
- 2.4.1 Cross-cluster communication
- 2.4.2 I/O enclosure adapters
- 2.5 Flash drive enclosures
- 2.6 Power and cooling
- 2.6.1 Rack power control cards
- 2.6.2 Intelligent power distribution units
- 2.6.3 Power domains
- 2.6.4 Rack management 24-port Ethernet switch pair
- 2.6.5 Backup Power Modules and NVDIMM
- 2.6.6 Power cord options
- 2.6.7 Enclosure power supply units
- 2.7 Management Console and network
- 2.7.1 Ethernet switches
- Chapter 3. IBM DS8900 reliability, availability, and serviceability
- 3.1 DS8900F processor complex features
- 3.1.1 POWER9 PowerVM Hypervisor
- 3.1.2 POWER9 processor
- 3.1.3 Cross-cluster communication
- 3.1.4 Environmental monitoring
- 3.1.5 Resource deconfiguration
- 3.2 CPC failover and failback
- 3.2.1 Dual cluster operation and data protection
- 3.2.2 Failover
- 3.2.3 Failback
- 3.2.4 NVS and power outages
- 3.3 Data flow in the DS8900F
- 3.3.1 I/O enclosures
- 3.3.2 Host connections
- 3.3.3 Metadata checks
- 3.4 RAS on the Hardware Management Console
- 3.4.1 Licensed Internal Code updates
- 3.4.2 Call Home and remote support
- 3.5 RAS on the storage system
- 3.5.1 RAID configurations
- 3.5.2 Drive path redundancy
- 3.5.3 Flash RAID controller redundancy
- 3.5.4 Predictive failure analysis
- 3.5.5 Disk scrubbing
- 3.5.6 RAID support
- 3.5.7 RAID 6 overview
- 3.5.8 RAID 10 overview
- 3.5.9 RAID 5 implementation in DS8900F
- 3.5.10 Smart Rebuild
- 3.5.11 Spare creation
- 3.6 RAS on the power subsystem
- 3.6.1 Power components
- 3.6.2 Line power loss
- 3.6.3 Line power fluctuation
- 3.6.4 Power control
- 3.7 Other features
- 3.7.1 Internal network
- 3.7.2 Earthquake resistance
- 3.7.3 IBM Certified Secure Data Overwrite
- Chapter 4. Virtualization concepts
- 4.1 Virtualization definition
- 4.2 Benefits of virtualization
- 4.3 Abstraction layers for drive virtualization
- 4.3.1 Array sites
- 4.3.2 Arrays
- 4.3.3 Ranks
- 4.4 Extent pools
- 4.4.1 Dynamic extent pool merge
- 4.4.2 Logical volumes
- 4.4.3 Allocation, deletion, and modification of LUNs and CKD volumes
- 4.4.4 Volume allocation and metadata
- 4.4.5 Logical subsystems
- 4.4.6 Volume access
- 4.4.7 Virtualization hierarchy summary
- 4.5 Terminology for IBM Storage products
- Chapter 5. IBM DS8900F performance characteristics
- 5.1 DS8900F hardware: Performance characteristics
- 5.1.1 Vertical growth and scalability
- 5.1.2 POWER9 processor-based systems
- 5.1.3 High-Performance Flash Enclosure (HPFE Gen2)
- 5.1.4 Device adapters
- 5.1.5 Fibre Channel host adapters: 16 Gbps and 32 Gbps
- 5.2 Software performance: Synergy items
- 5.2.1 Synergy with Power Systems
- 5.2.2 Synergy with IBM Z
- 5.3 Performance considerations for drives
- 5.3.1 Flash storage
- 5.3.2 RAID level
- 5.4 DS8900F superior caching algorithms
- 5.4.1 Sequential Adaptive Replacement Cache
- 5.4.2 Adaptive Multi-stream Prefetching
- 5.4.3 Intelligent Write Caching
- 5.4.4 List Prefetch Optimizer
- 5.5 Performance considerations for logical configurations
- 5.5.1 Workload characteristics
- 5.5.2 Data placement in the DS8900F
- 5.6 Easy Tier
- 5.7 Host performance and sizing considerations
- 5.7.1 Performance and sizing considerations for open systems
- Part 2 Planning and installation
- Chapter 6. IBM DS8900F physical planning and installation
- 6.1 Considerations before the installation: Planning for growth
- 6.1.1 Client responsibilities for the installation
- 6.1.2 Participants
- 6.1.3 Required information
- 6.2 Planning for the physical installation
- 6.2.1 Delivery and staging area
- 6.2.2 Floor type and loading
- 6.2.3 Overhead cabling features
- 6.2.4 Room space and service clearance
- 6.2.5 Power requirements and operating environment
- 6.2.6 Host interface and cables
- 6.2.7 Host adapter Fibre Channel specifics for open environments
- 6.2.8 FICON specifics on a z/OS environment
- 6.2.9 Best practices for host adapters
- 6.2.10 WWNN and WWPN determination
- 6.3 Network connectivity planning
- 6.3.1 Hardware Management Console and network access
- 6.3.2 IBM Spectrum Control and IBM Storage Insights
- 6.3.3 DS Command-Line Interface
- 6.3.4 Remote support connection
- 6.3.5 Storage area network connection
- 6.3.6 Key manager servers for encryption
- 6.3.7 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol server for single sign-on
- 6.4 Remote Mirror and Remote Copy connectivity
- 6.5 Disk capacity considerations
- 6.5.1 Disk sparing
- 6.5.2 Disk capacity
- Chapter 7. IBM DS8900F Management Console planning and setup
- 7.1 DS8900F Management Console overview
- 7.1.1 Management Enclosure
- 7.1.2 Management Console hardware
- 7.1.3 Private and Management Ethernet networks
- 7.2 Management Console software
- 7.2.1 DS Management GUI
- 7.2.2 Data Storage Command-Line Interface
- 7.2.3 RESTful application programming interface
- 7.2.4 Copy Services Manager interface
- 7.2.5 Updating the embedded Copy Services Manager
- 7.2.6 Web User Interface
- 7.3 Management Console activities
- 7.3.1 Management Console planning tasks
- 7.3.2 Planning for Licensed Internal Code upgrades
- 7.3.3 Time synchronization
- 7.3.4 Monitoring DS8900F with the Management Console
- 7.3.5 Event notification through syslog
- 7.3.6 Call Home and remote support
- 7.4 Management Console network settings
- 7.4.1 Private networks
- 7.5 Management Console user management
- 7.5.1 Password policies
- 7.5.2 Remote authentication
- 7.5.3 Management Console Web User Interface management
- 7.5.4 LDAP authentication
- 7.6 Secondary Management Console
- 7.6.1 Management Console redundancy benefits
- Chapter 8. IBM DS8900F features and licensed functions
- 8.1 DS8900F licensed functions
- 8.1.1 General introduction to licensing
- 8.1.2 Licensing cost structure
- 8.2 Activating licensed functions
- 8.2.1 Obtaining DS8000 machine information and activating license keys
- 8.2.2 Obtaining the activation codes
- 8.2.3 Applying activation codes by using the DS CLI
- 8.3 Licensed scope considerations
- Part 3 Storage configuration
- Chapter 9. Configuration flow
- Chapter 10. IBM DS8900F Storage Management GUI
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 DS GUI: Getting started
- 10.2.1 Accessing the DS GUI
- 10.2.2 System Setup wizard
- 10.2.3 Configuring Fibre Channel Port protocols and topologies
- 10.3 Managing and monitoring the storage system
- 10.3.1 Storage Management help functions
- 10.4 System configuration overview
- 10.4.1 Network Settings
- 10.4.2 Security settings
- 10.4.3 System Settings
- 10.4.4 Notifications settings
- 10.4.5 Support settings
- 10.5 Logical configuration overview
- 10.6 Logical configuration for open systems volumes
- 10.6.1 Configuration flow
- 10.6.2 Creating FB pools for open systems hosts
- 10.6.3 Creating FB volumes for open systems hosts
- 10.6.4 Creating FB host attachments
- 10.6.5 Assigning FB volumes
- 10.7 Logical configuration for Count Key Data volumes
- 10.7.1 Configuration flow
- 10.7.2 Creating CKD storage pools
- 10.7.3 Creating CKD logical subsystems
- 10.7.4 Creating CKD volumes
- 10.7.5 Creating CKD parallel access volumes
- 10.7.6 Setting the FC port protocols for IBM Z attachment
- 10.8 Expanding volumes
- 10.9 Deleting a pool
- 10.10 Deleting volumes
- 10.11 Reinitializing a thin-provisioned volume
- 10.12 Easy Tier support
- 10.13 Monitoring system health
- 10.13.1 Hardware components: Status and attributes
- 10.13.2 Viewing components health and state from the system views
- 10.13.3 Monitoring system events
- 10.13.4 Exporting system-wide information
- 10.13.5 Audit logs
- 10.14 Performance monitoring
- 10.14.1 Performance statistics
- 10.14.2 Working with customized performance graphs
- 10.15 Fibre Channel error rate statistics
- 10.16 Providing feedback
- Chapter 11. IBM DS8900F Storage Management Command Line Interface
- 11.1 DS CLI overview
- 11.1.1 Supported operating systems for the DS CLI
- 11.1.2 Installation hints and tips
- 11.1.3 Installing the DS CLI on a Windows 10 system
- 11.1.4 Installing the DS CLI on an z/OS system
- 11.1.5 DS CLI version
- 11.1.6 User accounts
- 11.1.7 User management by using the DS CLI
- 11.1.8 DS CLI profile
- 11.1.9 Configuring the DS CLI to use the second HMC
- 11.1.10 Command structure
- 11.1.11 Using the DS CLI application
- 11.1.12 Return codes
- 11.1.13 User assistance
- 11.2 I/O port configuration
- 11.3 DS8900F storage configuration for fixed-block volumes
- 11.3.1 Disk classes
- 11.3.2 Creating the arrays
- 11.3.3 Creating the ranks
- 11.3.4 Creating the extent pools
- 11.3.5 Creating the FB volumes
- 11.3.6 Creating the volume groups
- 11.3.7 Creating host connections and clusters
- 11.3.8 Mapping open system host disks to storage unit volumes
- 11.4 DS8900F storage configuration for the CKD volumes
- 11.4.1 Creating the arrays
- 11.4.2 Creating the ranks and extent pools
- 11.4.3 Logical control unit creation
- 11.4.4 Creating the CKD volumes
- 11.4.5 Resource groups
- 11.4.6 IBM Easy Tier
- 11.5 Metrics with DS CLI
- 11.5.1 Offload performance data and other parameters
- 11.6 Private network security commands
- 11.7 Copy Services commands
- 11.8 Legacy DS CLI commands and scripts
- 11.9 For more information
- Part 4 Maintenance and upgrades
- Chapter 12. Licensed Machine Code
- 12.1 How new Licensed Internal Code is released
- 12.2 Bundle installation
- 12.2.1 Remote Code Load
- 12.3 Code updates
- 12.4 Host adapter firmware updates
- 12.4.1 Light-on fastload firmware update
- 12.4.2 Remote Mirror and Remote Copy path considerations
- 12.4.3 Control-unit initiated reconfiguration
- 12.5 Loading the code bundle
- 12.6 Fast path concurrent code load
- 12.7 Postinstallation activities
- 12.8 Summary
- Chapter 13. Monitoring and support
- 13.1 SNMP implementation on the DS8900
- 13.1.1 Message Information Base file
- 13.1.2 Predefined SNMP trap requests
- 13.2 SNMP notifications
- 13.2.1 Serviceable event that uses specific trap 3
- 13.2.2 Copy Services event traps
- 13.2.3 Thin-provisioning SNMP
- 13.3 SNMP configuration
- 13.3.1 SNMP preparation
- 13.3.2 SNMP configuration with the HMC
- 13.3.3 SNMP configuration with the DS CLI
- 13.4 Introduction to remote support
- 13.5 IBM policies for remote support
- 13.6 Remote support advantages
- 13.7 Remote support and Call Home
- 13.7.1 Call Home and heartbeat: Outbound
- 13.7.2 Data offload: Outbound
- 13.7.3 Outbound connection types
- 13.8 Remote Support Access (inbound)
- 13.8.1 Assist On-site
- 13.8.2 DS8900F embedded AOS
- 13.8.3 IBM Remote Support Center for DS8900F
- 13.8.4 Support access management through the DS CLI and DS GUI
- 13.9 Audit logging
- 13.10 Using IBM Storage Insights
- 13.10.1 IBM Storage Insights
- 13.10.2 Getting started with IBM Storage Insights
- Related publications
- Back cover
Planning and installation
This part describes the installation planning process for the IBM DS8900.
This part contains the following chapters:
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