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Table 2-2 gives a summary of all the licenses that might be required.
Table 2-2 Licenses that might be required
License type
Enclosure
External Virtualization
Remote Copy
Real-time
Compression (RTC)
FlashCopy
Volume Mirroring
Thin Provisioning
Volume Migration
Easy Tier
Migration: If the IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node is used as a general migration
tool, then the appropriate External Virtualization licenses must be ordered. The only
exception is that if you want to migrate existing data from external storage to IBM Flex
System V7000 Storage Node permanently managed storage, you can temporarily
configure your External Storage license for use up to 45 days. For a more-than-45-day
migration requirement from external storage to the IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node,
the appropriate External Virtualization license must be ordered.
2.4 IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node hardware
The IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node solution is a modular storage system that is built
to interface and reside within the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis. When sold in the IBM
PureFlex system it will come with a four port FC host interface card (HIC) preinstalled in it and
configured to the FC switches in the Flex Enterprise Chassis. For the "Build to Order" (BTO)
solutions you can select the configuration of the interface capability you require for your
specific environment.
Host connectivity to compute nodes is provided through optional Flex System V7000 control
enclosure network cards that connect to the Flex System Enterprise Chassis midplane and its
switch modules. Available options are as follows:
10 Gb Converged Network Adapter (CNA) 2 Port Daughter Card for FCoE and iSCSI
fabric connections
8 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) 4 Port Daughter Card for Fibre Channel fabric connections.
Unit
License name
Base+expansion
IBM Flex System
Physical Enclosure
V7000 Base Software
Number
Physical Enclosure
IBM Flex System
Number Of External
V7000 External
Storage
Virtualization Software
Physical Enclosure
IBM Flex System
Number
V7000 Remote
Mirroring Software
Physical Enclosure
IBM Flex System
Number
V7000 Real-time
Compression Software
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Chapter 2. Introduction to IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node
License required?
Yes, software license
per enclosure.
Optional add-on
feature Yes, software
license per external
storage enclosure.
Optional add-on
feature Yes, software
license per enclosure.
Optional add-on
feature Yes, software
license per enclosure.
No
No
No
No
No
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