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IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller: Installation Guide
v One master console is required per SAN installation for configuration
Features of a SAN Volume Controller node
v 19-inch rack mounted enclosure
v 4 fibre channel ports
v 2 fibre channel adapters
v 4 GB cache memory
Supported hosts
For a list of supported operating systems, see the IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume
Controller Web site at:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/virtual/2145.html
Multipathing software
v IBM Subsystem Device Driver (SDD)
v Redundant Dual Active Controller (RDAC)
Note: Directly-attached hosts that share a back-end storage controller with a SAN
Volume Controller can run multipath drivers SDD and RDAC simultaneously.
Other multipath drivers running with SDD are not supported.
Check the following Web site for the latest support and coexistence information:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/virtual/2145.html
User interfaces
The SAN Volume Controller provides the following user interfaces:
v IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller Console, a Web-accessible graphical
user interface (GUI) that supports flexible and rapid access to storage
management information
v A command-line interface (CLI) using Secure Shell (SSH)
Application programming interfaces
The SAN Volume Controller provides the following application programming
interface:
v IBM TotalStorage Common Information Model (CIM) Agent for the SAN Volume
Controller, which supports the Storage Management Initiative Specification of the
Storage Network Industry Association.
Related reference
"Controls and indicators for the SAN Volume Controller" on page 5
Controls and indicators are located on the front panel of the SAN Volume
Controller.
"SAN Volume Controller rear panel indicators" on page 7
The controls and indicators for the SAN Volume Controller are contained on the
front and back panel assembly.
"SAN Volume Controller hardware" on page 9
The SAN Volume Controller hardware is identified in the chart and shown in the
graphic below.
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