Ibm Flex System Storage Management - IBM V7000 Introduction And Implementation Manual

3.1.2 IBM Flex System storage management

The IBM Flex System offers strong storage management capabilities that allow you to gain
advanced functionality with storage nodes in your system while also taking advantage of your
existing storage infrastructure through advanced virtualization.
Storage management features
An IBM Flex System includes these advanced storage management features:
Automated discovery and inventory: Physical seating of Storage Node triggers discovery
and inventory, automatically adding it to IBM Flex System Manager.
Intelligent storage provisioning: This feature provides integrated storage allocation.
automated firmware update: Update Manager provides firmware level compliance
monitoring and management.
Integrated event monitoring: Seamless visibility to events and status is provided.
Automatic credential exchange: The Storage Node's initial credentials are set by IBM Flex
System Manager.
IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node
IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node is physically and logically integrated into an IBM Flex
System. IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node is designed on the industry-leading storage
virtualization and efficiency capabilities of IBM Storwize V7000 by simplifying and speeding
deployment, and providing greater integration of server and storage management to
automate and streamline provisioning for greater responsiveness to business needs and
lower overall cost.
IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node is an Integrated storage system with advanced
storage efficiency capabilities, which include Thin Provisioning, FlashCopy, Easy Tier,
Real-time Compression, and Non-disruptive Migration. It offers external virtualization for rapid
data center integration, Metro and Global Mirror for multi-site recovery, scalability up to 240
small form-factor (SFF) drives (HDD and SSD), and clustered systems support up to 960
drives.
IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node simplifies storage administration with a single user
interface for all your storage with a management console that is integrated with the
comprehensive management system. The enhanced management capabilities allow you to
virtualize third-party storage with non-disruptive migration of the existing storage
infrastructure. Intelligent tiering provides the advantage of balancing high performance and
cost for your storage needs. It also protects data for business continuity and disaster recovery
with built-in local and remote replication and snapshot functions.
IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node enhancements include physical chassis plug-and-play
integration, automated deployment and discovery, integration into Flex System Manager
Chassis Map, and FCoE optimized offering in addition to FC and iSCSI.
For storage management, the IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node system can have two
management IP addresses:
One for the 1-Gb/s internal management network (required)
One on the first 10-Gb/s Ethernet port in the configuration node canister (optional)
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