Chapter 4. Planning The Physical Configuration; Overview Of Physical Configurations; Storage Unit Configuration Values - IBM DS8800 Introduction And Planning Manual

Chapter 4. Planning the physical configuration

This chapter helps you plan the physical configuration of your DS8000 storage
unit.
Physical configuration planning is your responsibility. Your disk marketing
specialist can help you plan and select the DS8000 physical configuration and
features.
This chapter includes the following information:
v Explanations of each feature that you can order to complete the physical
v Feature codes to use when you order each feature.
v Configuration rules and guidelines

Overview of physical configurations

When you order your DS8000 models, you can use the DS8000 feature codes to
customize the physical configuration of your model.
You must follow established configuration rules to create a valid
configuration—not just for the model itself, but also for the storage unit of which
the model is a part. A storage unit can consist of a stand-alone base model or it
can contain the base model plus expansion models.
Table 11 provides the storage unit configuration ranges for the DS8700 and DS8800.
Table 11. Storage unit configuration values
Description DS8700 (2-way)
Processor 32 GB
memory (min)
Processor 128 GB
memory (max)
NVS 2–4 GB
8 Gbps host
adapter; 8 port
8 Gbps host
adapter; 4 port
4 Gbps host
adapter; 4 port
Device adapters
pairs
Storage capacity .6–256 TB
2.5" drives
Storage capacity
3.5" drives
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configuration for each DS8000 model you order.
1
DS8700 (4-way)
32 GB
384 GB
2-12 GB
n/a n/a
2–8 2–16
2–16 2–32
1–2 1–8
.6–2048 TB
DS8800 (2-way)
1 1, 2
business class DS8800 (2-way)
3
16 GB
64 GB
1–2 GB
2–4
2–4
n/a
1–2
2.3–216 TB
24 - 360 TB
DS8800 (4-way)
32 GB 32 GB
128 GB 384 GB
2–4 GB 2–12 GB
2–4 2–16
2–4 2–16
n/a n/a
1–2 1–8
2.3–129 TB 2.3 - 1.4 PB
24 - 216 TB 24 - 2.3 PB
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