Open-Systems Operations; Open-Systems Compatibility And Functionality - Hitachi G1500 Hardware Manual

See the following user documents for information and instructions about configuring
your storage system for Mainframe operations:
The Mainframe Host Attachment and Operations Guide, describes and provides
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instructions related to configuring the storage system for Mainframe operations,
including FICON attachment, hardware definition, cache operations, and device
operations.
For detailed information about FICON connectivity, FICON or Open intermix
configurations, and supported HBAs, switches, and directors for VSP G1000, VSP
G1500, and VSP F1500, contact customer support.
The System Administrator Guide provides instructions for installing, configuring, and
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using Device Manager - Storage Navigator to perform resource and data management
operations on the storage systems.
The Provisioning Guide for Mainframe Systems provide instructions for converting single
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volumes (LVIs) into multiple smaller volumes to improve data access performance.

Open-systems operations

This section provides high-level descriptions of open-systems compatibility, support, and
configuration for storage systems.

Open-systems compatibility and functionality

The VSP G1000, VSP G1500, and VSP F1500 storage systems support many features and
functions for the open-systems environment, including:
Compatibility with most iSCSI adapters, Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), and
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Fibre Channel-over-Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapters (CNAs)
Multi-initiator I/O configurations with multiple host systems attached to the same
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Fibre Channel interface
Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) topology, supported on ports up to 8 Gbps
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Fibre Channel fabric topology using direct attach point-to-point connections,
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supported on ports up to 16 Gbps
Note: When using 16-Gbps FC front-end director in an FC-AL topology, the
transmission speed is limited to 8 Gbps.
Command tag queuing
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Industry-standard failover and logical volume management software
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SNMP remote storage system management
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The global cache feature in VSP G1000, VSP G1500, and VSP F1500 enables any port to
have access to any logical unit in the storage system. Each logical unit can be assigned to
multiple ports to provide I/O path failover and load balancing (with the appropriate
middleware support, such as Hitachi Global Link Manager) without sacrificing cache
coherency.
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000, G1500, and VSP F1500 Hardware Guide
Chapter 3: Hardware architecture
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