Open-Systems Host Platform Support; System Configuration - Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Hardware Manual

balancing (with the appropriate middleware support, such as Hitachi Global
Link Manager) without sacrificing cache coherency.
Users should plan for path failover (alternate pathing) to ensure the highest
data availability. The logical units can be mapped for access from multiple
ports or multiple target IDs. The number of connected hosts is limited only by
the number of Fibre Channel ports installed and the requirement for alternate
pathing within each host. If possible, the primary path and alternate paths
should be attached to different channel cards.

Open-systems host platform support

The VSP G1000, VSP G1500, and VSP F1500 storage systems support most
major open-system operating systems, including Windows
AIX ® , Linux, HP-UX, and VMware. For complete information about supported
operating systems, visit https://support.hds.com/en_us/interoperability.html.
For a complete list of the storage system user guides, including the Open-
Systems Host Attachment Guide, see the Product Overview.

System configuration

After physical installation of the storage system is complete, users can
configure the storage system for open-systems operations.
Refer to the following documents for information and instructions about
configuring your storage system for open-systems operations:
• The host attachment guide provides information and instructions to
configure the storage system and data storage devices for attachment to
the open-systems hosts.
• The System Administrator Guide provides instructions for installing,
configuring, and using Device Manager - Storage Navigator to perform
resource and data management operations on the storage system.
• The Provisioning Guide for Open Systems describes and provides
instructions for configuring the storage system for host operations,
including FC port configuration, LUN mapping, host groups, host modes
and host mode options, and LUN security.
Each Fibre Channel port on the storage system provides addressing
capabilities for up to 2,048 LUNs across as many as 255 host groups, each
with its own LUN 0, host mode, and host mode options. Multiple host
groups are supported using LUN security.
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Note: The storage system queue depth and other parameters are
adjustable. See the Open-Systems Host Attachment Guide for queue
depth and other requirements.
Hardware architecture
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