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  • Page 1 Hitachi Freedom Storage™ Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...
  • Page 3 Hi-Track is a registered trademark of Hitachi Data Systems Corporation. Extended Serial Adapter, ExSA, Hitachi Freedom Storage, Hitachi Graph-Track, and Lightning 9900 are trademarks of Hitachi Data Systems Corporation. APC and Symmetra are trademarks or registered trademarks of American Power Conversion Corporation.
  • Page 4 This document revision applies to 9900 microcode versions 01-17-xx. Revision 6, supersedes and replaces MK-90RD008-5 This document revision applies to 9900 microcode versions 01-17-yy. Revision 7, supersedes and replaces MK-90RD008-6 This revision applies to 9900 microcode versions 01-18-67 and higher.

  • Page 5: Thank You

    Lightning 9900™ subsystem, please refer to the 9900 user documentation for the platform, or contact the Hitachi Data Systems Support Center. Note: Unless otherwise noted, the term “9900” refers to the entire Hitachi Lightning 9900™ subsystem family, including all models (e.g., 9960, 9910) and all configurations (e.g., all- mainframe, all-open, multiplatform).
  • Page 6 Preface...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    New 9900 Features and Capabilities ........
  • Page 8 4.2.4 Defining the 9900 to TPF ........
  • Page 9 5.7.5 Vibration and Shock Tolerances........114 Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...
  • Page 10 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting ........... 115 Service Information Messages (SIMs) .
  • Page 11 List of Figures Figure 2.1 Lightning 9900™ HiStar Network (HSN) Architecture ..... 11 Figure 2.2 9960 Subsystem Frames ......... . . 13 Figure 2.3...
  • Page 12 9900 Single-Phase Features ........
  • Page 13 9900 Physical Specifications ........
  • Page 14 Contents...

  • Page 15: Chapter 1 Overview Of The Lightning 9900™ Subsystem

    The Lightning 9900™ provides up to 32 host interface ports and can be configured for all-mainframe, all-open, or multiplatform operations.

  • Page 16: Continuous Data Availability

    (compatible with ESCON all-open, and multiplatform configurations. When FICON™ channel interfaces are used, the 9900 subsystem can provide up to 16 logical control unit (CU) images and 4096 logical device (LDEV) addresses. Each physical FICON™ channel interface supports up to 512 logical paths providing a maximum of 8192 logical paths per subsystem.

  • Page 17: S/390 ® Compatibility And Functionality

    The Lightning 9900™ subsystem supports multiple concurrent attachment to a variety of host operating systems (OS). The 9900 supports the following platforms at this time. The type of host platform determines the number of logical units (LUs) that may be connected to each port.

  • Page 18: Hitachi Freedom Nas™ And Hitachi Freedom San

    As a result, you can add, remove, or reassign any resource without interfering with ongoing business operations. The Lightning 9900™ subsystem features unparalleled reliability, a SAN-ready architecture, and support for S/390 services to SAN components to provide functionality such as LAN-free backup, remote copy, and multiplatform data exchange from our Freedom Storage™...
  • Page 19 Satisfies increasing customer demand Enables expanding operations Leverages existing storage infrastructure Improves service levels Reduces I/O bottlenecks Minimizes overhead through consolidation and reduced complexity Increases availability and reliability Eliminates storage islands Installs quickly and easily Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...

  • Page 20: Program Products And Service Offerings

    Enables open-system users to perform TrueCopy and ShadowImage operations by issuing commands from the host to the 9900 subsystem. The CCI software supports scripting and provides failover and mutual hot standby functionality in cooperation with host failover products.

  • Page 21: Table 5.10 Table

    FlashAccess allows you to place specific data in cache memory to enable virtually immediate access to this data Allows users to restrict host access to data on the Lightning 9900™ subsystem. Open-system users can restrict host access to LUs based on the host’s World Wide Name (WWN).

  • Page 22: Subsystem Scalability

    1 GB to 32 GB. All disk drive and cache upgrades can be performed without interrupting user access to data. The 9900 subsystem can be configured with the desired number and type of front-end client- host interface processors (CHIPs). The CHIPs are installed in pairs, and each CHIP pair offers up to eight host connections.

  • Page 23: Reliability, Availability, And Serviceability

    Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability The Lightning 9900™ subsystem is not expected to fail in any way that would interrupt user access to data. The 9900 can sustain multiple component failures and still continue to provide full access to all stored user data. Note: While access to user data is never compromised, the failure of a key component can degrade performance.
  • Page 24 (SIMs) to notify users of errors and service requirements. SIMs can also report normal operational changes, such as remote copy pair status change. The SIMs are logged on the 9900 service processor (SVP) and on the Remote Console PC, reported directly to the ®...

  • Page 25: Chapter 2 Subsystem Architecture And Components

    Figure 2.1 shows the Hierarchical Star Network (HiStar or HSN) architecture of the Lightning 9900™ RAID subsystem. The “front end” of the 9900 subsystem includes the hardware and software that transfers the host data to and from cache memory, and the “back end”...
  • Page 26 Front End: The 9900 front end is entirely resident in the 9900 controller frame and includes the client-host interface processors (CHIPs) that reside on the channel adapter (CHA or CHT) boards. The CHIPs control the transfer of data to and from the host processors via the fibre- channel, ExSA™, and/or FICON™...

  • Page 27: Figure 2.2 9960 Subsystem Frames

    Disk Array Unit Disk Array Unit Disk Array Unit Figure 2.2 9960 Subsystem Frames Figure 2.3 9910 Subsystem Frame Minimum configuration of 9960 subsystem 9900 Controller Disk Array Unit Disk Array Unit Disk Array Unit Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...

  • Page 28: Components Of The Controller Frame

    For the 9910 subsystem, the controller frame also contains the disk array components. The 9900 controller is fully redundant and has no active single point of failure. All controller frame components can be repaired or replaced without interrupting access to user data.

  • Page 29: Nonvolatile Shared Memory

    (called cache A and cache B) on separate cards. Cache A is in cluster 1, and cache B is in cluster 2. The 9900 places all read and write data in cache. Write data is normally written to both cache A and B with one CHIP write operation, so that the data is always duplicated (duplexed) across logic and power boundaries.

  • Page 30: Multiple Data And Control Paths

    The 9900 does not have any common buses, thus eliminating the performance degradation and contention that can occur in a bus architecture. All data stored on the 9900 subsystem is moved into and out of cache via the redundant high-speed paths.

  • Page 31: Table 2.1 Chip And Channel Specifications

    0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 or 32 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, or 24 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 or 32 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, or 24 8,192 6144 4,096 Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...

  • Page 32: Channels

    24 fibre ports. The fibre ports are capable of data transfer speeds of 100 or 200 MB/sec (1 or 2 Gbps). The 9900 fibre-channel cards are available in either four or eight ports per CHIP pair. The 9900 supports shortwave and longwave non-OFC (non-open fibre control) optical interface and multimode optical cables as well as high-availability (HA) fibre-channel configurations using hubs and switches.

  • Page 33: Array Control Processors (Acps)

    Each ACP pair is capable of eight simultaneous data transfers to or from the disk drives. Note: The Hitachi CruiseControl and Graph-Track products (see section 3.7) allow users to collect and view usage statistics for the ACPs in the 9900 subsystem. Figure 2.4 Conceptual ACP Array Domain...

  • Page 34: Table 2.2 Acp Specifications

    2. The 180-GB HDDs should not be intermixed with other HDD types in the same array domain (behind the same ACP pair). See the notes under Table 2.3 for important information on 9900 subsystems which contain 180-GB HDDs. 3. 3390-3 and 3390-3R LVIs cannot be intermixed in the same 9900 subsystem.

  • Page 35: Array Frame

    HDD types behind the same ACP pair. Table 2.3 provides the disk drive specifications. Each disk drive can be replaced nondisruptively on site. The 9900 utilizes diagnostic techniques and background dynamic scrubbing that detect and correct disk errors. Dynamic sparing is invoked automatically if needed.

  • Page 36: Table 2.3 Disk Drive Specifications

    Table 2.3 Disk Drive Specifications Parameter Formatted capacity (GB) Platter diameter Physical cylinders (user area) Physical tracks per physical cylinder (number of heads) Physical disk platters (user area) (numbers of disks) Sector length (byte) Seek time (ms) MIN. (Read/Write) MAX. AVE.

  • Page 37: Disk Array Groups

    2.3.1 Disk Array Groups The disk array group is the basic unit of storage capacity for the 9900. Each array group is attached to both ACPs of an ACP pair via eight fibre paths, which enables all disk drives in the array group to be accessed simultaneously by the ACP pair.

  • Page 38: Sequential Data Striping

    Figure 2.6 Sample RAID-5 Layout (Data Plus Parity Stripe) Note: The Hitachi CruiseControl and Graph-Track products (see section 3.7) allow users to collect and view detailed usage statistics for the disk array groups in the 9900 subsystem. 2.3.2 Sequential Data Striping The 9900 subsystem’s enhanced RAID-5+ implementation attempts to keep write data in...

  • Page 39: Intermix Configurations

    The cache management algorithms (see section 3.3.1) enable the 9900 to stage up to one full RAID stripe of data into cache ahead of the current access to allow subsequent access to be satisfied from cache at host channel transfer speeds.

  • Page 40: Device Emulation Intermix

    2.4.3 Device Emulation Intermix The 9900 subsystem supports an intermix of different device emulations (e.g., 3390-x LVIs, 3380-x LVIs, OPEN-x LUs) on the same ACP pair. Figure 2.8 illustrates an intermix of device emulation types. The only requirement is that the devices within each array group must have the same type of track geometry or format, as follows: 3390-1, -2, -3 or -9 can be intermixed within an array group.

  • Page 41: Service Processor (Svp)

    Hitachi Data Systems personnel. The SVP enables the Hitachi Data Systems representative to configure, maintain, and upgrade the 9900 subsystem. The SVP also collects performance data for all key components of the 9900 subsystem to enable diagnostic testing and analysis. The Hitachi Graph-Track™ software product (see section 3.7.27) stores the SVP performance data on the Remote Console PC and allows users to view the data in graphical format and export the data for statistical analysis.
  • Page 42 Chapter 2 Subsystem Architecture and Components...

  • Page 43: Chapter 3 Functional And Operational Characteristics

    I/O (e.g., sequential). Fast write: All write I/Os to the 9900 subsystem are fast writes, because all write data is written to cache before being destaged to disk. The data is stored in two cache locations on separate power boundaries in the nonvolatile duplex cache (see section 2.2.3).

  • Page 44: Cache Management

    3.3.1 Algorithms for Cache Control The 9900 subsystem places all read and write data in cache, and 100% of cache memory is available for read operations. The amount of fast-write data in cache is dynamically managed by the cache control algorithms to provide the optimum amount of read and write cache, depending on the workload read and write I/O characteristics.

  • Page 45: Control Unit (Cu) Images, Lvis, And Lus

    The 9900 subsystem supports the following logical CU images (emulation types): 3990-3, 3990-6E, and 2105. The 9900 subsystem is configured with one logical CU image for each 256 devices (one storage subsystem ID (SSID) for each 64 or 256 devices) to provide a maximum of sixteen CU images per subsystem.

  • Page 46: System Option Modes

    The 9900 modes can only be changed by the Hitachi Data Systems representative. Table 3.2 – Table 3.8 show the public 9900 system option modes. Note: This 9900 mode information was current at the time of publication of this document but may change. Please contact your Hitachi Data Systems representative for the latest information on the 9900 System Option Modes.

  • Page 47: Table 3.4 System Option Modes For Open-System Connectivity

    Optional Suppression of high speed micro-program exchange for CHT. ON: 9900 does not perform high speed micro-program for CHT. New micro-program is also written into flash memory on the CHT. OFF: 9900 does perform high speed micro-program for CHT. Only the microprocessor code is loaded.

  • Page 48: Table 3.5 System Option Modes For Shadowimage - S/390 ® And Shadowimage

    Microcode level: 01-10-00-00/10 and higher. Optional TC390 CGROUP – Defines scope of CGROUP command within the 9900. Must be OFF for GDPS. ON: All TC390 volumes in this 9900 subsystem. OFF: TC390 volumes behind the specified LCU pair (main and remote LCUs).
  • Page 49 40 ms x 1 time 300 ms x 1 time 60 ms x 1 time 400 ms x 1 time 80 ms x 1 time 500 ms x permanent 100 ms x permanent Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...

  • Page 50: Table 3.7 System Option Modes For Hxrc

    Table 3.7 System Option Modes for HXRC Mode Level Description and Usage Optional Sleep Wait suppressing option (see modes 61, 85, 86, 97). When Mode 45 is ON and Mode 61 is ON, WRITE I/Os for LDEVs are blocked by the threshold specified by SDM. ON: Sidefile threshold does not activate Sleep Wait timer at the sleep wait threshold.

  • Page 51: Open Systems Features And Functions

    The 9900 subsystem’s global cache provides a “share-everything” architecture that enables any fibre-channel port to have access to any LU in the subsystem. In the 9900, each LU can be assigned to multiple fibre-channel ports to provide I/O path failover and/or load balancing (with the appropriate middleware support) without sacrificing cache coherency.

  • Page 52: Data Management Functions

    The 9900 subsystem provides features and functions that increase data availability and improve data management. Table 3.9 and Table 3.10 list the data management features that are currently available for the 9900 subsystem. Please refer to the appropriate user documentation for more details.

  • Page 53: Table 3.10 Data Management Functions For S/390 ® Users

    2595; Advanced Copy Services, SC35- 0355; DFSMS MVS V1 Remote Copy Guide and Reference, SC35-0169 MK-90DD878, Service Offering Service Offering MK-90RD020 MK-90RD005 Yes – MK-90RD004 Cache Manager Yes – MK-91RD045 FlashAccess MK-90RD036 MK-91RD047 MK-91RD054 MK-90RD032 Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...

  • Page 54: Hitachi Truecopy (Tc)

    Long-distance solutions are provided, based on user requirements and workload characteristics, using approved channel extenders and communication lines. Note: For further information on Hitachi TrueCopy, please see the Hitachi Lightning 9900™ Hitachi TrueCopy User and Reference Guide (MK-91RD051), or contact your Hitachi Data Systems account team.

  • Page 55: Hitachi Shadowimage (Si)

    Hitachi ShadowImage enables open-system users to maintain subsystem-internal copies of LUs for purposes such as data backup or data duplication. The RAID-protected duplicate LUs (up to nine) are created within the same 9900 subsystem as the primary LU at hardware speeds. Once established, ShadowImage operations continue unattended to provide asynchronous internal data backup.

  • Page 56: Command Control Interface (Cci)

    Hitachi ShadowImage operations on the Lightning 9900™ subsystem by issuing commands ® from the UNIX /PC server host to the 9900 subsystem. The CCI software interfaces with the system software and high-availability (HA) software on the UNIX the TrueCopy/ShadowImage software on the 9900 subsystem. The CCI software provides...

  • Page 57: Hitachi Extended Remote Copy (Hxrc)

    HXRC operations are performed in the same manner as XRC operations. The user issues standard XRC TSO commands from the mainframe host system directly to the 9900 subsystem. The Remote Console PC is not used to perform HXRC operations. HXRC can be ®...

  • Page 58: Hitachi Nanocopy

    3.7.9 Data Migration The Lightning 9900™ subsystem supports data migration operations from other disk array subsystems, including older Hitachi subsystems as well as other vendors’ subsystems. Data can be moved to a new location either temporarily or as part of a data relocation process.

  • Page 59: Hitachi Rapidxchange (Hrx)

    The FAL is a library of C-language functions that allows open-system programmers to read from and write to S/390 Note: For further information on HRX, please see the Hitachi Lightning 9900™ RapidXchange (HRX) User’s Guide (MK-91RD052), or contact your Hitachi Data Systems account team.

  • Page 60: Harbor ® File-Level Backup/Restore

    LUN Manager, SANtinel, TrueCopy, and ShadowImage. Note: HiCommand™ 1.x does not support all Hitachi subsystem functions. HiCommand™ enables users to manage the 9900 subsystem and perform functions from virtually any location via the HiCommand™ Web Client, HiCommand™ command line interface (CLI), and/or third-party application.

  • Page 61: 3.7.15 Lun Manager

    OPEN-9 LU to a maximum size of 265 GB (7.3 GB × 36). This capability enables open-system hosts to access the data on the entire 9900 subsystem using fewer logical units. LUSE allows host operating systems that have restrictions on the number of LUs per interface to access larger amounts of data.

  • Page 62: 3.7.18 Flashaccess

    I/Os to be performed at front-end host data transfer speeds. The FlashAccess cache areas (called cache extents) are dynamic and can be added and deleted at any time. The 9900 subsystem supports up to 1,024 addressable cache extents.

  • Page 63: Hitachi Santinel

    3.7.21 Hitachi SANtinel – S/390 Hitachi SANtinel – S/390 (LDEVs) on the 9900 subsystem. Each LDEV to can be set to communicate only with user- selected host(s). Hitachi SANtinel – S/390 LDEV and from accessing the data contained on the secured LDEV. The licensed Hitachi ®...

  • Page 64: Prioritized Port And Wwn Control (Ppc)

    3.7.23 Hitachi Parallel Access Volume (HPAV) Hitachi Parallel Access Volume (HPAV) enables the S/390 requests in parallel to single logical devices (LDEVs) in the Lightning 9900™ subsystem. HPAV can provide substantially faster host access to the S/390 The Workload Manager (WLM) host software function enables the S/390 HPAV functionality of the Lightning 9900™...

  • Page 65: 3.7.26 Hitachi Cruisecontrol

    3.7.26 Hitachi CruiseControl Hitachi CruiseControl enables users to optimize their data storage and retrieval on the 9900 subsystem. Hitachi CruiseControl analyzes detailed information on the usage of 9900 subsystem resources and tunes the 9900 automatically by migrating logical volumes within the subsystem according to detailed user-specified parameters.

  • Page 66: 3.7.27 Hitachi Graph-Track

    3.7.27 Hitachi Graph-Track™ Hitachi Graph-Track™ (GT) allows users to monitor and collect detailed subsystem performance and usage statistics for the 9900 subsystem. GT can monitor as many as 32 subsystems on the 9900-internal LAN. GT monitors the hardware performance, cache usage, and I/O statistics of the attached subsystems and displays real-time and historical data as graphs that highlight key information such as peaks and trends.

  • Page 67: Chapter 4 Configuring And Using The 9900 Subsystem

    SSIDs per CU image. The first (lowest) SSID for each CU image must be divisible by four. The user-specified SSIDs are assigned during subsystem installation, and the 9900 Remote Console PC can also be used to assign and change SSIDs. Table 4.1 lists the SSID requirements.

  • Page 68: S/390 ® Hardware Definition

    4.2.1 Hardware Definition Using IOCP (MVS, VM, or VSE) The I/O Configuration Program (IOCP) can be used to define the 9900 subsystem in MVS, VM, and VSE environments (wherever HCD cannot be used). The 9900 subsystem supports up to sixteen logical CU (LCU) images and 4096 LDEVs. Each LCU can hold up to 256 LDEV addresses.

  • Page 69: Figure 4.1 Iocp Definition For Ficon™ Channels

    IODEVICE ADDRESS=(8280,128),CUNUMBR=(8200),STADET=Y,UNIT=3390A* ,UNITADD=80 IODEVICE ADDRESS=(8300,064),CUNUMBR=(8300),STADET=Y,UNIT=3390B IODEVICE ADDRESS=(8380,128),CUNUMBR=(8300),STADET=Y,UNIT=3390A* ,UNITADD=80 IODEVICE ADDRESS=(8400,064),CUNUMBR=(8400),STADET=Y,UNIT=3390B IODEVICE ADDRESS=(8480,128),CUNUMBR=(8400),STADET=Y,UNIT=3390A* ,UNITADD=80 IODEVICE ADDRESS=(8500,128),CUNUMBR=(8500),STADET=Y,UNIT=3390B IODEVICE ADDRESS=(8580,128),CUNUMBR=(8500),STADET=Y,UNIT=3390A IODEVICE ADDRESS=(8600,128),CUNUMBR=(8600),STADET=Y,UNIT=3390B IODEVICE ADDRESS=(8680,128),CUNUMBR=(8600),STADET=Y,UNIT=3390A Figure 4.1 IOCP Definition for FICON™ Channels (direct connect and via FICON™ switch) Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...

  • Page 70: Figure 4.2 Iocp Definition For 1024 Lvis (9900 Connected To Host Cpu(S) Via Escd)

    Figure 4.2 shows a sample IOCP hardware definition for a 9900 configured with: 3990 ID. Two (2) LPARs called PROD and TEST sharing 4 ExSA™ (ESCON ESCDs to the 9980. Each switch has ports C0 and C1 attached to the 9980.

  • Page 71: Figure 4.3 Iocp Definition For 1024 Lvis (9900 Directly Connected To Cpu)

    Note: If you maintain separate IOCP definitions files and create your SCDS or IOCDS manually by running the IZP IOCP program, you must define each LCU on a 9900 subsystem using one CNTLUNIT statement in IOCP. While it is possible to define an LCU on a 9900 subsystem using multiple CNTLUNIT statements in IOCP, the resulting input deck cannot be migrated to HCD ®...

  • Page 72: Table 4.2 Correspondence Between Physical Paths And Channel Interface Ids (Cl 1)

    IDs are available (due to 16 physical channel interfaces for IBM the 9900 uses one channel interface ID for each pair of physical paths. For example, link control processors (LCPs) 1A and 1B correspond to channel interface ID 08 (00), and LCPs 1C and 1D correspond to channel interface ID 09 (01).

  • Page 73: Hardware Definition Using Hcd (Mvs/Esa)

    Number of devices Device type Connected to CUs *Note: The NOCHECK function was introduced by APAR OY62560. Defining the 9900 as a single control unit allows all channel paths to access all DASD devices. ® 3990-6, 3990-6E, or 3990-3 subsystem (see Table 4.4). The 3990 subsystem.
  • Page 74 2105 Controller Emulation. To define a 9900 logical control unit (LCU) and the base and alias address range that it will support, please use the following example for HCD. Note: The following HCD steps correspond to the 2105 IOCP definition shown in Figure 4.3.

  • Page 75: Figure 4.4 Master Menu (Step 1)

    - Terminate ISPF using list/log defaults F1=HELP F2=SPLIT F3=END F7=UP F8=DOWN F9=SWAP Figure 4.4 Master MENU (Step 1) SCROLL ===> PAGE USERID - HDS TIME - 20:23 F4=RETURN F5=RFIND F6=RCHANGE F10=LEFT F11=RIGHT F12=RETRIEVE Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...

  • Page 76: Figure 4.5 Basic Hcd Panel (Step 2)

    4. Control units 5. I/O devices | F1=Help F2=Split '-----------------------------------------------------------------------' Figure 4.6 Define, Modify, or View Configuration Data (Step 3) Chapter 4 Configuring and Using the 9900 Subsystem OS/390 Release 5 HCD Hardware Configuration F3=Exit F4=Prompt F9=Swap OS/390 Release 5 HCD F3=Exit...

  • Page 77: Figure 4.7 Control Unit List Panel (Step 4)

    | Auto-assign ..2 | F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit | F12=Cancel '-----------------------------------------------------------------------' Figure 4.8 Add Control Unit Panel (Step 5) F4=Prompt F5=Reset F12=Cancel 1. Yes 2. No F4=Prompt F5=Reset F9=Swap Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide Row 27 of 40 F7=Backward...

  • Page 78: Figure 4.9 Selecting The Operating System (Step 6)

    | F12=Cancel '-------------------------------------------------------------------------' Figure 4.10 Control Unit Chpid, CUADD, and Device Address Range Addressing (Step 7) Chapter 4 Configuring and Using the 9900 Subsystem Row 1 of 1 More: Control unit type . . . : 2105 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ |...

  • Page 79: Figure 4.11 Select Processor / Control Unit Panel (Step 8)

    Figure 4.12 Control Unit List (Step 9) Row 1 of 1 More: Control unit type . . . : 2105 F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Reset F8=Forward F9=Swap F12=Cancel F4=Prompt F5=Reset F7=Backward F12=Cancel Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide > | Row 40 of 41...

  • Page 80: Figure 4.13 I/O Device List Panel (Step 10)

    F2=Split | F12=Cancel '-----------------------------------------------------------------------------' Figure 4.14 Add Device Panel (Step 11) Chapter 4 Configuring and Using the 9900 Subsystem I/O Device List Control unit type . : 2105 PR OS 1--- 2--- 3--- 4--- 5--- 6--- 7--- 8--- Base F3=Exit...

  • Page 81: Figure 4.15 Device / Processor Definition Panel - Selecting The Processor Id (Step 12)

    Candidate List F4=Prompt F5=Reset F9=Swap F12=Cancel Number of devices ..: 128 the last 2 digits of device number) (Yes or No) (Yes or No) F4=Prompt F5=Reset F9=Swap Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide | *****...

  • Page 82: Figure 4.17 Device / Processor Definition Panel (Step 14)

    | ************************** Bottom of data *************************** | | F1=Help F2=Split | F6=Previous F7=Backward '-----------------------------------------------------------------------' Figure 4.18 Define Device to Operating System Configuration (Step 15) Chapter 4 Configuring and Using the 9900 Subsystem Number of devices . : 128 Preferred Explicit Device Candidate List F3=Exit F4=Prompt F8=Forward...

  • Page 83: Figure 4.19 Define Device Parameters / Features Panel (Step 16)

    Number of devices : 128 VOLSER | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | F5=Reset F7=Backward | Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide Row 1 of 6 |...

  • Page 84: Defining The 9900 To Vm/Esa ® Systems

    4.2.3 Defining the 9900 to VM/ESA 64 or Fewer LVIs: To define a 9900 with less than or equal to 64 LVIs to a VM/ESA use the same procedure as for an IBM 9900 with more than 64 LVIs to VM/ESA sharing option for the subsystem as shown below (the address range varies for each installation).

  • Page 85: S/390 ® Operations

    Since the 9900 is a RAID device, there are only a few differences in operation from conventional DASD or other RAID devices. Table 4.6 lists ICKDSF commands that are specific to the 9900, as contrasted to RAMAC.

  • Page 86: Table 4.6 Ickdsf Commands For 9900 Contrasted To Ramac

    REFRESH DATA, NODATA CONTROL INIT REFORMAT CPVOLUME AIXVOL Chapter 4 Configuring and Using the 9900 Subsystem Subsystem Return Code RAMAC CC = 12 Invalid parameter(s) for device type. 9900 CC = 12, F/M = 04 (EC=66BB). RAMAC CC = 4 Parameter ignored for device type.

  • Page 87: Mvs Cache Operations

    To display the 9900 cache statistics under MVS DFSMS, use the following operator command: D SMS, CACHE. Figure 4.22 shows the cache statistics reported by the 9900. The 9900 reports cache statistics for each SSID in the subsystem. Because the dynamic cache management algorithm has been enhanced, the read and write percentages for the 9900 are displayed as N/A.
  • Page 88 Due to this advance track transfer, the 9900 shows the number of tracks transferred from the disks to the cache slot at DASD/CACHE of the SEQUENTIAL in TRANSFER OPERATIONS field in the subsystem counters report, even though the access mode is not sequential.

  • Page 89: Vm/Esa ® Cache Operations

    EREP SIM report on a regular basis. Since all SIMs are also logged the 9900 Remote Console PC, the user can also use the Remote Console PC to monitor the SIMs.

  • Page 90: Open-Systems Configuration

    9900 disk devices for open-system operations, please refer to the 9900 configuration guide for the connected platform. Table 4.7 lists the currently supported platforms and the 9900 configuration guides. Please contact your Hitachi Data Systems account team for the latest information on platform and software version support.

  • Page 91: Configuring The Fibre-Channel Ports

    The 9960 subsystem supports a maximum of 32 fibre-channel ports, and the 9910 supports up to 24 fibre-channel ports. Each fibre-channel port is assigned a unique target ID (from 0 to EF). The 9900 subsystem supports up to 256 LUNs per port. Figure 4.24 illustrates fibre port- to-LUN addressing.

  • Page 92: Open Systems Operations

    9900 subsystem processes requests in the most efficient order to minimize head seek operations and disk rotational delay. Note: The queue depth parameter may need to be adjusted for the 9900 devices. Please refer to the appropriate 9900 configuration guide for queue depth requirements and instructions on changing queue depth and other related system and device parameters (refer to Table 4.7 for a list of the 9900 open-system configuration guides).

  • Page 93: Path Failover Support

    The user should plan for path failover (alternate pathing) to ensure the highest data availability. In the open-system environment, alternate pathing can be achieved by host failover and/or I/O path failover software. The 9900 provides up to 32 fibre ports to accommodate alternate pathing for host attachment. Figure 4.25 shows an example of alternate pathing.

  • Page 94: Remote Sim (R-Sim) Reporting

    9900 operations from the Remote Console PC. The 9900 remote console software allows the user to view the R-SIMs by date/time or by controller and to manage the R-SIM log file on the Remote Console PC.

  • Page 95: Chapter 5 Planning For Installation And Operation

    Hitachi Lightning 9900™ subsystem. Please read this chapter carefully before beginning your installation planning. If you would like to use any of the Lightning 9900™ features or software products (e.g., TrueCopy, ShadowImage, HRX, Hitachi Graph-Track), please contact your Hitachi Data Systems account team to obtain the appropriate license(s) and software license key(s).

  • Page 96: Electrical Specifications And Requirements For Three-Phase Subsystems

    Electrical Specifications and Requirements for Three-Phase Subsystems The Lightning 9960 subsystem supports three-phase power. At this time the 9910 subsystem supports only single-phase power. 5.2.1 Internal Cable Diagram Figure 5.1 illustrates the internal cable layout of a three-phase 9960 subsystem. Front View of 9960 Disk Array CB101...

  • Page 97: Power Plugs

    Black Blue Green/Yellow to Disk Array Rear View of 9960 Disk Array Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide To be prepared as apart of power facility to power distribution board R&S 3754 or 3934 To be prepared as a part of power facility...

  • Page 98: Features

    5.2.3 Features Table 5.1 lists the features for a three-phase 9960 subsystem. Table 5.1 9960 Three-Phase Features Frame Feature Number Controller Disk Array DKU-F405I-3PS Disk Array DKU-F405I-3EC Disk Array DKU-F405I-3UC 5.2.4 Current Rating, Power Plug, Receptacle, and Connector for Three-Phase (60 Hz only) Table 5.2 lists the current rating and power plug, receptacle, and connector requirements for three-phase 60-Hz 9960 subsystems.

  • Page 99: Input Voltage Tolerances

    Note: User input requires a 30-amp circuit breaker for three-phase power. Wiring Tolerance (%) three-phase three wire + ground +6% / -8% three-phase three wire + ground +6% / -8% three-phase four wire + ground +6% / -8% Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...

  • Page 100: Electrical Specifications And Requirements For Single-Phase Subsystems

    Electrical Specifications and Requirements for Single-Phase Subsystems 5.3.1 Internal Cable Diagram Figure 5.4 and Figure 5.5 illustrate the internal cable layout of single-phase 9960 and 9910 subsystems, respectively. Disk Array Disk Array Unit Unit PS: AC Box (DKU-F405I-1PS, DKC-F410I-1PS) ↓ : AC Cable Kit consists of the following: - USA use DKU-F405I-1UC and DKC-F410I-1UC.

  • Page 101: Figure 5.5 Internal Cable Diagram Of A Single-Phase 9910 Subsystem

    Internal Cable Diagram of a Single-Phase 9910 Subsystem ::PCI Cable ::Internal PCI Cable :AC cable Kits: - USA use or DKC-F415I-1UC - Europe use DKC-F415I-1EC PC: Power Control PS: AC Box (Single Phase AC Power Input) Internal AC Cable Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...

  • Page 102: Power Plugs

    5.3.2 Power Plugs Figure 5.6 through Figure 5.11 show the power plugs for the 9960 and 9910 subsystems. Front View of 9960 Controller Figure 5.6 Power Plugs for Single-Phase 9960 Controller (USA) Rear View of 9910 Subsystem Figure 5.7 Power Plugs for Single-Phase 9910 Subsystem (USA) Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation 3720DP Provided with...

  • Page 103: Figure 5.8 Power Plugs For A Single-Phase 9960 Controller (Europe)

    To be prepared DKC-F415I-1EC as a part of power facility Brown Hot Line Hot Line to 9910 Protection Earth Blue Green/Yellow Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide Hot Line 200/220/230/240V AC Power Hot Line Protection Earth 200/208/220/230/240V AC Power...

  • Page 104: Figure 5.10 Power Plugs For Single-Phase 9960 Disk Array Unit (Usa)

    Front View of 9960 Disk Array CB101 Figure 5.10 Power Plugs for Single-Phase 9960 Disk Array Unit (USA) Front View of 9960 Disk Array CB101 Figure 5.11 Power Plugs for Single-Phase 9960 Disk Array Unit (Europe) Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation R&S 3720DP Provided with DKU-F405I-1UC...

  • Page 105: Features

    (nonredundant) point of failure. Table 5.5 Current Rating, Power Plug, Receptacle, and Connector for Single-Phase 9900 Item Hitachi Base Unit...

  • Page 106: Input Voltage Tolerances

    5.3.5 Input Voltage Tolerances Table 5.6 lists the input voltage tolerances for the single-phase 9900 subsystem. Transient voltage conditions must not exceed +15-18% of nominal and must return to a steady-state tolerance of between +6 and -8% of the normal related voltage in 0.5 seconds or less. Line- to-line imbalance voltage must not exceed 2.5%.

  • Page 107: Dimensions And Weight

    Front Figure 5.12 9960 DKC and DKU Physical Dimensions 9960 Disk Unit 580mm/27.8” 800mm/31.5” 580mm/27.8” 600mm/23.6” Front Figure 5.13 9910 DKC and DKU Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 9910 Subsystem 650mm/26” 800mm/31.5” 650mm/26” 700mm /29.5” Front Physical Dimensions...

  • Page 108: Table 5.7 9900 Physical Specifications

    Table 5.7 9900 Physical Specifications Item 9960 Controller Dimension Width 750 mm / 29.5 in (mm/in) Depth 800 mm / 31.5 in Height 1,790 mm / 70.5 in Floor Area with no service clearance 0.6 sq meters / 6.5 sq feet...

  • Page 109: Table 5.8 9960 Frame And Component Weights

    *Note: This is maximum weight. Other configurations (e.g. single phase, 4-port adapters) will have less weight. 1058 1058 12.3 15.9 1440 1920 2400 2880 3360 Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 2116 3174 4232 5290 6348 7406 1157 1116...

  • Page 110: Floor Loading And Cable Routing Requirements

    Floor Loading and Cable Routing Requirements 5.5.1 Service Clearance Requirements Figure 5.14 through Figure 5.17 specify the service clearance requirements (a + b) based on the floor load rating and the clearance (c). The following formula can be used to calculate floor loading to ensure that the weight of all equipment to be installed is adequately supported.
  • Page 111 ( 300 - 570 ) *1 (Unit : mm) Recommended value: 300 ( 250 - 400 ) *1 2400 Grid panel (over 450mm × 450mm) Opening on the bottom of the frame (for external cable entry) Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...
  • Page 112 6.9" 3" 2.4" 4.6" 26.8" 22.2" 10" 2.4" 4.6" 3.9" 11" 6.5" 3.4" 0.6" Floor cutout area for cables Screw jack Caster Service clearance *1: Values in parentheses show allowable range of the floor cutout dimension. The floor cutout should be planned in the center of the DKC.
  • Page 113 Floor cutout area for cables Screw jack Caster Service clearance Grid panel (perforated tile) (over 450mm × 450 mm) Figure 5.16 9960 Disk Array Unit Service Clearance and Cutout (millimeters) (Unit: mm) 2400 Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...
  • Page 114 23.6” 8.9” 5.9” 2.8” 7.9” 20.9” 5.9” 11.8” 2.8” 18.1” Front Floor cutout area for cables Screw jack Caster Service clearance Grid panel (perforated tile) (over 17.7” × 17.7”) Figure 5.17 9960 Disk Array Unit Service Clearance and Cutout (inches) Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation (Unit: inches) 31.5”...

  • Page 115: Minimum Subsystem Disk Configuration

    *3: Refer to Figure 5.14 for details on the DKC floor cutout. Figure 5.18 9960 Disk Subsystem Minimum Configuration (millimeters) 1350 Front DKU405I Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide (Unit: mm) 2400 Floor cutout area for cables Screw jack...
  • Page 116 a *1 3.5" 2.4" 4.6" 9.8" 26.8" 22.2" 11.8" 2.4" 4.6" 9.8" 6.5" 3.4" 0.6" DKC410I *1: Clearance (a+b) depends on the floor load rating and clearance c (see section 5.5.3). *2: Clearance (d) is required over 0.28 m (11”) so as to open the DKC front door (refer to Figure 5.14). In case that clearance (d) is less than clearance (a), give priority to clearance (a).
  • Page 117 Front 9910 Subsystem Figure 5.20 9910 Disk Subsystem All Configurations (millimeters) (Unit: mm) 2400 C *1 Floor cutout area for cables Screw jack Caster Service clearance G Grid panel (over 450mm x 450mm) Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...
  • Page 118 3.5” 2.3” 5.8” 7.9” 26.9” 19.9” 15.8 2.3” 7.9” 5.8” 3.9” 2.6” .6” 11” Figure 5.21 9910 Disk Subsystem All Configurations (inches) Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation 27.6” 3.5” 20.5” 31.5” 31.5” 94.5” 31.5” 19.7” 3.9” 2.6” 22.3” 26.3 .6”...

  • Page 119: Floor Load Rating

    0.5 m (1.6 ft) 0.3 m (1 ft) 1.3 m (4.3 ft) 1.0 m (3.3 ft) 0.8 m (2.6 ft) Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide C = 1.0 (3.28) 0.2 m (0.66 ft) 0.5 m (1.6 ft) C = 1.0 (3.28)
  • Page 120 a *1 (.6) (23.6) (23.6) 9960 Disk 9960 Disk Array Array Figure 5.22 9960 Disk Subsystem with Controller and 4 Disk Arrays Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation (Unit: mm(inches)) 3150(124.0) (28.3) (23.6) (23.6) Front 9960 9960 Disk 9960 Disk Controller Array Array...

  • Page 121: Table 5.12 Floor Load Rating For 9960 Controller With 4 Disk Arrays

    Floor cutout area for cables Screw jack Caster Service clearance Grid panel(Perforated tile) should be at least 450mm(17.7”) x 450mm(17.7”) Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide C = 1.0 (3.28) 0.3 m (1 ft) 1.3 m (4.3 ft) (Unit: mm(inches)) b *1 (31.5)

  • Page 122: Table 5.13 Floor Load Rating For 9960 Controller With Maximum Configuration

    Table 5.13 Floor Load Rating for 9960 Controller with Maximum Configuration Required clearance (a+b) Clearance (C) in meters (feet) Floor Load Rating kg/m (lb/ft C = 0 500 (102.4) 0.2 m (0.66 ft) 450 (92.2) 0.9 m (3 ft) 400 (81.9) 1.8 m (5.9 ft) 350 (71.7) 3.2 m (10.5 ft)

  • Page 123: Cable Requirements

    Multimode cables: Mono/Single mode cables: Fibre cables Connects open-systems to 9900 ports. Fibre cable types are 50 / 125 micron or 62.5 / 125 micron multimode. SC-type connector is required for 1 Gbps port. LC-type connector is required for 2 Gbps port.

  • Page 124: Channel Specifications And Requirements

    Channel Specifications and Requirements Table 5.15 lists the ESCON the fibre-channel port specifications for the 9900. Each 9960 subsystem supports up to four channel adapters and 32 interface ports. Each 9910 subsystem supports up to three channel adapters and 24 interface ports. Each adapter consists of two cards.

  • Page 125: Environmental Specifications And Requirements

    5.7.2 Power Consumption and Heat Output Specifications Table 5.18 lists the power consumption and heat output parameters for the 9900 control frame and array frames. These data generally apply to both 60-Hz and 50-Hz subsystems. Table 5.19 lists the power consumption and heat output parameters for the various configurations of the 9900 subsystem.

  • Page 126: Table 5.18 9910/9960 Component Power And Heat Output Specifications

    RAID-5/RAID-1, 180-GB disk drives (Qty 4) Spare disk drives: 18-GB 47-GB, 73-GB, or 146-GB 180-GB Table 5.19 9900 Subsystem Power and Heat Output Specifications Subsystem Type Subsystem Configuration 9960 Controller with 32 GB cache, 4 sets of 8-port Adapters and 1 fully populated...

  • Page 127: Loudness

    5.7.4 Air Flow Requirements The 9900 subsystem is air cooled. Air must enter the subsystem through the air flow intakes at the sides and bottoms of the frames and must be exhausted out of the tops and sides, so it is very important that the air intakes and outlets remain clear. Hitachi Data Systems recommends that under-floor air cooling has a positive pressure and meets the specifications listed in Table 5.20.

  • Page 128: Vibration And Shock Tolerances

    5.7.5 Vibration and Shock Tolerances Table 5.21 lists the vibration and shock tolerance data for the 9900 subsystem. The 9900 can be subjected to vibration and shock up to these limits and still perform normally. The user should consider these requirements if installing the 9900 near large generators located on the floor above or below the 9900 subsystem.

  • Page 129: Chapter 6 Troubleshooting

    9900 ensure full recovery from disk drive failures and non-stop access to all user data. Due to the 9900’s architecture, data can remain pinned in cache if it is not accessed by the host following the pinned track condition. Certain 9900 maintenance activities (e.g., microcode updates) require that all pinned tracks be cleared.

  • Page 130: Service Information Messages (Sims)

    SIMs reported by the attached 9900 subsystems on the Remote Console PC. Each time a SIM is generated, the amber Message LED on the 9900 control panel turns on and the Remote Console PC displays a warning message, even when the remote console software is not running.

  • Page 131: Calling The Hitachi Data Systems Support Center

    If you need to call the Hitachi Data Systems Support Center, make sure to provide as much information about the problem as possible, including: The 9900 Remote Console configuration information saved on diskette using the FDCOPY function (see the Hitachi Lightning 9900™ Remote Console User’s Guide),...
  • Page 132 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting...

  • Page 133: Appendix A Unit Conversions

    Kilocalories (kcal) 0.03937 Inches (in) 0.3937 Inches (in) 39.369996 Inches (in) 3.280833 Feet (ft) 10.76387 Square feet (ft 35.314445 Cubic feet per minute (ft 2.2046 Pounds (lb) 12,000 BTUs per hour (BTU/hr) Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide /min) /min)
  • Page 134 Appendix A Unit Conversions...

  • Page 135: Acronyms And Abbreviations

    File Access Library (part of the HRX software) fixed-block architecture fibre-channel FC-AL fibre-channel arbitrated loop Federal Communications Commission File Conversion Utility (part of the HRX software) Freedom Data Networks ® trademark for optical channels) Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide...
  • Page 136 Fast Dump/Restore FICON™ Fiber Connection (IBM format/message fast wide differential acceleration of gravity (9.8 m/s gigabit gigabyte Gbps gigabit per second gigabyte link module graphical user interface HACMP High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing host bus adapter hardware configuration definition HCPF Hitachi Concurrent Processing Facility HMBR Hitachi Multiplatform Backup/Restore HPAV...
  • Page 137 SNMP simple network management protocol SSID storage subsystem identification service processor short wavelength terabyte Hitachi TrueCopy Hitachi TrueCopy Asynchronous ® ® S/390 ® ® S/390 host software function) ® architecture Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide host software function)
  • Page 138 TC390 Hitachi TrueCopy – S/390 TC390A Hitachi TrueCopy – S/390 target ID Transaction Processing Facility Time Sharing Option (an IBM unit control block unit information module Underwriters’ Laboratories µm micron, micrometer volt-ampere volts AC Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker Virtual Machine (an IBM VOLID volume ID volser...

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