Models And Optional Devices; Operating-System Support; Product Updates - IBM System Storage DS3300 Installation, User's, And Maintenance Manual

Models and optional devices

The DS3300 RAID controller cache size, partitions, and other features vary
depending the DS3300 model and optional devices.
Contact your IBM marketing representative or authorized reseller for more
information about the DS3300 models and options.

Operating-system support

The following operating systems are supported for host servers that have mapped
LUNs that are created in the DS3300 with storage expansion enclosures:
v Microsoft
v Red Hat
v SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
For additional host operating-system support, see the latest DS3000 Storage
Manager Version 2 software readme file and the IBM DS3000 series products
interoperability matrix at http://www.ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/ds3000/ds3300/.

Product updates

Important: To keep your storage subsystem up-to-date with the latest firmware and
other product updates, register the storage subsystem. Go to http://www.ibm.com/
servers/storage/support/disk/. From the menu at the top of the page, click My
account. From the My IBM menu at the top, select My Support. On the next page,
click register now.
Download the latest version of the DS3000 Storage Manager software, DS3300
storage subsystem controller firmware, DS3000 series storage expansion enclosure
firmware, and drive firmware when you initially install the storage subsystem and
when product updates become available.
To receive product updates, complete the following steps:
1. After you have registered, type your user ID and password to log in to the site.
2. Click add products.
3. From the menu, select Storage.
4. In the next menu, and in subsequent menus, select the following topics:
5. When you have finished selecting the menu topics, select the machine type of
6. On the "My support" page, click the Edit profile tab; then, click Subscribe to
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Enterprise Linux
The "My support" page opens.
v Computer Storage
v Disk Storage Systems
v System Storage DS3000
Note: During this process a check list is displayed. Do not select any of the
items in the check list until you have completed the selections in the
menus.
your DS3000 series product and any other attached DS3000 series products for
which you want to receive information; then, click Add products. The "My
support" page reopens.
email.
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Chapter 1. Introduction