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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Safety and environmental information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
I ntended audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Product version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Document revision level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Changes in this revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Referenced documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Document organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x
Convention for storage capacity values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Accessing product documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

1 I ntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Hardware overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Controller chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Drive Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Flash chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Scalability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
High performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
High capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Virtual Storage Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Storage Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
High reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Non-disruptive service and upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Economical and quiet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
System capacities with flash modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Software features and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

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2 Functional and Operational Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
System architecture overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Hardware architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
RAI D implementation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Array groups and RAI D levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Sequential data striping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
LDEV striping across array groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
CU images, LVI s, and logical units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
CU images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Logical volume images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Logical units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Mainframe operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Mainframe compatibility and functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Mainframe operating system support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Mainframe configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
System option modes, host modes, and host mode options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
System option modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Host Modes and host mode options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
Open-systems operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
Open-systems compatibility and functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
Open-systems host platform support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
Open systems configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56
Storage Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56

3 System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Controller chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
System control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Drive chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Flash components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Flash module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Flash box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Flash chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Flash configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Flash RAI D configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Cache memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Memory operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Data Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Shared memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

4 Power On/ Off Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Safety and environmental information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Normal Power On/ Off procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Power On procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Power Off procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

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 Emergency power off/ on procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Emergency power off procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Power on procedure after emergency power off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Battery backup operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Cache destage batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Battery life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Long Term Array Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

5 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Solving problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Service I nformation Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

A Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Mechanical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Electrical specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Environmental specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
Equipment noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
Heat output and air flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
PDU specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8

B Comparing Universal Storage Platform V/ VM and Virtual Storage

Platform B-1
Comparison of USP V/ VM and VSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

C Regulatory Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
US FCC Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Electronic emissions testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
European Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Notice of export controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Hazardous and toxic substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
Electronic emissions certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6

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 Preface

This m anual provides inst ruct ions and inform at ion t o use t he Hit achi Virt ual
St orage Plat form st orage syst em .
Read t his docum ent carefully t o underst and how t o use t his product , and
keep a copy for reference.
This preface includes t he following inform at ion:

□ Safet y and environm ent al inform at ion

□ I nt ended audience

□ Product version

□ Docum ent revision level

□ Changes in t his revision

□ Referenced docum ent s

□ Docum ent organizat ion

□ Docum ent convent ions

□ Convent ion for st orage capacit y values

□ Accessing product docum ent at ion

□ Get t ing help

□ Com m ent s

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Safety and environmental information
Ca ut ion : Before operat ing or working on t he Virt ual St orage Plat form ,
read t he safet y and environm ent al inform at ion in Regulat ory Com pliance on
page C- 1.

I ntended audience
This docum ent is int ended for syst em adm inist rat ors, Hit achi Dat a Syst em s
represent at ives, and aut horized service providers who are involved in
inst alling, configuring, and operat ing t he Hit achi Virt ual St orage Plat form .
Readers of t his docum ent should have at least t he following knowledge and
experience:
• A background in dat a processing and an underst anding of RAI D st orage
syst em s and t heir basic funct ions.
• Fam iliarit y wit h t he Hit achi Virt ual St orage Plat fo rm , t he St orage
Navigat or soft ware t hat runs on it , and t he Hit achi St orage Navigat or
User Guide.
• Fam iliarit y wit h t he operat ing syst em and web browser soft ware on t he
syst em host ing t he St orage Navigat or soft ware.

Product version
This docum ent revision applies t o Hit achi Virt ual St orage Plat form firm ware
version 70- 06- 0x and lat er.

Document revision level

Revision Date Description
MK- 90RD7042- 00 August 2010 I nit ial release
MK- 90RD7042- 01 Novem ber 2010 Supersedes and replaces MK- 90RD7042- 00
MK- 90RD7042- 02 Decem ber 2010 Supersedes and replaces MK- 90RD7042- 01
MK- 90RD7042- 03 April 2011 Supersedes and replaces MK- 90RD7042- 02
MK- 90RD7042- 04 August 2011 Supersedes and replaces MK- 90RD7042- 03
MK- 90RD7042- 05 Novem ber 2011 Supersedes and replaces MK- 90RD7042- 04
MK- 90RD7042- 06 February 2012 Supersedes and replaces MK- 90RD7042- 05
MK- 90RD7042- 07 June 2012 Supersedes and replaces MK- 90RD7042- 06
MK- 90RD7042- 08 Novem ber 2012 Supersedes and replaces MK- 90RD7042- 07
MK- 90RD7042- 09 Novem ber 2012 Supersedes and replaces MK- 90RD7042- 08
MK- 90RD7042- 10 July 2013 Supersedes and replaces MK- 90RD7042- 09
MK- 90RD7042- 11 August 2013 Supersedes and replaces MK- 90RD7042- 10

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Changes in this revision
The following it em s are changed in t his revision of t he m anual:
• Updat ed SOM 900 inform at ion.
• Rem oved 3- 1/ 2 in. 400 GB SSD drive from Chapt er 1 and Chapt er 3.
• Added t he 3.2 GB flash m odule t o Chapt ers 1 and 3. Updat ed t he
environm ent al specificat ions t able wit h flash m odule inform at ion.

Referenced documents
Hit achi Virt ual St orage Plat form docum ent at ion:
• Hit achi St orage Navigat or User Guide, MK- 90RD7027
• Hit achi Virt ual St orage Plat form Docum ent at ion Roadm ap, MK-
90RD7039
• Hit achi Virt ual St orage Plat form I nst allat ion Planning Guide, MK-
90RD7041

Document organization
The following t able provides an overview of t he cont ent s and organizat ion
of t his docum ent . Click t he chapt er t it le in t he left colum n t o go t o t hat
chapt er. The first page of each chapt er provides links t o t he sect ions in t hat
chapt er.

Chapter/ Appendix Description

Chapt er 1, I nt roduct ion This chapt er provides an overview of t he Virt ual
St orage Plat form hardware and soft ware.
Chapt er 2, Funct ional and This chapt er provides a brief descript ion of t he Virt ual
Operat ional Charact erist ics St orage Plat form archit ect ure.
Chapt er 3, Syst em This chapt er provides a m ore det ailed descript ion of
Com ponent s t he hardware t han chapt er 1.
Chapt er 4, Power On/ Off This chapt er describes t he procedures t o power t he
Procedures Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em on and off,
and also provides inform at ion about t he bat t ery
backup for t he cache m em ory.
Chapt er 5, Troubleshoot ing This chapt er provides basic t roubleshoot ing
inform at ion for t he Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage
syst em .
Appendix A, Specificat ions This appendix proves t he m echanical, elect rical,
environm ent al, and ot her specificat ions for t he Virt ual
St orage Plat form st orage syst em .
Appendix B, Com paring This appendix describes t he differences bet ween t he
Universal St orage Plat form V/ Virt ual St orage Plat form and t he Universal St orage
VM and Virt ual St orage Plat form V/ VM.
Plat form
Appendix C, Regulat ory This appendix describes t he regulat ory laws and
Com pliance requirem ent s t hat t he Virt ual St orage Plat form
adheres t o.
Glossary Defines t he special t erm s used in t his docum ent .
I ndex List s im port ant t opics in t his docum ent in alphabet ical
order.

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Document conventions
This docum ent uses t he follow ing t ypographic convent ions:

Convention Description
Bold I ndicat es t ext on a window, ot her t han t he window t it le,
including m enus, m enu opt ions, but t ons, fields, and labels.
Exam ple: Click OK.
I t alic I ndicat es a variable, which is a placeholder for act ual t ext
provided by t he user or syst em . Exam ple: copy source- file
t arget - file
N ot e : Angled bracket s ( < > ) are also used t o indicat e
variables.
screen/code I ndicat es t ext t hat is displayed on screen or ent ered by t he
user. Exam ple: # pairdisplay -g oradb
< > angled bracket s I ndicat es a variable, which is a placeholder for act ual t ext
provided by t he user or syst em . Exam ple: # pairdisplay -g
<group>
N ot e : I t alic font is also used t o indicat e variables.
[ ] square bracket s I ndicat es opt ional values. Exam ple: [ a | b ] indicat es t hat you
can choose a, b, or not hing.
{ } braces I ndicat es required or expect ed values. Exam ple: { a | b }
indicat es t hat you m ust choose eit her a or b.
| vert ical bar I ndicat es t hat you have a choice bet ween t wo or m ore opt ions
or argum ent s. Exam ples:
[ a | b ] indicat es t hat you can choose a, b, or not hing.
{ a | b } indicat es t hat you m ust choose eit her a or b.

This docum ent uses t he following icons t o draw at t ent ion t o inform at ion:

I con Meaning Description

Tip Tips provide helpful inform at ion, guidelines, or suggest ions
for perform ing t asks m ore effect ively.

Not e Not es em phasize or supplem ent im port ant point s of t he m ain

t ext .

Caut ion Caut ions indicat e t hat failure t o t ake a specified act ion could
result in dam age t o t he soft ware or hardware.

WARNI NG Warnings indicat e t hat failure t o t ae a specified act ion could

result in loss of dat a or serious dam age t o hardware.

ELECTRI C Failure t o t ake appropriat e precaut ions such as not opening

SHOCK or t ouching hazardous areas of t he equipm ent could result in
HAZARD inj ury or deat h.

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Convention for storage capacity values
Physical and logical st orage capacit ies of disk drives in Hit achi Dat a Syst em s
st orage product s are calculat ed based on t he follow ing values:

Logical Units: Block Size - 512 Bytes ( Logical Disk Capacity)

1 KB ( kilobyt e) = 1,024 byt es ( 2 10 ) 1 TB ( t erabyt e) = 1,024 4 byt es

1 MB ( m egabyt e) = 1,024 2 byt es 1 PB ( pet abyt e) = 1,024 5 byt es

1 GB ( gigabyt e) = 1,024 3 byt es 1 EB ( exabyt e) = 1,024 6 byt es

Logical st orage capacit y values ( logical device capacit y) are calculat ed

based on t he following values:

Hard Disk Drives ( HDDs) ( Physical Disk Capacity)

1 KB = 1,000 byt es 1 TB = 1,000 4 byt es

1 MB = 1,000 2 byt es 1 PB = 1,000 5 byt es

1 GB = 1,000 3 byt es 1 EB = 1,000 6 byt es

Accessing product documentation

The VSP user docum ent at ion is available on t he Hit achi Dat a Syst em s
Support Port al: ht t ps: / / Port al.HDS.com . Check t his sit e for t he m ost current
docum ent at ion, including im port ant updat es t hat m ay have been m ade
aft er t he release of t he product .

Getting help
The Hit achi Dat a Syst em s cust om er support st aff is available 24 hours a
day, seven days a week. I f you need t echnical support , log on t o t he Hit achi
Dat a Syst em s support port al for cont act inform at ion: ht t ps: / /
Port al.HDS.com

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 1
I ntroduction

This chapt er provides a brief descript ion of t he hardware and soft ware used
in t he Hit achi Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em . Det ailed inform at ion
is locat ed in Chapt er 2, Funct ional and Operat ional Charact erist ics on page
2- 1, and Chapt er 3, Syst em Com ponent s on page 3- 1.

□ Hit achi Virt ual St orage Plat form overview

□ Hardware overview

□ Feat ures

□ Specificat ions

□ Soft ware feat ures and funct ions

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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform overview
The Hit achi Virt ual St orage Plat form is a high- capacit y, high perform ance
dat a st orage syst em t hat offers a wide range of st orage and dat a services,
soft ware, logical part it ioning, and sim plified and unified dat a replicat ion
across het erogeneous st orage syst em s. I t s large- scale, ent erprise- class
virt ualizat ion layer com bined wit h dynam ic provisioning, Dynam ic Tiering,
and t hin provisioning soft ware, delivers virt ualizat ion of int ernal and
ext ernal st orage int o one pool.
Using t his syst em , you can deploy applicat ions wit hin a new fram ework,
leverage and add value t o current invest m ent s, and m ore closely align I T
wit h business obj ect ives. VSP st orage syst em s provide t he foundat ion for
m at ching applicat ion requirem ent s t o different classes of st orage and
deliver crit ical services including:
• Business cont inuit y services
• Cont ent m anagem ent services ( search, indexing)
• Non- disrupt ive dat a m igrat ion
• Thin provisioning
• Dynam ic Tiering
• High availabilit y
• Securit y services
• I / O load balancing
• Dat a classificat ion
• File m anagem ent services
New t echnological advances im prove reliabilit y, serviceabilit y and access t o
disk drives and ot her com ponent s when m aint enance is needed. Each
com ponent cont ains a set of LEDs t hat indicat e t he operat ional st at us of t he
com ponent . The syst em includes new and upgraded soft ware feat ures,
including Dynam ic Tiering, and a significant ly im proved, t ask- orient ed
version of St orage Navigat or t hat is designed for ease of use and includes
cont ext- sensit ive online help. The syst em docum ent at ion has been changed
t o a t ask- orient ed form at t hat is designed t o help you find inform at ion
quickly and com plet e t asks easily.

Hardw are overview

Virt ual St orage Plat form syst em s cont ain significant new t echnology t hat
was not available in previous Hit achi Dat a Syst em s st orage syst em s. The
syst em can be configured in m any ways, st art ing wit h a sm all, one rack,
diskless syst em , t o a large, six- rack syst em t hat includes t wo cont roller
chassis, up t o 2048 HDD drives, up t o 256 SSD drives, up t o 96 Flash
Module Drives, and a t ot al of 1TBcache. The syst em provides a highly
granular upgrade pat h, allowing t he addit ion of disk drives t o t he drive
chassis, and Virt ual St orage Direct ors ( m icroprocessors) and ot her
com ponent s t o t he cont roller chassis in an exist ing syst em as st orage needs
increase. Virt ual St orage Plat form syst em s can be com bined so t hat what
would previously have been t wo separat e st orage syst em s are now a single

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st orage syst em wit h hom ogeneous logic cont rol, cache, and front end and
back end int erfaces, all m ount ed in st andard Hit achi Dat a Syst em s 19- inch
racks.
A basic Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em consist s of a cont roller
chassis and one or m ore drive chassis t hat cont ain t he dat a drives. The
syst em includes a cont rol rack ( Rack- 00) t hat cont ains a cont roller chassis,
and m ay be eit her diskless ( no drive chassis) or m ay cont ain one or t w o
drive chassis in t he sam e rack. Each drive chassis can cont ain one of t hree
drive t ypes: SFF HDDs or SSDs, LFF HDDs or SSDs, or Flash Module drives.
The cont roller chassis cont ains t he cont rol logic, processors, m em ory, and
int erfaces t o t he drive chassis and t he host servers. A drive chassis consist
of disk or SSD drives, power supplies, and t he int erface circuit ry connect ing
it t o t he cont roller chassis. The rem aining racks ( Rack- 01 and Rack- 02)
cont ain from one t o t hree drive chassis.
The following sect ions provide descript ions and illust rat ions of t he Hit achi
Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em and it s com ponent s.

Figure 1-1 Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform

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Controller chassis
The cont roller chassis ( fact ory designat ion DKC) includes t he logical
com ponent s, m em ory, disk drive int erfaces, and host int erfaces. I t can be
expanded wit h a high degree of granularit y t o a syst em offering up t o t wice
t he num ber of processors, cache capacit y, host int erfaces and disk st orage
capacit y.
The cont roller chassis includes t he following m axim um num ber of
com ponent s: t wo service processors, 512 GB cache m em ory, four grid
swit ches, four redundant power supplies, eight front- end direct ors, four
back- end direct ors, and t en dual fan assem blies. I t is m ount ed at t he
bot t om of t he rack because it is t he heavier of t he t wo unit s. I f a syst em has
t wo SVPs, bot h SVPs are m ount ed in cont roller chassis # 0.
The following illust rat ion shows t he locat ions of t he com ponent s in t he
cont roller chassis. The cont roller chassis is described in m ore det ail in
Syst em Com ponent s on page 3- 1.

Figure 1-2

I tem Description I tem Description I tem Description

Pow e r Supply Se r vice Pr oce ssor FED ( front- end direct or)
2, 3 or 4 unit s per One or t wo unit s in t he # 0
cont roller cont roller chassis.
Gr id sw it che s FED ( up t o 8, and Ca ch e ( 2 t o 8 boards)
BED ( back- end direct or)
( up t o 4)
Vir t ua l St or a ge D ir e ct or s
( 2 t o 4 m icroprocessor boards)

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Drive Chassis
A VSP st orage syst em can cont ain up t o t hree t ypes of dat a drives. Each
t ype of drive is m ount ed in a chassis t hat holds only t hat t ype of drive. Drive
t ypes cannot be int erm ixed wit hin t he sam e drive chassis.
The HDD/ SSD drive chassis ( fact ory designat ion DKU) cont ains eit her disk
( HDD) drives or flash ( SSD) drives, eight SAS swit ches, and t wo 8- fan
“ door ” assem blies t hat can be easily opened t o allow access t o t he drives.
There are t wo t ypes of DKU drive chassis. One t ype can cont ain up t o 80 3-
1/ 2 inch HDD disk drives or SSD flash drives. The second t ype can cont ain
up t o 128 2- 1/ 2 inch HDD disk drives or SSD flash drives.
The m axim um num ber of 3- 1/ 2- inch drives in a Virt ual St orage Plat form is
1280. The m axim um num ber of 2- 1/ 2 drives is 2048. The m axim um
num ber of Flash Module drives is 96. Det ails are locat ed in Syst em
Com ponent s on page 3- 1.

Figure 1-3 Drive chassis

Flash chassis
I n addit ion t o t he chassis for disk and/ or flash drives, a second t ype of
chassis can be inst alled in a VSP syst em . A flash chassis ( fact ory
designat ion FBX) is a clust er of four flash boxes ( t rays) , as shown in t he
following illust rat ion. Each flash box cont ains up t o 12 flash m odules
( fact ory designat ion FMD) . A flash chassis cont ains up t o four flash boxes
and 48 flash m odules.

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 A VSP single m odule syst em ( 3 racks) can cont ain up t o t wo flash chassis.
Therefore, t he m axim um num ber of flash m odules is 96 per VSP m odule or
192 per t wo m odule ( 6- rack) syst em .
The flash chassis, flash box, and flash m odule are described in det ail in
Syst em Com ponent s on page 3- 1.

Figure 1-4 Flash chassis

Features
This sect ion describes t he m ain feat ures of t he Virt ual St orage Plat form .

Scalability
The Virt ual St orage Plat form is highly scalable and can be configured in
several ways as needed t o m eet cust om er requirem ent s:
• Them in im u m con figu r a t ion is a single rack cont aining one cont roller
chassis in a diskless configurat ion.
• A sm all VSP syst em could include a single rack cont aining one cont roller
chassis and one or t wo disk drive or flash chassis.
• A m id- sized VSP syst em could include one t o t hreeracks cont aining one
cont roller chassis and up t o eight drive chassis. A LFF drive chassis can
cont ain up t o 80 3- 1/ 2 inch disk drives. A SFF drive chassis can cont ain
a com binat ion of up t o a t ot al of 128 2- 1/ 2 disk and SSD dat a drives. An
Drive sizes can be int erm ixed wit hin a syst em but not wit hin a drive

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 chassis. Different chassis are required for t he 2- 1/ 2 inch dat a drives, 3-
1/ 2 inch, and 5- 1/ 2 inch flash m odule drives. See Table 1- 2 Drive
Specificat ions on page 1- 11 for det ails.
• The m a x im um con figu r a t ion is a six- rack t win version of t he above
t hat cont ains t wo cont roller chassis and up t o 16 drive chassis cont aining
up t o 2048 2- 1/ 2 inch disk drives or 1280 3- 1/ 2 inch disk drives. The
t ot al st orage space of t his configurat ion is 2- 1/ 2 PB. A six- rack syst em
can cont ain a m axim um of 192 1.6 TB flash m odule, wit h a m axim um
capacit y of 307.2 TB.

Figure 1-5 Example Virtual Storage Platform storage system

Configurations
I n addit ion t o t he num ber of disk drives, t he syst em can be configured wit h
disk drives of different capacit ies and speeds, varying num bers of FEDs and
BEDs, and varying cache capacit ies, as follows:
• Two t o six FEDs ( each is a pair of boards) . This provides a t ot al of 12
when all of t he FED slot s are used and t here are no BEDs inst alled, as in
a diskless syst em . The m axim um t ot al num ber of FEDs and BEDs is 12.
• Two t o four BEDs ( each is a pair of boards) . This provides a t ot al of 8
when all of t he BED slot s are used. I n t his case only t wo FEDs can be
inst alled.
• Cache m em ory capacit y: 512 GB per m odule / 3- rack syst em , and 1TB
per t w o m odules / 6- rack syst em )
• HDD ( disk) drives wit h capacit ies of 146 GB, 300 GB, 600 GB, 900 GB,
2 TB and 3TB.
• Flash drive capacit ies of 200 GB and 400 GB
• Flash m odules wit h a capacit y of 1.6 TB and 3.2 TB
• Channel port s: 80 for one m odule, 176 for t wo m odules.

High performance
The Virt ual St orage Plat form includes several new feat ures t hat im prove t he
perform ance over previous m odels. These include:

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 • High speed disk drives t hat run at 7,200, 10,000, or 15,000 RPM
• Flash drives wit h ult ra high speed response
• Flash m odules wit h response t im es fast er t han SSDs.
• High speed dat a t ransfer bet ween t heBED and HDDs at a rat e of 6 GBps
wit h t he SAS int erface
• High speed quad core CPUs t hat pro vide t hree t im es t he perform ance of
a Universal St orage Plat form V/ VM st orage syst em .

High capacity
The Virt ual St orage Plat form support s t he following high- capacit y feat ures.
See Table 1- 2 Drive Specificat ions on page 1- 11, for det ails.
• HDD ( disk) drives wit h capacit ies of 146 GB, 300 GB, 600 GB, 900 GB,
2 TB and 3TB.
• Flash drive capacit ies of 200 GB and 400 GB
• Flash m odules wit h a capacit y of 1.6 TB or 3.2 TBeach.
• The VSP cont rols up t o 65,280 logical volum es and up t o 2,048 disk
drives, and provides a m axim um physical disk capacit y of approxim at ely
2.521 PB per full st orage syst em .

Connectivity
Virtual Storage Platform
The Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em support s m ost m aj or I BM
Mainfram e operat ing syst em s and Open Syst em operat ing syst em s, such as
Microsoft Windows, Oracle Solaris, I BM AI X, Linux, HP- UX, and VMware. For
m ore com plet e inform at ion on t he support ed operat ing syst em s, go t o:
ht t p: / / www.hds.com / product s/ int eroperabilit y/ index.ht m
Virt ual St orage Plat form support s t he following host int erfaces. They can
m ix wit hin t he st orage syst em .
• Mainfram e: Fibre Channel ( FI CON)
• Open syst em : Fibre Channel

Storage Navigator
The required feat ures for t he St orage Navigat or com put er include operat ing
syst em , available disk space, screen resolut ion, CD drive, net work
connect ion, USB port , CPU, m em ory, browser, Flash, and Java environm ent .
These feat ures are described in Chapt er 1 of t he Hit achi St orage Navigat or
User Guide.

High reliability
The Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em includes t he following feat ures
t hat m ake t he syst em ext rem ely reliable:

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 • Support for RAI D6 ( 6D+ 2P) , RAI D5 ( 3D+ 1P/ 7D+ 1P) , and RAI D1
( 2D+ 2D/ 4D+ 4D) See Funct ional and Operat ional Charact erist ics on
page 2- 1 for m ore inform at ion on RAI D levels.
• All m ain syst em com ponent s are configured in redundant pairs. I f one of
t he com ponent s in a pair fails, t he ot her com ponent perform s t he
funct ion alone unt il t he failed com ponent is replaced. Meanwhile, t he
st orage syst em cont inues norm al operat ion.
• The Virt ual St orage Plat form is designed so t hat ti cannot lose dat a or
configurat ion inform at ion if t he power fails. This is explained in Bat t ery
backup operat ions on page 4- 5.

Non-disruptive service and upgrades

The Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em is designed so t hat service and
upgrades can be perform ed wit hout int errupt ing norm al operat ions. These
feat ures include:
• Main com ponent s can be “ hot swapped” — added, rem oved, and
replaced wit hout any disrupt ion — while t he st orage syst em is in
operat ion. The front and rear fan assem blies can be m oved out of t he
way t o enable access t o disk drives and ot her com ponent s, but not bot h
at t he sam e t im e. There is no t im e lim it on changing disk drives because
eit her t he front or rear fans cool t he unit while t he ot her fan assem bly
is t urned off and m oved out of t he way.
• A Service Processor m ount ed on t he cont roller chassis m onit ors t he
running condit ion of t he st orage syst em . Connect ing t he SVP wit h a
service cent er enables rem ot e m aint enance.
• The firm ware ( m icrocode) can be upgraded wit hout disrupt ing t he
operat ion of t he st orage syst em . The firm ware is st ored in shared
m em ory ( part of t he cache m em ory m odule) and t ransferred in a bat ch,
reducing t he num ber of t ransfers from t he SVP t o t he cont roller chassis
via t he LAN. This increases t he speed of replacing t he firm ware online
because it works wit h t w o or m ore processors at t he sam e t im e.

Economical and quiet

The t hree- speed fans in t he cont rol and drive chassis are t herm ost at ically-
cont rolled. Sensors in t he unit s m easure t he t em perat ure of t he exhaust air
and set t he speed of t he fans only as high as necessary t o m aint ain t he unit
t em perat ure wit hin a preset range. When t he syst em is not busy and
generat es less heat , t he fan speed is reduced, saving energy and reducing
t he noise level of t he syst em .
When t he st orage syst em is in st andby m ode, t he disk drives spin down and
t he cont roller and drive chassis use significant ly less power. For exam ple, a
syst em t hat consum es 100 am ps during norm al operat ion, uses only 70
am ps while in st andby m ode.

Specifications
The following t ables provide general specificat ions of t he Virt ual St orage
Plat form . Addit ional specificat ions are locat ed in Specificat ions on page A- 1.

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 Table 1-1 Virtual Storage Platform Specifications

I tem Size Single Module Dual Module

Maxim um Capacit y 5 I nt ernal 1 294 TB 589 TB

Ext ernal 247 PB 247 PB

Maxim um num ber of - 64k 64k
volum es
Support ed drives See Table 1- 2 Drive Specificat ions on page 1- 11.
Cache m em ory capacit y . Min 64 GB Min 128 GB
Max 512 GB Max 1 TB
Cache flash m em ory - Min 64 GB
capacit y Max 512 GB
RAI D Level - RAI D1, RAI D 5, RAI D 6
RAI D Group RAI D1 2D+ 2D, 4D+ 4D
Configurat ion RAI D5 3D+ 1P, 7D+ 1P
RAI D6 6D+ 2P
I nt ernal Pat h Archit ect ure Hierarchical St ar Net
Maxim um Bandwidt h Cache Pat h = 128 GB/ s
Cont rol Pat h = 64 GB/ s
Back- end Pat h SAS 6G 32 ( 2WL* 6) 64 ( 2WL* 32)
Num ber of port s per FC 2/ 4/ 8 GB 80 ( 96 * 1) / 16,8 176 ( 192 * 1) / 16,8
inst allat ion unit
FI CON 2/ 4/ 8 GB 80/ 16 176/ 16
Device I / F Cont roller chassis- SAS/ Dual Port
drive chassis
I nt erface
Dat a t ransfer rat e Max. 6 GBps
Maxim um num ber 256 ( 2.5- inch HDD)
of HDD per SAS I / F 160 ( 3.5- inch HDD)
Maxim um num ber of 4 if drives inst alled 8 if drives inst alled
FEDs 6 if diskless 12 if diskless
Channel I / F Mainfram e 1/ 2/ 4 GBps Fibre Channel: 16MFS/ 16MFL
2/ 4/ 8 GBps Fibre Channel: 16MUS/ 16MUL
Open- syst em s 2/ 4/ 8 GBps Fibre Short wave:
8UFC/ 16UFC
Managem ent Processor Quant it y 16 cores 32 cores
Cores
Virt ual St orage Direct or FEDs 6 2 6 2
configurat ion
BEDs 0 or 2 / 43 2 / 8
Minim um / m axim um
Cache 2 / 8 2 / 16
Swit ches / CSW 2 / 4 4 / 8
Not es:
1. When 300 GB is m ount ed
2. All FED configurat ion, no BEDs ( diskless syst em )
3. Zero BEDs in a diskless configurat ion, t wo BEDs m in if drives are inst alled

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 Table 1-2 Drive Specifications

Drive Type Size ( inches) 1 Drive Capacity Speed ( RPM)

HDD ( SATA) 3- 1/ 2 3 TB 7,200
HDD ( SAS) 2- 1/ 2 146 GB, 300 GB 15,000
200 GB, 400 GB SSD ( Flash) 2 2- 1/ 2
n/ a
Flash m odule 5.55 x 12.09 x 0.78 1.6 TB, 3.2 TB n/ a
M in im u m N um be r of D r ive s
Four HDDs or SSDs per cont roller chassis ( t wo in upper half, t wo in lower half ) . HDDs or SSDs m ust be
added four at a t im e t o creat e RAI D groups, unless t hey are spare drives. The m inim um num ber of
operat ing flash m odules is four, one in each of t he four flash boxes in t he flash chassis. Spares are
addit ional.
M a x im u m N u m be r of D r ive s
D r ive Type D r ive Ch a ssis Sin gle M odu le D u a l M odu le
( inches) ( 3- rack syst em ) ( 6- rack syst em )
HDD, 3- 1/ 2 80 640 1280
HDD, 2- 1/ 2 128 1024 2048
SSD, 3- 1/ 2 80 2 128 3 256 3
SSD, 2- 1/ 2 128 2 128 3 256 3
Flash m odule 48 96 4 192

Not es.
1. Each drive size requires it s own chassis. Drive sizes cannot be m ixed in a single chassis.
2. SSD drives can be m ount ed all in one drive chassis or spread out am ong all of t he chassis in t he
st orage syst em .
3. Recom m ended m axim um num ber.
4. Flash m odules are not t he sam e form fact or as HDDs or SSDs and require a flash box and flash
chassis. See Syst em Com ponent s on page 3- 1.

System capacities w ith flash modules

The following t able list s t he VSP syst em st orage capacit ies when using flash
m odules.

Table 1-3 System capacities w ith flash modules

Considering hot sparing requirements

R1 R5 R6

2D+ 2P 4D+ 4P 3D+ 1P 7D+ 1P 6D+ 2P 14+ 2P

Sin gle fla sh cha ssis, m a x . ca pa cit y
1 .6 GB Raw 70.4 64.0 70.4 64.0 64.0 51.2
Usable 35.2 32.0 52.8 56.0 48.0 44.8
3 .2 GB Raw 140.8 128.0 140.8 128.0 128.0 102.4
Usable 70.4 64.0 105.6 112.0 96.0 89.6

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 Considering hot sparing requirements

R1 R5 R6

2D+ 2P 4D+ 4P 3D+ 1P 7D+ 1P 6D+ 2P 14+ 2P

Fla sh cha ssis pa ir m a x . ca pa cit y
1 .6 GB Raw 147.2 140.8 147.2 140.8 140.8 128.0
Usable 73.6 70.4 110.4 123.2 105.6 112.0
3 .2 GB Raw 254.4 281.6 254.4 281.6 281.6 256.0
Usable 147.2 140.8 220.8 246.4 211.2 224.0
Tot al P9500 m ax. capacit y
1 .6 GB Raw 294.4 281.6 294.4 281.6 281.6 256.0
Usable 147.2 140.8 220.8 246.4 211.2 224.0
3 .2 GB Raw 588.8 563.2 588.8 563.2 563.2 512.0
Usable 294.4 281.6 441.6 492.8 422.4 448.0
Considering hot sparing requirem ent s, num ber of flash m odules
Single flash chassis m ax. capacit y - add t wo hot spares
1 .6 GB Count 44 40 44 40 40 32
3.2 GB 88 80 88 80 80 64
Flash chassis pair m ax. capacit y - add four hot spares
1 .6 GB Count 92 88 92 88 88 80
3.2 GB 184 176 184 176 176 160
Tot al VSP m ax. capacit y - add eight hot spares
1 .6 GB Count 184 176 184 176 176 160
3.2 GB 368 352 368 352 352 320

Softw are features and functions

The Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em provides advanced soft ware
feat ures and funct ions t hat increase dat a accessibilit y and deliver
ent erprise- wide coverage of online dat a copy/ relocat ion, dat a access/
prot ect ion, and st orage resource m anagem ent . Hit achi Dat a Syst em s
soft ware product s and solut ions provide a full set of indust ry- leading copy,
availabilit y, resource m anagem ent , and exchange soft ware t o support
business cont inuit y, dat abase backup and rest ore, applicat ion t est ing, and
dat a m ining. The following t ables describe t he soft ware t hat is available on
t he Virt ual St orage Plat form .

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 Table 1-4 Virtualization features and functions

Feature Description
Hit achi Virt ual Part it ion Provides logical part it ioning of t he cache which allows you t o divide t he
Manager cache int o m ult iple virt ual cache m em ories t o reduce I / O cont ent ion.
Hit achi Cache Residency Support s t he virt ualizat ion of ext ernal st orage syst em s. Users can
Manager connect ot her st orage syst em s t o t he Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage
syst em and access t he dat a on t he ext ernal st orage syst em via virt ual
devices creat ed on t he Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em .
Funct ions such as TrueCopy and Cache Residency can be perform ed on
ext ernal dat a t hrough t he virt ual devices.

Table 1-5 Performance Management features and functions

Feature Description
Hit achi Cache Residency Cache Residency Manager locks and unlocks dat a int o t he cache t o opt im ize
Manager access t o t he m ost frequent ly used dat a. I t m akes dat a from specific logical
unit s resident in a cache, m aking all dat a accesses becom e cache hit s. When
t he funct ion is applied t o a logic unit , frequent ly accessed, t hroughput
increases because all reads becom e cache hit s.
Hit achi Perform ance Perform s det ailed m onit oring of t he st orage syst em and volum e act ivit y. This
Monit or is a short t em funct ion and does not provide hist orical dat a
Hit achi Com pat ible PAV Enables t he m ainfram e host t o issue m ult iple I / O request s in parallel t o t he
sam e LDEV/ UCB/ device address in t he VSP. Com pat ible PAV provides
com pat ibilit y wit h t he I BM Workload Manager ( WLM) host soft ware funct ion
and support s bot h st at ic and dynam ic PAV funct ionalit y.
Flash Accelerat ion Flash accelerat ion increases t he perform ance of SSD and HDD drives by
alt ering t he I O and execut ing direct ly t o t he disks. Typically, t he I O execut ion
involves int eract ion bet ween BED ( back- end direct or) and VSP’s cores.
Therefore, it releases t he busy processing cycles and allows t hem t o perform
a larger num ber of I O operat ions. This also increases t he cache m anagem ent
funct ions t o im prove t he cache pending writ es ( CWP)

Table 1-6 Provisioning Features and functions for open systems

Feature Description
Dynam ic Tiering Provides aut om at ed support for a m ult i- t iered Dynam ic Provisioning pool.
The m ost accessed dat a wit hin t he pool is dynam ically relocat ed ont o t he
fast er t iers in t he pool. Dat a t hat is m ost referenced has im proved
perform ance due t o t he inclusion of fast st orage such as SSD while
cont rolling t he overall st orage cost by incorporat ing lower cost ing st orage
such as SATA.
Hit achi LUN Manager The LUN Manager feat ure configures t he fibre- channel port s and devices
( logical unit s) for operat ional environm ent s ( for exam ple, arbit rat ed- loop
and fabric t opologies, host failover support ) .
Hit achi LUN Expansion The LUN Expansion feat ure expands t he size of a logical unit ( volum e) t o
which an open- syst em host com put er accesses by com bining m ult iple logical
unit s ( volum es) int ernally.
Hit achi Dynam ic The Dynam ic Provisioning feat ure virt ualizes som e or all of t he syst em ’s
Provisioning soft ware physical st orage. This sim plifies adm inist rat ion and addit ion of st orage,
elim inat es applicat ion service int errupt ions, and reduces cost s. I t also
im proves t he capacit y and efficiency of disk drives by assigning physical
capacit y on dem and at t he t im e of t he writ e com m and receipt wit hout
assigning t he physical capacit y t o logical unit s.

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Hit achi Virt ual LVI Convert s single volum es ( logical volum e im ages or logical unit s) int o m ult iple
sm aller volum es t o im prove dat a access perform ance.
Hit achi Dat a Ret ent ion Prot ect s dat a in logical unit s / volum es / LDEVs from I / O operat ions illegally
Ut ilit y perform ed by host syst em s. Users can assign an access at t ribut e t o each
volum e t o rest rict read and/ or writ e operat ions, prevent ing unaut horized
access t o dat a.

Table 1-7 Provisioning features and functions for mainframe

Feature Description
Hit achi Virt ual LVI Convert s single volum es ( logical volum e im ages or logical unit s) int o m ult iple
sm aller volum es t o im prove dat a access perform ance.
Hit achi Volum e Securit y Rest rict s host access t o dat a on t he Virt ual St orage Plat form . Open- syst em
soft ware users can rest rict host access t o LUNs based on t he host 's world wide nam e
( WWN) . Mainfram e users can rest rict host access t o volum es based on node
I Ds and logical part it ion ( LPAR) num bers.
Hit achi Volum e Prot ect s dat a from I / O operat ions perform ed by host s. Users can assign an
Ret ent ion Manager access at t ribut e t o each logical volum e t o rest rict read and/ or writ e
operat ions, prevent ing unaut horized access t o dat a.

Table 1-8 Data replication features and functions

Feature Description
Hit achi TrueCopy® Rem ot e Perform s rem ot e copy operat ions bet ween st orage syst em s at different
Replicat ion soft ware and locat ions. TrueCopy provides t he synchronous copy m ode for open
Hit achi TrueCopy® syst em s. TrueCopy for Mainfram e provides synchronous copy for
Synchronous soft ware for m ainfram e syst em s.
Mainfram e
Hit achi ShadowI m age® I n- Creat es int ernal copies of volum es for purposes such as applicat ion
Syst em Replicat ion soft ware t est ing and offline backup. Can be used in conj unct ion wit h True Copy or
and Universal Replicat or t o m aint ain m ult iple copies of dat a at prim ary and
Hit achi ShadowI m age® I n- secondary sit es.
Syst em Replicat ion soft ware
for Mainfram e
Hit achi Copy- on-Writ e Snapshot creat es a virt ual, point - in- t im e copy of a dat a volum e. Since
Snapshot soft ware and only changed dat a blocks are st ored in t he Snapshot st orage pool,
Hit achi Thin I m age ( open st orage capacit y is subst ant ially less t han t he source volum e. This
syst em s only) result s in significant savings com pared wit h full cloning m et hods. Wit h
Copy- on- Writ e Snapshot , you creat e virt ual copies of a dat a volum e in
t he Virt ual St orage Plat form . Thin I m age can perform t he cost- effect ive
duplicat ion by st oring only different ial dat a bet ween prim ary volum es
and secondary volum es of VVOLs.
Hit achi Universal Replicat or This feat ure provides a RAI D st orage- based hardware solut ion for
soft ware and disast er recovery which enables fast and accurat e syst em recovery,
Hit achi Universal Replicat or part icularly for large am ount s of dat a which span m ult iple volum es.
soft ware for Mainfram e Using Universal Replicat or, you can configure and m anage highly reliable
dat a replicat ion syst em s using j ournal volum es t o reduce chances of
suspension of copy operat ions.
Com pat ible FlashCopy® V2 This feat ure provides com pat ibilit y wit h I BM Ext ended Rem ot e Copy
( XRC) asynchronous rem ot e copy operat ions for dat a backup and
recovery in t he event of a disast er.

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 Table 1-9 Security features and functions

Feature Description
Encrypt ion License Key This feat ure im plem ent s encrypt ion for bot h open- syst em s and
m ainfram e dat a using t he encrypt ing back- end direct or ( EBED) . I t
includes enhanced key support up t o 32 separat e encrypt ion keys allows
encrypt ion t o be used as access cont rol for m ult i- t enant environm ent s.
I t also provides enhanced dat a securit y for t he AES-XTS m ode of
operat ions.
Ext ernal Aut hent icat ion and St orage m anagem ent users of Virt ual St orage Plat form syst em s can be
Aut horizat ion aut hent icat ed and aut horized for st orage m anagem ent operat ions using
exist ing cust om er infrast ruct ure such as Microsoft Act ive Direct ory,
LDAP, and RADI US- based syst em s.
Role Based Access Cont rol Provides great er granularit y and access cont rol for Virt ual St orage
( RBAC) Plat form st orage adm inist rat ion. This new RBAC m odel separat es
st orage, securit y, and m aint enance funct ions wit hin t he array. St orage
Managem ent users can receive t heir “ role” assignm ent s based on t heir
group m em berships in ext ernal aut horizat ion sources such as Microsoft
Act ive Direct ory and LDAP. This RBAC m odel will also align wit h t he
RBAC im plem ent at ion in HCS 7.
Resource Groups Successor t o t he Universal St orage Plat form V/ VM St orage Logical
Part it ion ( SLPR) . I t allows for addit ional granularit y and flexibilit y of t he
m anagem ent of st orage resources.

Table 1-10 System maintenance features and functions

Feature Description
Audit Log Funct ion The Audit Log funct ion m onit ors all operat ions perform ed using St orage
Navigat or ( and t he SVP) , generat es a syslog, and out put s t he syslog t o
t he St orage Navigat or com put er.
Hit achi SNMP Agent Provides support for SNMP m onit oring and m anagem ent . I ncludes
Hit achi specific MI Bs and enables SNMP- based report ing on st at us and
alert s. SNMP agent on t he SVP gat hers usage and error inform at ion and
t ransfers t he inform at ion t o t he SNMP m anager on t he host .

Table 1-11 Host server-based features and functions

Feature Description
Hit achi Com m and Cont rol On open- syst em s, perform s various funct ions, including dat a replicat ion
I nt erface soft ware and dat a prot ect ion operat ions by issuing com m ands from t he host t o
t he Hit achi Dat a Syst em s st orage syst em s. The CCI soft ware support s
script ing and provides failover and m ut ual hot st andby funct ionalit y in
cooperat ion wit h host failover product s.
Hit achi Cross- OS File Transfers dat a bet ween m ainfram e and open- syst em plat form s using
Exchange t he FI CON channels for high- speed dat a t ransfer wit hout requiring
net work com m unicat ion links or t ape.
Dat aset Replicat ion Operat es wit h t he ShadowI m age feat ure. Rewrit es t he OS m anagem ent
inform at ion ( VTOC, VVDS, and VTOCI X) and dat aset nam e and creat es
a user cat alog for a ShadowI m age t arget volum e aft er a split operat ion.
Provides t he prepare, volum e divide, volum e unify, and volum e backup
funct ions t o enable use of a ShadowI m age t arget volum e.

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Functional and Operational
Characteristics

This chapt er describes t he funct ional and operat ional charact erist ics of t he
Hit achi Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em , including t he syst em
archit ect ure.

□ Syst em archit ect ure overview

□ Hardware archit ect ure

□ RAI D im plem ent at ion overview

□ CU im ages, LVI s, and logical unit s

□ Mainfram e operat ions

□ Syst em opt ion m odes, host m odes, and host m ode opt ions

□ Open- syst em s operat ions

□ St orage Navigat or

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System architecture overview
This sect ion briefly describes t he archit ect ure of t he Virt ual St orage
Plat form st orage syst em .

Hardw are architecture

The basic syst em archit ect ure is show n in t he following diagram .

Figure 2-1 Virtual Storage Platform Architecture Overview

The syst em consist s of t wo m ain hardware assem blies:
• A cont roller chassis t hat cont ains t he logic and processing com ponent s
• A drive chassis t hat cont ains t he disk drives and solid st at e drives. This
chassis is not included in diskless syst em s.
These assem blies are explained briefly in Chapt er 1, I nt roduct ion on page
1- 1, and in det ail in Chapt er 3, Syst em Com ponent s on page 3- 1.

RAI D implementation overview

This sect ion provides an overview of t he im plem ent at ion of RAI D t echnology
on t he Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em .

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Array groups and RAI D levels
The array group ( also called parit y group) is t he basic unit of st orage
capacit y for t he Virt ual St orage Plat form . Each array group is at t ached t o
bot h boards of a BED pair over 16 fibre pat hs, which enables all dat a drives
in t he array group t o be accessed sim ult aneously by a BED pair. Each array
fram e has t wo canist er m ount s, and each canist er m ount can have up t o
128 physical dat a drives.
The Virt ual St orage Plat form support s t he following RAI D levels: RAI D 10,
RAI D 5, RAI D 6. RAI D 0 is not support ed on t he Virt ual St orage Plat form .
When configured in four- drive RAI D 5 parit y groups ( 3D+ 1P) , ¾ of t he raw
capacit y is available t o st ore user dat a, and ¼ of t he raw capacit y is used
for parit y dat a.
RAI D 1 0 . Figure 2- 2 Sam ple RAI D 10 2D + 2D Layout on page 2- 3
illust rat es a sam ple RAI D 10 ( 2D+ 2D) layout . A RAI D 10 ( 2D+ 2D) array
group consist s of t wo pairs of dat a drives in a m irrored configurat ion,
regardless of dat a drive capacit y. A RAI D 10 ( 4D+ 4D) group com bines t wo
RAI D 10 ( 2D+ 2D) groups. Dat a is st riped t o t wo drives and m irrored t o t he
ot her t wo drives. The st ripe consist s of t wo dat a chunks. The prim ary and
secondary st ripes are t oggled back and fort h across t he physical dat a drives
for high perform ance. Each dat a chunk consist s of eit her eight logical t racks
( m ainfram e) or 768 logical blocks ( open syst em s) . A failure in a drive
causes t he corresponding m irrored drive t o t ake over for t he failed drive.
Alt hough t he RAI D 5 im plem ent at ion is appropriat e for m any applicat ions,
t he RAI D 10 opt ion can be ideal for workloads wit h low cache- hit rat ios.
N ot e : When configuring RAI D 10 ( 4D+ 4D) , Hit achi Dat a Syst em s
recom m ends t hat bot h RAI D 10 ( 2D+ 2D) groups wit hin a RAI D 10 ( 4D+ 4D)
group be configured under t he sam e BED pair.

Figure 2-2 Sample RAI D 10 2D + 2D Layout

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 RAI D 5 . A RAI D 5 array group consist s of four or eight dat a drives, ( 3D+ 1P)
or ( 7D+ 1P. The dat a is writ t en across t he four ( or eight ) drives in a st ripe
t hat has t hree ( or seven) dat a chunks and one parit y chunk. Each chunk
cont ains eit her eight logical t racks ( m ainfram e) or 768 logical blocks
( open) . The enhanced RAI D 5+ im plem ent at ion in t he Virt ual St orage
Plat form m inim izes t he writ e penalt y incurred by st andard RAI D 5
im plem ent at ions by keeping writ e dat a in cache unt il an ent ire st ripe can be
built and t hen writ ing t he ent ire dat a st ripe t o t he drives. The 7D+ 1P RAI D
5 increases usable capacit y and im proves perform ance.
Figure 2- 3 Sam ple RAI D 5 3D + 1P Layout ( Dat a Plus Parit y St ripe) on page
2- 4 illust rat es RAI D 5 dat a st ripes m apped over four physical drives. Dat a
and parit y are st riped across each of t he dat a drives in t he array group
( hence t he t erm “ parit y group” ) . The logical devices ( LDEVs) are evenly
dispersed in t he array group, so t hat t he perform ance of each LDEV w it hin
t he array group is t he sam e. This figure also shows t he parit y chunks t hat
are t he Exclusive OR ( EOR) of t he dat a chunks. The parit y and dat a chunks
rot at e aft er each st ripe. The t ot al dat a in each st ripe is eit her 24 logical
t racks ( eight t racks per chunk) for m ainfram e dat a, or 2304 blocks ( 768
blocks per chunk) for open- syst em s dat a. Each of t hese array groups can
be configured as eit her 3390- x or OPEN-x logical devices. All LDEVs in t he
array group m ust be t he sam e form at ( 3390-x or OPEN-x) . For open
syst em s, each LDEV is m apped t o a SCSI address, so t hat it has a TI D and
logical unit num ber ( LUN) .

Figure 2-3 Sample RAI D 5 3D + 1P Layout ( Data Plus Parity Stripe)

RAI D 6 . A RAI D 6 array group consist s of eight dat a drives ( 6D+ 2P) . The
dat a is writ t en across t he eight drives in a st ripe t hat has six dat a chunks
and t wo parit y chunks. Each chunk cont ains eit her eight logical t racks
( m ainfram e) or 768 logical blocks ( open) .
I n t he case of RAI D 6, dat a can be assured when up t o t wo drives in an array
group fail. Therefore, RAI D 6 is t he m ost reliable of t he RAI D levels.

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Sequential data striping
The Virt ual St orage Plat form ’s enhanced RAI D 5+ im plem ent at ion at t em pt s
t o keep writ e dat a in cache unt il parit y can be generat ed wit hout referencing
old parit y or dat a. This capabilit y t o writ e ent ire dat a st ripes, which is
usually achieved only in sequent ial processing environm ent s, m inim izes t he
writ e penalt y incurred by st andard RAI D 5 im plem ent at ions. The device
dat a and parit y t racks are m apped t o specific physical drive locat ions wit hin
each array group. Therefore, each t rack of an LDEV occupies t he sam e
relat ive physical locat ion wit hin each array group in t he st orage syst em .
I n a RAI D- 6 ( dual parit y) configurat ion, t w o parit y drives are used t o
prevent loss of dat a in t he unlikely event of a second failure during a rebuild
of a previous failure.

LDEV striping across array groups

I n addit ion t o t he convent ional concat enat ion of RAI D 10 array groups
( 4D+ 4D) , t he Virt ual St orage Plat form support s LDEV st riping across
m ult iple RAI D 5 array groups for im proved logical unit perform ance in open-
syst em environm ent s. The advant ages of LDEV st riping are:
• I m proved perform ance, especially of anindividual logical unit , due t o an
increase in t he num ber of dat a drives t hat const it ut e an array group.
• Bet t er workload dist ribut ion: in t he case where t he workload of one
array group is higher t han anot her array group, you can dist ribut e t he
workload by com bining t he array groups, t hereby reducing t he t ot al
workload concent rat ed on each specific array group.
The support ed LDEV st riping configurat ions are:
• LDEV st riping across t wo RAI D 5 ( 7D+ 1P) array groups. The m axim um
num ber of LDEVs in t his configurat ion is 1000. See Figure 2- 4 LDEV
St riping Across 2 RAI D 5 ( 7D+ 1P) Array Groups on page 2- 5) .
• LDEV st riping across four RAI D 5 ( 7D+ 1P) array groups. The m axim um
num ber of LDEVs in t his configurat ion is 2000. See Figure 2- 5 LDEV
St riping Across 4 RAI D 5 ( 7D+ 1P) Array Groups on page 2- 6.

Figure 2-4 LDEV Striping Across 2 RAI D 5 ( 7D+ 1P) Array Groups

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 Figure 2-5 LDEV Striping Across 4 RAI D 5 ( 7D+ 1P) Array Groups
All dat a drives and device em ulat ion t ypes are support ed for LDEV st riping.
LDEV st riping can be used in com bination wit h all Virt ual St orage Plat form
dat a m anagem ent funct ions.

CU images, LVI s, and logical units

This sect ion provides inform at ion about cont rol unit im ages, logical volum e
im ages, and logical unit s.

CU images
The Virt ual St orage Plat form is configured wit h one cont rol unit im age for
each 256 devices ( one SSI D for each 64 or 256 LDEVs) and support s a
m axim um of 255 CU im ages in t he prim ary logical disk cont roller ( LDKC) .
The Virt ual St orage Plat form support s t he following cont rol unit ( CU)
em ulat ion t ypes:
• 3990- 6, 3990 6E
• 2105, 2107
The m ainfram e dat a m anagem ent feat ures of t he Virt ual St orage Plat form
m ay have rest rict ions on CU im age com pat ibilit y.
For furt her inform at ion on CU im age support , refer t o t he Mainfram e Host
At t achm ent and Operat ions Guide, or cont act your Hit achi Dat a Syst em s
Corporat ion account t eam .

Logical volume images

The Virt ual St orage Plat form support s t he following m ainfram e LVI t ypes:
• 3390- 3, - 3R, - 9, L, and - M. The 3390- 3 and 3390- 3RLVI s cannot be
int erm ixed in t he sam e st orage syst em .
• 3380- 3, - F, - K. The use of 3380 device em ulat ion si rest rict ed t o Fuj it su
environm ent s.

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 The LVI configurat ion of t he Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em
depends on t he RAI D im plem ent at ion and physical dat a drive capacit ies.
The LDEVs are accessed using a com binat ion of logical disk cont roller
num ber ( 00- 01) , CU num ber ( 00- FE) , and device num ber ( 00- FF) . All
cont rol unit im ages can support an inst alled LVI range of 00 t o FF.

Logical units
The Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em is configured wit h OPEN-V
logical unit t ypes. The OPEN- V logical unit can vary in size from 48.1 MB t o
4 TB. For inform at ion on ot her logical unit t ypes ( e.g., OPEN- 9) , cont act
Hit achi Dat a Syst em s support .
For m axim um flexibilit y in logical unit configurat ion, t he Virt ual St orage
Plat form provides t he VLL and LUN Expansion ( LUSE) feat ures. Using VLL,
users can configure m ult iple logical unit s under a single LDEV. Using Virt ual
LVI or LUSE, users can concat enat e m ult iple logical unit s int o large volum es.
For furt her inform at ion on VLL and Virt ual LVI , see t he Perform ance Guide
and t he Provisioning Guide for Open Syst em s

Mainframe operations
This sect ion provides high- level descript ions of m ainfram e com pat ibilit y,
support , and configurat ion.

Mainframe compatibility and functionality

I n addit ion t o full Syst em - Managed St orage ( SMS) com pat ibilit y, t he Virt ual
St orage Plat form st orage syst em provides t he following funct ions and
support in t he m ainfram e environm ent :
• Sequent ial dat a st riping
• Cache fast w rit e ( CFW) and DASD fast writ e ( DFW)
• Enhanced dynam ic cache m anagem ent
• Ext ended count key dat a ( ECKD) com m ands
• Mult iple Allegiance
• Concurrent Copy ( CC)
• Peer- t o- Peer Rem ot e Copy ( PPRC)
• Com pat ible FlashCopy® V2
• Parallel Access Volum e ( PAV)
• Enhanced CCW
• Priorit y I / O queuing
• Red Hat Linux for I BM S/ 390 and zSeries

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Mainframe operating system support
The Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em support s m ost m aj or I BM
Mainfram e operat ing syst em s and Open Syst em operat ing syst em s, such as
Microsoft Windows, Oracle Solaris, I BM AI X, Linux, HP- UX, and VMware. For
m ore com plet e inform at ion on t he support ed operat ing syst em s, go t o:
ht t p: / / www.hds.com / product s/ int eroperabilit y/ index.ht m

Mainframe configuration
Aft er a Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em has been inst alled, users
can configure t he st orage syst em for m ainfram e operat ions.
See t he following user docum ent s for inform at ion and inst ruct ions on
configuring your Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em for m ainfram e
operat ions:
• The Mainfram e Host At t achm ent and Operat ions Guide describes and
provides inst ruct ions for configuring t he Virt ual St orage Plat form for
m ainfram e operat ions, including FI CON at t achm ent , hardware
definit ion, cache operat ions, and device operat ions.
For det ailed inform at ion on FI CON connect ivit y, FI CON/ Open int erm ix
configurat ions, and support ed HBAs, swit ches, and direct ors for Virt ual
St orage Plat form , please cont act Hit achi Dat a Syst em s support .
• The Hit achi St orage Navigat or User Guide provides inst ruct ions for
inst alling, configuring, and using St orage Navigat or t o perform resource
and dat a m anagem ent operat ions on t he Virt ual St orage Plat form
st orage syst em s.
• The Provisioning Guide for Mainfram e Syst em s and Hit achi Volum e
Shredder User Guide provides inst ruct ions for convert ing single volum es
( LVI s) int o m ult iple sm aller volum es t o im prove dat a access
perform ance.

System option modes, host modes, and host mode options

This sect ion provides det ailed inform at ion about syst em opt ion m odes, host
m odes and host m ode opt ions.

System option modes

To provide great er flexibilit y and enable t he Virt ual St orage Plat form t o be
t ailored t o unique cust om er operat ing requirem ent s, addit ional operat ional
param et ers, or syst em opt ion m odes, are available. At inst allat ion, t he
m odes are set t o t heir default values, as shown in t he following t able. Be
sure t o discuss t hese set t ings wit h your Hit achi Dat a Syst em s t eam if you
t hink changes should be m ade. The syst em opt ion m odes can only be
changed by a Hit achi Dat a Syst em s represent at ive.
The following t ables provide inform at ion about syst em opt ion m odes and
and SVP operat ions:
• Table 2- 1 Syst em opt ion m odes on page 2- 9 list s t he public syst em
opt ion m ode inform at ion for Virt ual St orage Plat form . These can be used
as needed.

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 • Table 2- 2 Mode 269: St orage Navigat or Operat ions on page 2- 54
specifies t he det ails for m ode 269 for St orage Navigat or operat ions.
• Table 2- 3 Mode 269: SVP Operat ions on page 2- 54 specifies t he det ails
of m ode 269 for SVP operat ions.
The following t ables were up t o dat e at t he t im e t his m anual was published.
How ever, t he syst em opt ion m ode inform at ion m ay change in firm ware
releases t hat m ay happen before t he next release of t his m anual. Cont act
Hit achi Dat a Syst em s support for t he lat est inform at ion on t he Virt ual
St orage Plat form syst em opt ion m odes.
The syst em opt ion m ode inform at ion includes:
• Mode: Specifies t he syst em opt ion m ode num ber.
• Cat egory: I ndicat es t he funct oi ns t o which t he m ode applies.
• Descript ion: Describes t he act ion or funct ion t hat t he m ode provides.
• Default : Specifies t he default set t ing ( ON or OFF) for t he m ode.
• MCU/ RCU: For rem ot e funct ions, indicat es whet her th e m ode applies t o
t he m ain cont rol unit ( MCU) and/ or t he rem ot e cont rol unit ( RCU) .

Table 2-1 System option modes

Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU

20 Public R-VOL read only funct ion. OFF MCU
( Opt ional)
22 Com m on Regarding t he correct ion copy or t he drive copy, in OFF
case ECCs/ LRC PI Ns are set on t he t rack of copy
source HDD, m ode 22 can be used t o int errupt t he
copy processing ( default ) or t o creat e ECCs/ LRC
PI Ns on t he t rack of copy t arget HDD t o cont inue
t he processing.
Mode 22 = ON:
I f ECCs/ LRC PI Ns ( up t o 16) have been set on t he
t rack of copy source HDD, ECCs/ LRC PI Ns ( up t o
16) will be creat ed on t he t rack of copy t arget HDD
so t hat t he copy processing will cont inue.
I f 17 or m ore ECCs/ LRC PI Ns are creat ed, t he
corresponding copy processing will be int errupt ed.
Mode 22 = OFF ( default )
I f ECCs/ LRC PI Ns have been set on t he t rack of copy
source HDD, t he copy processing will be
int errupt ed. ( first recover ECCs/ LRC PI Ns by using
t he PI N recovery flow, and t hen perform t he
correct ion copy or t he drive copy again)
One of t he cont rolling opt ion for correct ion/ drive
copy.
36 HRC Set s default funct ion ( CRI T= Y) opt ion for SVP panel OFF MCU
( HRC) .

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
64 TrueCopy for Mode 64 = ON:
Mainfram e • When receiving t he Freeze com m and, in t he
subsyst em , pair volum es t hat fulfill t he
condit ions below are suspended and t he st at us
change pending ( SCP) t hat holds writ e I / Os
from t he host is set . The pat h bet ween MCU and
RCU is not delet ed. Query is displayed only but
unusable.
• When receiving t he RUN com m and, t he SCP
st at us of t he pairs t hat fulfill t he condit ions
below is released.
• When a Failure Suspend occurs when Freeze
Opt ion Enable is set , except t he pair in which
t he Failure Suspend occurs, ot her pairs t hat
fulfill condit ions below go int o SCP st at e:
- TrueCopy Sync M- VOL
- Mainfram e Volum e
- Pair st at us: Duplex/ Pending
Mode 64 = OFF ( default ) :
• When receiving t he Freeze com m and, pairs t hat
fulfill t he condit ions below are suspended and
t he SCP is set . I n t he case of CU em ulat ion t ype
2105/ 2017, t he pat h bet ween MCU and RCU is
delet ed, while t he pat h is not delet ed but
unusable wit h Query displayed only in t he case
of CU em ulat ion t ype 3990.
• When receiving t he RUN com m and, t he SCP
st at us of t he pairs t hat fulfill t he condit ions
below is released.
• When a Failure Suspend occurs while t he Freeze
Opt ion Enable is set , except t he pair in which
t he Failure Suspend occurs, ot her pairs t hat
fulfill t he condit ions below go int o SCP st at e.
Condit ions:
• TrueCopy Sync M-VOL
• Mainfram e Volum e
• Pair st at us: Duplex/ Pending
• A pair whose RCU# is ident ical t o t he RCU for
which t he Freeze com m and is specified.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
64 TrueCopy for N ot e s: . MCU/ RCU
( cont ) Mainfram e 1. When all t he following condit ions are m et , set
Mode 64= ON.
2. When all t he following condit ions are m et , set
Mode 64= ON.
- Cust om er request s t o st op t he updat e I / O
operat ion t o t he RCU of a TrueCopy for
Mainfram e pair for t he whole subsyst em .
- Disast er Recovery funct ion such as GDPS,
HyperSwap, or Fail Over/ Fail Back, which
requires com pat ibilit y wit h I BM st orage, is not
used as t his Mode 64 operat es wit hout having
com pat ibilit y wit h I BM st orage.
- Only Peer- t o- Peer- Rem ot e- Copy operat ion.
( Do not use it in com binat ion wit h Business
Cont inuit y Manager.)
3. Even t hough t he Failover com m and is not an
applicable crit erion, when execut ing t he
Failover com m and while Mode 114 is ON, since
port s are not aut om at ically swit ched, t he
Failover com m and fails.
4. Wit h increase of Sync pairs in subsyst em , t he
t im e period t o report t he com plet ion of Freeze
com m and and RUN com m and get s longer
( est im at e of t im e t o report com plet ion: 1
second per 1000 pairs) , and MI H m ay occur.
80 ShadowI m age • For RAI D 300/ 400/ 450 ( SI for OPEN or OFF -
for Mainfram e Mainfram e) I n response t o t he Rest ore
inst ruct ion from t he host or St orage Navigat or,
t he following operat ion is perform ed regardless
of specifying Quick or Norm al.
• For RAI D 500/ 600/ 700 ( SI for OPEN) I n
response t o t he Rest ore inst ruct ion from t he
host , if neit her Quick nor Norm al is specified,
t he following operat ion is perform ed
Mode 80 = ON: Norm al Rest ore / Reverse Copy is
perform ed.
Mode 80 = OFF: Quick Rest ore is perform ed.
N ot e s.
1. This m ode is applied when t he specificat ion for
Rest ore of SI is swit ched bet ween Quick ( default )
and Norm al.
2. The perform ance of Rest ore differs depending on
t he Norm al or Quick specificat ion.
87 ShadowI m age Det erm ines whet her Norm alCopy or QuickResync, if OFF -
not specified, is perform ed at t he execut ion of
pairresync by CCI .
Mode 87 = ON: QuickResync is perform ed.
Mode 87 = OFF: Norm alCopy is perform ed.
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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
114 HRC This m ode enables or disables t he LCP/ RCP port t o OFF MCU
be aut om at ically swit ched over when t he PPRC
com m and ESTPATH/ DELPATH is execut ed.
M ode 1 1 4 = ON :
Aut om at ic port swit ching during ESTPATH/ DELPATH
is enabled.
M ode 1 1 4 = OFF ( default ) :
Aut om at ic port swit ching during ESTPATH/ DELPATH
is disabled.
N ot e s:
1. I f you select an incorrect port while t he m ode is
set t o ON, and if ESTPATH is execut ed when no
logic pat h exist s, t he port is swit ched t o RCP..
2. Set t his m ode t o OFF before using TPC- R ( I BM
soft ware for disast er recovery) .
122 ShadowI m age For Split or Resync request from t he Mainfram e host OFF -
and St orage Navigat or,
Mode 122 = ON:
• By specifying Split or Resync, St eady/ Quick
Split or Norm al/ Quick Resync is respect ively
execut ed in accordance wit h Norm al/ Quick
set t ing
Mode 122 = OFF ( default ) ?
• By specifying Split or Resync, St eady/ Quick
Split or Norm al/ Quick Resync is respect ively
execut ed in accordance wit h Norm al/ Quick
set t ing. For det ails, see " SOM 122" sheet
Not e:
( 1) For RAI D500 and lat er m odels, t his m ode is
applied t o use script s et c t hat are used on RAI D400
and 450 ( 2) I n t he case of RAI D500 and lat er
m odels, execut ing t he pairresync com m and from
RAI D Manager m ay be relat ed t o t he SOM 087
set t ing.
( 3) When perform ing At-Tim e Split from RAI D
Manager
- Set t his m ode t o OFF in t he case of RAI D450
- Set t his m ode t o OFF or specify t he environm ent
variable HORCC_SPLT for Quick in t he case of
RAI D500 and lat er.Ot herwise, Pairsplit m ay t urn
t im eout .
( 4) The m ode becom es effect ive aft er specifying
Split / Resync following t he m ode set t ing. The m ode
funct ion does not work if it is set during t he Split /
Resync operat ion
187 Com m on Yellow Light Opt ion ( only for XP product ) OFF -
190 HRC TCz – Allows you t o updat e t he VOLSER and VTOC OFF RCU
of t he R- VOL while t he pair is suspended if bot h
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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
269 Com m on High Speed Form at for CVS ( Available for all dku OFF MCU/ RCU
em ulat ion t ype)
( 1) High Speed Form at support
When redefining all LDEVs included in an ECC group
using Volum e I nit ialize or Make Volum e on CVS
set t ing panel, LDEV form at , as t he last process, will
be perform ed in high speed.
( 2) Make Volum e feat ure enhancem ent
I n addit ion, wit h support ing t he feat ure, t he Make
Volum e feat ure ( recreat ing new CVs aft er delet ing
all volum es in a VDEV) , which so far was support ed
for OPEN-V only, is available for all em ulat ion t ypes.
M ode 2 6 9 = ON :
The High Speed form at is available when
perform ing CVS operat ions on St orage Navigat or or
perform ing LDEV form at s on t he Maint enance
window of t he SVP for all LDEVs in a parit y group.
M ode 2 6 9 = OFF ( default ) :
As usual, only t he low speed form at is available
when perform ing CVS operat ions on St orage
Navigat or. I n addit ion, t he LDEV specifying form at
on t he Maint enance window of t he SVP is in low
speed as well.
Not e s:
1. For m ore det ails about m ode 269, see
worksheet " Mode269 det ail for RAI D700" .
2. Mode 269 is effect ive only when using t he SVP
t o form at t he CVS.
278 Open Tru64 ( Host Mode 07) and OpenVMS ( Host Mode OFF -
05)
Caut ion: Host offline: Required
292 HRC I ssuing OLS when Swit ching Port OFF MCU/ RCU
I n case t he m ainfram e host ( FI CON) is connect ed
wit h t he CNT- m ade FC swit ch ( FC9000 et c.) , and is
using along wit h t he TrueCopy S/ 390 wit h Open
Fibre connect ion, t he occurrence of Link I ncident
Report for t he m ainfram e host from t he FC swit ch
will be det erred when swit ching t he CHT port
at t ribut e ( including aut om at ic swit ching when
execut ing CESTPATH and CDELPATH in case of Mode
114= ON) .
M ode 2 9 2 = ON :
When swit ching t he port at t ribut e, issue t he OLS
( 100m s) first , and t hen reset t he Chip.
M ode 2 9 2 = OFF ( default ) :
When swit ching t he port at t ribut e, reset t he Chip
wit hout issuing t he OLS.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
305 Mainfram e This m ode enables t he pre- label funct ion ( creat ion OFF MCU/ RCU
of VTOC including VOLSER) .
Mode 305 = ON:
Pre- label funct ion is enabled
Not e:
1. Set SOM 305 t o ON before perform ing LDEV
Form at for a m ainfram e volum e if you want t o
perform OS I PL ( volum e online) wit hout fully
init ializing t he volum e aft er t he LDEV Form at .
However, full init ializat ion is required in act ual
operat ion.
2. Processing t im e of LDEV form at increases by as
m uch as full init ializat ion t akes.
3. The following funct ions and condit ions are not
support ed.
Quick form at
3390-A ( Dynam ic Provisioning at t ribut e)
Volum e Shredder
4. Full init ializat ion is required in act ual operat ion.
308 TrueCopy for SI M RC= 2180 opt ion OFF MCU
Mainfram e < Descript ion>
Universal SI M RC= 2180 ( RI O pat h failure bet ween MCU and
Replicat or for RCU) was not report ed t o host . DKC report s SSB
Mainfram e wit h F/ M= F5 inst ead of report ing SI M RC= 2180 in
t he case. Micro- program has been m odified t o
report SI M RC= 2180 wit h newly assigned syst em
opt ion Mode as individual funct ion for specific
cust om er.
Usa ge :
M ode 3 0 8 = ON
SI M RC 2180 is report ed which is com pat ible wit h
older Hit achi specificat ion
M ode 3 0 8 = OFF
Report ing is com pat ible wit h I BM - Sense St at us
report of F5.
448 Universal M ode 4 4 8 = ON : ( Enabled) OFF
Replicat or I f t he SVP det ect s a blocked pat h, t he SVP assum es
Universal t hat an error occurred, and t hen im m ediat ely split s
Replicat or for ( suspends) t he m irror.
Mainfram e M ode 4 4 8 = OFF: ( Disabled)
I f t he SVP det ect s a blocked pat h and t he pat h does
not recover wit hin t he specified period of t im e, t he
SVP assum es t hat an error occurred, and t hen split s
( suspends) t he m irror.
N ot e :
The m ode 448 set t ing t akes effect only when m ode
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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
449 Universal Det ect ing and m onit oring pat h blockade bet ween
Replicat or MCU and RCU of Universal Replicat or/ Universal
Universal Replicat or for z/ OS
Replicat or for < Funct ionalit y>
Mainfram e - Mode 449 on: Det ect ing and m onit oring of pat h
blockade will NOT be perform ed.
- Mode 449 off ( default * ) : Det ect ing and
m onit oring of t he pat h blockade will be perform ed.
* Newly shipped DKC will have Mode 449 = ON as
default .
Not e: The m ode st at us will not be changed by t he
m icrocode exchange.
454 Virt ual CLPR ( Funct ion of Virt ual Part it ion Manager) OFF
Part it ion part it ions t he cache m em ory in t he disk subsyst em
Manager int o m ult iple virt ual cache and assigns t he
part it ioned virt ual cache for each use. I f a large
am ount of cache is required for a specific use, it can
m inim ize t he im pact on ot her uses. The CLPR
funct ion works as follows depending on whet her
SOM 454 is set t o ON or OFF.
Mode 454 = OFF ( default ) :
The am ount of t he ent ire dest age processing is
periodically det erm ined by using t he highest
workload of all CLPRs ( * a) . ( The larger t he workload
is, t he larger t he am ount of t he ent ire dest age
processing becom es.)
* a: ( Writ e Pending capacit y of CLPR# x) ÷ ( Cache
capacit y of CLPR# x) , x= 0 t o 31
CLPR whose value above is t he highest of all
CLPRs
Because t he dest age processing would be
accelerat ed depending on CLPR wit h high workload,
when t he workload in a specific CLPR increases, t he
risk of host I / O halt would be reduced.
Therefore, set Mode 454 t o OFF in m ost cases.
Mode 454 = ON:
The am ount of t he ent ire dest age processing is
periodically det erm ined by using t he workload of
t he ent ire syst em ( * b) . ( The larger t he workload is,
t he larger t he am ount of t he ent ire dest age
processing becom es.)
* b: ( Writ e Pending capacit y of t he ent ire syst em ) ÷
( Cache capacit y of t he ent ire syst em )
Because t he dest age processing would not be
accelerat ed even if CLPR has high workload, when
t he workload in a specific CLPR increases, t he risk
of host I / O halt would be increased. Therefore, it is
lim it ed t o set Mode 454 t o ON only when a CLPR has
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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
457 Universal 1. High Speed LDEV Form at for Ext ernal Volum es OFF MCU/ RCU
Volum e Mode 457 = ON: The high speed LDEV form at
Manager for ext ernal volum es is available by set t ing
syst em opt ion m ode 457 t o ON. When Syst em
Opt ion Mode 457 is ON, when select ing t he
ext ernal volum e group and perform ing t he
LDEV form at , any Writ e processing on t he
ext ernal logical unit s will be skipped. However,
if t he em ulat ion t ype of t he ext ernal LDEV is a
m ainfram e syst em , t he Writ e processing for
m ainfram e cont rol inform at ion only will be
perform ed aft er t he writ e skip.
2. Support for Mainfram e Cont rol Block Writ e
GUI Mode 457 = ON: The high speed LDEV
form at for ext ernal volum es is support ed.
Cont rol Block Writ e of t he ext ernal LDEVs in
Mainfram e em ulat ion is support ed by St orage
Navigat or ( GUI ) .
N ot e s:
1. I f t he LDEV is not writ t en wit h dat a “ 0” before
perform ing t he funct ion, t he LDEV form at m ay
fail.
2. Aft er t he form at processing, m ake sure t o set
syst em opt ion m ode 457 t o OFF.
459 ShadowI m age When t he secondary volum e of an SI / SI z pair is an OFF -
for Mainfram e, ext ernal volum e, t he t ransact ion t o change t he
ShadowI m age st at us from SP- PEND t o SPLI T is as follows:
1. Mode 459 = ON when creat ing an SI / SI z pair:
The copy dat a is creat ed in cache m em ory.
When t he writ e processing on t he ext ernal
st orage com plet es and t he dat a is fixed, t he pair
st at us will change t o SPLI T.
2. Mode 459 = OFF when creat ing an SI / SI z pair
Once t he copy dat a has been creat ed in cache
m em ory, t he pair st at us will change t o SPLI T.
The ext ernal st orage dat a is not fixed ( current
spec) .
464 TrueCopy for SI M Report wit hout I nflow Lim it OFF MCU
Mainfram e For TC, t he SI M report for t he volum e wit hout inflow
lim it is available when m ode 464 is set t o ON.
SI M: RC= 490x- yy ( x= CU# , yy= LDEV# )

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
466 Universal For UR/ URz operat ions it is st rongly recom m ended OFF
Replicat or, t hat t he pat h bet ween m ain and rem ot e st orage
Universal syst em s have a m inim um dat a t ransfer speed of
Replicat or for 100 Mbps. I f t he dat a t ransfer speed falls t o 10
Mainfram e Mbps or lower, UR operat ions cannot be properly
processed. As a result , m any ret ries occur and UR
pairs m ay be suspended. Mode 466 is provided t o
ensure proper syst em operat ion for dat a t ransfer
speeds of at least 10 Mbps.
M ode 4 6 6 = ON : Dat a t ransfer speeds of 10 Mbps
and higher are support ed. The JNL read is
perform ed wit h 4- m ult iplexed read size of 256 KB.
M ode 4 6 6 = OFF: For convent ional operat ions.
Dat a t ransfer speeds of 100 Mbps and higher are
support ed. The JNL read is perform ed wit h 32-
m ult iplexed read size of 1 MB by default .
N ot e : The dat a t ransfer speed can be changed
using t he Change JNL Group opt ions.
467 ShadowI m age, For t he following feat ures, t he current copy ON
ShadowI m age processing slows down when t he percent age of
for “ dirt y” dat a is 60% or higher, and it st ops when t he
Mainfram e,Co percent age is 75% or higher. Mode 467 is provided
m pat ible t o prevent t he percent age from exceeding 60% , so
FlashCopy® t hat t he host perform ance is not affect ed.
V2, Snapshot , ShadowI m age, ShadowI m age for Mainfram e,
Volum e Com pat ible FlashCopy® V2, Snapshot , Volum e
Migrat ion, Migrat ion, Universal Volum e Manager
Universal
Volum e M ode 4 6 7 = ON : Copy overload prevent ion. Copy
Manager processing st ops when t he percent age of “ dirt y”
dat a reaches 60% or higher. When t he percent age
falls below 60% , copy processing rest art s.
M ode 4 6 7 = OFF: Norm al operat ion. The copy
processing slows down if t he dirt y percent age is
60% or larger, and it st ops if t he dirt y percent age is
75% or larger.
Ca ut ion: This m ode m ust always be set t o ON when
using an ext ernal volum e as t he secondary volum e
of any of t he above- m ent ioned replicat ion product s.
N ot e : I t t akes longer t o finish t he copy processing
because it st ops for priorit izing t he host I / O
perform ance.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
471 Copy- on- Writ e Since t he SI M- RC 601xxx t hat are generat ed when OFF
Snapshot t he usage rat e of Pool used by Snapshot exceeds
( Earlier t han t he t hreshold value can be resolved by users,
70- 05- 0x- 00/ basically t hey are not report ed t o t he m aint enance
00) personnel.

Copy- on- Writ e This opt ion is used t o inform m aint enance
Snapshot , personnel of t hese SI Ms t hat are basically not
Hit achi Thin report ed t o m aint enance personnel in case t hese
I m age SI Ms m ust be report ed t o t hem .

( 70- 05- 0x- 00/ SI Ms report ed by set t ing t he m ode t o ON are:

00 or higher) • SI M- RC 601xxx ( Pool ut ilizat ion t hreshold
excess) ( Earlier t han 70- 05- 0x- 00/ 00)
• SI M- RC 601xxx ( Pool ut ilizat ion t hreshold
excess) / 603000 ( SM Space Warning) ( 70- 05-
0x- 00/ 00 or higher: )
M ode 4 7 1 = ON :
This kind of SI Ms is report ed t o m aint enance
personnel.
M ode 4 7 1 = OFF ( default ) :
This kind of SI Ms is not report ed t o m aint enance
personnel.
N ot e : Set t his m ode t o ON when it is required t o
inform m aint enance personnel of t he SI M- RC ( * )
SI Ms report ed by set t ing t he m ode t o ON are:
• SI M- RC 601xxx ( Pool ut ilizat ion t hreshold
excess) ( Earlier t han 70- 05- 0x- 00/ 00)
• SI M- RC 601xxx ( Pool ut ilizat ion t hreshold
excess) / 603000 ( SM Space Warning) ( 70- 05-
0x- 00/ 00 or higher: )

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
474 Universal UR init ial copy perform ance can be im proved by OFF MCU/ RCU
Replicat or, issuing a com m and from Raid Manager/ BC Manager
Universal t o execut e a dedicat ed script consist s of UR init ial
Replicat or for copy ( Nocopy) , UR suspend, TC ( Sync) init ial copy,
Mainfram e TC ( Sync) delet e, and UR resync.
Mode 474 = ON:
For a suspended UR pair, a TC- Sync pair can be
creat ed wit h t he sam e P-VOL/ S-VOL so t hat UR
init ial copy t im e can be reduced by using t he
dedicat ed script .
Mode 474 = OFF ( default ) :
For a suspended UR pair, a TC- Sync pair cannot be
creat ed wit h t he sam e P-VOL/ S-VOL. For t his, t he
dedicat ed script cannot be used.
Not e:
1. Set t his m ode for bot h MCU and RCU.
2. When t he m ode is set t o ON;
- Execut e all of pair operat ions from Raid Manager/
BCM.
- Use a dedicat ed script .
- I nit ial copy operat ion is priorit ized over updat e I /
O. Therefore, t he processing speed of t he updat e I /
O slows down by about 15?s per com m and.
3. I f t his m ode is set t o ON, t he processing speed of
updat e I / O slows down by about 15?s per
com m and, version downgrade is disabled, and Take
Over is not available.
4. I f t he m ode is not set t o ON for bot h or eit her
sides, t he behavior is as follows.
- Wit hout set t ing on bot h sides: Norm al UR init ial
copy perform ance.
- Wit h set t ing on MCU/ wit hout set t ing on RCU: TC
Sync pair creat ion fails.
- Wit hout set t ing on MCU/ wit h set t ing on RCU: The
updat e dat a for P-VOL is copied t o t he S-VOL in
synchronous m anner.
- While t he m ode is set t o ON, m icro- program
downgrade is disabled.
- While t he m ode is set t o ON, Take Over funct ion is
disabled.
- The m ode cannot be applied t o a UR pair t hat is
t he 2nd m irror in URxUR m ult i- t arget configurat ion
or URxUR cascade configurat ion. I f applied, TC pair
creat ion is rej ect ed wit h SSB= CBEE out put .

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
484 TrueCopy for The I BM- com pat ible PPRC FC pat h int erface has OFF MCU/ RCU
Mainfram e been support ed wit h RAI D500 50- 06- 11- 00/ 00. As
ShadowI m age t he specificat ion of QUERY display using t his
for Mainfram e int erface ( hereinaft er called New Spec) is different
from t he current specificat ion ( hereinaft er called
Previous Spec) , t his m ode enables t o display t he
PPRC pat h QUERY wit h t he New Spec or Previous
Spec.
M ode 4 8 4 = ON :
PPRC pat h QUERY is displayed wit h t he New Spec.
M ode 4 8 4 = OFF ( default ) :
PPRC pat h QUERY is displayed wit h t he Previous
Spec
( ESCON int erface) .
N ot e :
( 1) Set t his m ode t o ON when you want t o m aint ain
com pat ibilit y wit h t he Previous Spec for PPRC pat h
QUERY display under t he environm ent where I BM
host funct ion ( such as PPRC and GDPS) is used.
( 2) When an old m odel or a RAI D500 t hat doesn’t
support t his m ode is connect ed using TCz, set t his
m ode t o OFF.
( 3) I f t he display specificat ion is different bet ween
MCU and RCU, it m ay cause m alfunct ion of host .
( 4) When TPC- R is used, which is I BM soft ware for
disast er recovery, set t his m ode t o ON.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
491 ShadowI m age Mode 491 is used for im proving t he perform ance of OFF .
ShadowI m age ShadowI m age/ ShadowI m age for Mainfram e/
for Mainfram e ShadowI m age FCv1.
M ode ON : The opt ion ( Reserve05) of
ShadowI m age/ ShadowI m age for Mainfram e is
available. I f t he opt ion is set t o ON, t he copy of
ShadowI m age/ ShadowI m age for Mainfram e/
ShadowI m age FCv1 will be perform ed from 64
processes t o 128 processes so t hat t he perform ance
will be im proved.
M ode OFF ( default ) : The opt ion ( Reserve05) of
ShadowI m age/ ShadowI m age for Mainfram e is
unavailable. The copy ofShadowI m age/
ShadowI m age for Mainfram e/ ShadowI m age FCv1
is perform ed wit h 64 processes.
N ot e :
1. Make sure t o apply m ode 491 when t he
perform ance of ShadowI m age/ ShadowI m age for
Mainfram e/ ShadowI m age FCv1 is considered t o be
im port ant .
2. Make sure not t o apply t he m ode when t he host
I / O perform ance is considered t o be im port ant .
3. The m ode will be noneffect ive if 3 or m ore pairs
of DKAs are not m ount ed.
4. Make sure t o set m ode 467 t o OFF when using
m ode 491, since t he perform ance m ay not im prove.
5. The m ode is noneffect ive for t he NSC m odel.
495 NAS Fun ct ion : OFF
That t he secondary volum e where S-VOL Disable is
set m eans t he NAS file syst em inform at ion is
im port ed in t he secondary volum e. I f t he user has
t o t ake a st ep t o release t he S-VOL Disable at t ribut e
in order t o perform t he rest ore operat ion, it is
against t he policy for t he guard purpose and t he
guard logic t o have t he user uninvolved. I n t his
case, in t he NAS environm ent , Mode 495 can be
used t o enable t he rest ore operat ion.
M ode 4 9 5 = ON :
The rest ore operat ion ?Reverse Copy, Quick
Rest ore) is allowed on t he secondary volum e where
S-VOL Disable is set .
M ode 4 9 5 = OFF ( default ) :
The rest ore operat ion ?Reverse Copy, Quick
Rest ore) is not allowed on t he secondary volum e
where S- VOL Disable is set .

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
506 Universal This opt ion is used t o enable Delt a Resync wit h no OFF MCU/ RCU
Replicat or, host updat e I / O by copying only different ial JNL
Universal inst ead of copying all dat a.
Replicat or for The HUR Different ial Resync configurat ion is
Mainfram e required.
M ode 5 0 6 = ON :
Wit hout updat e I / O: Delt a Resync is enabled.
Wit h updat e I / O: Delt a Resync is enabled.
M ode 5 0 6 = OFF ( default ) :
Wit hout updat e I / O: Tot al dat a copy of Delt a Resync
is perform ed.
Wit h updat e I / O: Delt a Resync is enabled.
N ot e :
Even when m ode 506 is set t o ON, t he Delt a Resync
m ay fail and only t he t ot al dat a copy of t he Delt a
Resync funct ion is allowed if t he necessary j ournal
dat a does not exist on t he prim ary subsyst em used
for t he Delt a Resync operat ion.
530 Universal When a Universal Replicat or for Mainfram e pair is in OFF RCU
Replicat or for t he Duplex st at e, t his opt ion swit ches t he display of
Mainfram e Consist ency Tim e ( C/ T) bet ween t he values at JNL
rest ore com plet ion and at JNL copy com plet ion.
M ode 5 3 0 = ON :
- C/ T displays t he value of when JNL copy is
com plet ed.
M ode 5 3 0 = OFF ( default ) :
C/ T displays t he value of when JNL rest ore is
com plet ed.
N ot e :
At t he t im e of Purge suspend or RCU failure
suspend, t he C/ T of Universal Replicat or for
Mainfram e displayed by Business Cont inuit y
Manager or St orage Navigat or m ay show earlier
t im e t han t he t im e showed when t he pair was in t he
Duplex st at e.
531 Open and When PI N dat a is generat ed, t he SI M current ly OFF MCU/ RCU
Mainfram e st ored in SVP is report ed t o t he host .
M ode 5 3 1 = ON :
The SI M for PI N dat a generat ion is st ored in SVP
and report ed t o t he host .
M ode 5 3 1 = OFF:
The SI M for PI N dat a generat ion is st ored in SVP
only, not report ed t o t he host , t he sam e as t he
current specificat ion.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
548 TrueCopy for This opt ion prevent s pair operat ions of TCz, URz, or
Mainfram e, SI z via Com m and Device online.
Universal M ode 5 4 8 = ON :
Replicat or for
Mainfram e, or Pair operat ions of TC for z/ OS, UR for z/ OS, or SI for
ShadowI m age z/ OS via online Com m and Device are not available.
for Mainfram e SSB= 0x64fb is out put .
from BCM M ode 5 4 8 = OFF:
Pair operat ions of TC for z/ OS, UR for z/ OS, or SI for
z/ OS via online Com m and Device are available. SI M
is out put .
N ot e :
1. When Com m and Device is used online, if a
script cont aining an operat ion via Com m and
Device has been execut ed, t he script m ay st op
if t his opt ion is set t o ON. As described in t he
BCM user ’s guide, t he script m ust be perform ed
wit h Com m and Device offline.
2. This opt ion is applied t o operat ions from BCM
t hat is operat ed on MVS.
556 Open Prevent s an error code from being set in t he 8 - OFF MCU/ RCU
11t h byt es in t he st andard 16- byt e sense byt e.
M ode 5 5 6 = ON :
An error code is not set in t he 8 - 11t h byt es in t he
st andard 16- byt e sense byt e.
M ode 5 5 6 = OFF ( default ) :
An error code is set in t he 8 - 11t h byt es in t he
st andard 16- byt e sense byt e.
561 ShadowI m age, Allows Quick Rest ore for ext ernal volum es wit h OFF MCU/ RCU
Universal different Cache Mode set t ings.
Volum e M ode 5 6 1 = ON :
Manager
Quick Rest ore for ext ernal volum es wit h different
Cache Mode set t ings is prevent ed.
M ode 5 6 1 = OFF ( default ) :
Quick Rest ore for ext ernal volum es wit h different
Cache Mode set t ings is allowed.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
573 TrueCopy for For t he DKU em ulat ion t ype 2105/ 2107, specifying OFF MCU/ RCU
Mainfram e t he CASCADE opt ion for t he I CKDSF ESTPAI R The unit
ShadowI m age com m and is allowed. where TCz
for Mainfram e M ode 5 7 3 = ON : and SI z in a
The ESTPAI R CASCADE opt ion is allowed. cascading
configurat ion
M ode 5 7 3 = OFF ( default ) : use t he sam e
The ESTPAI R CASCADE opt ion is not allowed. volum e
( When specified, t he opt ion is rej ect ed.)
N ot e s:
1. When DKC em ulat ion t ype is 2105/ 2107, t his
m ode is applied in t he case where pair creat ion in
TCz – SI z cascading configurat ion in t he I CKDSF
environm ent fails wit h t he following m essage
out put .
Message: I CK30111I DEVI CE SPECI FI ED I S THE
SECONDARY OF A DUPLEX OR PPRC PAI R
2. The CASCADE opt ion can be specified in t he TSO
environm ent also.
3. Alt hough t he CASCADE opt ion can be specified
for t he ESTPAI R com m and, t he PPRC-XD funct ion is
not support ed.
4. Perform t horough pre- check for any influence on
GDPS/ PPRC.
5. The SOM m ust be enabled only when t he
CASCADE opt ion is specified for t he ESTPAI R
com m and for t he DKC em ulat ion t ype 2105/ 2107.
589 Universal Turning t his opt ion ON changes t he frequency of OFF .
Volum e progress updat es when disconnect ing an ext ernal
Manager volum e. of disconnect ion is changed.
im provem ent in dest aging t o t he pool by achieving
efficient HDD access.
Mode 589 = ON: For each ext ernal volum e,
progress is updat ed only when t he progress rat e is
100%
Mode 589 = OFF ( default ) : Progress is updat ed
when t he progress rat e exceeds t he previous level.
N ot e s:
1. Set t his opt ion t o ON when disconnect ing an
ext ernal volum e while t he specific host I O
operat ion is online and it s perform ance
requirem ent is severe.
2. Whet her t he disconnect ing st at us for each
ext ernal volum e is progressed or not cannot be
confirm ed on St orage Navigat or ( I t indicat es “ -
“ unt il j ust before t he com plet ion and at t he last
it changes t o 100% ) .

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
598 Universal This m ode is used t o report SI Ms ( RC= DCE0 t o ON .
Replicat or for DCE3) t o a Mainfram e host t o warn t hat a URz
Mainfram e j ournal is full.
M ode 5 9 8 = ON :
SI Ms ( RC= DCE0 t o DEC3) t o warn t hat a JNL is full
are report ed t o SVP and t he host .
M ode 5 9 8 = OFF ( default ) :
SI Ms ( RC= DCE0 t o DEC3) t o warn t hat a JNL is full
are report ed t o SVP only.
N ot e s:
1. This m ode is applied if SI Ms ( RC= DCE0 t o
DCE3) need t o be report ed t o a Mainfram e host .
2. The SI Ms are not report ed t o t he Open server.
3. SI Ms for JNL full ( RC= DCE0 and DCE1) on MCU
are report ed t o t he host connect ed wit h MCU.
4. SI Ms for JNL full ( RC= DCE2 and DCE3) on RCU
are report ed t o t he host connect ed wit h RCU.
676 Audit Log This opt ion is used t o set whet her an audit log is t o OFF .
be st ored ont o t he syst em disk or not .
M ode 6 7 6 = ON :
An audit log is st ored ont o t he syst em disk.
M ode 6 7 6 = OFF ( default ) :
An audit log is not st ored ont o t he syst em disk.
This m ode is also enabled/ disabled by enabling/
disabling Audit Log Buffer on t he [ Audit Log
Set t ing...] window, which can be opened by
select ing [ Set t ings] - > [ Securit y] - > [ Audit Log
Set t ing...] on St orage Navigat or.
N ot e s:
1. 1. This opt ion is applied t o t he sit es where t he
level of im port ance of an audit log is high.
2. A syst em disk wit h available space of m ore
t han 130 MB ( 185 cylinders when t he t rack
form at is 3380/ 6586/ NF80, and 154 cylinders
when t he t rack form at is 3390/ 6588) m ust
exist . ( Ot herwise, audit log is not st ored even
t his opt ion is ON) .
3. Make sure t o t urn t his opt ion on aft er preparing
a norm al syst em disk t hat m eet s t he condit ion
in ( 2) . I f Define Configurat ion & I nst all is
perform ed, t urn t his opt ion on aft er form at t ing
t he syst em disk.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
689 TrueCopy for This opt ion is used t o slow down t he init ial copy and OFF .
Mainfram e resync copy operat ions when t he Writ e Pending rat e
ShadowI m age on RCU exceeds 60% .
for Mainfram e M ode 6 8 9 = ON :
The init ial copy and resync copy operat ions are
slowed down when t he Writ e Pending rat e on RCU
exceeds 60% .
* : From RAI D700, if t he Writ e Pending rat e of CLPR
where t he init ial copy t arget secondary volum e
belongs t o is not over 60% but t hat of MP PCB
where t he S-VOL belongs t o is over 60% , t he init ial
copy operat ion is slowed down.
M ode 6 8 9 = OFF ( default ) :
The init ial copy and resync copy operat ions are not
slowed down when t he Writ e Pending rat e on RCU
exceeds 60% ( t he sam e as before) .
N ot e :
1. 1. This m ode can be set online.
2. 2. The m icro- program s on bot h MCU and RCU
m ust support t his m ode.
3. 3. This m ode should be set per cust om er ’s
request s.
4. 4. I f t he Writ e Pending st at us long keeps 60%
or m ore on RCU, it t akes ext ra t im e for t he
init ial copy and resync copy t o be com plet ed by
m aking up for t he slowed down copy operat ion.
5. 5.From RAI D700, if t he Writ e Pending rat e of
CLPR where t he init ial copy t arget secondary
volum e belongs t o is not over 60% but t hat of
MP PCB where t he S-VOL belongs t o is over
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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
690 Universal This opt ion is used t o prevent Read JNL or JNL OFF .
Replicat or, Rest ore when t he Writ e Pending rat e on RCU
Universal exceeds 60% as follows:
Replicat or for • When CLPR of JNL- Volum e exceeds 60% , Read
Mainfram e JNL is prevent ed.
• When CLPR of Dat a ( secondary) -Volum e
exceeds 60% , JNL Rest ore is prevent ed.
M ode 6 9 0 = ON :
Read JNL or JNL Rest ore is prevent ed when t he
Writ e Pending rat e on RCU exceeds 60% .
M ode 6 9 0 = OFF ( default ) :
Read JNL or JNL Rest ore is not prevent ed when t he
Writ e Pending rat e on RCU exceeds 60% ( t he sam e
as before) .
N ot e s:
1. This m ode can be set online.
2. This m ode should be set per cust om er ’s
request s.
3. I f t he Writ e Pending st at us long keeps 60% or
m ore on RCU, it t akes ext ra t im e for t he init ial
copy t o be com plet ed by m aking up for t he
prevent ed copy operat ion.
4. I f t he Writ e Pending st at us long keeps 60% or
m ore on RCU, t he pair st at us m ay becom e
Suspend due t o t he JNL-Vol being full.
696 Open This m ode is available t o enable or disable t he QoS OFF .
funct ion.
M ode 6 9 6 = ON :
QoS is enabled. ( I n accordance wit h t he Share value
set t o SM, I / Os are scheduled. The Share value
set t ing from RMLI B is accept ed)
M ode 6 9 6 = OFF ( default ) :
QoS is disabled. ( The Share value set t o SM is
cleared. I / O scheduling is st opped. The Share value
set t ing from host is rej ect ed)
N ot e :
1. Set t his m ode t o ON when you want t o enable t he
QoS funct ion.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
701 Universal I ssues t he Read com m and at t he logical unit OFF .
Volum e discovery operat ion using UVM.
Manager M ode 7 0 1 = ON :
The Read com m and is issued at t he logical unit
discovery operat ion.
M ode 7 0 1 = OFF:
The Read com m and is not issued at t he logical unit
discovery operat ion.
N ot e s:
1. When t he Open LDEV Guard at t ribut e ( VMA) is
defined on an ext ernal device, set t he syst em
opt ion t o ON.
2. When t his opt ion is set t o ON, it t akes longer
t im e t o com plet e t he logical unit discovery. The
am ount of t im e depends on ext ernal st orages.
3. Wit h t his syst em opt ion OFF, if searching for
ext ernal devices wit h VMA set , t he VMA
inform at ion cannot be read.
4. When t he m ode is set t o ON while t he following
condit ions are m et , t he ext ernal volum e is
blocked.
a. RAI D700 70- 03- 3x- 00/ 00 or higher version is
used on t he st orage syst em .
b. An ext ernal volum e t o which Nondisrupt ive
Migrat ion ( NDM) at t ribut e is set exist s.
c. The ext ernal volum e is reserved by t he host
5. As t he VMA inform at ion is USP/ NSC specific,
t his m ode does not need t o be ON when t he
ext ernal st orage is ot her t han USP/ NSC.
6. Set t he m ode t o OFF when t he following
condit ions are m et .
a. RAI D700 70- 03- 3x- 00/ 00 or higher version is
used on t he st orage syst em
b. An ext ernal volum e t o which Nondisrupt ive
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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
704 Open and To reduce t he chance of MI H, t his opt ion can reduce OFF .
Mainfram e t he priorit y of SI , VM, CoW Snapshot , Flash Copy or
Resync copy int ernal I O request s so t hat host I O
has a higher priorit y. This m ode creat es new work
queues where t hese j obs can be assigned wit h a
lower priorit y.
M ode 7 0 4 = ON :
Copy processing request ed is regist ered int o a
newly creat ed queue so t hat t he processing is
scheduled wit h lower priorit y t han host I / O.
M ode 7 0 4 = OFF: ( Default )
Copy processing request ed is not regist ered int o a
newly creat ed queue. Only t he exist ing queue is
used.
N ot e :
I f t he PDEV is highly loaded, t he priorit y of Read/
Writ e processing m ade by SI , VM, Snapshot ,
Com pat ible FlashCopy® V2 or Resync m ay becom e
lower. As a consequence t he copy speed m ay be
slower.
720 Universal Support s t he Act ive Pat h Load Balancing ( APLB) OFF .
Volum e m ode.
Manager M ode 7 2 0 = ON :
( Mainfram e
and Open) The alt ernat e pat h of EVA ( A/ A) is used in t he APLB
m ode.
M ode 7 2 0 = OFF ( default ) :
The alt ernat e pat h of EVA ( A/ A) is used in t he Single
m ode.
N ot e :
Though online set t ing is available, t he set t ing will
not be enabled unt il Check Pat hs is perform ed for
t he m apped ext ernal device.

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721 Open and When a parit y group is uninsulat ed or inst alled, t he OFF .
Mainfram e following operat ion is perform ed according t o t he
set t ing of m ode 721.
M ode 7 2 1 = ON :
When a parit y group is uninst alled or inst alled, t he
LED of t he drive for uninst allat ion is not illum inat ed,
and t he inst ruct ion m essage for rem oving t he drive
does not appear. Also, t he windows ot her t han t hat
of parit y group, such as DKA or DKU, are
unavailable t o select .
M ode 7 2 1 = OFF ( default ) :
When a parit y group is uninst alled or inst alled, t he
operat ion is as before: t he LED of t he drive is
illum inat ed, and t he drive m ust be unm ount ed and
rem ount ed.
N ot e s:
1. When t he RAI D level or em ulat ion t ype is
changed for t he exist ing parit y group, t his
opt ion should be applied only if t he drive
m ount ed posit ion rem ains t he sam e at t he t im e
of t he parit y group uninst allat ion or inst allat ion.
2. Aft er t he operat ion using t his opt ion is
com plet ed, t he m ode m ust be set back t o OFF;
ot herwise, t he LED of t he drive t o be rem oved
will not be illum inat ed at subsequent parit y
group uninst alling operat ions.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
725 Universal This opt ion det erm ines t he act ion t hat will be t aken OFF .
part 1 Volum e when t he st at us of an ext ernal volum e is Not Ready
of 2 Manager M ode 7 2 5 = ON :
When Not Ready is ret urned, t he ext ernal pat h is
blocked and t he pat h st at us can be aut om at ically
recovered ( Not Ready blockade) . Not e t hat t he t wo
behaviors, aut om at ic recovery and block, m ay be
repeat ed.
For version 60- 05- 06- 00/ 00 and lat er, when t he
st at us of a device is Not Ready blockade, Device
Healt h Check is execut ed aft er 30 seconds.
M ode 7 2 5 = OFF ( default ) :
When Not Ready is ret urned t hree t im es in t hree
m inut es, t he pat h is blocked and t he pat h st at us
cannot be aut om at ically recovered ( Response error
blockade) .
N ot e s:
1. For R700 70- 01- 62- 00/ 00 and lower ( wit hin 70-
01-xx range)
Applying t his SOM is prohibit ed when USP
V/ VM is used as an ext ernal subsyst em and
it s ext ernal volum e is DP- VOL.
Applying t his SOM is recom m ended when
t he above condit ion ( 1) is not m et and SUN
st orage is used as an ext ernal st orage.
Applying t his SOM is recom m ended if t he
above condit ion ( 1) is not m et and a
m aint enance operat ion such as firm ware
updat e causing cont roller reboot is
execut ed on t he ext ernal st orage side while
a st orage syst em ot her t han Hit achi product
is used as an ext ernal subsyst em .
2. For R700 70- 02- xx- 00/ 00 and higher
Applying t his SOM is prohibit ed when USP
V/ VM is used as an ext ernal subsyst em and
it s ext ernal volum e is DP- VOL.
Applying t his SOM is recom m ended when
t he above condit ion ( 1) is not m et and SUN
st orage is used as an ext ernal st orage.
Applying t his SOM is recom m ended when
t he above condit ion ( 1) is not m et and EMC
CX series or Fuj it su Fibre CAT CX series is
used as an ext ernal st orage.
Applying t his SOM is recom m ended if t he
above condit ion ( 1) is not m et and a
m aint enance operat ion such as firm ware
updat e causing cont roller reboot is
execut ed on t he ext ernal st orage side while
a st orage syst em ot her t han Hit achi product
is used as an ext ernal subsyst em .
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725 Universal Not es: ( cont inued) OFF .
part 2 Volum e 3. While USP V/ VM is used as an ext ernal
of 2 Manager subsyst em and it s volum e is DP-VOL, if SOM e Pool-
VOLs const it ut ing t he DP- VOL are blocked, ext ernal
pat h blockade and recovery occurs repeat edly.
4. When a virt ual volum e m apped by UVM is set t o
pool-VOL and used as DP-VOL in local subsyst em ,
t his SOM can be applied wit hout problem .
729 Dynam ic To set t he Prot ect at t ribut e for t he t arget DP-VOL OFF .
Provisioning using Dat a Ret ent ion Ut ilit y ( DRU) , when any writ e
Dat a Ret ent ion operat ion is request ed t o t he area where t he page
Ut ilit y allocat ion is not provided at a t im e when t he HDP
Pool is full.
M ode 7 2 9 = ON :
To set t he Prot ect at t ribut e for t he t arget DP-VOL
using DRU, when any writ e operat ion is request ed
t o t he area where t he page allocat ion is not
provided at a t im e when t he HDP pool is full. ( Not
t o set in t he case of Read request .)
M ode 7 2 9 = OFF ( default ) :
Not t o set t he Prot ect at t ribut e for t he t arget DP-
VOL using DRU, when any writ e operat ion is
request ed t o t he area where t he page allocat ion is
not provided at a t im e when HDP pool is full.
N ot e s:
1. This SOM is applied when:
- The t hreshold of pool is high ( e.g., 95% ) and
t he pool m ay be full.
- File syst em is used.
- Dat a Ret ent ion Ut ilit y is inst alled.
2. Since t he Prot ect at t ribut e is set for V-VOL, t he
Read operat ion cannot be allowed as well.
3. When Dat a Ret ent ion Ut ilit y is not inst alled, t he
desired effect is not achieved.
4. Prot ect at t ribut e can be released from t he Dat a
Ret ent ion window of St orage Navigat or aft er
releasing t he full st at us of t he pool by adding a
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733 Volum e This opt ion enables t o suspend Volum e Migrat ion or OFF .
Migrat ion, Quick Rest ore operat ion during LDEV- relat ed
ShadowI m age, m aint enance.
ShadowI m age M ode 7 3 3 = ON :
for Mainfram e Volum e Migrat ion or Quick Rest ore operat ion during
LDEV- relat ed m aint enance is not suspended
M ode 7 3 3 = OFF ( default ) :
Volum e Migrat ion or Quick Rest ore operat ion during
LDEV- relat ed m aint enance is suspended
Not es:
1. This opt ion should be applied when Volum e
Migrat ion or Quick Rest ore operat ion can be
suspended during LDEV- relat ed m aint enance.
2. Set m ode 733 t o ON if you want t o perform any
LDEV- relat ed m aint enance act ivit ies and you do not
want t hese operat ions t o fail when Volum e
Migrat ion or Quick Rest ore is act ive.
3. This opt ion is recom m ended as funct ional
im provem ent t o avoid m aint enance failures. I n SOM
e cases of a failure in LDEV- relat ed m aint enance
wit hout set t ing t he opt ion, St orage Navigat or
operat ions m ay be unavailable.
4. There is t he pot ent ial for LDEV- relat ed
m aint enance act ivit ies t o fail when Volum e
Migrat ion and Quick Rest ore is act ive wit hout
set t ing t he opt ion.

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734 Microcode When exceeding t he pool t hreshold, t he SI M is OFF .
version V02 report ed as follows:
and lower: Mode 734 = ON: The SI M is report ed at t he t im e
Dynam ic when exceeding t he pool t hreshold. I f t he pool
Provisioning usage rat e cont inues t o exceed t he pool t hreshold,
t he SI M is repeat edly report ed every eight ( 8)
hours. Once t he pool usage rat e falls below t he pool
Microcode t hreshold, and t hen exceeds again, t he SI M is
version V02 report ed.
+ 1 and higher:
Mode 734 = OFF ( default ) : The SI M is report ed at
Dynam ic t he t im e when exceeding t he pool t hreshold. The
Provisioning SI M is not report ed while t he pool usage rat e
Dynam ic cont inues t o exceed t he pool t hreshold. Once t he
Provisioning pool usage rat e falls below t he pool t hreshold and
for Mainfram e t hen exceeds again, t he SI M is report ed.
N ot e s:
1. This opt ion is t urned ON t o prevent t he writ e I /
O operat ion from being unavailable due t o pool
full.
2. I f t he exceeding pool t hreshold SI M occurs
frequent ly, ot her SI Ms m ay not be report ed.
3. Though t urning on t his opt ion can increase t he
warning effect , if m easures such as adding a
pool fail t o be done in t im e so t hat t he pool
becom es full, MODE 729 can be used t o prevent
file syst em s from being dest royed.
4. Turning on MODE 741 can provide t he SI M
report t o not only t he users but also t he service
personnel.
741 Microcode The opt ion enables t o swit ch over whet her t o report OFF -
version V02 t he following SI M for users t o t he service personnel:
and lower: SI M- RC 625000 ( HDP pool usage rat e cont inues t o
Dynam ic exceed t he t hreshold)
Provisioning Mode 741 = ON: SI M is report ed t o t he service
Microcode personnel
version V02 Mode 741 = OFF ( default ) : SI M is not report ed t o
+ 1 and higher: t he service personnel
Dynam ic N ot e :
Provisioning,
Dynam ic 1. This opt ion is set t o ON t o have SI M for users
Provisioning report ed t o t he service personnel:
for Mainfram e - For t he syst em where SNMP and E- m ail
not ificat ion are not set .
- I f St orage Navigat or is not periodically
act ivat ed.
2. When MODE 734 is t urned OFF, SI M- RC625000
is not report ed; accordingly t he SI M is not
report ed t o t he service personnel even t hough
t his opt ion is ON.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
745 Universal Enables t o change t he area where t he inform at ion OFF -
Volum e is obt ained as t he Charact erist ic1 it em from
Manager SYMMETRI X.
Mode 7 4 5 = ON :
• The area where t he inform at ion is obt ained as
t he Charact erist ic1 it em from SYMMETRI X is
changed.
• When CheckPat hs or Device Healt h Check ( 1/
hour) is perform ed, t he inform at ion of an
already- m apped ext ernal volum e is updat ed t o
t he one aft er change.
M ode 7 4 5 = OFF ( default ) :
• The area where t he inform at ion is obt ained as
t he Charact erist ic1 it em from SYMMTRI X is set
t o t he default .
• When CheckPat hs or Device Healt h Check ( 1/
hour) is perform ed, t he inform at ion of an
already- m apped ext ernal volum e is updat ed t o
t he default .
N ot e s:
1. This opt ion is applied when t he Charact erist ic1
it em is displayed in sym bols while t he EMC
SYMMETRI X is connect ed using UVM.
2. Enable t he set t ing of EMC SCSI Flag SC3 for t he
port of t he SYMMETRI X connect ed wit h Virt ual
St orage Plat form . I f t he set t ing of EMC SCSI
Flag SC3 is not enabled, t he effect of t his m ode
m ay not be achieved.
3. I f you want t o enable t his m ode im m ediat ely
aft er set t ing, perform Check Pat hs on each pat h
one by one for all t he ext ernal port s connect ed
t o t he SYMMETRI X. Wit hout doing Check Pat hs,
t he display of Charact erist ic1 can be changed
aut om at ically by t he Device Healt h Check
perform ed once per hour. I f SSB= AD02 occurs
and a pat h is blocked, perform Check Pat hs on
t his pat h again.
4. I f Check Pat hs is perform ed while
ShadowI m age for Mainfram e pair and
Com pat ible FlashCopy® V2 Mirror pair are
defined in t he specified volum e, t he Check
Pat hs operat ion is rej ect ed wit h a m essage “ 605
2518”. I f ShadowI m age for Mainfram e pair and
Com pat ible FlashCopy® V2 Mirror pair are
defined in t he specified volum e, do not perform
Check Pat hs and wait unt il t he display is
aut om at ically changed.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
749 Microcode Disables t he Dynam ic Provisioning Rebalance OFF .
version V02 funct ion t hat allows t he HDDs of all ECC Groups in
and lower: t he pool t o share t he load.
Dynam ic M ode 7 4 9 = ON :
Provisioning, The Dynam ic Provisioning Rebalance funct ion is
Dynam ic disabled.
Tiering
M ode 7 4 9 = OFF ( default ) :
Microcode
version The Dynam ic Provisioning Rebalance funct ion is
V02_I CS or act ivat ed.
V02+ 1: N ot e s:
Dynam ic 1. This opt ion is applied when no change in
Provisioning perform ance charact erist ic is desired.
Dynam ic 2. All HDP pools are subj ect t o t he HDP Rebalance
Provisioning funct ion.
for Mainfram e
3. When a pool is newly inst alled, t he load m ay be
Dynam ic concent rat ed on t he inst alled pool volum es.
Tiering
4. When 0 dat a discarding is execut ed, load m ay
Microcode be unbalanced am ong pool volum es.
version V03
and higher:
Dynam ic
Provisioning
Dynam ic
Provisioning
for Mainfram e
Dynam ic
Tiering
Dynam ic
Tiering for
Mainfram e
757 Open and Enables/ disables out put of in- band audit logs. OFF MCU/ RCU
Mainfram e M ode 7 5 7 = ON :
Out put is disabled.
M ode 7 7 6 = OFF ( default ) :
Out put is enabled.
N ot e s:
1. Mode 757 applies t o t he sit es where out put t ing
t he I n- band audit logs is not needed.
2. When t his opt ion is set t o ON
- There is no access t o SM for t he I n- band audit
logs, which can avoid t he corresponding
perform ance degradat ion.
- SM is not used for t he I n- band audit logs.
3. I f out put t ing t he I n- band audit log is desired,
set t his m ode t o OFF.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
762 Universal This m ode enables t o set t le t he dat a t o RCU OFF RCU
Replicat or for according t o t he t im e st am p specified in t he ( On RCU
Mainfram e com m and when a Flush suspension for an EXCTG is side,
perform ed from BCM. considerat ion
M ode 7 6 2 = ON : in Takeover is
The dat a is set t led t o RCU according t o t he t im e required for
st am p specified in t he com m and. set t ing)

M ode 7 6 2 = OFF ( default ) :

The dat a is set t led t o RCU according t o t he t im e
st am p t hat RCU has received.
N ot e s:
1. This m ode is applied under t he following
condit ions.
( 1) Universal Replicat or for Mainfram e.
( 2) EXCTG configurat ion.
( 3) Flush suspension wit h an EXCTG specified is
execut ed.
( 4) BCM is inst alled on t he host where t he t im e
st am ping funct ion is available.
( I n t he case of m ult iple- host configurat ion,
SYSPLEX t im er is available on t he syst em )
2. I f t his m ode is set t o ON while t he BCM does not
exist in t he environm ent where t he t im e st am ping
funct ion is available ( I n t he case of m ult iple- host
configurat ion, SYSPLEX t im er is available on t he
syst em ) , t he pair st at us m ay not becom e Suspend
aft er Flush suspension for an EXCTG.
3. Do not set t his m ode t o ON if t he BCM does not
exist in t he environm ent where t he t im e st am ping
funct ion is available ( I n t he case of m ult iple- host
configurat ion, SYSPLEX t im er is available on t he
syst em ) .

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
769 TrueCopy This m ode cont rols whet her t he ret ry operat ion is OFF MCU and RCU
TrueCopy for execut ed or not when a pat h creat ion operat ion is
Mainfram e execut ed.

Universal ( The funct ion applies t o bot h of CU FREE pat h and

Replicat or CU single pat h for Open and Mainfram e) .

Universal M ode 7 6 9 = ON :
Replicat or for The ret ry operat ion is disabled when t he pat h
Mainfram e creat ion operat ion is execut ed ( ret ry operat ion is
not execut ed) .
M ode 7 6 9 = OFF ( default ) :
The ret ry operat ion is enabled when t he pat h
creat ion operat ion is execut ed ( ret ry operat ion is
execut ed) .
N ot e s:
1. This m ode is applied when t he t hree condit ions
below are m et :
SOM 114 is set t o OFF ( operat ion of
aut om at ically swit ching t he port is
disabled) .
HMO 49 and HMO 50 are set t o OFF ( 70- 02-
31- 00/ 00 and higher) .
TPC- R is used ( it is not applied in norm al
operat ion) .
2. When SOM 769 is set t o ON, SOM 114, HMO 49
and HMO 50 m ust not be set t o ON.
3. I n eit her of t he following cases, t he pat h
creat ing operat ion m ay fail aft er aut om at ic port
swit ching is execut ed.
SOM 114 is set t o ON.
HMO 49 and HMO 50 are set t o ON.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
776 TrueCopy for This m ode enables/ disables t o out put t he F/ M= FB OFF .
Mainfram e, m essage t o t he host when t he st at us of P-VOL
Business changes t o Suspend during a TC/ TCA S-VOL pair
Cont inuit y suspend or delet ion operat ion from BCM.
Manager M ode 7 7 6 = ON :
When t he st at us of P- VOL changes t o Suspend
during a TC/ TCA S-VOL pair suspend or delet ion
operat ion from BCM, t he F/ M= FB m essage is not
out put t o t he host .
M ode 7 7 6 = OFF ( default ) :
When t he st at us of P- VOL changes t o Suspend
during a TC/ TCA S-VOL pair suspend or delet ion
operat ion from BCM, t he F/ M= FB m essage is out put
t o t he host .
N ot e s:
1. Set t his m ode t o ON in t he environm ent where
TC/ TCA for z/ OS is used from BCM and t he MCU
host does not need t he F/ M= FB m essage out put
during an S-VOL pair suspend or delet ion operat ion
from BCM.
2. I f t his m ode is set t o ON, t he F/ M= FB m essage is
not out put t o t he host when t he st at us of P-VOL
changes t o Suspend during a TC/ TCA S-VOL pair
suspend or delet ion operat ion from BCM
3. I f t he PPRC it em of CU opt ion is set t o NO, t he F/
M= FB m essage is not out put t o t he host regardless
of set t ing of t his m ode.
4. I f t he funct ion swit ch# 07 is set t o “ enable”, t he
F/ M= FB m essage is not out put t o t he host
regardless of set t ing of t his m ode.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
784 TrueCopy This m ode can reduce t he MI H wat ch t im e of RI / O OFF MCU/ RCU
1 of 2 TrueCopy for for a TrueCopy for Mainfram eS or Cont inuous
Mainfram e Access Synchronous pair int ernally so t hat updat e I /
Os can cont inue by using an alt ernat e pat h wit hout
MI H or t im e- out occurrence in t he environm ent
where Mainfram e host MI H is set t o 15 seconds, or
Open host t im e- out t im e is short ( 15 seconds or
less) . The m ode is effect ive at init ial pair creat ion or
Resync operat ion for Hit achi TrueCopy®
Synchronous soft ware for Mainfram e or Cont inuous
Access Synchronous. ( Not effect ive by j ust set t ing
t his m ode t o ON)
M ode 7 8 4 = OFF ( default ) :
The operat ion is processed in accordance wit h t he
TC Sync for z/ OS or TC Sync specificat ion.
Spe cia l D ir e ct ion
• ( 1) The m ode is applied t o t he environm ent
where Mainfram e host MI H t im e is set t o 15
seconds.
• ( 2) The m ode is applied t o t he environm ent
where OPEN host t im e- out t im e is set t o 15
seconds or less.
• ( 3) The m ode is applied t o reduce RI / O MI H
t im e t o 5 seconds.
• ( 4) The m ode is effect ive for t he ent ire syst em .
N ot e s:
1. This funct ion is available for all t he TC Sync for
z/ OS and TC Sync pairs on t he subsyst em ,
unable t o specify t he pairs t hat are using t his
funct ion or not .
2. RAI D700) To apply t he m ode t o TC Sync, bot h
MCU and RCU m ust be RAI D700 and m icro-
program m ust be t he support version on bot h
sides. I f eit her one of MCU or RCU is RAI D600,
t he funct ion cannot be applied.
3. For a TC Sync for z/ OS or TC Sync pair wit h t he
m ode effect ive ( RI / O MI H t im e is 5 seconds) ,
t he set t ing of RI / O MI H t im e m ade at RCU
regist rat ion ( default is 15 seconds, which can
be changed wit hin range from 10 t o 100
seconds) is invalid. However, RI / O MI H t im e
displayed on St orage Navigat or and CCI is not
" 5 seconds" but is what set at RI / O regist rat ion.
4. To apply t he m ode t o TC Sync for z/ OS, MCU
and RCU m ust be RAI D600 or RAI D700 and
m icro- program m ust be t he support version on
bot h sides.
5. I f a failure occurs on t he swit ched pat h bet ween
DKCs, Mainfram e host MI H or Open server
t im e- out m ay occur.
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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
784 TrueCopy N ot e s: ( cont inued) OFF MCU/ RCU
2 of 2 TrueCopy for 6. I f an MP t o which t he pat h bet ween DKCs belongs
Mainfram e is overloaded, swit ching t o an alt ernat e pat h delays
and host MI H or t im e- out m ay occur.
7. I f an RI / O ret ry occurs due t o ot her fact ors t han
RI / O MI H ( 5 sec) , such as a check condit ion report
issued from RCU t o MCU, t he RI / O ret ry is
perform ed on t he sam e pat h inst ead of an alt ernat e
pat h. I f a response delay t o t he RI / O occurs
const ant ly on t his pat h due t o pat h failure or link
delay, host MI H or t im e- out m ay occur due t o
response t im e accum ulat ion for each RI / O ret ried
wit hin 5 seconds.
8. Even t hough t he m ode is set t o ON, if
Mainfram e host MI H t im e or Open host t im e- out
t im e is set t o 10 seconds or less, host MI H or t im e-
out m ay occur due t o a pat h failure bet ween DKCs.
9. Operat ion com m ands are not available for
prom pt ly swit ching t o an alt ernat e pat h.
10. The m ode works for t he pair for which init ial
pair creat ion or Resync operat ion is execut ed.
11. Micro- program downgrade t o an unsupport ed
version cannot be execut ed unless all t he TC Sync
for z/ OS or TC Sync pairs are suspended or delet ed.
12. See t he appendix of t he SOM for operat ional
specificat ions in each com binat ion of MCU and RCU.
787 Com pat ible This m ode enables t he bat ch prefet ch copy. OFF ..
FlashCopy( R) M ode 7 8 7 = ON :
V2
The bat ch prefet ch copy is execut ed for an FCv2
pair and a Preserve Mirror pair
M ode 7 8 7 = OFF ( default ) :
The bat ch prefet ch copy is not execut ed.
N ot e s:
1. When t he m ode is set t o ON, t he perform ance
charact erist ic regarding sequent ial I / Os t o t he
FCv2t arget VOL changes.
2. The m ode is applied only when SOM 577 is set
t o OFF
3. The m ode is applied if response perform ance for
a host I / O issued t o t he FCv2 t arget VOL is
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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
803 Dynam ic While a HDP pool VOL is blocked, if a read or writ e OFF ..
Provisioning, I / O is issued t o t he blocked pool VOL, t his m ode can
Dat a Ret ent ion enable t he Prot ect at t ribut e of DRU for t he t arget
Ut ilit y DP-VOL.
M ode 8 0 3 = ON :
While a HDP pool VOL is blocked, if a read or writ e
I / O is issued t o t he blocked pool VOL, t he DRU
at t ribut e is set t o Prot ect .
M ode 8 0 3 = OFF ( default ) :
While a HDP pool VOL is blocked, if a read or writ e
I / O is issued t o t he blocked pool VOL, t he DRU
at t ribut e is not set t o Prot ect .
N ot e s:
1. 1. This m ode is applied when
- a file syst em using HDP pool VOLs is used.
- Dat a Ret ent ion Ut ilit y is inst alled.
2. 2. Because t he DRU at t ribut e is set t o Prot ect
for t he V-VOL, a read I / O is also disabled.
3. 3. I f Dat a Ret ent ion Ut ilit y is not inst alled, t he
expect ed effect cannot be achieved.
4. 4. The Prot ect at t ribut e of DRU for t he HDP V-
VOL can be released on t he Dat a Ret ent ion
window of St orage Navigat or aft er recovering
t he blocked pool VOL.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
855 ShadowI m age, By swit ching t he m ode t o ON/ OFF when
ShadowI m age ShadowI m age is used wit h SOM 467 set t o ON,
for Mainfram e, copy processing is cont inued or st opped as follows.
Volum e M ode 8 5 5 = ON :
Migrat ion
When t he am ount of dirt y dat a is wit hin t he range
from 58% t o 63% , t he next copy processing is
cont inued aft er t he dirt y dat a creat ed in t he
previous copy is cleared t o prevent t he am ount of
dirt y dat a from increasing ( copy aft er dest aging) . I f
t he am ount of dirt y dat a exceeds 63% , t he copy
processing is st opped.
M ode 8 5 5 = OFF ( default ) :
The copy processing is st opped when t he am ount of
dirt y dat a is over 60% .
N ot e s:
1. This m ode is applied when all t he following
condit ions are m et
ShadowI m age is used wit h SOM 467 set t o
ON.
Writ e pending rat e of an MP blade t hat has
LDEV ownership of t he copy t arget is high
Usage rat e of a parit y group t o which t he
copy t arget LDEV belongs is low.
ShadowI m age copy progress is delayed.
2. This m ode is available only when SOM 467 is set
t o ON.
3. I f t he workload of t he copy t arget parit y group
is high, t he copy processing m ay not be
im proved even if t his m ode is set t o ON
857 OPEN and This m ode enables or disables t o lim it t he cache OFF -
Mainfram e allocat ion capacit y per MPB t o wit hin 128 GB except
for cache residency.
M ode 8 5 7 = ON :
The cache allocat ion capacit y is lim it ed t o wit hin
128 GB.
M ode 8 5 7 = OFF ( default ) :
The cache allocat ion capacit y is not lim it ed t o wit hin
128 GB.
N ot e :
This m ode is used wit h VSP m icrocode version - 04
( 70- 04- 0x- 00/ 00) and earlier. I t is also applied
when downgrading t he m icroprogram from V02
( 70- 02- 02- 00/ 00) or higher t o a version earlier
t han V02 ( 70- 02- 02- 00/ 00) while over 128 GB is
allocat ed.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
867 Dynam ic All- page reclam at ion ( discarding all m apping OFF ..
Provisioning inform at ion bet ween HDP pool and HDP volum es) is
execut ed in DP- VOL LDEV form at . This new m et hod
is enabled or disabled by set t ing t he m ode t o ON or
OFF.
M ode 8 6 7 = ON :
LDEV form at of t he DP-VOL is perform ed wit h page
reclam at ion.
M ode 8 6 7 = OFF ( default ) :
LDEV form at of t he HDP-VOL is perform ed wit h 0
dat a writ ing.
N ot e s:
1. 1. This m ode is applied at recovery aft er a pool
failure.
2. 2. Do not change t he set t ing of t he m ode during
DP-VOL form at .
3. 3. I f t he set t ing of t he m ode is changed during
DP-VOL form at , t he change is not reflect ed t o
t he form at of t he DP-VOL being execut ed but
t he form at cont inues in t he sam e m et hod.
872 Universal When t he m ode is applied, t he order of dat a OFF ..
Volum e t ransfer slot s is guarant eed at t he dest aging from
Manager P9500 t o an ext ernal st orage.
M ode 8 7 2 = ON :
The order of dat a t ransfer slot s from VSP t o an
ext ernal st orage is guarant eed.
M ode 8 7 2 = OFF ( default ) :
The order of dat a t ransfer slot s from VSP t o an
ext ernal st orage is not guarant eed.
I n V03 and lat er versions, t he m ode is set t o ON
before shipm ent .
I f t he m icro- program is exchanged t o a support ed
version ( V03 or lat er) , t he set t ing is OFF as default
and needs t o be set t o ON m anually.
N ot e :
1. This m ode is applied when perform ance
im provem ent at sequent ial writ e in UVM
configurat ion is required.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
894 Mainfram e By disabling cont ext swit ch during dat a t ransfer, OFF
response t im e in low I / O load is im proved.
M ode 8 9 4 = ON :
When all t he following condit ions are m et , t he
cont ext swit ch is disabled during dat a t ransfer.
1. The average MP operat ing rat e of MP PCB is less
t han 40 % , or t he MP operat ing rat e is less t han
50% .
2. Writ e pending rat e is less t han 35 % .
3. Dat a t ransfer lengt h is wit hin 8 KB.
4. The t im e from j ob init iat ion is wit hin 1600 ?s
M ode 8 9 4 = OFF ( default ) :
The cont ext swit ch is enabled during dat a t ransfer.
N ot e s:
1. This m ode is applied when im provem ent of I / O
response perform ance in low workload is
required.
2. Because t he processing on t he Mainfram e
t arget port is priorit ized, ot her processing m ay
t ake longer t im e com pared t o t hat when t he
m ode is set t o OFF.
895 TrueCopy for Set t ing t he m ode t o ON or OFF, t he link t ype wit h OFF ..
Mainfram e t ransfer speed of 8 GBps or 4 GBps is report ed
respect ively.
M ode 8 9 5 = ON :
When t he FI CON/ FC link up speed is 8 GBps, t he
link t ype wit h t ransfer speed of 8 GBps is report ed.
M ode 8 9 5 = OFF ( default ) :
The link t ype wit h t ransfer speed of up t o 4 GBps is
report ed , even when t he act ual t ransfer speed is 8
GBps.
N ot e s:
1. To apply t he m ode, set t he RMF version of
m ainfram e t o be connect ed t o 1.12 or higher.
2. I f t he OS does not use a support ed version, t he
t ransfer speed cannot be displayed correct ly.

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896 Dynam ic The m ode enables or disables t he background OFF ..
Provisioning form at funct ion perform ed on an unform at t ed area
Dynam ic of a HDP/ HDT pool.
Provisioning For t he inform at ion of operat ing condit ions, refer t o
for Mainfram e, Provisioning Guide for Open Syst em s or
Dynam ic Provisioning Guide for Mainfram e Syst em s.
Tiering M ode 8 9 6 = ON :
Dynam ic The background form at funct ion is enabled.
Tiering for M ode 8 9 6 = OFF ( default ) :
Mainfram e,
Hit achi Thin The background form at funct ion is disabled.
I m age Not e:
1. The m ode is applied when a cust om er requires
t he background form at for a DP/ HDT pool in t he
environm ent where new page allocat ion ( for
exam ple, when syst em files are creat ed from a
host for newly creat ed m ult iple HDP VOLs) ,
frequent ly occurs and t he writ e perform ance
degrades because of an increase in writ e
pending rat e.
2. When t he m ode is set t o ON, because up t o
42MB/ s of ECCG perform ance is used, local
copy perform ance m ay degrade by about 10% .
Therefore, confirm whet her t he 10%
perform ance degradat ion is accept able or not
before set t ing t he m ode t o ON.
3. When a Dynam ic Provisioning VOL t hat is used
as an ext ernal VOL is used as a pool VOL, if t he
ext ernal pool becom es full due t o t he
background form at , t he ext ernal VOL m ay be
blocked.
I f t he ext ernal pool capacit y is sm aller t han t he
ext ernal VOL ( Dynam ic Provisioning VOL) , do
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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
897 Dynam ic By t he com binat ion of SOM 897 and 898 set t ing, t he OFF ..
Tiering, expansion widt h of Tier Range upper I / O value
Dynam ic ( I OPH) can be changed as follows.
Tiering for M ode 8 9 7 = ON :
Mainfram e
SOM 898 is OFF: 110% + 0I O
SOM 898 is ON: 110% + 2I O
M ode 8 9 7 = OFF ( Default )
SOM 898 is OFF: 110% + 5I O ( Default )
SOM 898 is ON: 110% + 1I O
By set t ing t he SOM s t o ON t o lower t he upper lim it
for each t ier, t he gray zone bet ween ot her t iers
becom es narrow and t he frequency of page
allocat ion increases.
N ot e s:
1. Apply t he m ode when t he usage of upper t ier is
low and t hat of lower t ier is high.
2. The m ode m ust be used wit h SOM 898.
3. Narrowing t he gray zone increases t he num ber
of pages t o m igrat e bet ween t iers per
relocat ion.
4. When Tier1 is SSD while SOM 901 is set t o ON,
t he effect of SOM 897 and 898 t o t he gray zone
of Tire1 and Tier2 is disabled and t he SOM 901
set t ing is enabled inst ead. I n addit ion, t he
set t ings of SOM 897 and 898 are effect ive for
Tire2 and Tier3.
Please also see spreadsheet " SOM 897_898_901"
for m ore det ails about t he relat ions bet ween SOM
897, 898 and 901.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
898 Dynam ic I / O value ( I OPH) can be changed as follows. OFF ..
Tiering, M ode 8 9 8 = ON :
Dynam ic
Tiering for SOM 897 is OFF: 110% + 1I O
Mainfram e SOM 897 is ON: 110% + 2I O
M ode 8 9 8 = OFF ( default ) :
SOM 897 is OFF: 110% + 5I O ( Default )
SOM 897 is ON: 110% + 0I O
By set t ing t he SOM s t o ON t o lower t he upper lim it
for each t ier, t he gray zone bet ween ot her t iers
becom es narrow and t he frequency of page
allocat ion increases.
N ot e s:
1. Apply t he m ode when t he usage of upper t ier is
low and t hat of lower t ier is high.
2. The m ode m ust be used wit h SOM 897.
3. Narrowing t he gray zone increases t he num ber
of pages t o m igrat e bet ween t iers per
relocat ion.
4. When Tier1 is SSD while SOM 901 is set t o ON,
t he effect of SOM 897 and 898 t o t he gray zone
of Tire1 and Tier2 is disabled and t he SOM 901
set t ing is enabled inst ead. I n addit ion, t he
set t ings of SOM 897 and 898 are effect ive for
Tire2 and Tier3.
Please also see spreadsheet " SOM 897_898_901"
for m ore det ails about t he relat ions bet ween SOM
897, 898 and 901.
899 Volum e I n com binat ion wit h t he SOM 900 set t ing, whet her OFF ..
Migrat ion t o execut e and when t o st art t he I / O synchronous
copy change as follows.
M ode 8 9 9 = ON :
SOM 900 is ON: I / O synchronous copy st art s
wit hout ret rying Volum e Migrat ion.
SOM 900 is OFF: I / O synchronous copy st art s
when t he t hreshold of Volum e Migrat ion ret ry is
exceeded. ( Recom m ended)
M ode 8 9 9 = OFF ( default ) :
SOM 900 is ON: I / O synchronous copy st art s when
t he num ber of ret ries reaches half of t he t hreshold
of Volum e Migrat ion ret ry.
SOM 900 is OFF: Volum e Migrat ion is ret ired and I /
O synchronous copy is not execut ed.
Not es:
1. This m ode is applied when im provem ent of
Volum e Migrat ion success rat e is desired under t he
condit ion t hat t here are m any updat es t o a
m igrat ion source volum e of Volum e Migrat ion.
2. During I / O synchronous copy, host I / O
perform ance degrades.

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900 Volum e I n com binat ion wit h SOM899 set t ing, whet her t o OFF
Migrat ion execut e and when t o st art t he I / O synchronous
copy change as follows.
M ode 9 0 0 = ON :
SOM899 is ON: I / O synchronous copy st art s when
t he t hreshold of Volum e Migrat ion ret ry is
exceeded.
SOM899 is OFF: I / O synchronous copy st art s when
t he num ber of ret ries reaches half of t he t hreshold
of Volum e Migrat ion ret ry.
M ode 9 0 0 = OFF ( de fa u lt ) :
SOM899 is ON: I / O synchronous copy st art s when
t he t hreshold of Volum e Migrat ion ret ry is
exceeded. ( Recom m ended)
SOM899 is OFF: Volum e Migrat ion is ret ired and I /
O synchronous copy is not execut ed.
Not e:
1. This m ode is applied when im provem ent of
Volum e Migrat ion success rat e is desired under
t he condit ion t hat t here are m any updat es t o a
m igrat ion source volum e of Volum e Migrat ion.
2. During I / O synchronous copy, host I / O
perform ance degrades.
901 Dynam ic By set t ing t he m ode t o ON or OFF, t he page OFF
Tiering allocat ion m et hod of Tier Level ALL when t he drive
Dynam ic t ype of t ier1 is SSD changes as follows.
Tiering for M ode 9 0 1 = ON :
Mainfram e For t ier1 ( drive t ype is SSD) , pages are allocat ed
unt il t he capacit y reaches t he lim it . Wit hout
considerat ion of perform ance lim it at ion
exceedance, allocat ion is done from highly loaded
pages unt il reaching t he capacit y lim it
When t he capacit y of t he t ier1 reaches t he
t hreshold value, t he m inim um value of t he t ier
range is set t o t he st art ing value of t he lower I OPH
zone, and t he m axim um value of t he lower t ier
range is set t o t he boundary value.
M ode 9 0 1 = OFF ( default ) :
For t ier1 ( drive t ype is SSD) , page allocat ion is
perform ed based on perform ance pot ent ial
lim it at ion. Wit h considerat ion of perform ance
lim it at ion exceedance, allocat ion is done from
highly loaded pages but at t he point when t he
perform ance lim it at ion is reached, pages are not
allocat ed any m ore even t here is free space.
When t he capacit y of t he t ier1 reaches t he
t hreshold value, t he m inim um value of t he t ier
range is set t o t he boundary value, and t he
m axim um value of t he lower t ier range is set t o a
value of boundary value x 110% + 5 [ I OPH] .

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
904 Dynam ic By set t ing t he m ode t o ON or OFF, t he num ber of OFF .
Tiering pages t o be m igrat ed per unit t im e at t ier relocat ion
Dynam ic is changed.
Tiering for M ode 9 0 4 = ON :
Mainfram e The num ber of pages t o be m igrat ed at t ier
relocat ion is set t o up t o one page per second.
M ode 9 0 4 = OFF ( default ) :
No rest rict ion on t he num ber of pages t o be
m igrat ed at t ier relocat ion ( exist ing specificat ion) .
N ot e s:
1. This m ode is applied when:
Dynam ic Tiering for Mainfram e is used
( including m ult i plat form s configurat ion) .
t he requirem ent for response t im e is
severe.
2. The num ber of pages t o be m igrat ed per unit
t im e at t ier relocat ion decreases.
908 Universal The m ode can change CM capacit y allocat ed t o OFF .
Replicat or MPBs wit h different workloads.
Universal M ode 9 0 8 = ON :
Replicat or for The difference in CM allocat ion capacit y am ong
Mainfram e MPBs wit h different workload is large.
M ode 9 0 8 = OFF ( default ) :
The difference in CM allocat ion capacit y am ong
MPBs wit h different workload is sm all ( exist ing
operat ion)
N ot e s:
1. 1. The m ode is applied t o a CLPR only used for
UR JNLGs.
2. 2. Since CM capacit y allocat ed t o MPBs wit h low
load is sm all, t he perform ance is affect ed by a
sudden increase in load.

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912 Dynam ic When t he m ode is set t o ON, HDT m onit oring
Tiering inform at ion of a HDP pool cont aining a HDP VOL t o
Dynam ic which t he per- page policy set t ing is m ade is
Tiering for discarded
Mainfram e One hour or m ore is required from t he t im e when
t he m ode is set t o on t o t he t im e when t he
discarding processing is com plet ed. I n addit ion, t he
per- page policy set t ing is prevent ed while t he m ode
is ON.
M ode 9 1 2 = ON :
HDT m onit oring inform at ion of a HDP pool
cont aining a HDP VOL t o which t he per- page policy
set t ing is m ade is discarded.
The following rest rict ions are applied t o t he HDP
pool.
1. When execut ion m ode is Aut o, m onit oring t he
t arget HDP pool is disabled.
2. When execut ion m ode is Manual, a request t o
st art m onit oring t he t arget HDP pool is not
accept ed.
3. Monit oring inform at ion ( weight ed average
inform at ion) of t he t arget HDP pool is
discarded.
M ode 9 1 2 = OFF ( default ) :
HDT m onit oring inform at ion of a HDP pool
cont aining a HDP VOL t o which t he per- page policy
set t ing is m ade is not discarded.
N ot e s:
1. The m ode is applied when t he m icro- program is
downgraded from V04 or higher t o earlier t han
V04 while t he per- page policy set t ing has been
m ade once. ( including a case t hat t he per- page
policy set t ing is once m ade and t hen released.)
2. Aft er set t ing t he m ode t o ON, wait for one hour
or m ore unt il t he discarding processing is
com plet ed.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
917 Dynam ic The m ode is used t o swit ch t he m et hod t o m igrat e ON
Provisioning dat a at rebalancing.
Dynam ic M ode 9 1 7 = ON ( default ) :
Provisioning Page usage rat e is averaged am ong parit y groups or
for Mainfram e ext ernal volum e groups where pool volum es are
Dynam ic defined.
Tiering M ode 9 1 7 = OFF:
Dynam ic Page usage rat e is averaged am ong pool volum es
Tiering for wit hout considering parit y groups or ext ernal
Mainfram e volum e groups.
N ot e s:
1. The m ode is applied when m ult iple LDEVs are
creat ed in a parit y group or ext ernal volum e
group.
2. I f t he m ode set t ing is changed during pool
shrink, t he shrink processing m ay fail.
3. When t he m ode is set t o OFF, t he processing t o
average page usage rat e am ong pool volum es
in a parit y group or ext ernal volum e group
works; t herefore, t he drive workload becom es
high because t he m igrat ion source and t arget
are in t he sam e parit y group or ext ernal volum e
group.
4. When pool shrink is perform ed per pool VOL
from a parit y group wit h m ult iple pool VOLs
defined ( or from an ext ernal volum e group)
while t he m ode is set t o ON, t he pool shrink
t akes longer t im e com pared t o when t he m ode
is set t o OFF.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
930 Dynam ic When t he m ode is set t o ON, all of t he zero dat a
Provisioning page reclam at ion operat ions in processing are
Hit achi Thin st opped. ( Also t he zero dat a page reclam at ion
I m age cannot be st art ed.)
* Zero dat a page reclam at ion by Writ eSam e and
UNMAP funct ions, and I O synchronous page
reclam at ion are not disabled.
M ode 9 3 0 = ON :
All of t he zero dat a page reclam at ion operat ions in
processing are st opped at once. ( Also t he zero dat a
reclam at ion cannot be newly st art ed.)
M ode 9 3 0 = OFF ( default ) :
The zero dat a page reclam at ion is perform ed.
See sheet " SOM 930" for relat ionship wit h SOM 755
and SOM 859.
N ot e s:
1. The m ode is applied when st opping or disabling
zero dat a page reclam at ion by user request is
required.
2. When t he m ode is set t o ON, t he zero dat a page
reclam at ion does not work at all.
Zero dat a page reclam at ion by Writ e Sam e
and UNMAP, and I O synchronous page
reclam at ion can work.
3. When downgrading m icro- program t o a version
t hat does not support t he m ode while t he m ode
is set t o ON, set t he m ode t o OFF aft er t he
downgrade
Because t he zero dat a page reclam at ion
does not work at all while t he m ode is set t o
ON.
4. The m ode is relat ed t o SOM 755 and SOM 859.

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Mode Category Description Default MCU/ RCU
937 Dynam ic By set t ing t he m ode t o ON, HDT m onit oring dat a is
Provisioning collect ed even if t he pool is a HDP pool.
Dynam ic M ode 9 3 7 = ON :
Provisioning HDT m onit oring dat a is collect ed even if t he pool is
for Mainfram e a HDP pool.
Dynam ic Only Manual execut ion m ode and Period m ode are
Tiering support ed.
Dynam ic M ode 9 3 7 = OFF ( default ) :
Tiering for
Mainfram e HDT m onit oring dat a is not collect ed if t he pool is a
HDP pool
N ot e s:
1. The m ode is applied when HDT m onit oring dat a
collect ion is required in HDP environm ent .
2. When HDT is already used, do not set t he m ode
t o ON.
3. For HDT m onit oring dat a collect ion, shared
m em ory for HDT m ust be inst alled.
4. I f m onit oring dat a collect ion is perform ed
wit hout shared m em ory for HDT inst alled, an
error is report ed and t he m onit oring dat a
collect ion fails.
5. Before rem oving t he shared m em ory for HDT,
set t he m ode t o OFF and wait for 30 m inut es.
6. Tier relocat ion wit h m onit oring dat a collect ed
when t he m ode is set t o ON is disabled.
7. When HDP is convert ed int o HDT ( aft er
purchase of PP license) , t he collect ed
m onit oring dat a is discarded.

Table 2-2 Mode 269: Storage Navigator Operations

Operation Target of Operation Mode 269 ON Mode 269 OFF

VLL ( CVS) All LDEVs in a PG No form at No form at
VLL ( CVS) SOM e LDEVs in a PG No form at No form at
Form at PG is specified No operat ion No operat ion
Form at All LDEVs in a PG Low speed Low speed
Form at SOM e LDEVs in a PG Low speed Low speed

Table 2-3 Mode 269: SVP Operations

Operation Target of Operation Mode 269 ON Mode 269 OFF

PDEV Addit ion - High speed High speed
VLL ( CVS) All LDEVs in a PG No form at No form at
VLL ( CVS) SOM e LDEVs in a PG No form at No form at
Form at PG is specified High speed High speed
Form at All LDEVs in a PG High speed Low speed
Form at SOM e LDEVs in a PG Low speed Low speed

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Host Modes and host mode options
The Virt ual St orage Plat form support s connect ion of m ult iple server host s of
different plat form s t o each of it s port s. When your syst em is configured, t he
host s connect ed t o each port are grouped by host group or by t arget . For
exam ple, if Solaris and Windows host s are connect ed t o a fibre port , a host
group is creat ed for t he Solaris host s, anot her host group is creat ed for t he
Windows host s, and t he appropriat e host m ode and host m ode opt ions are
assigned t o each host group. The host m odes and host m ode opt ions
provide enhanced com pat ibilit y wit h support ed plat form s and
environm ent s.
The host groups, host m odes, and host m ode opt ions are configured using
t he LUN Manager soft ware on St orage Navigat or. For furt her inform at ion on
host groups, host m odes, and host m ode opt ions, refer t o t he Provisioning
Guide for Open Syst em s.

Open-systems operations
This sect ion provides high- level descript ions of OPEN syst em s com pat ibilit y,
support , and configurat ion.

Open-systems compatibility and functionality

The Virt ual St orage Plat form support s and offers m any feat ures and
funct ions for t he open- syst em s environm ent , including:
• Mult i- init iat or I / O configurat ions in which m ult iple host syst em s are
at t ached t o t he sam e fibre- channel int erface
• Fibre- channel arbit rat ed- loop ( FC- AL) and fabric to pologies
• Com m and t ag queuing
• I ndust ry- st andard failover and logical volum e m anagem ent soft ware
• SNMP rem ot e st orage syst em m anagem ent
The Virt ual St orage Plat form ’s global cache enables any fibre- channel port
t o have access t o any logical unit in t he st orage syst em . I n t he Virt ual
St orage Plat form , each logical unit can be assigned t o m ult iple fibre- channel
port s t o provide I / O pat h failover and/ or load balancing ( wit h t he
appropriat e m iddleware support , such as HGLAM) wit hout sacrificing cache
coherency.
The user should plan for pat h failover ( alt ernat e pat hing) t o ensure t he
highest dat a availabilit y. The logical unit s can be m apped for access from
m ult iple port s and/ or m ult iple t arget I Ds. The num ber of connect ed host s is
lim it ed only by t he num ber of FC port s inst alled and t he requirem ent for
alt ernat e pat hing wit hin each host . I f possible, t he prim ary pat h and
alt ernat e pat hs should be at t ached t o different channel cards.

Open-systems host platform support

The Virt ual St orage Plat form support s m ost m aj or open- syst em operat ing
syst em s, such as Microsoft Windows, Oracle Solaris, I BM AI X, Linux, HP- UX,
and VMware. For m ore com plet e inform at ion on t he support ed operat ing

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 syst em s, go t o: ht t p: / / www.hds.com / product s/ int eroperabilit y/ index.ht m .
Each support ed plat form has a user guide t hat is included in t he Virt ual
St orage Plat form docum ent at ion set . See t he Hit achi Virt ual St orage
Plat form Docum ent at ion Roadm ap for a com plet e list of Virt ual St orage
Plat form user guides, including t he host configurat ion guides.

Open systems configuration

Aft er physical inst allat ion of t he Virt ual St orage Plat form has been
com plet ed, t he user configures t he st orage syst em for open- syst em s
operat ions wit h assist ance as needed from t he Hit achi Dat a Syst em s
represent at ive.
Please refer t o t he following docum ent s for inform at ion and inst ruct ions on
configuring your Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em for open- syst em s
operat ions:
• The host configurat ion guides provide inform at ion and inst ruct ions on
configuring t he Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em and disk devices
for at t achm ent t o t he open- syst em s host s.
N ot e : Queue dept h and ot her param et ers m ay need t o be adj ust ed
for t he st orage syst em . See t he appropriat e configurat ion guide for
queue dept h and ot her requirem ent s.
• The Hit achi St orage Navigat or User Guide provides inst ruct ions for
inst alling, configuring, and using St orage Navigat or t o perform resource
and dat a m anagem ent operat ions on t he Virt ual St orage Plat form .
• The Provisioning Guide for Open Syst em s describes and provides
inst ruct ions for configuring t he Virt ual St orage Plat form for host
operat ions, including FC port configurat ion, LUN m apping, host groups,
host m odes and host m ode opt ions, and LUN Securit y.
Each fibre- channel port on t he Virt ual St orage Plat form provides
addressing capabilit ies for up t o 2,048 LUNs across as m any as 255 host
groups, each wit h it s own LUN 0, host m ode, and host m ode opt ions.
Mult iple host groups are support ed using LUN Securit y.
• TheHit achi SNMP Agent User Guide describes t he SNMP API int erface for
t he VSP st orage syst em s and provides inst ruct ions for configuring and
perform ing SNMP operat ions.
• TheProvisioning Guide for Open Syst em s and Hit achi Volum e Shredder
User Guide provide inst ruct ions for configuring m ult iple cust om volum es
( logical unit s) under single LDEVs on t he Virt ual St orage Plat form . The
Provisioning Guide for Open Syst em s also provides inst ruct ions for
configuring size- expanded logical unit s by concat enat ing m ult iple logical
unit s t o form individual large logical unit s.

Storage Navigator
St orage Navigat or is inst alled on a PC, lapt op, or workst at ion. I t
com m unicat es via a LAN t o t he SVP in t he Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage
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inform at ion and sends user- init iat ed com m ands t o t he st orage syst em . The
St orage Navigat or GUI displays det ailed st orage syst em inform at ion and
allows users t o configure and perform st orage operat ions on t he syst em .
St orage Navigat or is provided as a Java® applet program t hat can be
execut ed on any m achine t hat support s a Java Virt ual Machine ( JVM) . A PC
host ing t he St orage Navigat or soft ware is called a rem ot e console. Each
t im e a rem ot e console accesses and logs int o t he SVP of t he desired st orage
syst em , t he St orage Navigat or applet is downloaded from t he SVP t o t he
rem ot e console. Figure 2- 6 St orage Navigat or and SVP Configurat ion on
page 2- 57illust rat es rem ot e console and SVP configurat ion for St orage
Navigat or.
For furt her inform at ion about St orage Navigat or, see t he Hit achi St orage
Navigat or User Guide.

Figure 2-6 Storage Navigator and SVP Configuration

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System Components

This chapt er describes t he hardware used in t he Hit achi Virt ual St orage
Plat form .

□ Cont roller chassis

□ Syst em cont rol panel

□ Drive chassis

□ Flash com ponent s

□ Cache m em ory

□ Shared m em ory

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Controller chassis
The cont roller chassis provides syst em logic, cont rol, m em ory, and
m onit oring, as well as t he int erfaces and connect ions t o t he disk drives and
t he host servers. The cont roller chassis consist s of t he following
com ponent s:

Table 3-1 Controller chassis

I tem Description

Name Min Max .

Service 1 2 A cust om PC t hat im plem ent s syst em configurat ion set t ings and
Processor m onit ors t he syst em operat ional st at us. Connect ing t he SVP t o
( SVP) service cent er enables t he st orage syst em t o be rem ot ely
m onit ored and m aint ained by t he Hit achi Dat a Syst em s support
t eam . This significant ly increases t he level of support t hat Hit achi
Dat a Syst em s can provide t o it s cust om ers Not e: I n a syst em
wit h t wo SVPs, bot h are inst alled in t he cont roller chassis in
syst em 0.
Hub 1 2 Connect s t he swit ches, adapt ers, and Service Processors.
front- end 2 8 if 4 BEDs A FED is an int erface board t hat provides connect ion t o t he host
direct or inst alled. servers. I t provides t he channel int erface cont rol funct ions and
( FED) ------------- int ercache dat a t ransfer funct ions bet ween t he st orage syst em
and t he host servers. I t convert s t he dat a form at bet ween CKD
12 if no and FBA. The FED cont ains an int ernal processor and 128 byt es
BEDs of edit buffer m em ory.
inst alled.
back- end 0 if 4 A BED is an int erface board t hat provides connect ion t o t he disk
direct or diskless drives and SSDs. Provides t he cont rol funct ions for dat a t ransfer
( BED) --------- bet ween drives and cache. The BED cont ains DRR ( Dat a Recover
- and Reconst ruct ) , a parit y generat or circuit . I t support s eight
FI BRE pat h and offers 32 KB of buffer for each FI BRE pat h.
2 wit h
drives
Swit ches 2 4 The full duplex swit ches serve as t he dat a int erconnect ion
bet ween t he FEDs, BEDs, and cache m em ory. They also connect
t he cont rol signals bet ween t he virt ual st orage direct ors
( m icroprocessors) and t he cache m em ory.
Microproces 2 4 Quad core, 2.33 GHz MPs are independent of t he CHAs and DKAs
sor and can be shared across FEDs and FED
Cache 2 4 The cache is an int erm ediat e buffer bet ween t he channels and
m em ory drives. Each cache m em ory m odule has a m axim um capacit y of
adapt er 128 GB ( 64 GB × 2 areas) . I t is available and cont rolled as t wo
( CPC) areas of cache ( cache A and cache B) . I f t he power fails, t he
cache is prot ect ed from dat a loss by backup bat t eries and t he
cache flash m em ory.
AC- DC 2 4 200- 220 VAC input . Provides power t o t he cont roller chassis in a
power redundant configurat ion t o prevent syst em failure. Up t o four
supply power supplies can be used as needed t o provide power t o
addit ional com ponent s.
Cooling fan 10 10 Each fan unit cont ains t wo fans t o ensure adequat e cooling in
case one of t he fans fails.

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The following illust rat ions show t he front and rear views of a cont roller
chassis t hat is configured wit h t he m inim um num ber of com ponent s. The
syst em cont rol panel ( # 1 in t he front view) is described in t he next sect ion.

Figure 3-1 Controller chassis - front view ( minimum configuration)

I tem Description I tem Description

Cont rol Panel Fan ( 10 t ot al)

Cache ( opt ional) Cache Mem ory Adapt er

Space for addit ional Virt ual Virt ual St orage Direct or
St orage Direct or ( m icroprocessor board)

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 Figure 3-2 Controller chassis - rear view ( minimum configuration)

I tem Description I tem Description

Power Supply ( 2 m in, 4 m ax) Power Supply ( opt ional)

Hub ( opt ional) back- end direct or ( opt ional)

BED / FED ( opt ional) Express Swit ch ( opt ional)

Express Swit ch Service Processor

back- end direct or Fan ( 10 t ot al)

Sub SVP. Provides et hernet back- end direct or / BED

connect ion t o t he SVP.

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System control panel
The following illust rat ion shows t he Virt ual St orage Plat form syst em cont rol
panel. The t able following t he illust rat ion explains t he purpose of each of t he
cont rols and LEDs on t he panel.

Figure 3-3 Virtual Storage Platform System Control Panel

I tem Description I tem Description

M ESSAGE - Am be r LED ALARM - Re d LED
ON : indicat es t hat a SI M I ndicat es DC under volt age of any
( Message) was generat ed from DKC part , DC over current ,
eit her of t he clust ers. Applied t o abnorm ally high t em perat ure, or
bot h st orage clust ers. t hat an unrecoverable failure
Blink ing: I ndicat es t hat a SVP occurred.
failure has occurred.
READ Y - Gr e e n LED I ndicat es PS ON - Gr e e n LED
t hat input / out put operat ion on I ndicat es t hat t he syst em is
t he channel int erface is enabled. powered on, t hat t he POST is
com plet e, and t hat t he syst em has
boot ed up and is ready for use.
BS ON - Am be r LED REM OTE M AI N TEN AN CE
I ndicat es t hat t he “ basic supply” PROCESSI N G - Am be r LED
t he sub- Power supplying clust er I ndicat es t hat t he syst em is being
1 or clust er 1 is on. rem ot ely m aint ained.
REM OTE M AI N TEN AN CE PS SW EN ABLE - sw it ch
ENABLE/ DI SABLE - swit ch Used t o enable t he PS ON/ PS OFF
When ON , perm it s rem ot e swit ch.
m aint enance.
PS ON / PS OFF - sw it ch - -
Turns t he syst em power on or
off.

Drive chassis
The drive chassis ( fact ory designat ion DKU) includes t wo back- t o- back- disk
drive assem blies. Each assem bly includes disk drives and/ or flash drives,
SSW boards, HDD PWR boards, eight cooling fans, and t wo power supplies.

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 All com ponent s are configured in redundant pairs t o prevent syst em failure.
All t he com ponent s can be added, rem oved, or replaced while t he st orage
syst em is in operat ion.
The Virt ual St orage Plat form can be configured wit h t wo t ypes of drive
chassis:
• An LFF DKU ( disk unit ) chassis, w hich cont ains upt o 80 LFF ( 3- 1/ 2 inch)
HDD or SSD drives
• An SFF DKU ( disk unit ) chassis, which cont ains up t o 128 SFF ( 2- 1/ 2
inch) HDD or SSD drives
The following illust rat ion shows t he rear view of a DKU drive chassis. The
front view is exact ly like t he rear view. The t able following t he illust rat ion
describes t he drive chassis com ponent s.

Figure 3-4 Drive Chassis

I tem Description I tem Description

Fan ( 8 t ot al) Fan assem bly lock screw
( Loosen screw t o open fan door.)
Power Cable HDD Power Supply

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The fans on t he front of t he unit are int ake fans t hat pull am bient air int o
t he unit . The fans on t he rear assem bly are exhaust fans t hat blow hot air
out of t he unit . The t w o set s of fans work t oget her t o creat e a large airflow
t hrough t he unit . Eit her fan assem bly is sufficient t o cool t he unit . Therefore
t here is no t im e lim it when changing disk drives, as long as eit her t he front
or t he rear fan assem bly is in place.
W ARN I N G: To prevent t he unit from overheat ing, bot h t he front and rear
fan assem blies should never be opened at t he sam e t im e while t he syst em
is running.

Figure 3-5 Drive chassis ( fan door open)

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 As shown in t he figure above, t he fan assem blies on bot h t he front and rear
sides of t he drive chassis swing out and away from t he unit t o allow access
t o t he disk drives. The t hree- speed fans in t he drive chassis are
t herm ost at ically cont rolled by a t em perat ure sensor ( t herm ist or) in t he
unit . The sensor m easures t he t em perat ure of t he exhaust air from t he unit
and set s t he fan speed as needed t o m aint ain t he unit t em perat ure wit hin
a preset range. When t he unit is not busy and cools down, t he fan speed is
reduced, saving energy and reducing t he noise level of t he unit .
When t he fan assem blies are opened, t he power t o t he fans is aut om at ically
swit ched off and t he fans st op rot at ing. This helps prevent possible inj ury
because t here is no prot ect ive screen on t he back side of t he fans.

Flash components
This sect ion includes inform at ion on t he Hit achi Accelerat ed Flash st orage
com ponent s, including t he flash m odule, flash box, and flash chassis.

Flash module
The flash m odule ( fact ory designat ion FMD) is a Hit achi cust om - designed
and m anufact ured ent erprise class solid st at e st orage m odule. I t uses a
high perform ance, cust om ASI C flash cont roller and st andard flash m em ory
chips in an im plem ent at ion t hat exceeds t he perform ance of expensive SLC
SSDs, but cost s less t han inexpensive MLC SSDs. The flash m odule great ly
im proves t he perform ance and solid st at e st orage capacit y of t he VSP
syst em , while significant ly reducing t he cost per TB of st orage.
Even in t he init ial capacit y of 1.6 TB, t he flash m odule out perform s bot h
HGST MLC and SLC flash drives, has a longer service life, requires less
power per TB, and generat es less heat per TB t han SSDs. The VSP current ly
support s bot h 1.6 TB and 3.2 TB flash m odules.
Flash m odules can be used inst ead of or in addit ion t o disk and flash drives,
but t hey are inst alled in a flash chassis com posed of a clust er of four flash
boxes. The next sect ion describes t he flash box.

Figure 3-6 Flash module

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Flash box
A flash box is a 2U high chassis t hat cont ains up t o 12 flash m odules, t wo
redundant power supplies, and t wo redundant ENC adapt ers.

Figure 3-7 Flash Box

I te
I tem Description I tem Description Description
m
Flash m odule Act ive LED Flash m odule Alarm LED SAS / ENC Module Power
- light s when flash - light s when flash LED
m odule is act ivat ed. m odule has an error and
- Blinks at drive access should be replaced
SAS / ENC Module Alarm SAS / ENC st andard I N SAS / ENC high
LED - indicat es fat al connect or perform ance I N connect or
error condit ion
ENC adapt er - connect s SAS / ENC st andard OUT SAS / ENC high
t he flash m odules t o t he connect or perform ance OUT
BEDs in t he cont roller via connect or
ENC cables.
Power cord recept acle Power Supply - 220 VAC Power Supply Ready 1 LED
input , draws - light s when 12 VDC power
approxim at ely 265 wat t s # 1 is ready.
Power Supply Ready 2 Power Supply alarm LED
LED - light s when 12 VDC - light s when power
power # 2 is ready. supply has an error.

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Flash chassis
A flash chassis ( fact ory designat ion FBX) is a clust er of four flash boxes as
shown in t he following illust rat ion. I t is not an act ual chassis or enclosure
surrounding t he four flash boxes, but since it t akes t he place of a drive
chassis, t he clust er is referred t o as a chassis for consist ency.
The m axim um num ber of flash m odules in a flash chassis is 48. The
m inim um num ber of flash m odules is four, one in each flash box. Flash
m odules can be added t o a flash chassis in increm ent s of four, eight , or 16,
depending on t he desired RAI D configurat ion, as explained in t he next
sect ion

Figure 3-8 Flash chassis

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Flash configurations
Flash m odule RAI D configurat ions are sim ilar t o drive RAI D configurat ions,
but wit h sm aller num bers. The flash chassis holds only 48 drives, while t he
drive chassis holds eit her 80 LFF or 128 SFF drives.
Each flash box is divided int o t wo logical unit s. The LUs are num bered
vert ically in t he FBX st art ing wit h t he lower logical unit s and t hen t he upper
logical unit s. The FMDs are num bered 0 t hrough 5 in each logical unit . The
following figure shows t he num bering sequence.

Figure 3-9 Flash configurations

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Flash RAI D configurations
As described in t he previous sect ion, RAI D configurat ions wit h FMDs are
sim ilar t o RAI D configurat ions for disk or flash drives. When configuring
RAI D groups, consider t he clust er of four flash boxes in t he FBX as a set .
Just as t he RAI D group num ber is det erm ined according t o t he locat ion of a
disk drive, t he RAI D group num ber is also det erm ined by t he locat ion of a
flash m odule in a flash chassis, even t hough t he num ber of FMDs is sm aller
t han t he num ber of drives in a drive chassis. This is because t he VSP is
capable of variable num bers of drives in a drive chassis. The following
illust rat ion shows t wo sam ples of RAI D configurat ions wit h flash m odules.

Figure 3-10 Flash RAI D configurations

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Cache memory
The Virt ual St orage Plat form can be configured wit h up t o 256 GB of cache
m em ory per cont roller chassis ( 512 GB for a t wo- m odule syst em ) . Each
cont roller chassis can cont ain from t wo t o eight cache m em ory adapt er
boards. Each board cont ains from 8 GB t o 32 GB.
Cache m em ory adapt er boards are inst alled in pairs and work t oget her t o
provide cache and shared m em ory for t he syst em . Each pair is called a
clust er. From one t o four cache clust ers can be inst alled in a cont roller
chassis. I n addit ion t o t he m em ory on t he cache boards, 4 GB of cache
m em ory is also locat ed on each Virt ual St orage Direct or ( m icroprocessor)
board. See t he following illust rat ion.

Figure 3-11 Cache memory

I tem Description I tem Description

Virt ual St orage Direct or ( VSD) Cache Mem ory Adapt er
( m icroprocessor) 8, 16, or 24 GB st andard
I ncludes 4 GB cache 32 GB opt ional
1 or 2 16 GB SSD drives
VSD Clust er 0 VSD Clust er 1

Cache clust er 0 Cache clust er 1

Cache clust er 2 Cache clust er 3

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Memory operation
The Virt ual St orage Plat form places all read and writ e dat a in t he cache. The
am ount of fast- writ e dat a in cache is dynam ically m anaged by t he cache
cont rol algorit hm s t o provide t he opt im um am ount of read and writ e cache,
depending on t he workload read and w rit e I / O charact erist ics.
Mainfram e host s can specify special at t ribut es ( for exam ple, cache fast
writ e com m and) t o writ e dat a ( t ypically sort work dat a) wit hout writ e
duplexing. This dat a is not duplexed and is usually given a discard com m and
at t he end of t he sort , so t hat t he dat a will not be dest aged t o t he drives.

Data Protection
The Virt ual St orage Plat form is designed so t hat it cannot lose dat a or
configurat ion inform at ion from t he cache if t he power fails. The cache is
prot ect ed from dat a loss up for up t o t en m inut es by t he cache dest age
bat t eries while t he dat a is copied t o t he cache SSD ( flash m em ory) on t he
cache boards. This is explained in det ail in Bat t ery backup operat ions on
page 4- 5.

Shared memory
The Virt ual St orage Plat form shared m em ory is not on a separat e m em ory
m odule as it was in t he previous hardware syst em s. Shared m em ory resides
by default on t he first pair of cache boards in cont roller chassis # 0. When
you inst all soft ware feat ures such as Copy- on- Writ e Snapshot or Universal
Replicat or, t he shared m em ory usage increases as soft ware feat ures are
inst alled. Shared m em ory can use up t o 48 GB, which is t he m axim um
am ount of shared m em ory available if t he cache in t he first cache board pair
is configured t o t he m axim um of 64 GB.
Depending on how m uch cache m em ory is inst alled, it m ay be necessary t o
inst all m ore cache m em ory as m ore soft ware feat ures are inst alled in t he
syst em . Up t o 32 GB can be inst alled on each cache board. When 32 GB of
cache is inst alled, it is also necessary t o inst all a second SSD ( cache flash
m em ory) on t he cache board t o back up t he cache in case of power failure.
Each SSD is 16 GB.
I n addit ion t o cache, t he shared m em ory on each cache board cont ains a 1/
2 GB cache direct ory t o safeguard writ e pending dat a in t he cache in t he
unlikely case of double failure of t he shared m em ory cache area. The cache
direct ory has m apping t ables for t he VSD LDEVs and t he allocat ed cache
slot s in each VSD cache part it ion.

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Pow er On/ Off Procedures

This chapt er describes t he prerequisit es and procedures t o t urn t he Hit achi

Virt ual St orage Plat form power on and off. I t also describes t he procedures
t o follow in case of a power failure.

□ Safet y and environm ent al inform at ion

□ St andby m ode

□ Norm al Power On/ Off procedures

□ Em ergency power off/ on procedure

□ Bat t ery backup operat ions

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Safety and environmental information
Ca ut ion : Before operat ing or working on t he VSP st orage syst em , read t he
safet y sect ion in t he Hit achi Virt ual St orage Plat form I nst allat ion Planning
Guide and t he environm ent al inform at ion in Regulat ory Com pliance on
page C- 1.

Standby mode
When t he st orage syst em power cables are plugged int o t he PDUs and t he
PDU breakers are ON, t he st orage syst em is in st andby m ode. When t he
st orage syst em is in st andby m ode:
• The Basic Supply ( BS) LED on t he contr ol panel is ON. This indicat es t hat
AC power is applied t o t he power supplies but DC power is not supplied
t o t he rest of t he syst em , except as not ed below.
• The READY LED is OFF. This indicat es t hat t he cont roller and drive
chassis are not operat ional.
• The fans in bot h t he cont roller and drive chassisare running.
• The cache dest age bat t eries are being charged.
• The st orage syst em consum es significant ly less power t han it does in
operat ing m ode. For exam ple, a st orage syst em t hat draws 100 am ps
while operat ing draws only about 70 am ps in st andby m ode. See Table
A- 2 VSP elect rical specificat ions. single phase current on page A- 3 and
Table A- 3 VSP Elect rical specificat ions. t hree phase current on page A- 4
for power consum pt ion specificat ions.
To put t he st orage syst em int o st andby m ode from t he OFF condit ion:
1. Ensure t hat power is available t o t he AC input boxes and PDUs in all
racks in which t he VSP st orage syst em is inst alled.
2. Turn all PDU power swit ches/ breakers ON.
To put t he st orage syst em int o st andby m ode from a pow er on condit ion,
com plet e t he st eps in Power Off procedures on page 4- 4.
To com plet ely power down t he st orage syst em , com plet e t he power off
procedures in t his chapt er, t hen t urn off all PDU circuit breakers.
W ARN I N G: Make cert ain t hat t he st orage syst em is powered off norm ally
and in st andby m ode before t urning off t he PDU circuit breakers. Ot herwise,
t urning off t he PDU circuit breakers can leave t he st orage syst em in an
abnorm al condit ion.

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Normal Pow er On/ Off procedures
This sect ion provides general inform at ion about power on/ off procedures for
t he VSP st orage syst em . I f needed, call t echnical support for assist ance.

Pow er On procedures
Pr e r e qu isit e s:
• Ensure t hat t he st orage syst em is in st andby m ode. See St andby m ode
on page 4- 2.
N ot e : The cont rol panel includes a safet y feat ure t o prevent t he st orage
syst em power from accident ally being t urned on or off. The PS power ON/
OFF swit ch does not work unless t he ENABLE swit ch is m oved t o and held
in t he ENABLE posit ion while t he power swit ch is m oved t o t he ON or OFF
posit ions.

Follow t his procedure exact ly w hen powering t he st orage syst em on. Refer
t o t he illust rat ion of t he cont rol panel as needed.
1. On t he cont rol panel, check t he am ber BS LED and m ake sure it is lit . I t
indicat es t hat t he st orage syst em is in st andby m ode.
2. I n t he PS area on t he cont rol panel, m ove t he EN ABLE sw it ch t o t he
EN ABLED posit ion and hold it t here. While holding t he swit ch in t he
EN ABLED posit ion, m ove t he PS ON / OFF swit ch t o t he ON posit ion.
Then release bot h swit ches.
3. Wait for t he st orage syst em t o com plet e it s power- on self- t est and boot-
up processes. Depending on t he st orage syst em configurat ion, t his m ay
t ake several m inut es.
N ot e : I f SATA drives are inst alled, t he st orage syst em will not go t o
t he READY st at e unt il t he cache dest age bat t eries are charged t o at
least 50% . This could t ake up t o 90 m inut es if t he bat t eries are
com plet ely discharged. The st orage syst em generat es a SI M t hat
provides t he st at us of t he bat t ery charge. See Cache dest age bat t eries
on page 4- 6 for inform at ion about t he bat t eries.
4. When t he READY LED is ON, t he st orage syst em boot up operat ions are
com plet e and t he st orage syst em is ready for use.

N ot e : I f t he ALARM LED is also on, or if t he READY LED is not ON aft er

20 m inut es, cont act Technical Support for assist ance.

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Pow er Off procedures
Pr e r e qu isit e s:
• Ensure t hat all soft ware- specificshut down procedures have been
com plet ed. Refer t o t he applicable user m anuals for det ails
• Ensure t hat all I / O act ivit y t o t he st orage syst em has st opped. You can
vary pat hs offline and shut down t he at t ached host s.
N ot e : The cont rol panel includes a safet y feat ure t o prevent t he st orage
syst em power from accident ally being t urned on or off. The PS power ON/
OFF swit ch does not work unless t he ENABLE swit ch is m oved t o and held
in t he ENABLE posit ion while t he power swit ch is m oved t o t he ON or OFF
posit ions.

Follow t his procedure exact ly when pow ering t he st orage syst em off.
1. I n t he PS area on t he cont rol panel, m ove t he EN ABLE swit ch t o t he
EN ABLED posit ion and hold it t here. While holding t he swit ch in t he
EN ABLED posit ion, m ove t he PS ON / OFF swit ch t o t he OFF posit ion.
Then release bot h swit ches.
2. Wait for t he st orage syst em t o com plet e it s shut dow n rout ines.
Depending on t he st orage syst em configurat ion and cert ain MODE
set t ings, it can t ake up t o 20 m inut es for t he st orage syst em t o copy
dat a from cache t o t he disk drives and for t he disk drives t o spin down.

N ot e : I f t he READY and PS LEDs do not t urn OFF aft er 20 m inut es,

cont act t he support cent er for assist ance.

Emergency pow er off/ on procedure

This sect ion describes t he procedures t o follow t o shut down t he syst em in
case of em ergency and how t o bring t he syst em back up aft er an em ergency
shut down.
N ot e : Quick Pr oce dur e
Con t r olle r s: Power PDUs off first . Power PDUs on last .
D r ive s: Power PDUs off last . Power PDUs on first .

Emergency pow er off procedure

The VSP st orage syst em does not have an em ergency power off swit ch as
t he USP V/ VM st orage syst em does.
To shut t he syst em down in an em ergency, power off t he cont rollers first ,
t hen t he drive unit s, as follows.
1. Open t he back doors of bot h racks t hat cont ain cont rol unit s.
a. Turn off t he circuit breakers in bot h lower PDUs in bot h racks.
b. Turn off t he circuit breakers in bot h upper PDUs in bot h racks wit h
cont rol unit s.
2. Open t he back doors of all racks t hat cont ain only drive unit s and t urn
t he circuit breakers off in all t he PDUs in any order in t hose racks.

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Pow er on procedure after emergency pow er off
To power up t he VSP st orage syst em aft er em ergency shut down, reverse
t he em ergency power off procedure.
1. I n all syst em racks, t urn on t he circuit breakers in t he PDUs t hat power
t he drive unit s.
2. I n bot h cont roller racks, t urn on t he circuit breakers in t he PDUs t hat
power t he cont rollers.
3. Follow t he inst ruct ions in Norm al Power On/ Off procedures on page 4- 3.

Battery backup operations

The Virt ual St orage Plat form is designed so t hat it cannot lose dat a or
configurat ion inform at ion if t he power fails. The bat t ery syst em is designed
t o provide enough power t o com plet ely dest age all dat a in t he cache if t wo
consecut ive power failures occur and t he bat t eries are fully charged. I f t he
bat t eries do not cont ain enough charge t o provide sufficient t im e t o dest age
t he cache when a pow er failure occurs, t he cache operat es in writ e t hrough
m ode. This synchronously writ es t o HDDs t o prevent slow dat a t hroughput
in t he cache. When t he bat t ery charge is 50% or m ore, t he cache writ e
prot ect m ode operat es norm ally.
When a power failure occurs and cont inues for 20 m illiseconds or less, t he
st orage syst em cont inues norm al operat ion. I f t he power failure exceeds 20
m illiseconds, t he st orage syst em uses power from t he bat t eries t o back up
t he cache m em ory dat a and st orage syst em configurat ion dat a t o t he cache
flash m em ory on each cache board. This cont inues for up t o t en m inut es.
The flash m em ory does not require power t o ret ain t he dat a.
The following illust rat ion shows t he t im ing in t he event of a power failure.

Figure 4-1 Battery Backup Operations

I tem Description I tem Description

Power failure occurs The st orage syst em cont inues t o operat e
for 20 m illiseconds and det ect s t he power
failure.
The cache m em ory dat a and t he st orage Unrest rict ed dat a backup. Dat a is
syst em configurat ion are backed up t o cont inuously backed up t o t he cache
t he cache flash m em ory on t he cache flash m em ory.
boards. The backup cont inues even if
power is rest ored during t he backup.

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Cache destage batteries
The environm ent ally friendly nickel hydride cache dest age bat t eries are
used t o save st orage syst em configurat ion and dat a in t he cache in t he
event of a power failure. The bat t eries are locat ed on t he cache m em ory
boards and are fully charged at t he dist ribut ion cent er where t he st orage
syst em is assem bled and t est ed. Before t he syst em is shipped t o a cust om er
sit e, t he bat t eries are disconnect ed by a j um per on t he cache board. This
prevent s t hem from discharging during shipping and st orage unt il t he
syst em is inst alled. At t hat t im e, an aut horized support person connect s t he
bat t eries.

N ot e : The st orage syst em generat es a SI M w hen t he cache dest age

bat t eries are not connect ed.

Battery life
The bat t eries have a lifespan of t wo years, and will hold a charge for t hat
t im e when disconnect ed. When t he bat t eries are connect ed and power is on,
t hey are charged cont inuously. This occurs during bot h norm al syst em
operat ion and while t he syst em is in st andby m ode.
When t he bat t eries are connect ed and t he power is off, t he bat t eries slowly
discharge. They will have a charge of less t han 50% aft er t wo weeks wit hout
power. When fully discharged, t he bat t eries m ust be connect ed t o power for
t hree hours t o fully recharge.
N ot e : The st orage syst em generat es a SI M w hen t he cache dest age
bat t eries are not charged t o at least 50% . The LEDs on t he front panel of
t he cache boards also show t he st at us of t he bat t eries.

Long Term Array Storage

While connect ed, t he cache dest age bat t eries will com plet ely discharge in
t wo t o t hree weeks wit hout power applied. I f you do not use a Virt ual
St orage Plat form for t wo weeks or m ore, ask t echnical support t o m ove t he
bat t eries t o a st orage syst em t hat is being used, or t urn t he st orage syst em
on t o st andby m ode for at least 3 hours once every t wo weeks.
I f you st ore t he syst em for m ore t han t wo weeks and do not disconnect t he
cache dest age bat t eries, when you rest art t he syst em , t he bat t eries will
need t o charge for at least 90 m inut es before t he cache will be prot ect ed.
To prevent t he bat t eries from discharging during long t erm st orage, call
t echnical support and ask t hem t o disconnect t he bat t ery j um pers on t he
cache boards.

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Troubleshooting

This chapt er provides t roubleshoot ing inform at ion for t he Hit achi Virt ual
St orage Plat form st orage syst em .

□ Get t ing help

□ Solving problem s

□ Service I nform at ion Messages

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Getting help
I f you have difficult y wit h any of t he procedures included in t his chapt er, or
if a procedure does not provide t he answer or result s you expect , cont act
Hit achi Dat a Syst em s support . See Get t ing help on page Preface- xi in t he
preface of t his m anual.

Solving problems
The Hit achi Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em is highly reliable and is
not expect ed t o fail in any way t hat would prevent access t o user dat a. The
READY LED on t he cont rol panel m ust be ON when t he st orage syst em is
operat ing online.
The following t able list s possible error condit ions and provides
recom m ended act ions t o resolve each condit ion. I f you are unable t o resolve
an error condit ion, cont act your Hit achi Dat a Syst em s represent at ive, or
cont act Hit achi Dat a Syst em s Technical Support for assist ance.

Table 5-1 Troubleshooting

Error Condition Recommended Action

Error m essage Det erm ine t he t ype of error ( refer t o t he SI M codes sect ion. I f
displayed. possible, rem ove t he cause of t he error. I f you cannot correct t he
error condit ion, call t he support cent er for assist ance.
General power Turn off all PDU swit ches and breakers. Aft er t he facilit y power
failure com es back on st eady, t urn t hem back on and power t he syst em
up. See Chapt er 4 for inst ruct ions. I f needed, call Hit achi Dat a
Syst em s support for assist ance.
Fence m essage is Det erm ine if t here is a failed st orage pat h. I f so, t oggle t he
displayed on t he RESTART swit ch, and ret ry t he operat ion. I f t he fence m essage
console. is displayed again, call t he support cent er for assist ance.
READY LED does not Call t he support cent er for assist ance. WARNI NG: Do not open
go on, or t here is no t he Virt ual St orage Plat form cont rol fram e / cont roller or t ouch
power supplied. any of t he cont rols.
ALARM LED is on. I f t here is a t em perat ure problem in t he area, power down t he
st orage syst em , lower t he room t em perat ure t o t he specified
operat ing range, and power on t he st orage syst em . Call t he
support cent er if needed for assist ance wit h power off/ on
operat ions. I f t he area t em perat ure is not t he cause of t he alarm ,
call t he support cent er for assist ance.

Service I nformation Messages

The Virt ual St orage Plat form generat es SI Ms t o ident ify norm al operat ions.
For exam ple, TrueCopy pair st at us change) as well as service requirem ent s
and errors or failures. For assist ance wit h SI Ms, call t he support cent er.
SI Ms can be generat ed by t he front- end direct ors and back- end direct ors
and by t he SVP. All SI Ms generat ed by t he VSP are st ored on t he SVP for
use by Hit achi Dat a Syst em s personnel, logged in t he SYS1.LOGREC dat aset
of t he m ainfram e host syst em , displayed by t he St orage Navigat or
soft ware, and report ed over SNMP t o t he open- syst em host . The SI M

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display on St orage Navigat or enables users t o rem ot ely view t he SI Ms
report ed by t he at t ached st orage syst em s. Each t im e a SI M is generat ed,
t he am ber Message LED on t he cont rol panel t urns on. The Hi-Track rem ot e
m aint enance t ool also report s all SI Ms t o t he support cent er
SI Ms are classified according t o severit y. There are four levels: service,
m oderat e, serious, or acut e. The service and m oderat e SI Ms ( lowest
severit y) do not require im m ediat e at t ent ion and are addressed during
rout ine m aint enance. The serious and acut e SI Ms ( highest severit y) are
report ed t o t he m ainfram e host s once every eight hours.

N ot e : I f a serious or acut e- level SI M is report ed, call t he support cent er

im m ediat ely t o ensure t hat t he problem is being addressed.

The following figure illust rat es a t ypical 32- byt e SI M from t he VSP st orage
syst em . SI Ms are displayed by reference code ( RC) and severit y. The six-
digit RC, which is com posed of byt es 22, 23, and 13, ident ifies t he possible
error and det erm ines t he severit y. The SI M t ype, locat ed in byt e 28,
indicat es which com ponent experienced t he error.

Figure 5-1 Service I nformation Message

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 A
Specifications

This appendix provides t he m echanical, elect rical, and environm ent al

specificat ions for t he Hit achi Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em .

□ Mechanical specificat ions

□ Elect rical specificat ions

□ Environm ent al specificat ions

□ Equipm ent noise

□ Heat out put and air flow

□ PDU specificat ions

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Mechanical specifications
The following t able list s t he m echanical specificat ions of t he VSP st orage
syst em .
N ot e : The weight and elect rical specificat ions in t he following t ables were
t aken from a VSP st orage syst em in a cont rolled environm ent . To calculat e
t he weight and current draw of a specific syst em , use t he Power and Weight
calculat or at
ht t p: / / www.hds.com / go/ weight- and- power- calculat or/
Cont act t echnical support if you need assist ance using t his t ool.

Table A-1 VSP mechanical specifications

Single Module Dual Module

Dimension Single Rack
( 3 racks) ( 6 racks)
Widt h ( inches / m m ) 24.0 / 610 71.3 / 1810 142.1 / 3610
Dept h ( inches / m m ) 43.3 / 1100 43.3 / 1100 43.3 / 1100
Height ( inches / m m ) 73.1 / 2005 73.1 / 2005 73.1 / 2005
Syst em Min ( lbs / kg) 767 / 346 ( Diskless) 3610 / 1628 7503 / 3384
Weight Max ( lbs / kg) 862 / 389 4592 / 2071 9784 / 4413
Rack ( lbs / kg) 292.6 / 133 Rack Weight is included in syst em
Weight weight

Electrical specifications
The VSP st orage syst em can use single phase or t hree phase AC power for
bot h open and m ainfram e syst em s.
• Table A- 2 VSP elect rical specificat ions. single phase current on page A-
3 list s t he single phase specificat ions.
• Table A- 3 VSP Elect rical specificat ions. t hree phase current on page A- 4
list s t he t hree phase power requirem ent s.
• Table A- 5 PDU plugs, circuit breakers, and recept acles1 on page A- 5 list s
t he PDU specificat ions for bot h single phase and t hree phase power.

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 Table A-2 VSP electrical specifications. single phase current

I tem Unit Specification

Pow e r r e quir e m e nt s, AC, single phase 200 V t o 240 V, + 6% - 8%
syst e m ope r a t in g 2 pole + ground 50 Hz ± 3 Hz, 60 Hz ± 2 Hz
.
Drive chassis 4.3KVA ( 2.5" SAS)
Maxim um t ot al power
( 240 HDD) 5.7KVA ( 3.5” SATA)
consum pt ion for a t wo
m odule syst em during Maxim um 41.4 KVA
norm al operat ion is 98 Cont roller chassis power I nput Current 7.18 A
am ps. supply
St eady Current 3.59 A
-
Leakage Current 0.28 m A
Maxim um t ot al power
consum pt ion for a fully I nrush current 1st ( 0- p) 20 A
configured t wo m odule
2nd ( 0- p) 15A
syst em ( 2048 disk drives)
wit h all drives in writ e 1st ( 0- p) Tim e
m ode is 112 am ps. ( - 25% : 80 m s
Drive chassis I nput Current 6.52 A
power supply St eady Current 3.26A
Leakage Current 0.28 m A
I nrush current 1st ( 0- p) 20 A
2nd ( 0- p) 15A
1st ( 0- p) Tim e
( - 25% : 80 m s
Pow e r con su m pt ion, Cont rol chassis 0.79 KVA
syst e m in st a n dby
Drive chassis 1.34 KVA
-
Rack wit h one cont rol 3.47 KVA
Maxim um t ot al power chassis and t wo drive
consum pt ion for a t wo chassis
m odule syst em in st andby
m ode is 75 am ps. Rack wit h t hree drive 4.02 KVA
chassis
Single m odule ( 3 rack 11.51 KVA
syst em )
Dual m odule ( 6 rack 23.02 KVA / 75 A
syst em )

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 Table A-3 VSP Electrical specifications. three phase current

I tem Unit Specification

Power requirem ent s AC, 3 Phase delt a 208 V + 5/ - 15% , 50/ 60 Hz
Power consum pt ion Drive chassis 4.3KVA ( 2.5" SAS)
. ( 240 HDD) 5.7KVA ( 3.5” SATA)
N OTE: The power Maxim um 41.4 KVA
consum pt ion of t he
Cont roller chassis power I nput Current 7.18 A
syst em is t he sam e
supply
whet her it uses single St eady Current 3.59 A
phase or t hree phase
Leakage Current 0.28 m A
power. The difference is
t hat each branch of t he I nrush current 1st ( 0- p) 20 A
t hree phase input power 2nd ( 0- p)
draws less current t han
t he single phase 1st ( 0- p) Tim e
conduct ors. ( - 25% : 80 m s
Drive chassis I nput Current 6.52 A
power supply St eady Current 3.26A
Leakage Current 0.28 m A
I nrush current 1st ( 0- p) 20 A
2nd ( 0- p)
1st ( 0- p) Tim e
( - 25% : 80 m s

Table A-4 Pow er consumption, single phase current ( HDDs)

Max Pow er
I dle 2
Configuration 1 Consumption3, 5

Current per rack Current per rack

R00 ( m odule 0 cont roller 4 17.3 19.6

R10 ( m odule 1 cont roller 4 18.2 17.9

R01 ( m odule 0 drive 1) 4 14.8 18.3

R11 ( m odule 1 drive 1) 4 16.1 19.6
R02 ( m odule 0 drive 2) 4 17.2 17.1
R12 ( m odule 1 drive 2) 4 14.4 18.6
Tot al Power 98 111.1
Not es:
1. The num bers in t his t able were provided by m easuring syst em power consum pt ion in a cont rolled
environm ent . Depending on t he air t em perat ure and act ual volt age where t he syst em is inst alled,
current draw can vary as m uch as + or - 10% . To calculat e power draw for a specific syst em , use t he
Power and Weight calculat or at . ht t p: / / www.hds.com / go/ weight - and- power- calculat or/ Cont act
t echnical support if you need assist ance using t his t ool.
2. I dle condit ion - syst em is powered on but not being accessed.
2. Max power consum pt ion - all disks are in writ e m ode.
3. R00 and R01 are cont roller racks wit h one cont roller chassis and t wo drive chassis.
4. R01, R02, R11, and R12 are drive racks wit h t hree drive chassis each.
5. Configured wit h t he m axim um of 2048 146 GB SAS drives.

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 Figure A- 1 Rack numbers

Table A-5 PDU plugs, circuit breakers, and receptacles1

Max Max Pow er Supply

No. of CB Breaker
Phase Location PDU Plug Voltage Current Receptacle I EC
per PDU Rating
Rating Rating C14 2
Single Am ericas NEMA L6 30P 208 V 30 A 2 16 A, 2 pole, 3 wire
( except t wist lock per PDU 20 A t rip 220 VAC
Brazil) 2 pole, 3 wire A + B + gnd
A + B + gnd
EMEA / I EC 309, blue 230 V 32 A 2 16 A, 2 pole, 3 wire
APAC/ 2 pole, 3 wire per PDU 20 A t rip 220 VAC
Brazil A + B + gnd A + B + gnd
Three Am ericas NEMA L15 30P 208 V 30 A per 3 UL489 15 A 2 pole, 3 wire
including t wist lock phase 2 pole 220 VAC
Brazil 3 pole, 4 wire A- B or B- C + gnd
A + B + C + gnd
APAC/ I EC 309, red 400 V 32 A per 6 16 A 1 pole, 3 wire
EMEA 4 pole, 5 wire phase 2 pole 200 VAC
A + B + C + Neut A- N or B- N or
+ gnd C- N + gnd
Required num ber of plugs in each Cont roller chassis Drive chassis Sam e power cord
PDU and plug for all
4 4
per chassis power supplies.
Required num ber of PDUs per rack Cont roller rack Drive rack Sam e power cord
and plug for all
2 if only cont roller 4
PDPs.
inst alled
4 if cont roller and
drive chassis
NOTES:
1. The num bers in t his t able were t aken from t he PDU m anufact urer ’s specificat ions. See t he
m anufact urers specificat ions at t he end of t his appendix.
2. This inform at ion shows how t he recept acles is wired inside t he PDU. The equivalent I EC plug for t his
recept acle is I EC 13.

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Environmental specifications
The following t able list s t he environm ent al specificat ions of t he VSP st orage
syst em .

Table A-6 Virtual Storage Platform Environmental specifications

I tem Operating Not Operating I n Storage

Tem perat ure 60.8 - 89.6 / - 18 t o 109.4 / - 10 t o 43 - 45 - 140
( º F / º C) 16 t o 32 - 18 t o 95 / - 10 t o 35 11 - 25 t o 60

Relat ive Hum idit y 20 t o 80 8 t o 90 5 t o 95

(% )4
Max. Wet Bulb 78.8 / 26 80.6 / 27 84.2 / 29
( º F / º C)
Tem perat ure 18 / 10 18 / 10 36 / 20
Deviat ion
per hour)
( º F / º C)
Vibrat ion 10 t o 300 Hz 5 t o 10 Hz: 2.5 m m Sine Vibrat ion:
t o 10Hz: 0.25 m m 0.49 m / s2 10 t o 70 Hz: 4.9 m / s2 4.9 m / s2 , 5 m in.
70 t o 99 Hz: 0.05 m m At t he resonant frequency
99 t o 300 Hz: 9.8 m / s2 wit h t he highest
displacem ent found bet ween
3 t o 100 Hz 6
Random Vibrat ion:
0.147 m 2/ s3
30 m in, 5 t o 100 Hz 7
Eart hquake Up t o 2.5 10 - -
resist ance ( m / s2)
Shock - 78.4 m / s2 , 15 m s Horizont al:
I ncline I m pact 1.22 m / s8
Vert ical:
Rot at ional Edge 0.15 m 9
Alt it ude - 60 m t o 3,000 m -
Not es:
1. Environm ent al specificat ion for operat ing condit ion should be sat isfied before t he st orage syst em
is powered on. Maxim um t em perat ure of 32°C should b e st rict ly sat isfied at air inlet port ion.
2. Recom m ended t em perat ure range is 21 t o 24°C
3. Non- operat ing condit ion includes bot h packing and unpacking condit ions unless ot herwise
specified.
4. On shipping/ st orage condit ion, t he product should be packed wit h fact ory packing
5. No condensat ion in and around t he drive should be observed under any condit ions. No condensat ion
in and around t he drive should be observed under any condit ions.
6. The above specificat ions of vibrat ion are applied t o all t hree axes
7. See ASTM D999- 01 The Met hods for Vibrat ion Test ing of Shipping Cont ainers.
8. See ASTM D5277- 92 Test Met hod for Perform ing Program m ed Horizont al I m pact s Using an I nclined
I m pact Test er.
9. See ASTM D6055- 96 Test Met hods for Mechanical Handling of Unit ized Loads and Large Shipping
Cases and Crat es.
10. Tim e is 5 seconds or less in case of t he t est ing wit h device resonance point ( 6 t o 7Hz.
11. When flash m odules are inst alled in t he syst em

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Equipment noise
The acoust ic em ission values [ loudness in dB ( A) ] for t he VSP st orage
syst em st orage syst em are:
• Front / rear = 65 dB ( A)
• Bot h sides = 65 dB ( A)

Heat output and air flow

The following t able list s t he heat out put and air flow requirem ent s for t he
VSP st orage syst em com ponent s.
Bot h t he cont rol chassis and t he disk chassis cont ain front and rear fans t o
circulat e air t hrough t he chassis from front t o back. Air flows in t hrough t he
front bezel t o t he rear of t he com ponent and exit s t hrough t he perforat ions
in t he rear door. Eit her t he front fans or t he rear fans can cool t he chassis
by t hem selves. The racks do not cont ain fans. Airflow is from front t o back.

Table A-7 VSP Heat, Pow er, and airflow

Pow er Air Flow

Heat Output
Model Number Consumption cubic ft / cubic
( kW)
( kVA) meters/ min)
DKC710I - CBX 0.475 1 0.500 1 247.2 / 7.0

DKC- F710I - SBX 0.570 1 0.600 1 317.8 / 9.0

DKC- F710I - UBX 0.570 1 0.600 1 317.8 / 9.0

DKC- F710I - SVP 0.052 0.055 -

DKC- F710I - HUB 0.010 0.010 -
DKC- F710I - 16MFS 0.118 0.124 -
DKC- F710I - 16MFL 0.118 0.124 -
DKC- F710I - 8UFC 0.072 0.076 -
DKC- F710I - 16UFC 0.072 0.076 -
DKC- F710I - 16MUS 0.118 0.124 -
DKC- F710I - 16MUL 0.118 0.124 -
DKC- F710I - SCA 0.080 0.084 -
DKC- F710I - CPC 0.068 0.072 -
DKC- F710I - C16G 0.019 0.020 -
DKC- F710I - BM64 0.005 0.005 2 -

DKC- F710I - MP 0.190 0.200 -

DKC- F710I - ESW 0.070 0.074 -
DKC- F710I - 146KCM 0.013 0.014 -
DKC- F710I - 300JCM 0.013 0.014 -
DKC- F710I - 500HCM 0.013 0.014 -
DKC- F710I - 600JCM 0.013 0.014 -
DKC- F710I - 2R0H2M 0.020 0.021 -

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 Pow er Air Flow
Heat Output
Model Number Consumption cubic ft / cubic
( kW)
( kVA) meters/ min)
DKC- F710I - 200SAM 0.010 0.011 -
DKC- F710I - 400S1M 0.010 0.011 -

DKC- F710I - 1R6FM3 0.017 18 wat t s -

DKC- F710I - 3R2FM 0.018 19 wat t s -

Not es:
1: Maxim um values when all fans rot at e at m axim um speed.
2: Power is consum ed during t he bat t ery back- up t im e only.
3. Flash m odule drive. Est im at ed power consum pt ion for a 12- drive FMU is 531 wat t s,
including t he ENCs and power supplies.

PDU specifications
This sect ion cont ains t he m anufact urers specificat ions and diagram s for t he
single and t hree- phase PDUs used by t he VSP st orage syst em .

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Sin gle Ph a se PD U
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Part#PS1465B

1.Shippingpleaseensure(1)unitsperbox
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2.BoxLabelsEachboxtohaveonelabelthatdisplaysthe
C SerialNumberoftheunitinside. C
3.LabelsonPDUETLandSerialnumberlabels
4.MountingbracketsOnesetofUniversalbracketsperunit
5.PlugRetainerClipsYes(builtin)(12xC13RL)
6.CordColorBlack
7.CordLength10'
8.PlugColorBlack
Specifications

9.PlugTypeL630P(IP20)(3wire2pole)
10.CaseColorAluminum
11.Amperage30Amps
12.Voltage208V
13.Dimensions26.82”x3.25”x1.72”
14.CircuitbreakerspecificationsUL489
15.PhaseSingle(1)

B B

PART NUMBER:
INTERPRET DRAWING PER ASME Y14.5M-1994
DIMENSIONAL LIMITS APPLY
NOTICE: PS1465B
TITLE

PDU WITH L6-30P

A AFTER APPLICATION OF FINISH Use of this document is subject to QTY PER UNIT: 1 A
DRAWING NOT TO SCALE a confidentiality and nondisclosure MATERIAL TYPE:
TOLERANCE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED: agreement with Great Lakes Case
- GREAT LAKES CASE & CABINET CO., INC.
ANGULAR +/- 1` MATERIAL GAUGE:
- P.O. BOX 551 EDINBORO, PA 16412
& Cabinet Co., Inc. (GLCC) and may PHONE (814) 734-7303 FAX (814) 734-3907
.XXXX +/- .010
not be reproduced, disclosed or FINISH:
.XXX +/- .015 - E-MAIL [email protected]
.XX +/- .030
.X FOR REF. ONLY
utilized in whole or in part without DRAWN DATE DWG NO: REV
prior written authorization from GLCC.
THIRD ANGLE
PROJECTION
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN INCHES
CHECKED & APP.
-
DATE
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- SHEET: 1 OF 1

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Specifications

GreatLakesCase&CabinetsInc.
Part#PS1474B

1.Shippingpleaseensure(1)unitsperbox
2.BoxLabelsEachboxtohaveonelabelthatdisplaysthe
SerialNumberoftheunitinside.
3.LabelsonPDUETLandSerialnumberlabels
4.MountingbracketsOnesetofUniversalbracketsperunit
5.PlugRetainerClipsYes(builtin)(12xC13RL)
6.Power cordCo lorBlack
7.Power cordLength10 ft
8.PlugColorBlack
9.PlugTypeL1530P(IP20)(4wire3pole)
10.CaseColorAluminum INTERPRET DRAWING PER ASME Y14.5M-1994
NOTICE: PART NUMBER:
PS1474B
TITLE

DIMENSIONAL LIMITS APPLY PDU WITH L15-30P

11.Amperage30Amps AFTER APPLICATION OF FINISH Use of this document is subject to QTY PER UNIT: 1 A
DRAWING NOT TO SCALE a confidentiality and nondisclosure MATERIAL TYPE:
12.Voltage208V TOLERANCE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED: agreement with Great Lakes Case
- GREAT LAKES CASE & CABINET CO., INC.
ANGULAR +/- 1` MATERIAL GAUGE: P.O. BOX 551 EDINBORO, PA 16412
13.Dimensions30.57”x3.25”x1.72” .XXXX +/- .010
& Cabinet Co., Inc. (GLCC) and may
FINISH:
-
PHONE (814) 734-7303 FAX (814) 734-3907
.XXX +/- .015 not be reproduced, disclosed or - E-MAIL [email protected]
14.CircuitbreakerspecificationsUL489 .XX +/- .030
.X FOR REF. ONLY
utilized in whole or in part without DRAWN DATE DWG NO: REV
prior written authorization from GLCC.
15.PhaseThree(3) THIRD ANGLE
PROJECTION
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN INCHES
CHECKED & APP.
-
DATE
-
- SHEET: 1 OF 1
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Comparing Universal Storage Platform
V/ VM and Virtual Storage Platform

This appendix provides a com parison of t he m ain feat ures of Universal

St orage Plat form V/ VM st orage syst em and t he Hit achi Virt ual St orage
Plat form st orage syst em .

□ Com parison of USP V/ VM and VSP

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Comparison of USP V/ VM and VSP
The Hit achi Virt ual St orage Plat form includes several upgrades from t he
Universal St orage Plat form V/ VM as well as a num ber of new feat ures. t hese
include:
• H igh sca la bilit y. The syst em support s configurat ions of 2- 1/ 2 and 3- 1/
2 inch disk drives in eit her a single or dual cont roller configurat ion
• Sh a r e d pr oce ssor s. I n t he Virt ual St orage Plat form , t he processor and
int erface cards are separat e. t his allows eit her or bot h t o be configured
separat ely, and allows each processor t o share resources across m ult iple
int erface cards.
• Loa d ba la ncing. The VSP st orage syst em allows w orkloads t o be bet t er
balanced across m anagem ent processor and breaks t he affinit y bet ween
specific front- end and back- end port s wit h specific processors.
• H igh pe r for m a n ce . The syst em uses shared high perform ance quad-
core processors inst ead of single- core. t his significant ly increases
syst em t ot al processing speed and dist ribut es processing across t he
FEDs and BEDs as needed.
• Fa st e r a cce ss t o syst em cont rol inform at ion t hrough t he use of
onboard m em ory on t he virt ual st orage direct ors ( m icroprocessors) .
• St or a ge m a n a ge m e n t u sa bilit y im pr ove m e n t s. The new version
includes a user- friendly, t ask- based GUI t hat reduces t he num ber of
operat ions needed t o com plet e a t ask and includes wizards t o assist
users in new or repet it ive t asks. t his version of St orage Navigat or also
includes cont ext- sensit ive online help.
The following t ables show t he m ain differences bet w een t he Universal
St orage Plat form V/ VM and t he Virt ual St orage Plat form .

Table B-1 Storage Management I mprovements

Virtual Storage Platform Universal Storage Platform V/ VM

Use Case Orient ed Operat ion Archit ect ure Orient ed
Fewer st eps and clicks Many st eps and clicks for operat ion
Fast er operat ion and higher perform ance Slow perform ance im pression
Unified User int erface ( GUI / CLI ) Many user int erfaces

Table B-2 Basic Functional Differences

Universal Storage
Feature Virtual Storage Platform
Platform V/ VM
FlashCopy Version 1 Not support ed ( Only FC V2) Support ed
Drive Em ulat ion Type 3380- 3 3380- 3
3390- 1/ 2/ 3/ 3R/ 9/ L/ M 3390- 1/ 2/ 3/ 3R/ 9/ L/ M
DKC Em ulat ion Type 3990/ 2105/ 2107 3990/ 2105/ 2107
The num ber of m ult i- 16 16
relat ions

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 Universal Storage
Feature Virtual Storage Platform
Platform V/ VM
The m axim um relat ions in 1048575 1048575
syst em
The m axim um relat ions for 1000 1000
each 1VOL
Ext ernal VOL Source: Support ed Source: Support ed ( V07 or
Target : Support ed higher)

Saving Different ial Bit m ap Save t o SVP Save t o SVP

Support ed OS OS/ 390 V2/ R10 or higher OS/ 390 V2/ R10 or higher
/ OS V1R0 or higher z/ OS V1R0 or higher
z/ VM V5R3 or higher z/ VM V5R3 or higher
z/ VSE V4R1 or higher z/ VSE V4R1 or higher
Operat ion I nt erface TSO TSO
I CKDSF I CKDSF
DFSMSdss DFSMSdss
ANTRQS ANTRQS

Table B-3 Functional Differences - Shadow I mage for Mainframe

Virtual Storage Universal Storage

. Feature
Platform Platform V/ VM
Basic DKC Em ulat ion Type 2105 3990
Funct ions 2107 2105
2107
Drive Em ulat ion Type 3380- 3 3380- 3
3390- 1/ 2/ 3/ 3R/ 9/ L/ M 3390- 1/ 2/ 3/ 3R/ 9/ L/ M
HOST I / F FI CON FI CON
The biggest size of 3390- M 3390- M
pair creat able volum e.
Maxim um num ber of 16k 16k
pairs in syst em
Maxim um num ber of 256 256
CTGs in syst em
Maxim um num ber of 8192 8192
pairs in one CTG
Saving Different ial Save t o SSD Save t o SVP
Bit m ap Save t o SYSTEM DI SK
I nt erface St orage Navigat or St orage Navigat or
PPRC PPRC
ShadowI m age for ShadowI m age for
Mainfram e Mainfram e
Expanded Pair configurat ion 1: 11: N ( N< = 3) 1: 11: N ( N< = 3)
Funct ion
At-Tim e Split Funct ion Support ed Support ed

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Virtual Storage Universal Storage

. Feature
Platform Platform V/ VM
Basic DKC Em ulat ion Type 2105 3990
Funct ions 2107 2105
2107
Drive Em ulat ion Type Open- 3, Open- 8,Open- Open- 3, Open- 8,Open-
9 9
Open- E, Open- L, Open- Open- E, Open- L, Open-
V V
Host I / F Fibre Fibre
Maxim um size of pair Open-V 4 TB Open- V 4 TB
creat able volum e.
Maxim um num ber of 16k Pair 16k Pair
pairs in syst em
Maxim um num ber of 256CTG 256CTG
CTG in syst em
Maxim um num ber of 8192 Pair 8192 Pair
pair in one CTG
Saving different ial Save t o SSD Save t o SVPSave t o
bit m ap SYSTEM DI SK
Operat ion int erface St orage Navigat or St orage Navigat or
Raidm anager ( I nband) Raidm anager ( I nband)
Raidm anager
( Out band)
Expanded Pair configurat ion 1: 1 1: 1
Funct ion Cascade pair Cascade pair
1: N ( N < = 3) 1: N ( N < = 3)
At-Tim e Split Funct ion Support ed Support ed

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 C
Regulatory Compliance

This appendix includes a com prehensive set of specificat ions for t he Hit achi
Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em described in t his m anual. The
Regulat ory Com pliance sect ion includes a t able of regulat ory specificat ions
t hat are m et by t he VSP st orage syst em . Following t he t ables are individual
regulat ory st at em ent s t hat explain t he requirem ent s of various count ries.

□ Regulat ory com pliance

□ US FCC Not ice

□ European Declarat ion of Conform it y

□ Not ice of export cont rols

□ Hazardous and t oxic subst ances

□ Disposal

□ Recycling

□ Elect ronic em issions cert ificat es

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Regulatory compliance
This equipm ent has been t est ed and is cert ified t o m eet t he following
st andards:

Table C-1 Virtual Storage Platform Certifications

Mark on the
Standard Specification Country
product
Elect ronic em ission FCC Part 15 Subpart Yes ( FCC) U.S.A
cont rol B Class A
Elect ronic em ission FCC Part 15 Subpart Yes ( UL) Japan
cont rol B Class A: 2010,
Class A
I CES- 003 I ssue 4
Class A
Safet y cert ificat ion TUV Safet y Report Yes ( TUV) EU, Nort h Am erica
and TUV- NRTL
Cert ificat ion, FCC
Verificat ion Report
Elect ronic em ission TUV Safet y Report , Yes ( CE Mark) European Union
cert ificat ions EMC Report , TUV GS
License, EMC
Cert ificat e, CE Mark
Elect ronic em ission CB Report and Yes ( TUV) Worldwide
cont rol Cert ificat e
Elect ronic em ission Test Report for C- Yes Aust ralia and
cont rol Tick Approval New Zealand
VCCI Regist rat ion VCCI Class A Yes ( VCCI ) Japan
for Product and
Accessories
Safet y cert ificat ion GOST Cert ificat e for Yes ( GOST) Russia
Product and
Accessories
Elect ronic em ission BSMI Approval for Yes ( BSMI ) Taiwan
cont rol Product and
Accessories
Elect ronic em ission RRL Approval and Yes ( RRL) Korea
cont rol KTL Safet y Approval
Safet y cert ificat ion I RAM Approval Yes Argent ina
Elect ronic em ission CCC Approval for Yes ( I RAM) China
cont rol Swit ching Power
Supply

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 Table C-2 Virtual Storage Platform Certifications, by Region

Region Regulatory Standard Certificate No. and Report No.

CB I EC60950- 1: 2005 Cert ificat e No. JPTUV- 033033 JPTUV-
033033- M1
Worldwide Report No. 12020365- 001
12020365- 002
Phot o 12020365- 001
Docum ent at ion
No.
Safet y Nort h cTUVus UL60950- 1: 2007CSA- Cert ificat e No. CU 72100030
Am erica C22.2 No.60950- 1- 07
European TUV GS EN60950- 1: 2006 Cert ificat e No. S1 50183813
Union + A11
Argent ina I RAM I EC60950- 1: 2005 Cert ificat e No. RA 3082130 E
Safet y Russia GOST GOST- R 60950- 1- Cert ificat e No. POCC JP.Aß46.B81290
EMC 2005GOST- R
51318.22- 99, 24- 99
GOST- R 51317.3.2-
2006, 3.3- 2008
Nort h FCC FCC Part 15 Test Report No. 29HE0209-YK- B
Am erica Subpart A: 2010 30HE0216- SH- B
30KE0010- SH- B
European EN EN55022: 2006+ A1EN Test Report No. 12606815- 001
Union 61000- 3-
2: 2006EN61000- 3-
3: 2008EN55024: 1998
+ A1+ A2
EMC Aust ralia C-Tick AS/ NZS Test Report No. 29HE0209-YK- C
and New CI SPR22: 2009 30HE0216- SH- C
Zealand
Taiwan BSMI CNS13438: 2006I EC6 Declarat ion of Declarat ion of
0950- 1: 2005 Conform it y Conform it y
Sout h KCC KN22KN24 Cert ificat e No. HTB-
Korea DKC710I CBXFBX( A)
Region Regulat ory St andard Part s Cert ificat e No.
Safet y China CCC GB4943- SVP HJ- 4230- 2009010911374023
EMC 2001GB9254- xyyyy
2008GB17625.1- 2003
HUB HJ- 4230- 2009010911378891
HUB
SWPSHS1502 2010010907425306

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US FCC Notice
FCC Not ice
Federal Com m unicat ions Com m ission
This equipm ent has been t est ed and found t o com ply wit h t he lim it s for a
Class A digit al device, pursuant t o part 15 of t he FCC Rules. These lim it s are
designed t o provide reasonable prot ect ion against harm ful int erference
when t he equipm ent is operat ed in a com m ercial environm ent .
This equipm ent generat es, uses, and can radiat e radio frequency energy
and, if not inst alled and used in accordance wit h t he inst ruct ion m anual,
m ay cause harm ful int erference t o radio com m unicat ions. Operat ion of t his
equipm ent in a resident ial area is likely t o cause harm ful int erference, in
which case users will be required t o correct t he int erference at t heir own
expense.

Electronic emissions testing

EMI t est ing was done wit h shielded cables. Therefore, in order t o com ply
wit h t he FCC regulat ions, you m ust use shielded cables wit h your
inst allat ion.
The EMI t est s were done in t he following configurat ions:
DKC710I - CBX+ DKC+ F710I - SBX
DKC710I - CBX+ DKC+ F710I - SBX+ DKC- F710I - UBX
Copies of t he Underwrit ers Laborat ories EMI com pliance cert ificat es are
locat ed at t he end of t his chapt er.
I f t rouble occurs in anot her configurat ion, a user m ay be request ed t o t ake
appropriat e prevent ive m easures.

European Declaration of Conformity

W a r ning This equipm ent com plies wit h t he requirem ent s relat ing t o
elect rom agnet ic com pat ibilit y, EN 55022 class A for I TE, t he essent ial
prot ect ion requirem ent of Council Direct ive 89/ 336/ EEC on t he
approxim at ion of t he laws of t he Mem ber St at es relat ing t o
elect rom agnet ic com pat ibilit y.

" EI NE LEI CHT ZUGÄNGLI CHE TRENN-VORRI CHTUNG, MI T EI NER KONTAKT-

ÖFFNUNGSWEI TE VON MI NDESTENS 3m m I ST I N DER UNMI TTELBAREN
NÄHE DER VERBRAUCHERANLAGE ANZUORDEN ( 4- POLI GE
ABSCHALTUNG) ."
M a sch in e n lä r m in for m a t ion s ve r or dn un g 3 . GSGV, 1 8 .0 1 .1 9 9 1 :
Der " höchst e" Schalldruckpegel bet rät 70 db ( A) oder weniger gem äß I SO
7779
CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT

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 W ARN I N G: This is a Class A product . I n a dom est ic environm ent t his
product m ay cause radio int erference in which case t he user m ay be
required t o t ake adequat e m easures.
W ARN I N G: Dies ist ein Produkt der Klasse A. I n nicht gewerblichen
Um gebungen können von dem Gerät Funkst örungen ausgehen, zu deren
Beseit igung vom Benut zer geeignet e Maßnahm en zu ergreifen sind.

Notice of export controls

Export of t echnical dat a cont ained in t his docum ent m ay require an export
license from t he Unit ed St at es governm ent and/ or t he governm ent of
Japan. Cont act t he Hit achi Legal Depart m ent for any export com pliance
quest ions

This sym bol displays requirem ent s for cont rolling pollut ion caused by
elect ronic inform at ion product s.

Hazardous and toxic substances

Table C-3 Hazardous and toxic substances

Toxic and Hazardous Substances and Elements

Unit Lead Mercury Cadm ium Hexavalent Polybrom inat ed Polybrom inat ed
( PB) ( Hg) ( Cd) Chronium biphenyls ( PBB) diphenyl et hers
( Cr ( VI ) ) ( PBDE)
Cont rolle X O O O O O
r chassis
Drive X O O O O O
chassis
The Sym bol O indicat es t hat t his t oxic or hazardous subst ances cont ained in all of t he
hom ogeneous m at erials for t his part is below t his lim it requirem ent in SJ/ T 11363-
2006.
The sym bol X indicat es t hat t his t oxic or hazardous subst ances cont ained in at least
one of t he hom ogeneous m at erials used for t his part is above t he lim it requirem ent in
SJ/ T 11363- 2006.

Disposal
N OTE: This sym bol on t he product or on it s packaging m eans t hat your
elect rical and elect ronic equipm ent should be disposed at t he end of life
separat ely from household wast es. There are separat e collect ion
syst em s for recycling EU and m any cit ies in t he USA. For m ore
inform at ion, cont act t he local aut horit y or t he dealer where you
purchased t he product .

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Recycling
The cache backup bat t ery unit includes a nickel- hydride bat t ery. A
nickel- hydride bat t ery should be recycled when it is no longer usable.
When you replace t he bat t ery unit , do not dispose of t he old one in t he
t rash. recycle t he bat t ery inst ead. The m ark post ed on t he bat t ery unit
is a t hree- arrow m ark t hat m eans a recyclable part .

Electronic emissions certificates

Copies of t he Underwrit ers Laborat ories EMI com pliance cert ificat es are
locat ed on t he following pages. Cont act Hit achi Dat a Syst em s support for
det ailed inform at ion if needed.
.

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Figure C-1 UL EMI compliance certificate ( 1 of 3)

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 Figure C-2 UL EMI compliance certificate ( 2 of 3)

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Figure C-3 UL I MI compliance certificate ( 1 of 3)

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 Glossary

This glossary defines t he special t erm s used in t his docum ent .

A
ATA
Advanced Technology At t achm ent . This is a disk drive im plem ent at ion
t hat int egrat es t he cont roller on t he disk drive.

array
See disk array.

B
ba ck - e n d dir e ct or ( BED )
The hardware com ponent t hat cont rols t he t ransfer of dat a bet ween t he
drives and cache. A BED feat ure consist s of a pair of boards. A BED is
also referred t o as a disk adapt er ( DKA) .

BED
See back- end direct or.

BS
basic ( power) supply

C
CCI
Com m and Cont rol I nt erface

CH A
See channel adapt er.

# A B
B C D
D E F G H I JJ K L
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 con t r olle r ch a ssis
The hardware assem bly t hat cont ains t he logic and processing
com ponent s of t he Virt ual St orage Plat form , including t he front- end
direct ors, virt ual st orage direct ors, cache m em ory, swit ches, and back-
end direct ors. The Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage syst em can be
configured wit h one or t wo cont rol chassis.

D
disk a r r a y
Disk array, or j ust array, is a com plet e st orage syst em , including t he
cont rol and logic devices, st orage devices ( HDD, SSD) , connect ing
cables, and racks.

dr ive ch a ssis
The hardware com ponent of t he Virt ual St orage Plat form t hat houses
disk drives and/ or flash drives. The Virt ual St orage Plat form can be
configured wit h up t o 16 drive chassis.

dyn a m ic pr ovision in g
An approach t o m anaging st orage. I nst ead of “ reserving” a fixed am ount
of st orage, it rem oves capacit y from t he available pool when dat a is
act ually writ t en t o disk. Also called t hin provisioning.

F
FED
See front- end direct or.

FBX
See flash chassis.

FM D
See flash m odule.

FI CON
Fibre Connect ivit y

fla sh ch a ssis
A clust er of four flash boxes t hat cont ain up t o 48 flash drives and fit in
t he space of a DKU drive chassis. The fact ory designat ion is FBX.

fla sh dr ive
A dat a drive t hat is a solid- st at e m em ory device inst ead of a rot at ing
hard disk.

# A B
B C D
D E F G H I JJ K L
K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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 fla sh m odu le
A flash m odule ( FMD) is a Hit achi cust om - designed and m anufact ured
ent erprise class solid st at e st orage m odule. I t uses a high perform ance,
cust om ASI C flash cont roller and st andard flash m em ory chips in an
im plem ent at ion t hat exceeds t he perform ance of expensive SLC SSDs,
but cost s less t han less expensive MLC SSDs.

fr e e ca pa cit y
The am ount of st orage space ( in byt es) t hat is available for use by t he
host syst em s.

fr on t - e n d dir e ct or ( FED )
The hardware com ponent t hat processes channel com m ands from host s
and m anages host access t o cache.

G
GLPR
global logical part it ion

J
JRE
Java Runt im e Environm ent

JVM
Java Virt ual Machine

K
k VA
kilovolt- am pere

L
LD EV
logical device

lice n se k e y
A specific set of charact ers t hat unlocks an applicat ion and allows it t o
be used.

# A B
B C D
D E F G H I JJ K L
K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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 logica l de vice ( LD EV)
An individual logical dat a volum e ( on m ult iple drives in a RAI D
configurat ion) in t he st orage syst em . An LDEV m ay or m ay not cont ain
any dat a and m ay or m ay not be defined t o any host s. Each LDEV has a
unique ident ifier or “ address” wit hin t he st orage syst em com posed of t he
logical disk cont roller ( LDKC) num ber, cont rol unit ( CU) num ber, and
LDEV num ber. The LDEV I Ds wit hin a st orage syst em do not change. An
LDEV form at t ed for use by m ainfram e host s is called a logical volum e
im age ( LVI ) . An LDEV form at t ed for use by open- syst em host s is called
a logical unit ( LU) .

logica l volum e
See volum e.

logica l volu m e im a ge ( LVI )

A logical volum e t hat is configured for use by m ainfram e host s ( for
exam ple, 3390- 9) .

LUN
logical unit num ber

LUSE
LUN Size Expansion

LVI
See logical volum e im age ( LVI ) .

M
m ir r or
I n Universal Replicat or, each pair relat ionship in and bet ween j ournal
groups is called a “ m irror ”. Each pair is assigned a m irror I D when it is
creat ed. The m irror I D ident ifies individual pair relat ionships bet ween
j ournal groups.

m odify m ode
The m ode of operat ion of St orage Navigat or t hat allows changes t o t he
st orage syst em configurat ion. See also view m ode.

P
pa ir
Tw o logical volum es in a replicat ion relat ionship in which one volum e
cont ains original dat a t o be copied and t he ot her volum e cont ains t he
copy of t he original dat a. The copy operat ions can be synchronous or
asynchronous, and t he pair volum es can be locat ed in t he sam e st orage

# A B
B C D
D E F G H I JJ K L
K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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 syst em ( in- syst em replicat ion) or in different st orage syst em s ( rem ot e
replicat ion) .

pa ir st a t u s
I ndicat es t he condit ion of a copy pair. A pair m ust have a specific st at us
for specific operat ions. When an operat ion com plet es, t he st at us of t he
pair changes t o t he new st at us.

PD B
power dist ribut ion box

PD P
power dist ribut ion panel

PD U
power dist ribut ion unit

pool
A set of volum es t hat are reserved for st oring Copy- on-Writ e Snapshot
dat a or Dynam ic Provisioning writ e dat a.

R
RAI D
redundant array of independent disks. A disk array in which part of t he
physical st orage space is used t o st ore user dat a and parit y inform at ion,
and anot her part is used t o st ore a duplicat e set of user dat a and parit y
inform at ion. This redundant configurat ion prevent s dat a loss in case a
disk drive wit hin t he RAI D configurat ion fails, and enables regenerat ion
of user dat a in t he event t hat one of t he array's m em ber disks or t he
access pat h t o it fails.

RAI D gr ou p
A set of RAI D disks t hat have t he sam e capacit y and are t reat ed as one
group for dat a st orage and recovery. A RAI D group cont ains bot h user
dat a and parit y inform at ion. This allows user dat a t o be accessed in t he
event t hat one or m ore of t he drives wit hin t he RAI D group are not
available. The RAI D level of a RAI D group det erm ines t he num ber of
dat a drives and parit y drives and how t he dat a is “ st riped” across t he
drives. For RAI D1, user dat a is duplicat ed wit hin t he RAI D group, so
t here is no parit y dat a for RAI D1 RAI D groups.
A RAI D group can also be called an array group or a parit y group.

RAI D le ve l
The t ype of RAI D im plem ent at ion. RAI D levels include RAI D0, RAI D1,
RAI D2, RAI D3, RAI D4, RAI D5 and RAI D6.

# A B
B C D
D E F G H I JJ K L
K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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 S
SAS
serial- at t ached SCSI

SATA
serial Advanced Technology At t achm ent

se r vice in for m a t ion m e ssa ge ( SI M )

SI Ms are generat ed by a VSP st orage syst em when it det ect s an error or
service requirem ent . SI Ms are report ed t o host s and displayed on
St orage Navigat or.

SFM
See sm art flash m odule

SI M
See service inform at ion m essage

SOM
See syst em opt ion m ode

syst e m disk
The volum e from which an open- syst em s host boot s.

sy st e m opt ion m ode ( SOM )

Addit ional operat ional param et ers for t he RAI D st orage syst em s t hat
enable t he st orage syst em t o be t ailored t o unique cust om er operat ing
requirem ent s. SOMs are set on t he service processor.

T
t ie r e d st or a ge
A layered st ruct ure of perform ance levels, or t iers, t hat m at ches dat a
access requirem ent s wit h t he appropriat e perform ance t iers. The t iers
are:
Tier 1: St at ic cont ent . Tier 1 is fully support ed com put ing expect ed t o
be product ion qualit y.
Tier 2: Applicat ion logic. Tier 2 plat form s are not support ed by t he
securit y officer and release engineering t eam s. Tier 2 syst em s are
t arget ed for Tier 1 support , but are st ill under developm ent .
Tier 3: Dat abase. Tier 3 plat form s are archit ect ures for which hardware
is not or will not be available or t hat are considered legacy syst em s
unlikely t o see broad fut ure use.

# A B
B C D
D E F G H I JJ K L
K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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 Tier 4 syst em s are not support ed.

V
vir t u a l st or a ge dir e ct or
The virt ual st orage direct ors of t he Virt ual St orage Plat form st orage
syst em cont rol t he front- end direct ors and m anage front- end access t o
cache m em ory.

volu m e
A logical device ( LDEV) , or a set of concat enat ed LDEVs in t he case of
LUSE, t hat has been defined t o one or m ore host s as a single dat a
st orage unit . A m ainfram e volum e is called a logical volum e im age ( LVI ) ,
and an open- syst em s volum e is called a logical unit . ( LU) .

# A B
B C D
D E F G H I JJ K L
K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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B C D
D E F G H I JJ K L
K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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 I ndex

Sym bols flash m odule 3- 8

front- end direct or 3- 2
archit ect ure
hardware descript ion 1- 2
syst em 2- 2
host m odes 2- 55
back- end direct or 3- 2
hub 3- 2
basic configurat ion; configurat ion
logical unit s 2- 6 , 2- 7
basic 1- 3
m ainfram e 2- 7, 2- 8
cache 3- 2
m em ory
capacit y
cache 3- 13
cache 1- 7
shared 3- 14
disk drive 1- 7
m icroprocessor 3- 2
cert ificat ions
new feat ures 1- 2
com pliance C- 2
operat ions
Europe C- 4
bat t ery backup 4- 5
Japan C- 5
opt ion m odes
US FCC C- 4
syst em 2- 8
chassis
power supply 3- 2
cont roller 3- 2
procedures
cont roller, com ponent s 3- 2
power off 4- 4
drive 3- 5
power on 4- 3
com ponent s
RAI D groups 2- 3
cont roller chassis 3- 2
RAI D im plem ent at ion 2- 2
drive chassis 3- 5
requirem ent s
configurat ion
airflow A- 7
m axim um 1- 7
safet y 4- 2
m inim um 1- 6
specificat ions
cont roller chassis 1- 4 , 1- 6
drive 1- 7, 1- 11
cont roller, com ponent s 1- 4 , 3- 2
environm ent al A- 6
cont rols
equipm ent noise A- 7
descript ion 3- 5
general 1- 9
syst em 3- 5
heat out put A- 7
cooling fans 3- 7
m echanical A- 2
drive chassis com ponent s 3- 5
swit ches
export cont rols C- 5
cont rol 3- 5
fans
ESW 3- 2
cont roller chassis 3- 2
power 4- 3
cooling 3- 7
syst em reliabilit y 1- 2
drive chassis 3- 8
t echnological advances 1- 2
feat ures
virt ualizat ion 1- 2
hardware 1- 2
soft ware 1- 12
flash box 3- 9
flash chassis 3- 10

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