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SAN Volume Controller

Specifications
Shared SMP processor configuration Intel Xeon 5500 Series quad-core
Processor memory for cache 24 GB per engine
Host adapter interfaces 4-port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel
Drive interface SAS
Number of disk drives Up to 4 SSD devices per SVC node
Device adapters SAS
Maximum physical storage capacity Up to 600 GB usable SSD capacity per I/O group or up to 1 PB in an 8-node cluster
Disk sizes 146 GB
RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10
Dimensions (height x width x depth) 1.7" x 17.3" x 29" (4.3x44x73.7 cm)
Maximum weight 30.3 lb (14 kg)
Operating environment
Wet Bulb temperature
  • Operating 23o C
  • Powered off 27o C
  • Storage and shipping 29o C
Relative humidity
  • Operating and powered off 8% to 80%
  • Storage 5% to 80%
  • Shipping 5% to 100%
Power supply 2 PSUs standard
Electrical power kava min/max 200-240 V ac, 3.8 A, 50/60 Hz
Warranty period 1 year
IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller supported environments at a glance
Storage systems support Specific models of the following storage systems:
  • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server, IBM System Storage DS3000, DS4000, DS5000, DS6000, DS8000, N series
  • IBM XIV Storage System
  • EMC Symmetrix VMAX, DMX and 8000-series models
  • EMC CLARiiON CX-series models and FC4700
  • Hitachi Data Systems Thunder, Lightning, TagmaStore, AMS, WMS, Universal Storage Platform
  • Sun StorEdge systems, Sun StorageTek systems, FlexLine 200
  • Hewlett Packard MA8000, EMA12000, EMA16000, EVA family, MSA family, XP family
  • NetApp FAS
  • Bull StoreWay
  • Fujitsu Eternus
  • NEC iStorage
  • Pillar Axiom
  • Texas Memory Systems RamSan-500
  • Xiotech Emprise 5000
  • Compellent Fluid Data
Host multipathing software
  • IBM System Storage Multipath Subsystem Device Driver (SDD)
  • Symantec/Veritas Volume Manager 3.5 MP3, 4.0, 4.1, 4.3, 5.0
  • PVLinks for HP-UX
  • MPIO for Windows and IBM AIX
  • MPxIO for Solaris
  • Native NetWare multipathing driver
  • Native VMware multipathing driver for VMware ESX 2.5 and later
  • Native multipathing drivers for OpenVMS, Tru64, SGI Irix
  • RDAC multipathing software for certain DS4000 environments
Operating system support
  • IBM AIX V4.3.3
  • IBM AIX 5L V5.1, V5.2, V5.3
  • IBM AIX V6.1
  • IBM z/VSE V4.2
  • IBM PowerVM Virtual I/O Server 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
  • Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008
  • Microsoft Hyper-V
  • Novell NetWare V6.5
  • Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10
  • VMware ESX 2.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 3.0.2, 3.5, 3i
  • VMware vSphere 4
  • HP-UX 11.0, 11i V1, V2, V3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Advanced Server 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9, 10, 11
  • Citrix Xen Server
  • HP Tru64 5.1A, 5.1B
  • HP OpenVMS 7.3-2, 8.2, 8.3
  • SGI Irix 6.5.28, Altix SLES 9
  • Mac OS X Server 10.5
  • IBM N series Gateways
  • NetApp V-Series
  • ONStor Clustered NAS Gateway
For information on HBAs and clustering support with these operating systems, visit ibm.com/systems/storage/software/virtualization/svc/ and click on Interoperability. Or go to http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145
Support for SAN switchesselected models from the following suppliers
  • Brocade
  • McDATA
  • Cisco
  • CNT
Service
  • Customer engineer (CE) installation
  • Hardware warranty, one year parts and labor
  • One year of software maintenance included
  • Software upgrades and fix packs available through web download, may be installed nondisruptively
IBM Global Services storage services
  • Consult and design
    • Backup and continuity planning
    • Performance utilization and capacity planning
  • Integrate and deploy
    • Installation, cabling and site preparation
    • Migration and consolidation
    • Education and training
  • Operate and manage
    • System support and maintenance

For the most current, and more detailed, SVC interoperability information, please visit: ibm.com/systems/storage/software/virtualization/svc/interop.html

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