Nseries System Overview

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NAS Education

2003 IBM Corporation

IBM System Storage N series System Overview(including 2Q2007 announce)

ASG i.p.NW Support

Hiroshi Furukawa


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2006 IBM Corporation2

Hardware Portfolio


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All IBM System Storage N series Are Similar

NAS & IP SAN

All N series Systems support the same unified storage features:

High availability features

Hot Swap, redundant components; power supplies, fans, disk drives and

storage controller clustering

Connects to NAS, IP SAN and FC SAN environments

Concurrently

40+ Advanced Software Features

Copy Services, multiple protocols, virtualization, WORM data protection,

database usability

FC or SATA or Mixed Disk Drive options

FC drive options

Used for high performance, mission critical production data

SATA options can be used for

Disk backup options (Nearline storage)

Archive storage

WORM protection data

FC SAN


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* Some features not available on gateway model

Network Protocols: NAS, iSCSI,

FC SAN ...simultaneously

Operating system

System management tools

Storage management tools

Multiple RAID levels including

double parity

High availability features

hot swap and redundancy

Disk Drives: FC & SATA

intermixed on all systems

Non-erasable, Non-rewritable

WORM data protection

Advanced software features and

functions*

V6030FAS6030

126TB16TB 84TB

N3700

N5300N5200

N5200Gateway

N5300Gateway

336TB(non-clustered)

504TB(clustered)

336TB(non-clustered)

420TB(clustered)

N7800N7600

N7600Gateway

N7800Gateway

FAS270 V3040FAS3040

V3020FAS3020

V6070FAS6070

All Systems share the same:

252TB

N5600

N series Hardware Portfolio

V3050FAS3050

V3070FSA3070

N5500Gateway

N5600Gateway

168TB

N5500


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N3700 Hardware Overview


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IBM System Storage N3700

N3700 available in single or dual storage controller

Cluster controller are designed to offer redundancy, higher

availability and increased performance

Compact 3U drawer scales to 4TB*

Three addition expansion units allow a maximum of 16TB*

Single platform offers Unified Protocol support

NAS, iSCSI (IP SAN) & FCP (FC SAN) protocol attachment

to Windows, Unix and Linux environments

Enabler for IP-based or FCP SANs

Rock solid foundation offers redundant hot swappable

components and robust copy services

Suitable for lights-out operation in distributed environments

Extremely suitable for SMB mission critical environments

N3700

* Raw capacity


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N3700 A10 N3700 A20

Max. raw capacity 16.8TB 16.8TB

Max. number of disk drives 56 56Volumes and RAID groups (min./max. of 1/7 1/7

1 RAID group per volume)

Max. volume size (physical capacity) 8TB 8TB

ECC Memory 1GB 2GB

Nonvolatile memory(NVRAM) 128MB 256MB

Integrated I/O

Ethernet 10/100/1000 copper 2 4

Copper FC ports for EXN2000 expansion unitattachment

1 2

Optical FC ports for tape attachment 1 2

Clustered failover.capable No Yes

Rack Mount (in IBM 2101 Storage SolutionsRack Model 200 or other industry-standard19-inch rack)

Yes Yes



N3700 Hardware Overview

N3700 available in single or dual storage controller appliance configurations

Cluster controller configurations contain two controllers inserted into rear of N3700Cluster configuration are designed to offer the benefits of increased performance with active-active

configuration.

Single controller can be upgraded to cluster

Based On Broadcom MIPS-based architecture

All available adapters ship with base unit

Two 10/100/1000 copper Ethernet

Two Fibre Channel adapters

For tape and expansion unit attachment

Protocol SupportNFS V2/V3/V4 over UDP or TCP

Microsoft CIFS

iSCSI

FTP, HTTP, NDMP, SNMP Storage Controller Assembly



Hardware Features

Hardware Data Sheet on external website (Hot Link)

Console port

2X GbE Copper NICs

Optical FC Port

(SAN attach)

Copper FC port

(EXN2000 attach)

NVRAM Battery

Memory

Maximum Volume / Aggregate size

8TB

ECC Memory

1GB

Nonvolatile Memory

128MB
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N5200, N5300, N5500 & N5600 Hardware Overview


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IBM System Storage N5000 series

N5200

84TB

NAS & IP SAN

N5500

168TB

Rebranded NetApp Midrange Storage Systems

Three Systems with Two ModelsN5200 (Single Filer or Clustered)

N5300 (Single Filer or Clustered) New AMD base

N5500 (Single Filer or Clustered)

N5600 (Single Filer or Clustered) New AMD base

Connects to NAS, IP SAN and FC SAN environments

Concurrently

40+ Advanced Software Features

Copy Services, multiple protocols, virtualization, WORM data

protection, database usability

FC or SATA or Mixed Disk Drive options

FC drive options

Used for high performance, mission critical production data

SATA options can be used for

Disk backup options (Nearline storage)

Archive storage

WORM protection data

Unified Storage for Everyone

FC SAN

N5600

252TB

N5300

126TB


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Maximum

Solution

Versatility

NAS

FC SAN (FCP)

IP SAN (iSCSI)

Nearline storage used for tiered storage or

infrequently accessed data

Fiber channel or SATA disk drives

Data Retention to help meet the needs of

customers required to store data in non-

erasable and non-rewritable (WORM) formats

SATA disk drives

On-line, high-performance, mission criticalproduction data repository

Fibre channel disk drives

N5000 Offers SATA & FC Disk DriveConcurrently

NAS

FC SAN(FCP)

IP SAN(iSCSI)

N5000 series


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N5000 series OverviewN5200* N5300* N5500* N5600*

Features andfunctions supported

All All All All

Network ProtocolSupport

CIFS, NFS V2/V3/V3 over UDP or TCP, iSCSI, FCP, HTTP, FTP, NDMP, SNMP

FC Disk Drive Options 72GB(10K, 15K) 144GB (10K,15K) 300GB(10K)

SATA Disk DriveOptions

250GB 7.5K, 320GB, 500GB 7.5K

Expansion Units EXN1000 = SATA disk drives, EXN2000 = FC disk drives, EXN4000 FC disk drives

RAID RAID-4, RAID-DP

Physical CPUs Two 2.8GHz Intel Xeon Four 2.4 GHz AMDSingle core 64-bit

Opteron

Four 2.8GHz Intel Xeon Four 1.8 GHz AMDdual core 64-bit Opteron

NVRAM NV5 (1 GB) NV6 (1 GB) NV5 (1 GB) NV6 (1 GB)

Memory 4 GB 8 GB 8 GB 16 GB

PCI Slots 6 (PCI-x) 6(PCI-e) 6(PCI-x) 6(PCI-e)

Onboard I/O ports 8 GbE8 FC(2Gb)

8 GbE8 FC (4Gb)

8 GbE8 FC(2Gb)

8 GbE8 FC(4Gb)

High AvailabilityFeatures

Redundant storage controllers, power supplies, fans, Hot-pluggable fans, disks, power supplies

Max. StorageCapacity

84TB 126TB 168TB 252TB

* Active/Active Configuration


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N5200/N5500 vs. N5300/N5600 (New)

Differences

Motherboard tray is where all changes have been made.

N5200/N5500 was Intel Xeon based, N5300/N5600 is AMD Opteron (64 bits)based

N5300/N5600 Fibre Channels can run up to 4Gb/s

Note: SFP (1,2,4)

No SCSI port on N5300/N5600

N5200/N5500 uses CFE, N5300/N5600 uses BIOS/LOADER

Diagnostic differences relative to N5300/N5600

Main Menu Motherboard

New IO cards No new platform error messages


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N7600 & N7800 Hardware Overview


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N7000 Appliance Overview

N7000 Appliance Models (A10 & A20) N7600

Scales to 420 TB

N7800

Scales to 504 TB

Equivalent to NetApp FAS6030 & FAS6070 models

Models A10 Single Storage Controller

Models A20 Clustered Storage Controller

Occupies 12 rack units

Provides simultaneous NAS, iSCSI & FC SAN (FCP) solution

Supports both EXN1000 (SATA) & EXN2000 (FC) Expansion Units

Introduces 4 Gbps FC host attachment

Over 40 advanced software features

3 year hardware & software warranty


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N7000 Models A10 & A20 SpecificationsIBMSystemStorage N7000series at a glance

Operating system Data ONTAP 7.2

Standard software features Integrated automatic RAID manager, Snapshot, Fast Boot, telnet, e-mail alerts, NIS, DNS, SNMP,

FilerView, NDMP, SecureAdmin, FlexVol, AutoSupport, FlexShare, SSH

Network protocol support NFS V2/V3/V4 over UDP or TCP, PCNFSD V1/V2 for (PC) NFS client authentication, Microsoft CIFS,

VLD, FTP, HTTP 1.0, HTTP 1.1 Virtual Hosts

SAN protocol support iSCSI; Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) fabric-attached and direct-attached configurations

Optional licensed functions NFS, CIFS, HTTP, Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), FlexClone, MultiStore, Clustered Failover (CFO),

SnapMirror, SnapRestore, SnapVault, LockVault Compliance, LockVault Enterprise,

SnapLock Compliance, SnapLock Enterprise, SyncMirror, SnapValidator, SnapDrive forWindows, SnapDrive for UNIX, Single Mailbox Recovery for Exchange, SnapManager for

Exchange, SnapManager for SQL Server, MetroCluster, DataFabric Manager

Hardware features Full-duplex 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet onboard console, diagnostic LED/LCD, Remote ManagementCard standard, redundant hot-plug cooling fans, redundant hot-plug power supplies, Compact

Flash, 19" rack-mount enclosure, optional 220 V 42U 19" system cabinet

Default/min./max. RAID group sizes RAID4 (single parity) and RAID-DP (double parity) RAID4 support on FC disks are: Default 7 data + 1parity/Min. 1 data + 1 parity/Max. 13 data + 1 parity; RAID4 support on SATA disks are: Default

and Max. 7 data + 1 parity/Min. 1 data + 1 parity; RAID-DP support on FC disks are: Default 14data + 2 parity/Min. 1 data + 2 parity/Max. 26 data + 2 parity; RAID-DP support SATA disks are:Default 12 data + 2 parity/Min. 1 data + 2 parity/Max. 14 data + 2 parity

Disk storage expansion units supported EXN2000, (formerly EXP600) FibreChannel (FC) Disk Storage Expansion Unit

EXN1000 Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) Disk Storage Expansion Unit

Disk drive capacities supported EXN2000 10K RPM FC disk drives (72GB, 144GB, 300GB), 15K RPM FC disk drives (72GB,

144GB)

EXN1000 7200 RPM SATA disk drives (250GB, 320GB, 500GB)


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N7000 Models A10 & A20 SpecificationsSpecifications

N7600 N7600 N7800 N7800

IBM machine types models 2866-A10 2866-A20 2867-A10 2867-A20

Storage configuration Single storage controller Dual (active/active)storage controllers

Single storagecontroller

Dual (active/active)storage controllers

Max. raw capacity(1) 420TB 420TB 504TB 504TB

Max. number of LUNs 840 840 1008 1008

Storage array LUN size 1 to 500GB 1 to 500GB 1 to 500GB 1 to 500GB

Volumes (min./max.) 2/200 2/200 2/200 2/200

Max. volume size(1) 16TB 16TB 16TB 16TB

ECC memory 16GB 32GB 32GB 64GB

Nonvolatile memory 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB

Onboard 2Gb Fibre Channel ports (fiber) 8 16 8 16

Onboard GbE ports (copper) 6 12 6 12

Processors2 @ 2.6GHzwith 1MB L2 and no L3

4 @ 2.6GHzwith 1MB L2 and no L3

4 @ 2.6GHzwith 1MB L2 and noL3

8 @ 2.6GHzwith 1MB L2 and no L3

ECC Memory 16 GB 32 GB 32 GB 64 GB

NVRAM 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB


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N7000 Models A10 & A20 SpecificationsI/O expandability

N7600-A10

Single storage controller

N7600-A20

Dual storage controlleractive/active

configuration

N7800-A10

Single storage controller

N7800-A20

Dual storage controlleractive/active

configuration

PCI-E (Express) Expansion

Slots

6 12 6 12

PCI-X Expansion Slots 3 6 3 6

Maximum number of optional

adapters

Not to exceed 9 Not to exceed 18 Not to exceed 9 Not to exceed 18

-Quad GbE TOE (copper)adapter

2 4 2 4

- Single 10GbE TOE (fibre)

adapter

2 4 2 4

- Dual GbE (copper or fibre)

adapter

5 10 5 10

- Dual iSCSI (copper or

fiber) host adapter

3 6 3 6

-Dual 4Gbs FC Targetadapters

4 8 4 8

- Single dual-channel SCSI

LVD for tape

3 6 3 6

- Dual 4Gbs FC HBA for

disk

4 8 4 8

- Dual 4Gbs FC HBA for

tape

3 6 3 6


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Maximum

Solution

Versatility

NAS

FC SAN (FCP)

IP SAN (iSCSI)

Nearline storage used for tiered storage or

infrequently accessed data SATA disk drives

Data Retention to help meet the needs of

customers required to store data in non-

erasable and non-rewritable (WORM) formats

SATA disk drives

On-line, high-performance, missioncritical production data repository

Fibre channel disk drives

N Series Offers SATA & FC Disk Drive Concurrently

NAS

FC SAN(FCP)

IP SAN(iSCSI)

All N series

Systems

iSCSI FCP CIFS NFSMulti-protocol, Heterogeneous Environment


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EXN1000/2000/4000 Hardware Overview


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EXN1000(SATA)/EXN2000(FC) 2 Gbps Storage ExpansionUnit

EXN1000 contains up to 14 SATA drives(2861-001)

250GB, 7.5K RPM

320GB, 7.5K RPM (Market withdraw)

500GB, 7.5K RPM

EXN2000 contains up to 14 fibre channel drives(2863-001)

72GB, 10K RPM (Market withdraw)

72GB, 15K RPM (Market withdraw)

144GB, 10K RPM

144GB, 15K RPM

300GB, 10K RPM

Front: 14x FC Disk Drives

Back: 2x AT-FCX, 2x PSU/Fans (EXN1000)

Back: 2x ESH2, 2x PSU/Fans (EXN2000)


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EXN4000 4Gbps FC Storage Expansion Unit

What Is The EXN4000 4Gbps FC Storage ExpansionUnit ?

A 4Gbps capable Fibre Channel (FC) disk enclosure

Replacement for EXN2000 FC Storage Expansion Unit

EXN4000 FC Storage Expansion Unit disk drivesupport: 4Gbps FC disk drives

144GB 15K rpm

300GB 15K rpm 2Gbps FC disk drives

144GB 10K rpm 300GB 10K rpm 144GB 15K rpm

Speed adjustment capabilities EXN4000 FC Storage Expansion Unit will run at 2Gbps FC when

attached to systems that do not have 4Gbps capability

Switch setting on back of EXN4000

N3700 is the exception which will operate at 1Gbps

Backward compatible 2Gbps operation is supported

Ability to add to existing EXN2000 FC loops

Front: 14x FC Disk Drives

Back: 2x ESH4, 2x PSU/Fans


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Gateways


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Announcing: N series Gateways

N series Gateways

Six Models N5200/N5300/N5500/N5600

N7600/N7800

Uses same storage controllers as Appliance (A10 & A20) models

G10 Single storage controller configuration

G20 Dual storage controller clustered configuration

Benefits:

Provides IP attachment to FC SAN attached storage subsystems

Cost efficient way to connect small inexpensive servers (Windows, UNIX & Linux) toexpensive FC SAN without paying for expensive HBAs and FC Switch Ports.

Extends N series Snap solution benefits to existing storage arrays

Warranty = 3 Years Hardware & Software

Supported storage subsystems:

IBM DS4x00, IBM DS8x00, IBM SVC, Hitachi, HP, others to follow.

Refer to Interoperability matrix for more up-to-date information:ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/nas/nseries/nseries_gateway.pdf

* Clustered filer model

Data ONTAP

Inside
ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/nas/nseries/nseries_gateway.pdfftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/nas/nseries/nseries_gateway.pdf


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N series Gateway Supported Topology Options

Departmental

iSCSI

Enterprise Enterprise

SAN NAS

Departmental

Target

Side

NAS

(File)SAN(Block)

Fibre

Channel

Dedicated

EthernetCorporate

LAN

IBM

N series

Gateway

Host

Side

Target SideTarget

Side

.

FCP

Target

Side


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Differences between Gateway & Appliance Models

Unix Windows Linux

_______________Clients & Servers____________________

N series

Appliance

IP

Appliance (A10 & A20) Gateway (G10 & G20)

Filer Head Filer heads are the same between the Appliances & Gateways

Storage Filer ships with attached storage Storage is provided by external RAID subsystem

OperatingSystem

Data ONTAP Data ONTAP slightly modified to remove RAID. RAIDis dependent on attached storage subsystem

Software 35+ features and functions Equal to Appliance models with exception of: DiskSanitization, SnapLock, Compliance, LockVaultCompliance, Nearline Feature, RAID-DP, RAID4

Performance Dependent on storage subsystem & filer head

N series

Gateway Model

Equal

FC

Other vendorstorage

subsystems

ServersServers

FC

FC


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IBMHPHitachi

Typical Enterprise SAN scenario

Fragmented SAN Silos

Generallyunderutilized

No data sharing

Multiple replicationtechnologies

Costly FC attachmentfees for each server or

client

Clients & Servers Clients & Servers Clients & Servers

FC SAN FC SAN


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IBMHPHDS

Why Gateway vs. General Purpose Filer Server

Storage

Subsystems

Unix Windows Linux

Clients & Servers

.

A single Gateway supports Unix, Linux and

Windows file protocols Potentially reducing the number of servers

required for accessing SAN storage in mixed

protocol environments

Connecting small inexpensive servers to

premium priced SAN storage is very costly.

FC HBAs, FC switch ports costs could exceed

the actual cost of server

A single Gateway extends the reach of SAN

storage to many servers attached to an IP

network

Potentially reducing overall connection costs

Allowing access to SAN storage at extended

distances A Gateway provides functionality of N

series technology to other vendor storage

subsystems

A Gateway provides increased protection

investment in SAN storage by increasing

SAN utilization & accessibility

N series Gateway

IP

FC

Link to Interoperability Matrix on Web Site:
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/nas/interophome.htmlhttp://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/nas/interophome.html


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IBMHPHDS

N series Gateway with N series ApplianceDisaster Recovery & Archive Data Scenarios

SnapVault

SnapMirror

N series

Nearline Storage

Solution

Storage

Unix Windows Linux

Clients &

Servers

N series

Gateway

Fibre Channel SAN

IP


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Differentiating between N Series Systems


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Differentiating between N Series Systems

The major differences between the N3000, N5000 and N7000 Models

Price Software is not based on TBs but based on actual models number

Performance More memory, Higher processor speeds & processors

Scalability Disk capacity & adapter/HBA quantities


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Similarities Between Systems

Operating System & Redundancy Features


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Data ONTAP Features and Benefits

Operating System highly optimized and finely tuned for a single

purpose Serving Storage

Multi-protocol system designed to provide the maximum in

investment protection and risk reduction

Usability aids and appliance like features could possible be an IT

managers dream

Easy to install & quick deployment accelerates time to market

Reduced cost, advanced protection without performance

compromises business continuance

Allows consolidation of storage and servers providing maximum ROI

and reduced TCO

Helps improve end-user productivity through increased file

sharing solutions Designed to greatly improved asset utilization with dynamic thin

provision

Quick & easy data recovery with proven foundation using

technologies.


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Multiprotocol: Native Mode access to common files:Windows, Unix and Linux

Windows user viewsfiles over Common

Internet File System

(CIFS)

Unix user views

files over

Network File

System

(NFS)


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Multi-protocol: Capacity-savings example

Windows Data UNIX Data

20 TeraBytes 20 TeraBytes

Traditional Approach Single-Copy Data sharing

Total Storage = 40 Terabytes

Windows Data UNIX Data

Total Storage = 30 Terabytes

Same data with 50% Shared

Designed to reduce costs by de-duplicating storage and simplifying system administration

Designed to increase productivity by sharing a single file seamlessly and securely

Designed to eliminates data migration costs by permitting todays iSCSI LUN to be

tomorrows FCP LUN

Eases deployment of multiprotocol applications, e.g., Dassault Systems CATIA


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The challenge all RAID vendors face:the non-correctable error rate

Typical error rates

1% - FCFC: 1 bit in 1.0E+15 bits

10% - ATAATA: 1 bit in 1.0E+14 bits

Bits per RAID Group

1.0E+09

1.0E+10

1.0E+11

1.0E+12

1.0E+13

1.0E+14

1.0E+15

1.0E+16

36GB 73GB 147GB 250GB 300GB

Danger Zone

Assumes 8-drive (7+1) RAID group

ErrorRates

Industry-wide trend

As disk drive sizes get

larger, the bit error rates

increase (per drive)

Non-correctable errorrate is uncomfortably

close to bits read during

reconstruction


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Patented Double Parity RAID: RAID-DP

Designed especially for SATA drive

technology Designed to survive any2-disk-failure

scenario

Breakthrough innovation:

USENIX Best Paper in 2004

Compared to single-parity RAID, RAID-

DP has: Better protection (>4,000 MTTDL)

High performance

Same capacity overhead (typically 1

parity per 6 data drives

Designed to outperform other double-

parity offerings Routinely on during benchmarks

Combined with SyncMirror (RAID1), the

N series products are designed to

survive failure of any five disks in one

disk protection group

P

P DP

Single-parity RAID

Protects against anysingle disk failure

RAID-DPProtects against any two-disk failure
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N series Software Options

1. Data ONTAP

2. iSCSI

3. iSCSI Host Attach Kit for

AIX, Windows & Linux

4. FTP

5. Snapshot

6. SnapMover 7. SyncMirror

8. FilerView

9. FlexVol

10. FlexShare

11. SecureAdmin

12. AutoSupport

13. Disk Sanitization

14. RAID-DP*

15. RAID-4*

16. CIFS Protocol

17. NFS Protocol

18. HTTP Protocol

19. FCP Protocol

20. Cluster Failover

21. FlexClone

22. MultiStore23. SnapMirror

24. SnapRestore

25. SnapVault

26. Open Systems SnapVault

27. SnapLock Enterprise

28. LockVault Enterprise

29. SnapLock Compliance*

30. LockVault Compliance*

31. SnapDrive for Windows, Unix & Linux

32. NearStore feature

33. MetroCluster*

34. Single Mailbox Recovery for Exchange

41 Advanced Software Features

Features: Included with base system Optional feature

* not available with gateways

35. SnapManager for SQL

36. SnapManager for Exchange

37. SnapManager for Oracle

38. SnapValidator

39. Operations Manager Core

40. Operations Manager SRM

41. Operations Manager BC


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Hardware bundled with Software provides Unified StorageSolutions for Mission Critical, Nearline & Compliance Data

iSCSI FCP CIFS NFS

Multi-protocol, Heterogeneous Environment

Primary

Storage

D/R Target

Advanced

Backup and

Recovery

Regulatory

Compliance

Reference

Information

Data

Migration


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NFS feature Designed to allow UNIX and Linux servers

and clients access over an IP network using

NFS file system protocols.

V2, V3, V4 supported

CIFS feature

Windows

clients

Designed to allow Microsoft Windows servers

& clients access over the IP network using

CIFS file system protocols.

Microsoft Windows client access licenses

(CAL) are not required. Supports an active

directory environment

IPIP

Windows

serversFiles

IPIP

Unix & Linux

servers

Unix &

Linux

clients

Files

IBM System Storage N series Quick Reference Guide

iSCSI feature

IPIP

Unix & Linux

& Windows

servers

Blocks

Designed to allow transfer of data

between storage and servers in block

I/O formats (iSCSI protocol).

Enables the creation of IP SANs for

optimizing the transfer of database

traffic in IP environments.

FCP feature Designed to allow transfer of data

between storage and servers in block

I/O formats utilizing FCP protocols

Enables participation of an N series

storage solution within Fibre Channel

SAN environments

Unix & Linux

& Windows

serversBlocks

N series

FCSAN

.


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Flexible Volume

base production data)

Snapshot

FlexClone

Newproduction

writes

User writes

new data to

clone copy

User reads unchanged

Snapshot databaseFlexClone

Designed to provide instant replication

of data volumes/sets without requiring

additional storage space at the time ofcreation.

Designed to allow the IT administrator

to make a backup copy of a database

and then modify and run testing

against test (backup) database without

affecting or taking the on-line database

off-line.

Designed to allow administrators to create multiple flexible volumes across a large pool of disks. Dynamic, non-

disruptive storage (thin) provisioning; space- and time-efficiency. Allows users to get more space dynamically

and non-disruptively. Can enable more productive use of available storage and helps improve performance.

FlexVol

Without FlexVol, application is

limited to preassigned space Application is free

to grab more space

if needed



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Instant self-service file backup & recovery for end

users. Only block level changes are stored thus

requiring a minimal amount of space for each

subsequent snapshot

SnapShot

Instant self-service volume recovery for large

individual files. Allows volumes to be restored with a

single command vs. the file level restores that

SnapShot offers

SnapRestore

SnapMirror

SyncMirror

Async, sync and semi-sync remote replication over

inexpensive Internet protocols. Full backup isfollowed by incremental block updates.

Synchronous local mirroring from one volume to

another volume attached to the same filer.

Includes volume mirroring between two clustered

nodes.

Source Target

IP

Plex0 Plex1

RAID Groups RAID Groups

FCFC

Disk sanitization is the process of physically obliterating data

by overwriting disks with specified byte patterns or random

data in a manner that helps prevents recovery of current data

by any known recovery methods.

This feature is designed to enable you to carry out disk

sanitization by using three successive byte overwrite patterns

per cycle and a default six cycles per operation

12345678

9

Disk with

Data

Disk

sanitized

Disk Sanitization


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..

SnapVault

SnapLock

N series Nearline storage

Designed to provide Heterogeneous super-efficient hourly

disk-based online backup and restore by periodically

backing up a snapshot copy to another system

SEC-compliant disk-based WORM technology. Provides

non-erasable and non-rewritable data protection that

helps enable compliance with government and industry

records retention regulations. The entire box or a portionof the box can be partitioned to store WORM protected

data.

Disk Space Used:

Nearline

DR Target

Nearline

Secondary

Storage

Design to enable IT administrators to

lock a Snapshot copy in a non-erasable

and non-rewriteable format for compliant

retention

Nightly Snapshot backups save onlychanged blocks; full backup image

preserved

ComplianceJournal logs changes

between Snapshot copies

LockVault

N series

primary storage


SnapVault

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MultiStore

Windows clients

Linux

clients

MultiStore is designed to let you quickly and easily

create separate, private logical partitions in filer

network and storage resources.

SnapMover

Local data migration solution for optimizing workloadsacross N series sharing a common disk array.

Designed to allow you to migrate ownership of a volume

from one filer to another filer with a single command.

Designed to allow better resource utilization and

performance amongst multiple N series devices

MultiStore and Clustering are prerequisites

Each virtual storage partition is designed to maintain

separation from every other storage partition to

prevent different enterprise departments that share

the same storage resources from accessing orfinding other partitions.

MultiStore helps prevent information on any virtual

partition from being viewed, used or downloaded by

an unauthorized users.

Similar to LUN masking on a Block Storage System


FilerView A web-based administration tool that

allows IT administrators to fully

manage N series systems from

remote locations.

Simple and intuitive web-based

single-appliance administration

IT Administrator

IPIP

N series

SnapMover Ownership Migration

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SnapManager

Host software for managing Exchange and SQL Server backup and

restore. SnapManager software simplifies Exchange data protection

by automating processes to provide hands-off, worry-free data

management.

Designed to enable you to schedule and automate Exchange

database backups, use policy-based backup retention

management, and simplify the migration of existing databases to

IBM N series systems.

SnapManager also delivers built-in high availability, with featuresthat allow you to expand Exchange databases online.

It also offers tight integration with Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS)

and Multi Path I/O (MPIO) and with the N series Clustered Failover

option and SnapMirror for simplified disaster recovery

implementation.

SnapDrive SnapDrive is designed to allow administrators to easily create virtualdisks from pools of storage that an be distributed among several

storage appliances.

With SnapDrive you add, delete, map, unmap, and mirror virtual disks

online. You can expand capacity on-the-fly with no impact to

application or system performance.

Designed to allow optimized usage in database environments

Virtualized local disk to Windows

servers (FCP or iSCSI). Storage

managed by SnapDrive logically appears to come from a locally

attached storage subsystem.


SnapValidatorOracle validates blocks

and adds protection

information

SnapValidator

validates the data

against the protectioninformation

Fibre Channel or

IP (iSCSI, NFS)

Oracle Database Server

SnapValidator detects and prevents potentialcorruptions of Oracle data before they happen.

Oracle system assigns a unique value to each write

request based on the sum of the data and sends the

data set down the I/O path to the N series system.

Upon receipt, SnapValidator calculates the sum of the

data and compares it to the Oracle value.

SnapValidator meets Oracle

HARD initiative and provides the

highest possible level ofprotection for Oracle data.

If the identifiers do not match,

the system prevents the data

corruption and produces an alert.

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Operations Manager Business Continuance Option

Operations Manager Core License

This feature provides the base DFM installation.

Designed to provide a central point of control and provide alerts,

reports, and configuration tools.

These tools are designed to help manage storage and content

delivery infrastructure, consistent with business requirements, and

help maximize availability and reduced total cost of ownership.

Provides advanced function for Data Fabric Manager.

Designed to help you minimize downtime by notifying you that customized

preset thresholds and conditions have exceeded operational limits.

This feature requires the Data Fabric Manager Core feature

Provides advanced function of Data Fabric Manager.

Designed to provide detailed storage utilization reports to aid capacity

planning, consumption management, data migration, and chargeback.

This feature requires the Data Fabric Manager Core feature

Operations Manager Storage Resource Management Option

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Documents

Nseries System Overview