IBM DS4000, DS3000, DS5000 manual Mid to large -sized MAC Homogenous StorNext configuration

Mid to large -sized “MAC Homogenous” StorNext configuration

Example 2. In this example diagram Linux MDC Servers are shown, but only MAC Xsan Clients are shown. DS5300 connected to meshed SAN fabric with a minimum of two Fibre Channel switches. For DS5100/DS5300 configurations, a minimum of two switches is recommended. Drawing shows minimal SAN to DS5300 connections to simplify the drawing. However, up to 16 connections is supported. In this example, the Meta data Controllers each have a two dual ported HBA. Multiple multi-ported HBA‟s is not required, but it is recommended. Also in this example multiple HIC cards on the DS5300 are used to increase resiliency.

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