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A Lightning 9900 V Series system can connect to both mainframe and open system hosts, thereby consolidating the storage for an enterprise under one roof for consistent performance, availability, and ease of management. This is shown in Figure 15.

Front-end Design of the Hitachi Freedom Storage Lightning 9900 V Series

There are four ports for each interface board or a total of 32 host interfaces for a fully configured system. An ESCON interface board is shown in Figure 14. A FICON interface board has a similar appearance. The FICON interface card is available with 1Gbit/sec or 2Gbit/sec transfer rates.

Figure 14 – An ESCON host adapter board and its major hardware components.

A Lightning 9900 V Series system can connect to both mainframe and open system hosts, thereby consolidating the storage for an enterprise under one roof for consistent performance, availability, and ease of management. This is shown in Figure 15.

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Page Page Page Hitachi Data Systems Table of Contents Read-aheadfor High-performanceSequential Reads Hitachi Data Systemsand Optimizes Storage Investments HiReturn Investment Analysis Tool Kit Hitachi Data SystemsTable of Figures Hitachi Data Systems TablesIndustry-unique“virtual” Fibre Channel ports IntroductionTen times the bandwidth of competitive products Two generations ahead of the competitionHitachi Data Systems Product CharacteristicsLightning 9900 V Series Product Offerings Lightning 9900 V SeriesIntroduction Limitation of Competitive Shared-busArchitectures Hitachi Data SystemsReduced TCO IntroductionHitachi Data Systems Second-generation“Virtual” Switched StorageIntroduction Figure 6 – Heterogeneous solutions todayHitachi Data Systems The Lightning 9900 V Series provides “virtual” Fibre Channel ports that are logically managed by intelligent Fibre Channel controller cards. Each physical Fibre Channel port may have multiple Host Storage Domains. A Host Storage Domain supports a “logical” Fibre Channel port Fig. 7 each with its own set of LUNs. Hosts are matched to their assigned HSD based on a unique World Wide Names WWNs identifier. LUN security provided by Hitachi SANtinel software fences access to LUNs based upon host WWNs. Under this innovative software structure, each of multiple host systems may have its own unique LUN 0, from which it can boot, within its own Host Storage DomainLightning 9900 V Series Hitachi Freedom StoragePackaging Lightning 9980V System Control FrameLightning 9980V System Array Frames Hitachi Data SystemsPage Hitachi Data Systems Lightning 9900 V Series Front-endDesign of the Hitachi Freedom StorageAbout the Fibre Channel Interface Boards Hitachi Data SystemsA Lightning 9900 V Series system can connect to both mainframe and open system hosts, thereby consolidating the storage for an enterprise under one roof for consistent performance, availability, and ease of management. This is shown in Figure Bandwidth of Supported Host Interfaces Hitachi Data SystemsNumber of Host Interfaces Supported Hi-Star Architecture – An Internal SwitchedHierarchical Star Network The Internal Hi-Star ArchitectureRead-aheadfor High-performanceSequential Reads Hitachi Data SystemsPage Hitachi Data Systems High-speedAll Fibre Channel Back-endDesign High-performance Back-end 5 DesignMaximum Configuration of ACPs and Disks Command Tag Queuing greatly improves performanceThe Importance of Command Tag Queuing CTQ Hitachi Data SystemsArchitecture Capacities and RAIDRAID-1+is unique to Hitachi High-densityDisk Drive HDD Assemblies Hitachi Data SystemsHitachi Freedom Storage Availability Is Highest in the IndustryLightning 9900 V Series Open Systems High-availabilityMiddleware Support Hitachi Data SystemsHost Failover Hitachi Data Systems Standard Hot Swap and Redundant Power SuppliesParallel Database Clustering Competitive Advantage in RAID Choices Standard Redundant Fans for CoolingHitachi Data Systems Unmatched Performance and Scalability Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi Freedom Storage Software Solutions AreBest-of-Breed Storage Area Management SuiteOS Support Hitachi Data SystemsSoftware Suite ThunderBusiness Continuity Suite Hitachi Data Systems Backup and Recovery SuitePerformance Enhancement Suite Data Movement Suite Hitachi Data Systems A Powerful and Open Systems Management Philosophy The HiCommandManagement Framework and Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi Data Systems recognizes that no single vendor can meet all the storage requirements for today’s enterprises. That’s why Hitachi Data Systems provides an open management platform, based on industry-standardmanagement protocols, along with high-value-addfunctional components, such as policy-basedautomation and heterogeneous device management. This allows customers to incorporate multiple vendor offerings to create a truly complete solution for managing and monitoring their storage environments. HiCommand Management Framework supports a modular, building-blockapproach to designing and addressing business-specificstorage management requirements. As a result, this framework enables customers to build the most suitable management environmentCIM Benefits to Customers Open, Standards-basedApproachHitachi Data Systems O/S Support Product Support1. Out-of-bandManagement 3. Java Agent Hitachi Data Systems4. Host Storage Domains 6. Hitachi SANtinel Software 7. Hitachi Virtual LUN and LUN Expansion Software Hitachi Data Systems9. Remote Console – Storage Navigator 12. Cache Manager Host Agent Hitachi Data SystemsAvailability, and Cost with Optimizing Performancethe HiReturn Investment Analysis Tool Kit Phase 1 – Preparation•Cost of data center space $/sq. ft or m2 Hitachi Data SystemsGlobal Solutions Services Overview Global Solutions ServicesStorage Management Solutions The HiCommand Device Manager Enablement ServiceData Replication Planning and Design Service Data Protection SolutionsIntegration Service for Hitachi TrueCopy Software Hitachi Data SystemsStorage Infrastructure Solutions Global Solutions ServicesConfiguration Management Service Fiber Design and Implementation ServiceStorage Consolidation Planning and Design Service Infrastructure Planning Service for FICONStorage Consolidation Implementation Service Open Systems Data Migration Planning ServiceGlossary of Terms Availability Hitachi Data SystemsByte Back EndGlossary Data Availability Hitachi Data SystemsESA/390 GlossaryESCON ESCON DirectoreXtended SCSI Copy e-Copy Hitachi Data SystemsFabric FailoverGlossary File BackupFreedom Data Networks Fibre ChannelGigabit Ethernet Hitachi Data SystemsHARBOR File Transfer HDmSHitachi Multiplatform Backup/Restore Hitachi FlashAccessGlossary Hitachi Dynamic Link ManagerHitachi Rapid Recovery Hitachi Priority AccessHitachi Data Systems Hitachi Multiplatform Resource SharingHitachi TrueCopy GlossaryHost Storage Domain HXRC Hitachi Extended Remote CopyInterSan Pathline Hitachi Data SystemsJava Lightning 9900 V SeriesGlossary Logical VolumeLogical Unit Number LPARMetadata Hitachi Data SystemsMirrored Pair MirroringNDMP GlossaryNode NVRAMOperating system Hitachi Data SystemsOut of Band ParityGlossary Recovery TimeRAID RAID ControllersHitachi Data Systems Serverless BackupSCSI SnapshotVirtual Logical Volume Image Manager SwitchGlossary SynchronousHitachi Data Systems VolumeWorkload Corporate Headquarters Hitachi Data Systems Worldwide OfficesAsia Headquarters infoasia@hds.com