Hitachi Data Systems | Hitachi 9900 Series, 9960 guide

Figure 7 – A 9910 single-cabinet storage subsystem.

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Figure 7 – A 9910 single-cabinet storage subsystem.

The Lightning 9900™ Series systems have both a predictive maintenance and a failure alert system.

The System Monitoring Network of the Lightning 9900™ Series

The Lightning 9900™ Series systems are designed with a system-monitoring network. The system monitoring cables are connected to all cabinets in the Lightning 9900 Series systems, and report a variety of system parameters, such as component failure, fan speed, power, voltages, and temperature, to ensure trouble-free operation. This network not only provides for efficient predictive maintenance (replacing a component before it fails), but also for the failure alert system to expedite system repair after a component has failed. This information is passed to the Control Frame, where it can be viewed either locally by the Service Processor (SVP) or remotely by the Hitachi Resource Manager 9000™ across a private LAN on a UNIX® or Windows NT® console. Users can view failure information via SNMP or S/390 SIMs. System status and alerts are also sent to Hitachi Data Systems Customer Support Centers via the Hi-Track™“call-home” software facility.

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Page Page Hitachi Data Systems Table of Contents Read-aheadfor High-performanceSequential Reads Hitachi Data Systems Remote Copy Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi NanoCopy Implementation Service Table of Figures Hitachi Data Systems Tables The most advanced design in storage IntroductionLightning 9900 Series Product Offerings Hitachi Data Systems The most powerful storage system in the world Introduction Mirrored cache instead of single image cache.1 Hitachi Data Systems Introduction Hitachi Data Systems Model 9960 Control Frame The Lightning 9900 SeriesPackaging Model 9960 Packaging Model 9960 Array Frames Hitachi Data Systems Model 9910 Packaging The Lightning 9900 Series Packaging Figure 7 – A 9910 single-cabinetstorage subsystem Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi Lightning Front-endDesign of theSeries About the Fibre Channel Interface Boards Hitachi Data SystemsPage Bandwidth of Supported Host Interfaces Hitachi Data SystemsNumber of Host Interfaces Supported The Internal Hi-StarArchitecture Internal SwitchedHi-StarArchitecture – An Hierarchical Star Network Architecture Hitachi Data SystemsPage Control Memory Hierarchical Star Network Hitachi Data SystemsThe 9960 Provides 32GB of Fully Addressable Cache Read-aheadfor High-performanceSequential ReadsPage Hitachi Data Systems High-speed Back-endDesign High Performance Back-endDesignNew Fibre Channel Disk Drives Hitachi Data Systems Command Tag Queuing greatly improves performanceMaximum Configuration of ACPs and Disks The Importance of Command Tag Queuing CTQ RAID-5- Distributed Parity Capacities and RAID ArchitectureStorage Capacity of the Lightning 9900 Series RAID-1+ High-densityDisk Drive Assemblies HDDs Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi High-Availability Software Improves Application Service Levels Open Systems High-AvailabilityMiddleware Support Hitachi Data Systems 3.Host Failover Hitachi Data Systems Standard Hot-swapand Redundant Power Supplies4.Parallel Database Clustering Unmatched Competitive Advantage in RAID Choices Standard Redundant Fans for Cooling Hitachi Data Systems Truly Scalable Performance Performance Considerations Test Results Hitachi Data Systems The Lightning 9900 Series Software Solutions Are theBest in the World Software Solutions for the Hitachi Data Systems Figure 24 – Hitachi Data Systems offers a broad range of remote copy, data duplication, and data migration software solutions PiT Copy Remote CopyData Migration Hitachi Data Systems and warehousing A powerful and open systems management philosophy Centralized and OpenSystems Management Software Simplifies IT Operations Hitachi Data Systems HiCommand is an important Hitachi management tool in that it provides a comprehensive storage management software framework that enables an enterprise to manage all supported Hitachi storage products and many Hitachi software solutions The components of HiCommand Deployment Management Service Level ManagementHitachi Data Systems Hitachi Resource Manager Hitachi LUN Manager is an open systems management utility. With Hitachi LUN Manager, open systems Logical Units LUNs can be defined, configured, and maintained. There is no more waiting for the hardware vendor to come and make configuration changes. Hitachi LUN Manager includes an easy-to-use, GUI-basedinterface that allows the easy definition of paths for LUNs, the reconfiguration of LUN-to-portassignments, or the viewing of the Lightning 9900 remote service information messages. Because the Hitachi LUN Manager can assign multiple paths to a single LUN, support of alternate path failover, path load balancing, and clustered systems is possible. Running on a standard Windows-basedPC connected to the storage subsystems by a dedicated LAN, Hitachi LUN Manager can support up to eight Lightning 9900 systems Hitachi CruiseControl Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi SANtinel Storage Maximizer Hitachi Data Systems Cost of Risk Analysis methodology CORA Professional Services and SupportProfessional Services Overview Data Protection Services Hitachi Data Systems Data Protection Services LabRemote Copy Assessment and Implementation Service Hitachi NanoCopy Implementation Service SAN services Professional Services and SupportContinuous Availability Service On-lineData Migration Service Hitachi Data Systems Software Portfolio Review and Analysis Service the Performance Experiment System Configurations for The 7700E used all 6GB drives Hitachi Data Systems ACP pair Glossary of Terms10BaseT 100BaseT Business Continuity Planning BCP Hitachi Data SystemsAvailability Back end CHIP GlossaryCARB Cache CORA Cost of Risk Analysis Hitachi Data SystemsConsistency Groups Control Frame Data Migration Disaster RecoveryGlossary Data Duplication ESA/390 Hitachi Data SystemsEBCDIC Electronic vaulting Fast write GlossaryFailover Fast Ethernet Front End File BackupHitachi Data Systems FICON Hitachi CruiseControl Hitachi FlashAccessGlossary HDmS Hitachi LUN Manager Hitachi Multiplatform Backup/RestoreHitachi Data Systems Hitachi InstantSplit Hitachi SANtinel Hitachi Rapid RecoveryGlossary Hitachi Resource Manager Java Hitachi Data SystemsHXRC Hitachi Extended Remote Copy HYPERtape Logical Unit Logical VolumeGlossary Lightning 9900 Series Meta-data Hitachi Data SystemsMBCP MIPS NanoCopy GlossaryMTBF MTTR Operating System Hitachi Data SystemsOn-linesystem Open system RAID Controllers Recovery TimeGlossary RAID Snapshot SwitchHitachi Data Systems SCSI Synchronous Virtual Logical Volume Image ManagerVolume Glossary Warm site Hitachi Data SystemsWorkload Australia/New Zealand Headquarters Hitachi Data Systems Worldwide OfficesCorporate Headquarters Asia Headquarters