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Hitachi Lightning 9900

Series

CHIPs Support Fibre Channel Host and ESCON® or FICON Host Connectivity and Scalability

The Lightning 9900™ Series supports both Fibre Channel for open systems and

ESCON® or FICON for S/390® compatible platforms as shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8 – Fibre Channel and ESCON® or FICON adapter boards connect to open systems and mainframe computers.

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Hitachi 9960, 9900 Series manual Front-endDesign of the, Hitachi Lightning

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Page Page Hitachi Data Systems Table of Contents Hitachi Data Systems Read-aheadfor High-performanceSequential Reads Remote Copy Hitachi NanoCopy Implementation Service Hitachi Data Systems Table of Figures Tables Hitachi Data Systems Lightning 9900 Series Product Offerings IntroductionThe most advanced design in storage The most powerful storage system in the world Hitachi Data Systems Introduction Hitachi Data Systems Mirrored cache instead of single image cache.1 Introduction Hitachi Data Systems The Lightning 9900 Series PackagingModel 9960 Packaging Model 9960 Control Frame Hitachi Data Systems Model 9960 Array Frames The Lightning 9900 Series Packaging Model 9910 Packaging Hitachi Data Systems Figure 7 – A 9910 single-cabinetstorage subsystem Series Front-endDesign of theHitachi Lightning Hitachi Data Systems About the Fibre Channel Interface BoardsPage Number of Host Interfaces Supported Hitachi Data SystemsBandwidth of Supported Host Interfaces Internal Switched Hi-StarArchitecture – AnHierarchical Star Network The Internal Hi-StarArchitecture Hitachi Data Systems ArchitecturePage Hitachi Data Systems The 9960 Provides 32GB of Fully Addressable CacheRead-aheadfor High-performanceSequential Reads Control Memory Hierarchical Star NetworkPage Hitachi Data Systems New Fibre Channel Disk Drives High Performance Back-endDesignHigh-speed Back-endDesign Command Tag Queuing greatly improves performance Maximum Configuration of ACPs and DisksThe Importance of Command Tag Queuing CTQ Hitachi Data Systems Capacities and RAID Architecture Storage Capacity of the Lightning 9900 SeriesRAID-1+ RAID-5- Distributed Parity Hitachi Data Systems High-densityDisk Drive Assemblies HDDs Application Service Levels Hitachi High-Availability Software Improves Hitachi Data Systems Open Systems High-AvailabilityMiddleware Support 3.Host Failover 4.Parallel Database Clustering Standard Hot-swapand Redundant Power SuppliesHitachi Data Systems Standard Redundant Fans for Cooling Unmatched Competitive Advantage in RAID Choices Hitachi Data Systems Performance Considerations Truly Scalable Performance Hitachi Data Systems Test Results Software Solutions Are the Best in the WorldSoftware Solutions for the The Lightning 9900 Series Figure 24 – Hitachi Data Systems offers a broad range of remote copy, data duplication, and data migration software solutions Hitachi Data Systems Data Migration Remote CopyPiT Copy and warehousing Hitachi Data Systems Centralized and Open Systems ManagementSoftware Simplifies IT Operations A powerful and open systems management philosophy 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 Hitachi Data Systems The components of HiCommand Service Level Management Hitachi Data SystemsHitachi Resource Manager Deployment Management 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 Data Systems Hitachi CruiseControl Storage Maximizer Hitachi SANtinel Hitachi Data Systems Professional Services and Support Professional Services OverviewData Protection Services Cost of Risk Analysis methodology CORA Data Protection Services Lab Remote Copy Assessment and Implementation ServiceHitachi NanoCopy Implementation Service Hitachi Data Systems Professional Services and Support Continuous Availability ServiceOn-lineData Migration Service SAN services Software Portfolio Review and Analysis Service Hitachi Data Systems System Configurations for the Performance Experiment Hitachi Data Systems The 7700E used all 6GB drives Glossary of Terms 10BaseT100BaseT ACP pair Hitachi Data Systems AvailabilityBack end Business Continuity Planning BCP Glossary CARBCache CHIP Hitachi Data Systems Consistency GroupsControl Frame CORA Cost of Risk Analysis Disaster Recovery GlossaryData Duplication Data Migration Hitachi Data Systems EBCDICElectronic vaulting ESA/390 Glossary FailoverFast Ethernet Fast write File Backup Hitachi Data SystemsFICON Front End Hitachi FlashAccess GlossaryHDmS Hitachi CruiseControl Hitachi Multiplatform Backup/Restore Hitachi Data SystemsHitachi InstantSplit Hitachi LUN Manager Hitachi Rapid Recovery GlossaryHitachi Resource Manager Hitachi SANtinel Hitachi Data Systems HXRC Hitachi Extended Remote CopyHYPERtape Java Logical Volume GlossaryLightning 9900 Series Logical Unit Hitachi Data Systems MBCPMIPS Meta-data Glossary MTBFMTTR NanoCopy Hitachi Data Systems On-linesystemOpen system Operating System Recovery Time GlossaryRAID RAID Controllers Switch Hitachi Data SystemsSCSI Snapshot Virtual Logical Volume Image Manager VolumeGlossary Synchronous Workload Hitachi Data SystemsWarm site Hitachi Data Systems Worldwide Offices Corporate HeadquartersAsia Headquarters Australia/New Zealand Headquarters