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customer server and can be used for the configuration of a DS8000 series system at initial installation or for reconfiguration activities.

￿Online configuration, which provides real-time configuration management support.

￿Copy Services to allow a user to execute Copy Services functions.

The DS Storage Manager on the internal S-HMC provides only real-time configuration, as opposed to offline configuration. The user may also opt to install an additional DS Storage Manager on the user’s own workstation. With this DS Management Console, the user will be able to perform both online and offline configurations. In order to perform online configuration the user’s workstation must be connected to the S-HMC that is connected to the DS8000. The workstation must meet the following minimum requirements:

￿ 1.4 GHz Pentium® 4

￿ 256 KB cache

￿ 256 MB memory

￿ 1 GB disk space for the system management software

￿ 1 GB work space per server

￿ IP Network connectivity to each port on S-HMC ￿ Serial connectivity to your storage unit

You may also have additional IP Network connectivity to an external network to enable call home and remote support.

Operating systems supported on the customer-supplied PC are: ￿ Microsoft Windows 2000

￿ Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

￿ Microsoft Windows XP Professional

￿ Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

￿ Linux (RedHat AS 2.1)

Table 9-1shows all the ports needed to connect to and fully operate the DS Storage Manager.

Table 9-1 Required ports

Port number	Protocol
from/to
1720/1720	tcp
1722/1722	tcp
1750/1750	tcp
8451/8455	tcp

The online configuration and Copy Services are available via a Web browser interface installed on the S-HMC. The DS Storage Manager is provided with the DS8000 series at no additional charge. The S-HMC is required for all customer storage configuration operations. All storage configuration operations are accomplished through invoking SMI-S operations, either through the DS8000 Storage Manager, through the DS8000 Command-Line Interface (CLI), or through any SMI-S compliant storage management agent, such as the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center (TPC).

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