IBM DS8000 manual MDM main panel

As a component of the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center, Multiple Device Manager is designed to reduce the complexity of managing SAN storage devices by allowing administrators to configure, manage, and monitor storage from a single console.

The devices managed are not restricted to IBM brand products. In fact, any device compliant with the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) can be managed with the IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager. The protocol utilized to enable the central management is called the Common Information Model (CIM). This open standards based protocol uses XML to define CIM objects and to manage storage devices over HTTP transactions. Figure 15-2shows the MDM main panel.

Figure 15-2 MDM main panel

For more information about the IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager refer to the redbook IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager Usage Guide, SG24-7097.

Updated support summaries, including specific software, hardware, and firmware levels supported, are maintained at:

http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/mdm

The IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager is composed of three subcomponents:

￿Device Manager

￿TPC for Disk

￿TPC for Replication

They are described in the folowing sections.

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