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DS4800 Server

IBM DS4800 Storage system supports a high performance 4Gb Fiber Channel interface for increased host connectivity to deliver necessary bandwidth for high throughput applications. Designed for data-intensive applications that demand increased connectivity provided by eight 4 Gbps host channels designed to provide up to 1600 MBps of sustained bandwidth for high throughput applications through the eight channels directly attached to the host servers or connected Fiber Channel storage area network (SAN). Server delivers breakthrough disk performance and outstanding reliability for demanding applications in compute intensive environments. The DS4800 supports up to 224 Fiber Channel or SATA disk drives with the EXP810.  DS4800 Offers advanced replication services to support business continuance and disaster recovery. The DS4800 is an effective storage server for any enterprise seeking performance without borders. Coupled with the EXP810, it allows you to configure RAID protected storage solutions of up to 67TB to help provide economical and scalable storage for your rapidly growing application needs for limited access, data reference, and near-line storage.

 


All configurations of SAN products must be reviewed by the IBM SE Team at x73050. The part numbers listed below are provide for pricing and basic product information. Please verify your configuration with IBM or Tech Data before you place an order for these products. RMAs will not be issued for orders that were not reviewed by Tech Data's IBM SE team.


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HOW TO CONFIGURE YOUR DS4800: Walk through this step-by-step guide, choosing appropriate systems and options as indicated below:


Step 1: Choose your server


The IBM System Storageâ„¢ DS4800 disk storage system supports a high-performance 4 Gbps Fiber Channel interface for increased host connectivity to deliver necessary bandwidth for high-throughput applications. It is designed for data-intensive applications that demand increased connectivity provided by eight 4Gbps host channels designed to provide up to 1600 MBps of sustained bandwidth for high-throughput applications through the eight channels directly attached to the host servers or connected to a Fiber Channel storage area network (SAN)

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DS4800 Storage Server's MFR# TD #
DS4800 Model 80 Disk System (includes 2GB cache, 8 storage partitions, Microsoft Windows Host Kit). Sixteen 4 Gbps FC ports (eight 4 Gbps FC host ports and eight 4 Gbps FC drive ports). Includes eight shortwave 4 Gbps SFP transceivers. 67TB (up to 8 Expansion cabinets, with licence) 181580H 30544B
DS4800 Model 82 Disk System (includes 4GB cache, 8 storage partitions, Microsoft Windows Host Kit). Sixteen 4 Gbps FC ports (eight 4 Gbps FC host ports and eight 4 Gbps FC drive ports). Includes eight shortwave 4 Gbps SFP transceivers. 67TB (up to 16 Expansion cabinets) 181582H 123636
DS4800 Model 84 Disk System (includes 8GB cache, 8 storage partitions, Microsoft Windows Host Kit). Sixteen 4 Gbps FC ports (eight 4 Gbps FC host ports and eight 4 Gbps FC drive ports). Includes eight shortwave 4 Gbps SFP transceivers. 67TB (up to 16 Expansion cabinets) 181584H 123637
DS4800 Model 88 Disk System (includes 16GB cache, 8 storage partitions, Microsoft Windows Host Kit). Sixteen 4 Gbps FC ports (eight 4 Gbps FC host ports and eight 4 Gbps FC drive ports). Includes eight shortwave 4 Gbps SFP transceivers. 67TB (up to 16 Expansion cabinets) 181588H 54899B

 

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Step 2: Add enclosures

The DS4000 EXP810 is the latest disk drive enclosure in the DS4000 Series of products. This 3U enclosure has 4 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) interfaces, and supports up to 16 disk drives.

 

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EXP810 Expansion unit Max Storage MFR# TD#
DS4000 EXP810 w/ 2@ Shortwave SFPs (LC): 4GBPS 3U 16-Bay Storage Expansion Unit. designed to accommodate the new 2 Gbps Fibre Channel E-DDMs, as well as future 4 Gbps Fibre Channel E- DDMs and Serial ATA (SATA) E-DDMs. (DS4800 Only, Initially) 16 Drives 181281H 030033
DS4800 Mod 80 EXPs Attachment (8-Max) - 23R1987 30545B
FC/SATA Enclosure Intermix (Required when intermixing FC and SATA Drive Enclosures) - 22R4284 156072

NOTE: The EXP810 comes with a 3 year, parts and labor next-business-day warranty standard. Many options are available to uplift this protection to higher levels.

Description  MFR# TD#
3YR onsite repair 9x5x4 hour 10N3650 030138
3YR onsite repair 24x7x4 hour 10N3651 030139
3YR onsite repair 24x7x2 hour 10N3652 030140
5YR onsite repair 24x7x4 hour 10N3653 030141
5YR onsite repair 24x7x2 hour 10N3654 030142

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Step 3: Add Drives

Description MFR# TD#
4Gbps Fiber Drives
4Gbps FC, 36.4 GB/15K E-DDM  40K6812 33380D
4Gbps FC, 73.4 GB/15K E-DDM  40K6816 33381D
4Gbps FC, 146.8 GB/15K E-DDM  40K6820 33382D
2Gbps Fiver drives
2Gbps Fibre Channel, 36.4 GB/15K rpm E-DDM 40K6800 030095
2Gbps Fibre Channel, 73.4 GB/10K rpm E-DDM 39M4586 030035
2Gbps Fibre Channel, 73.4 GB/15K rpm E-DDM 40K6804 030096
2Gbps Fibre Channel, 146.8 GB/10K rpm E-DDM 39M4590 030036
2Gbps Fibre Channel, 146.8 GB/15K rpm E-DDM 40K6808 030097
2Gbps Fibre Channel, 300 GB/10K rpm E-DDM 39M4594 030037
SATA Drives ( Requires Intermix License for 2nd EXP810) If the 1st EXP810 has fiber drives and the customer needs to add SATA drives they will need the intermix License to add SATA drives to the 2nd EXP810. Note: Currently SATA and Fiber drives can't be mixed in the same EXP810.
2Gbps SATA, 500 GB/7.2K rpm E-DDM (supported in EXP810) 39M4554 89753D
DS4800 FC/SATA ENCLOSURE INTERMIX 22R4248 156072

Step 4: Add Host Kit

Description MFR# TD#
Windows Host kit ships with all DS4800 . If the customer is planning on connecting other OS's to the SAN they would require a Host Kit per OS.
LINUX / INTEL Host kit 22R4252 156090
NOVELL NETWARE Host Kit 22R4253 156112
VMWARE ESX Host kit 22R4254 156400
AIX Host kit 22R4255 156401
SUN Host Kit 22R4256 156402
HP-UX Host kit 22R4257 156403
LINUX on POWER Host kit 22R4258 156404

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Step 5: Premium Features

Description  MFR# TD#

A FlashCopy logical drive is a point-in-time image of a logical drive. It is the logical equivalent of a complete physical copy, but you create it much more quickly than a physical copy. Plus it requires less disk space. In DS4000 Storage Manager, the logical drive from which you are basing the FlashCopy, called the base logical drive, must be a standard logical drive in the Storage Subsystem. Typically, you create a FlashCopy so that an application (for example, an application to take backups) can access the FlashCopy and read the data while the base logical drive remains online and user-accessible. When the backup completes, the FlashCopy logical drive is no longer needed (it is usually disabled rather than delete.

FlashCopy Activation 22R4244 156405

The VolumeCopy feature is a firmware-based mechanism for replicating logical drive data within a Storage Subsystem. This feature is designed as a system management tool for tasks such as relocating data to other drives for hardware upgrades or performance management, data backup, and restoring snapshot logical drive data. A VolumeCopy creates a complete physical replication of one logical drive (source) to another (target) within the same Storage Subsystem. The target logical drive is an exact copy or clone of the source logical drive. Because VolumeCopy is a full point-in-time replication, it allows for analysis, mining, and testing without any degradation of the production logical drive performance. It also brings improvements to backup and restore operations, making them faster and eliminating I/O contention on the primary (source) logical drive.

Volume Copy Activation 22R4254 156406
Combined FlashCopy and VolumeCopy Activation 22R4246 156407

The Enhanced Remote Mirroring option is used for online, real-time replication of data between Storage Subsystems over a remote distance. In the event of disaster or unrecoverable error at one Storage Subsystem you can promote the second Storage Subsystem to take over responsibility for normal I/O operations. The Enhanced Remote Mirroring is a redesign of the former Remote Volume Mirroring and now offers three different operating modes:
Metro Mirroring
Metro Mirroring is a synchronous mirroring mode. Any host write request is written to the primary (local) Storage Subsystem and then transferred to the secondary (remote) Storage Subsystem. The remote storage controller reports the result of the write request operation to the local storage controller which reports it to the host. This mode is called synchronous, because the host application does not get the write request result until the write request has been executed on both (local and remote) storage controllers. This mode corresponds to the former RVM functionality.
Global Copy
Global Copy is an asynchronous write mode. All write requests from a host are written to the primary (local) Storage Subsystem and immediately reported as completed to the host system. Regardless of when data was copied to the remote Storage Subsystem, the application does not wait for the I/O commit from the remote site. However, Global Copy does not ensure that write requests performed to multiple drives on the primary site are later processed in the same order on the remote site. As such, it is also referred to as Asynchronous Mirroring without Write Consistency Group.
Global Mirroring
Global Mirroring is an asynchronous write that ensures that the write requests are carried out in the same order at the remote site. This mode is also referred to as Asynchronous Mirroring with Write Consistency Group. The new Enhanced Remote Mirroring has also been equipped with new functions for better business continuance solution design and maintenance tasks.

DS4800 MODEL 80H ENHANCED REMOTE MIRROR ACTIVATION 22R6621 89755D
Enhanced Remote Mirror Activation 22R4247 156408
Memory Upgrades for DS4800 Controllors
Model 82H - Upgrade to 8GB (4GB per controller) 22R4239 54900B
Model 82H - Upgrade to 8GB (4GB per controller) 23R0546 33404D
Model 82H - Upgrade to 16GB (8GB per controller) 39M5884 54901B
Model 84H - Upgrade to 16GB (8GB per controller) 39M5885 54902B

Storage partitioning adds a high level of flexibility to the DS4000 Storage Server. It allows you to connect a much higher number of host systems, either in stand-alone or clustered mode. Without storage partitioning, the logical drives configured on a DS4000 Storage Server can only be accessed by a single host system or by a single cluster. This can surely lead to inefficient use of Storage Server hardware. Storage partitioning, on the other hand, allows you to create sets, containing the hosts with their host bus adapters and the logical drives. We call these sets storage partitions. Now the host systems can only access their assigned logical drives, just as if these logical drives were locally attached to them. Storage partitioning adapts the SAN idea of globally accessible storage to the local-storage-minded operating systems. Storage partitioning lets you map and mask LUNs (that is why it is also referred to as LUN masking). That means once you have assigned the LUN to a host it is hidden from all other hosts connected to the same Storage Server. Therefore, the access to that LUN is exclusively reserved for that host.

Upgrade 8 to 16 Storage Partitions1 22R4670 156409
Upgrade 16 to 64 Storage Partitions1 24P8224 410453
Upgrade 8 to 64 Storage Partitions1 22R4671 410451

1- DS4800 Comes standard with 8 Storage Partitions


Step 6: Cabling

Description  MFR# TD#
Fiber Cables LC 2-4GB Fiber
1M LC-LC FIBER CHANNEL CABLE 39M5696 030038
5M LC-LC FIBER CHANNEL CABLE 39M5697 030039
13M LC-LC FIBER CHANNEL CABLE 23R7137 33137D
25M LC-LC FIBER CHANNEL CABLE 39M5698 030040


Step 8: Fabric Switches

For detailed SAN Switch Options and specifications visit the SAN Networking page.

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Step 9: HBAs and SFPs

Description  MFR# TD#
4GBps Shortwave SFP Transceiver Pair (2-Pack) 26K7941 030034
PCI-E HBA Single and Dual 4GB
Emulex 4Gb FC Single-Port PCI-E HBA 42C2069  97100D
Emulex 4Gb FC Dual-Port PCI-E HBA  42C2071 97101D
QLogic 4-Gbps FC Single-Port PCI-E HBA 39R6525 97436D
QLogic 4-Gbps FC Dual-Port PCI-E HBA 39R6527 97437D
PCI-X Single and Dual HBA's 2GB & 4GB
Emulex 4Gb/s PCI-X 2.0 single port 42D0405 97102D
Emulex 4Gb/s PCI-X 2.0 dual port 42D0407 97103D
QLogic  DS4000 1-pt PCI-X 4 Gbps HBA 39M5894 33378D
QLogic  DS4000 2-pt PCI-X 4 Gbps HBA 39M5895 33379D
FC-2-133 PCI-X LP Host Bus Adapter (HBA) 24P0960 386345
2-Pack FC-2-133 PCI-X LP Host Bus Adapter (HBA) 22R5036 43774B

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Step 10: Maintenance Options

NOTE: The DS4800 comes with a 3 year, parts and labor next-business-day warranty standard. Many options are available to uplift this protection to higher levels.

Description  MFR# TD#
For 80H & 82H Model:
3YR onsite repair 9x5x4 hour 41C5952 156410
3YR onsite repair 24x7x4 hour 41C5953 156411
3YR onsite repair 24x7x2 hour 41C5954 156412
5YR onsite repair 24x7x4 hour 41C5955 156413
5YR onsite repair 24x7x2 hour 41C5956 156414
For 84H Model:
3YR onsite repair 9x5x4 hour 41C5963 156415
3YR onsite repair 24x7x4 hour 41C5964 156416
3YR onsite repair 24x7x2 hour 41C5965 156417
5YR onsite repair 24x7x4 hour 41C5966 156418
5YR onsite repair 24x7x2 hour 41C5967 161943
For 88H Model:
3YR onsite repair 9x5x4 hour 41W9078 156415
3YR onsite repair 24x7x4 hour 41W9079 156416
3YR onsite repair 24x7x2 hour 41W9080 156417
5YR onsite repair 24x7x4 hour 41W9081 156418
5YR onsite repair 24x7x2 hour 41W9082 161943
Remote Technical Support for All DS4800 ( Phone Support 24X7)
1YR Remote Technical Support for storage devices (DS4800, All Models) 39K2303 655256
3YR Remote Technical Support for storage devices (DS4800, All Models) 41W9379 030031

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Step 11: Submit your configuration to the Call me now IBM SE Team.


All configurations of SAN products should be reviewed by the IBM SE Team at x73050. The part numbers listed below are provide as a pricing tool. Please verify your configuration with IBM or Tech Data before you place an order for these products. RMAs will not be issued for orders that were not reviewed by Tech Data's IBM SE team.

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