Organizations of all sizes are faced with the challenge of managing massive volumes of increasingly valuable data. However, storing this data can be costly, and extracting value from the data is becoming more and more difficult.
IT organizations have limited resources, but must stay responsive to dynamic environments and act quickly to consolidate, simplify, and optimize their IT infrastructures. The IBM® Storwize® V3700 system provides a solution that is affordable, easy to use, and self-optimizing, which enables organizations to overcome these storage challenges.
Storwize V3700 delivers efficient, entry-level configurations that are specifically designed to meet the needs of small and midsize businesses. Designed to provide organizations with the ability to consolidate and share data at an affordable price, Storwize V3700 offers advanced software capabilities that are usually found in more expensive systems.
Built on innovative IBM technology, Storwize V3700 addresses the block storage requirements of small and midsize organizations, Storwize V3700 is designed to accommodate the most common storage network technologies. This design enables easy implementation and management.
Storwize V3700 includes the following features:
This IBM Redbooks® publication is intended for pre-sales and post-sales technical support professionals and storage administrators.
The concepts in this book also relate to the IBM Storwize V3500.
This book was written at a software level of version 7 release 4.
Chapter 1. Overview of the IBM Storwize V3700 system
Chapter 2. Initial configuration
Chapter 3. Graphical user interface overview
Chapter 4. Host configuration
Chapter 5. Volume configuration
Chapter 6. Storage migration
Chapter 7. Storage Pools
Chapter 8. Advanced host and volume administration
Chapter 9. IBM Easy Tier
Chapter 10. Copy services
Chapter 11. RAS, monitoring, and troubleshooting
Appendix A. Command-line interface setup and SAN Boot