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IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller

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The table below provides a summary of SVC supported environments. For the most current, and more detailed, information, please see the detailed SVC interoperability information.

Storage systems support Specific models of the following storage systems:
  
  • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server®, IBM System Storage DS4000™, DS6000™, DS8000, N series


  • EMC Symmetrix DMX and 8000-series models


  • EMC CLARiiON CX-series models and FC4700


  • Hitachi Data Systems Thunder, Lightning, TagmaStore, AMS, WMS


  • Sun StorEdge systems, Sun StorageTek systems, FlexLine 200


  • Hewlett Packard MA8000, EMA12000, EMA16000, EVA family, MSA family, XP family


  • NetApp FAS


  • Bull StoreWay


  • Fujitsu Eternus


  • NEC iStorage
Host multipathing software
  • IBM System Storage Multipath Subsystem Device Driver (SDD)


  • Symantec/Veritas Volume Manager 3.5 MP3, 4.0, 4.1, 4.3


  • PVLinks for HP-UX


  • MPIO for Windows® and IBM AIX®


  • MPxIO for Solaris


  • Native Netware multipathing driver for Netware


  • Native VMWare multipathing driver for VMWare ESX 2.5 and later


  • Native multipathing drivers for OpenVMS, Tru64, SGI Irix


  • RDAC multipathing software for certain DS4000 environments
Operating system support
  • Microsoft® Windows 2000 and 2003


  • Novell NetWare V6.5


  • Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10


  • VMware ESX 2.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 3.0.2


  • IBM AIX V4.3.3


  • IBM AIX 5L™ V5.1, V5.2, V5.3


  • IBM AIX V6.1


  • IBM Virtual I/O Server 1.2, 1.3


  • HP-UX 11.0, 11i V1, V2


  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux®, Advanced Server 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0


  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9, 10


  • HP Tru64 5.1A, 5.1B


  • HP OpenVMS 7.3-2, 8.2


  • SGI Irix 6.5.28
   For information on HBAs and clustering support with these operating systems,please see the detailed SVC interoperability information.
Support for SAN switches—selected models from the following suppliers
  • Brocade


  • McDATA


  • Cisco


  • CNT
Service
  • Customer engineer (CE) installation


  • Hardware warranty, one year parts and labor


  • One year of software maintenance included


  • Software upgrades and fix packs available through Web download, non-disruptively
IBM Global Services storage services
  • Consult and design


    • Backup and continuity planning


    • Performance utilization and capacity planning


  • Integrate and deploy


    • Installation, cabling and site preparation


    • Migration and consolidation


    • Education and training


  • Operate and manage


    • System support and maintenance


 
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