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Page 4 - iv Preface; Document Revision Level; Revision Date; Initial Release; Source Documents for this Revision

iv Preface Document Revision Level Revision Date Description MK-90RD008-0 July 2000 Initial Release MK-90RD008-1 November 2000 Revision 1, supersedes and replaces MK-90RD008-0 MK-90RD008-2 March 2001 Revision 2, supersedes and replaces MK-90RD008-1 This document revision applies to 9900 microcode ve...

Page 5 - Hitachi Lightning 9900TM User and Reference Guide; Preface; This document assumes that:; Microcode Level; C O M M E N T S; Please send us your comments on this document:; T h a n k y o u !

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide v Preface This document describes the physical, functional, and operational characteristics of the Hitachi Lightning 9900™ subsystem, provides general instructions for operating the 9900 subsystem, and provides the installation and configuration plann...

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Page 7 - Contents

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide vii Contents Chapter 1 Overview of the Lightning 9900™ Subsystem 1.1 Key Features of the Lightning 9900™ Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1.1 Continuous Data Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Page 8 - viii Contents; Chapter 4

viii Contents 3.6 Open Systems Features and Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 3.6.1 Failover and SNMP Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 3.6.2 Share-Everything Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Page 9 - Chapter 5

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide ix 4.4 Open-Systems Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 4.4.1 Configuring the Fibre-Channel Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 4.4.2 Virtual LVI/LUN...

Page 10 - x Contents; Chapter 6

x Contents Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 6.1 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 6.2 Service Information Messages (SIMs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 6.3 Calling the Hitachi...

Page 11 - List of Figures

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide xi List of Figures Figure 2.1 Lightning 9900™ HiStar Network (HSN) Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Figure 2.2 9960 Subsystem Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Figu...

Page 12 - xii Contents; List of Tables; System Option Modes for ShadowImage - S/390

xii Contents Figure 5.11 Power Plugs for Single-Phase 9960 Disk Array Unit (Europe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Figure 5.15 9960 DKC and DKU Physical Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Figure 5.16 9910 DKC and DKU Physical Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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Page 15 - Chapter 1; Key Features of the Lightning 9900TM Subsystem; Instant access to data around the clock:

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 1 Chapter 1 Overview of the Lightning 9900™ Subsystem 1.1 Key Features of the Lightning 9900™ Subsystem The Hitachi Lightning 9900™ subsystem provides high-speed response, continuous data availability, scalable connectivity, and expandable capacity fo...

Page 16 - Extensive connectivity and resource sharing:; Concurrent operation of UNIX; Continuous Data Availability

2 Chapter 1 Overview of the Lightning 9900™ Subsystem Extensive connectivity and resource sharing: – Concurrent operation of UNIX ® -based, Windows NT ® , Windows ® 2000, Linux ® , NetWare ® , and S/390 ® host systems. – Fibre-channel, Fiber Connection (FICON™), and Extended Serial Adapter™ (ESCON...

Page 17 - Compatibility and Functionality

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 3 1.1.3 S/390 ® Compatibility and Functionality The 9900 subsystem supports 3990 and 2105 controller emulations and can be configured with multiple concurrent logical volume image (LVI) formats, including 3390-1, -2, -3, -3R, -9 and 3380-E, -J, -K. In...

Page 18 - Hitachi Freedom NASTM and Hitachi Freedom SANTM; Hitachi Freedom SANTM.; Hitachi Data Systems’ SAN solutions give you the freedom to locate

4 Chapter 1 Overview of the Lightning 9900™ Subsystem 1.1.5 Hitachi Freedom NAS™ and Hitachi Freedom SAN™ Hitachi Freedom Data Networks™ (FDN) provide an open architecture that offers organizations freedom of choice in deploying data access, protection, and sharing capabilities across the enterprise...

Page 19 - Hitachi Freedom NASTM.; Hitachi Freedom NASTM NSS Configuration Guide

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 5 Hitachi Freedom NAS™. Freedom NAS answers the need for speed with faster file access. Numerous clients can instantly share data with information available on your NAS file server. Freedom NAS is an excellent solution for file/web serving, document/r...

Page 20 - Program Products and Service Offerings; Hitachi Data Systems’; Function Description

6 Chapter 1 Overview of the Lightning 9900™ Subsystem 1.1.6 Program Products and Service Offerings The Lightning 9900™ subsystem provides many advanced features and functions that increase data accessibility, enable continuous user data access, and deliver enterprise-wide coverage of on-line data co...

Page 21 - Program Products and Service Offerings (continued)

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 7 Table 1.1 Program Products and Service Offerings (continued) Function Description See Section: Resource Management: HiCommand™ Enables users to manage the 9900 subsystem and perform functions (e.g., LUN Manager, SANtinel) from virtually any location...

Page 22 - Subsystem Scalability

8 Chapter 1 Overview of the Lightning 9900™ Subsystem 1.1.7 Subsystem Scalability The architecture of the 9900 subsystem accommodates scalability to meet a wide range of capacity and performance requirements. The 9960 storage capacity can be increased from a minimum of 54 GB to a maximum of 88 TB of...

Page 23 - Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability; While access to user data is never; Separate power supply systems.; Each storage cluster is powered by a separate set of; Dynamic scrubbing and sparing for disk drives.; The 9900 uses special diagnostic; Dynamic duplex cache.; The 9900 cache is divided into two equal segments on separate; Remote copy features.; The Hitachi TrueCopy and Hitachi Extended Remote Copy

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 9 1.2 Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability The Lightning 9900™ subsystem is not expected to fail in any way that would interrupt user access to data. The 9900 can sustain multiple component failures and still continue to provide full access t...

Page 24 - Overview of the Lightning 9900TM Subsystem; Nondisruptive service and upgrades.

10 Chapter 1 Overview of the Lightning 9900™ Subsystem Hi-Track ® . The Hi-Track ® maintenance support tool monitors the operation of the 9900 subsystem at all times, collects hardware status and error data, and transmits this data via modem to the Hitachi Data Systems Support Center. The Hitachi ...

Page 25 - Chapter 2; Overview; Lightning 9900TM HiStar Network (HSN) Architecture

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 11 Chapter 2 Subsystem Architecture and Components 2.1 Overview Figure 2.1 shows the Hierarchical Star Network (HiStar or HSN) architecture of the Lightning 9900™ RAID subsystem. The “front end” of the 9900 subsystem includes the hardware and software...

Page 26 - Subsystem Architecture and Components

12 Chapter 2 Subsystem Architecture and Components Front End: The 9900 front end is entirely resident in the 9900 controller frame and includes the client-host interface processors (CHIPs) that reside on the channel adapter (CHA or CHT) boards. The CHIPs control the transfer of data to and from the ...

Page 28 - Components of the Controller Frame

14 Chapter 2 Subsystem Architecture and Components 2.2 Components of the Controller Frame The 9900 controller frame contains the control and operational components of the subsystem. For the 9910 subsystem, the controller frame also contains the disk array components. The 9900 controller is fully red...

Page 29 - Nonvolatile Shared Memory; cache

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 15 2.2.2 Nonvolatile Shared Memory The nonvolatile shared memory contains the cache directory and configuration information for the 9900 subsystem. The path group arrays (e.g., for dynamic path selection) also reside in the shared memory. The shared m...

Page 30 - Multiple Data and Control Paths; environment, the CHIPs perform

16 Chapter 2 Subsystem Architecture and Components 2.2.4 Multiple Data and Control Paths The 9900 subsystem uses a state-of-the-art architecture called the Hierarchical Star (HiStar) Network (HSN) which utilizes multiple point-to-point data and command paths in order to provide redundancy and improv...

Page 31 - CHIP and Channel Specifications; Parameter

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 17 Table 2.1 CHIP and Channel Specifications Parameter Specification for 9960 Specification for 9910 Number of CHIP pairs 1, 2, 3, or 4 1, 2, or 3 Simultaneous data transfers per CHIP pair: S/390 ® 4 or 8 ExSA™ (serial/ESCON ® ) Open Systems 4 or 8 (f...

Page 32 - Channels; The 9960 subsystem supports up to 16 FICONTM-channel

18 Chapter 2 Subsystem Architecture and Components 2.2.7 Channels The Lightning 9900™ subsystem supports all-mainframe, multiplatform, and all-open system operations and offers the following two types of host channel connections: Fiber Connection (FICON™). The 9960 subsystem supports up to 16 FICO...

Page 33 - Conceptual ACP Array Domain

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 19 2.2.8 Array Control Processors (ACPs) The ACPs, which control the transfer of data between the disk drives and cache, are installed in pairs for redundancy and performance. Figure 2.4 illustrates a conceptual ACP pair domain. The 9960 can be config...

Page 34 - ACP Specifications; Description

20 Chapter 2 Subsystem Architecture and Components Table 2.2 ACP Specifications Description Specification for 9960 Specification for 9910 Number of ACP pairs 1, 2, 3 or 4 1 Backend paths per ACP pair 8 Backend paths per subsystem 8, 16, 24 or 32 8 Array group (or parity group) type per ACP pair RAID...

Page 35 - Array Frame; monitoring and reporting

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 21 2.3 Array Frame The 9960 array frames contain the physical disk drives, including the disk array groups and the dynamic spare disk drives. Each array frame has dual AC power plugs, which should be attached to two different power sources or power pa...

Page 36 - Disk Drive Specifications; Disk Drive Type; that make them suitable as performance devices.

22 Chapter 2 Subsystem Architecture and Components Table 2.3 Disk Drive Specifications Disk Drive Type Parameter 73 GB 47 GB 18 GB 146 GB 180 GB* Formatted capacity (GB) 72.91 47.19 18.46 143.7 172.55 Platter diameter 3 inches 3 inches 3 inches 3 inches 3 inches Physical cylinders (user area) 15,154...

Page 37 - Disk Array Groups; Although; Sample RAID-1 Layout

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 23 2.3.1 Disk Array Groups The disk array group is the basic unit of storage capacity for the 9900. Each array group is attached to both ACPs of an ACP pair via eight fibre paths, which enables all disk drives in the array group to be accessed simulta...

Page 38 - Sequential Data Striping

24 Chapter 2 Subsystem Architecture and Components Figure 2.6 illustrates RAID-5 data stripes mapped over four physical drives. Data and parity are striped across each of the disk drives in the array group (hence the term “parity group”). The logical devices (LDEVs) are evenly dispersed in the array...

Page 39 - Intermix Configurations; Sample Hard Disk Drive Intermix

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 25 2.4 Intermix Configurations 2.4.1 RAID-1 & RAID-5 Intermix RAID technology provides full fault-tolerance capability for the disk drives of the 9900 subsystem. The 9900 supports RAID-1, RAID-5, and intermixed RAID-1 and RAID-5 configurations, in...

Page 40 - Device Emulation Intermix; contact your Hitachi Data Systems account team.; Sample Device Emulation Intermix

26 Chapter 2 Subsystem Architecture and Components 2.4.3 Device Emulation Intermix The 9900 subsystem supports an intermix of different device emulations (e.g., 3390-x LVIs, 3380-x LVIs, OPEN-x LUs) on the same ACP pair. Figure 2.8 illustrates an intermix of device emulation types. The only requirem...

Page 41 - Remote Console PC; Windows

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 27 2.5 Service Processor (SVP) The Lightning 9900™ subsystem includes a built-in laptop PC called the service processor (SVP). The SVP is integrated into the controller frame and can only be used by authorized Hitachi Data Systems personnel. The SVP e...

Page 43 - Chapter 3; New 9900 Features and Capabilities

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 29 Chapter 3 Functional and Operational Characteristics 3.1 New 9900 Features and Capabilities The Hitachi Lightning 9900™ subsystem offers the following new or improved features and capabilities which distinguish the 9900 subsystem from the 7700E sub...

Page 44 - Functional and Operational Characteristics; Cache Management; Hitachi Data Systems Intelligent Learning Algorithm.; The Hitachi Data Systems; Sequential prefetch algorithm.; The sequential prefetch algorithm is used for; Write Pending Rate

30 Chapter 3 Functional and Operational Characteristics 3.3 Cache Management 3.3.1 Algorithms for Cache Control The 9900 subsystem places all read and write data in cache, and 100% of cache memory is available for read operations. The amount of fast-write data in cache is dynamically managed by the ...

Page 45 - CU Images; data management features of the 9900; Capacities of Standard LU Types; LU Type; Fibre-Channel Device Addressing

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 31 3.4 Control Unit (CU) Images, LVIs, and LUs 3.4.1 CU Images The 9900 subsystem supports the following logical CU images (emulation types): 3990-3, 3990-6E, and 2105. The 9900 subsystem is configured with one logical CU image for each 256 devices (o...

Page 46 - System Option Modes; OFF; Table 3.2 – Table 3.8 show the public 9900 system option modes.; Common System Option Modes

32 Chapter 3 Functional and Operational Characteristics 3.5 System Option Modes To provide greater flexibility and enable the 9900 to be tailored to unique customer operating requirements, additional operational parameters, or system option modes, are available for the 9900 subsystem. At installatio...

Page 47 - System Option Modes for Open-System Connectivity; Mode Level

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 33 Table 3.4 System Option Modes for Open-System Connectivity Mode Level Description and Usage 57 Optional SIM notification to open-system host. ON: 9900 reports SIM to open-system host as Sense Key/Sense code. OFF: 9900 does not send SIM to open-syst...

Page 50 - System Option Modes for HXRC

36 Chapter 3 Functional and Operational Characteristics Table 3.7 System Option Modes for HXRC Mode Level Description and Usage 45 Optional Sleep Wait suppressing option (see modes 61, 85, 86, 97). When Mode 45 is ON and Mode 61 is ON, WRITE I/Os for LDEVs are blocked by the threshold specified by S...

Page 51 - Open Systems Features and Functions; FirstWatch; Share-Everything Architecture

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 37 3.6 Open Systems Features and Functions The 9900 subsystem offers many features and functions specifically for the open-systems environment. The 9900 supports multi-initiator I/O configurations in which multiple host systems are attached to the sam...

Page 52 - Data Management Functions; Data Management Functions for Open-System Users; Controlled

38 Chapter 3 Functional and Operational Characteristics 3.7 Data Management Functions The 9900 subsystem provides features and functions that increase data availability and improve data management. Table 3.9 and Table 3.10 list the data management features that are currently available for the 9900 s...

Page 53 - Table 3.10 Data Management Functions for S/390; Resource management:

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 39 Table 3.10 Data Management Functions for S/390 ® Users Controlled by: Feature Name Remote Console? Host OS? Licensed Software? User Document(s) Replication: TrueCopy – S/390 ® (section 3.7.2) Yes Yes Yes MK-91RD050 Hitachi ShadowImage – S/390 ® (se...

Page 54 - Hitachi TrueCopy – S/390; Hitachi

40 Chapter 3 Functional and Operational Characteristics 3.7.1 Hitachi TrueCopy (TC) Hitachi TrueCopy enables open-system users to perform synchronous and/or asynchronous remote copy operations between 9900 subsystems. The user can create, split, and resynchronize LU pairs. TrueCopy also supports a “...

Page 55 - Hitachi ShadowImage – S/390

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 41 3.7.3 Hitachi ShadowImage (SI) Hitachi ShadowImage enables open-system users to maintain subsystem-internal copies of LUs for purposes such as data backup or data duplication. The RAID-protected duplicate LUs (up to nine) are created within the sam...

Page 58 - Hitachi NanoCopyTM; or communication lines from a main; Data Migration

44 Chapter 3 Functional and Operational Characteristics 3.7.8 Hitachi NanoCopy™ Hitachi NanoCopy™ is the storage industry’s first hardware-based solution which enables customers to make Point-in-Time (PiT) copies without quiescing the application or causing any disruption to end-user operations. Nan...

Page 60 - HARBOR

46 Chapter 3 Functional and Operational Characteristics 3.7.12 HARBOR ® File-Level Backup/Restore Tantia™ Technologies HARBOR ® File-Level Backup/Restore features an integrated architecture and includes: A host component on MVS, Integrated clients for desktops and servers, LAN-based distribute...

Page 61 - LUN Manager; For further information on LUN Manager, please see the

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 47 3.7.15 LUN Manager LUN Manager enables users to set and define the port modes for fibre-channel ports and to set the fibre topology (e.g., FC-AL, fabric). Please connect your Hitachi Data Systems account team for further details on this feature. No...

Page 62 - FlashAccess; For further information on FlashAccess, please see the; Cache Manager; LVIs by issuing

48 Chapter 3 Functional and Operational Characteristics 3.7.18 FlashAccess FlashAccess allows users to store specific data in cache memory. FlashAccess increases the data access speed for the cache-resident data by enabling read and write I/Os to be performed at front-end host data transfer speeds. ...

Page 63 - Hitachi SANtinel; LUN Manager User’s Guide; Hitachi SANtinel – S/390; Hitachi Lightning

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 49 3.7.20 Hitachi SANtinel Hitachi SANtinel allows users to restrict LU accessibility to an open-systems host using the host’s World Wide Name (WWN). You can set an LU to communicate only with one or more specified WWNs, allowing you to limit access t...

Page 64 - LDEV Guard

50 Chapter 3 Functional and Operational Characteristics 3.7.22 Prioritized Port and WWN Control (PPC) Prioritized Port Control (PPC) allows open-system users to designate prioritized ports (e.g., for production servers) and non-prioritized ports (e.g., for development servers) and set thresholds and...

Page 65 - Hitachi CruiseControl; Load balancing of subsystem resources.

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 51 3.7.26 Hitachi CruiseControl Hitachi CruiseControl enables users to optimize their data storage and retrieval on the 9900 subsystem. Hitachi CruiseControl analyzes detailed information on the usage of 9900 subsystem resources and tunes the 9900 aut...

Page 66 - Hitachi Graph-TrackTM; For further information on Hitachi Graph-TrackTM, please see the

52 Chapter 3 Functional and Operational Characteristics 3.7.27 Hitachi Graph-Track™ Hitachi Graph-Track™ (GT) allows users to monitor and collect detailed subsystem performance and usage statistics for the 9900 subsystem. GT can monitor as many as 32 subsystems on the 9900-internal LAN. GT monitors ...

Page 67 - Configuration; three basic areas requiring definition are:; SSID Requirements; Controller Emulation SSID Requirements

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 53 Chapter 4 Configuring and Using the 9900 Subsystem 4.1 S/390 ® Configuration The first step in 9900 configuration is to define the subsystem to the S/390 ® host(s). The three basic areas requiring definition are: Subsystem ID (SSIDs), Hardware ...

Page 68 - Configuring and Using the 9900 Subsystem; Hardware Definition; FICONTM support requires 2105-F20 emulation.

54 Chapter 4 Configuring and Using the 9900 Subsystem 4.2 S/390 ® Hardware Definition 4.2.1 Hardware Definition Using IOCP (MVS, VM, or VSE) The I/O Configuration Program (IOCP) can be used to define the 9900 subsystem in MVS, VM, and VSE environments (wherever HCD cannot be used). The 9900 subsyste...

Page 71 - IOCP Definition for 1024 LVIs (9900 directly connected to CPU)

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 57 Figure 4.3 shows a sample IOCP hardware definition for a 9900 with: 2105 ID. Eight (8) ExSA™ (ESCON ® ) channels directly connected to the 9900. Four (4) LCUs with 256 LVIs per control unit. One (1) cu statement per logical control unit. ...

Page 73 - HCD Definition for 64 LVIs; HCD Definition for 256 LVIs; Parameter Value

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 59 4.2.2 Hardware Definition Using HCD (MVS/ESA) The Hardware Configuration Definition (HCD) utility can be used to define the 9900 subsystem in an MVS/ESA environment. The HCD procedures for 3990 and 2105 controller emulation types are described belo...

Page 84 - Defining the 9900 to VM/ESA

70 Chapter 4 Configuring and Using the 9900 Subsystem 4.2.3 Defining the 9900 to VM/ESA ® Systems 64 or Fewer LVIs: To define a 9900 with less than or equal to 64 LVIs to a VM/ESA ® system, use the same procedure as for an IBM ® 3990-6, 3990-6E, or 3990-3 subsystem. To define a 9900 with more than 6...

Page 85 - Operations; please refer to the; Figure 4.21 LVI Initialization for MVS: ICKDSF JCL; Device Operations: ICKDSF

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 71 4.3 S/390 ® Operations 4.3.1 Initializing the LVIs The 9900 LVIs require only minimal initialization before being brought online. Figure 4.21 shows an MVS ICKDSF JCL example of a minimal init job to write a volume ID (VOLID) and volume table of con...

Page 86 - ICKDSF Commands for 9900 Contrasted to RAMAC; Command Argument

72 Chapter 4 Configuring and Using the 9900 Subsystem Table 4.6 ICKDSF Commands for 9900 Contrasted to RAMAC Command Argument Subsystem Return Code INSPECT KEEPIT RAMAC CC = 12 Invalid parameter(s) for device type. 9900 CC = 12, F/M = 04 (EC=66BB). PRESERVE RAMAC CC = 4 Parameter ignored for device ...

Page 87 - MVS Cache Operations; IBM; Figure 4.22 Displaying Cache Statistics Using MVS DFSMS; The 9900 supports the following MVS cache operations:; IDCAMS LISTDATA COUNTS.; > parameter is used with the

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 73 4.3.3 MVS Cache Operations To display the 9900 cache statistics under MVS DFSMS, use the following operator command: D SMS, CACHE . Figure 4.22 shows the cache statistics reported by the 9900. The 9900 reports cache statistics for each SSID in the ...

Page 89 - Cache Operations; When the 9900 is managed under VM/ESA; VSE/ESA Cache Operations

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 75 4.3.4 VM/ESA ® Cache Operations When the 9900 is managed under VM/ESA ® , the following SET CACHE commands are effective across multiple SSIDs: SET CACHE SUBSYSTEM ON|OFF SET NVS SUBSYSTEM ON|OFF SET CACHEFW SUBSYSTEM ON|OFF DESTAGE SUBSYSTEM 4.3.5...

Page 90 - Open-Systems Configuration; 900 Open-System Platforms and Configuration Guides; Platform

76 Chapter 4 Configuring and Using the 9900 Subsystem 4.4 Open-Systems Configuration After physical installation of the 9900 subsystem has been completed, the user configures the 9900 subsystem for open-system operations with assistance as needed from the Hitachi Data Systems representative. For spe...

Page 91 - Configuring the Fibre-Channel Ports; Hitachi Freedom StorageTM Lightning 9900TM LUN; Virtual LVI/LUN Devices; mainframe user define Virtual LVI/LUN

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 77 4.4.1 Configuring the Fibre-Channel Ports The LUN Manager remote console software enables users to configure the fibre-channel ports for the connected operating system and operational environment (e.g., FC-AL or fabric). If desired, Hitachi Data Sy...

Page 92 - Open Systems Operations; First Watch

78 Chapter 4 Configuring and Using the 9900 Subsystem 4.5 Open Systems Operations 4.5.1 Command Tag Queuing The 9900 supports command tag queuing for open-system devices. Command tag queuing enables hosts to issue multiple disk commands to the fibre-channel adapter without having to serialize the op...

Page 93 - Path Failover Support; Figure 4.25 Alternate Pathing

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 79 4.5.3 Path Failover Support The user should plan for path failover (alternate pathing) to ensure the highest data availability. In the open-system environment, alternate pathing can be achieved by host failover and/or I/O path failover software. Th...

Page 94 - SNMP Remote Subsystem Management; /PC server users with the same level of; NAS and SAN Operations

80 Chapter 4 Configuring and Using the 9900 Subsystem 4.5.4 Remote SIM (R-SIM) Reporting The 9900 subsystem automatically reports all SIMs to the Remote Console PC (if powered on and booted). These R-SIMs contain the same information as the SIMs reported to mainframe hosts, enabling open-system user...

Page 95 - User Responsibilities; Electrical input power

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 81 Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation This chapter provides information for planning and preparing a site before and during installation of the Hitachi Lightning 9900™ subsystem. Please read this chapter carefully before beginning your ...

Page 96 - Planning for Installation and Operation; Internal Cable Diagram; Diagram of Power Plugs for Three-Phase 9960 Disk Array Unit (Europe)

82 Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation 5.2 Electrical Specifications and Requirements for Three-Phase Subsystems The Lightning 9960 subsystem supports three-phase power. At this time the 9910 subsystem supports only single-phase power. 5.2.1 Internal Cable Diagram Figure 5.1 illustrate...

Page 97 - Power Plugs; Diagram of Power Plugs for Three-Phase 9960 Disk Array Unit (USA)

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 83 5.2.2 Power Plugs Figure 5.2 illustrates the power plugs for a three-phase 9960 disk array unit (USA). Figure 5.3 illustrates the power plugs for a three-phase 9960 disk array unit (Europe). Rear View of 9960 Disk array CB101 to Disk Array to power...

Page 98 - Features; Table 5.1 lists the features for a three-phase 9960 subsystem.; Frame Feature

84 Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation 5.2.3 Features Table 5.1 lists the features for a three-phase 9960 subsystem. Table 5.1 9960 Three-Phase Features Frame Feature Number Description Comments Controller N/A — If using three-phase power, the Controller Frame receives its input power ...

Page 99 - Input Voltage Tolerances; Input Voltage Specifications for Three-Phase Power; Frequency; User input requires a 30-amp circuit breaker for three-phase power.

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 85 5.2.5 Input Voltage Tolerances Table 5.3 lists the input voltage tolerances for the three-phase 9960. Transient voltage conditions must not exceed +15-18% of nominal and must return to a steady-state tolerance within of +6 to -8% of the normal rela...

Page 100 - Internal Cable Diagram of a Single-Phase 9960 Subsystem

86 Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation 5.3 Electrical Specifications and Requirements for Single-Phase Subsystems 5.3.1 Internal Cable Diagram Figure 5.4 and Figure 5.5 illustrate the internal cable layout of single-phase 9960 and 9910 subsystems, respectively. PS PC PS PC PS PC PS PC ...

Page 101 - Internal Cable Diagram of a Single-Phase 9910 Subsystem

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 87 ::PCI Cable ::Internal PCI Cable PC: Power Control To CPU Max.8 PCI I/F Con. PC • • • • DKC Panel PS PS: AC Box (Single Phase AC Power Input) :AC cable Kits: - USA use or DKC-F415I-1UC- Europe use DKC-F415I-1EC PC PS Internal AC Cable *1 DKC DKU Fi...

Page 102 - Rear View

88 Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation 5.3.2 Power Plugs Figure 5.6 through Figure 5.11 show the power plugs for the 9960 and 9910 subsystems. to 9960Controller to powerdistribution board 3720DP R&S3743 or 3913 To be preparedas apart of power facility Provided withDKC-F410I-1UC Fro...

Page 105 - 900 Single-Phase Features; Model Frame

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 91 5.3.3 Features Table 5.4 lists the features for single-phase 9960 and 9910 subsystems. Table 5.4 9900 Single-Phase Features Model Frame Feature Number Description DKC-F410I-PS AC Box Kit for Single Phase DKC-F410I-EC Power Cable Kit (Single-Phase M...

Page 106 - Input Voltage Specifications for Single-Phase Power

92 Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation 5.3.5 Input Voltage Tolerances Table 5.6 lists the input voltage tolerances for the single-phase 9900 subsystem. Transient voltage conditions must not exceed +15-18% of nominal and must return to a steady-state tolerance of between +6 and -8% of t...

Page 107 - Dimensions and Weight; Figure 5.12 9960 DKC and DKU Physical Dimensions; Physical Dimensions

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 93 5.4 Dimensions and Weight Figure 5.12 and Figure 5.13 illustrate the dimensions and weight of the 9960 and 9910 DKC and DKU. Table 5.7 lists the physical specifications, Table 5.8 lists the frame and component weights, and Table 5.9 lists the subsy...

Page 108 - 900 Physical Specifications; Item

94 Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation Table 5.7 9900 Physical Specifications Item 9960 Controller 9960 Disk Unit *6 9910 Subsystem Dimension (mm/in) Width 750 mm / 29.5 in *1 600 mm / 23.6 in *1 700 mm / 29.5 in *1 Depth 800 mm / 31.5 in Height 1,790 mm / 70.5 in Floor Area with no se...

Page 109 - 960 Frame and Component Weights; Frame Component

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 95 Table 5.8 9960 Frame and Component Weights Frame Component kg lb Controller - First ACP pair - Cache boards with no memory 402 886 Controller - Two ACP pairs - 8 GB cache - Two sets of fibre 8-port Adapters 412 908 Controller - Four ACP pairs - 32 ...

Page 110 - Floor Loading and Cable Routing Requirements; total area

96 Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation 5.5 Floor Loading and Cable Routing Requirements 5.5.1 Service Clearance Requirements Figure 5.14 through Figure 5.17 specify the service clearance requirements (a + b) based on the floor load rating and the clearance (c). The following formula ca...

Page 115 - Minimum Subsystem Disk Configuration; Caster

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 101 5.5.2 Minimum Subsystem Disk Configuration Figure 5.18 and Figure 5.19 illustrate the 9960 and 9910 subsystem minimum configuration. Figure 5.20 and Figure 5.21 illustrate all configurations of the 9960 and 9910 subsystems. c *1 250 *3 *2 118 118 ...

Page 117 - Subsystem

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 103 (Unit: mm) 800 2400 Front 90 90 520 67 67 566 16 16 668 100 100 500 700 800 800 G Floor cutout area for cables Caster Screw jack Service clearance G Grid panel (over 450mm x 450mm) 682 59 59 147.5 147.5 505 400 200 200 280 d C *1 *1 a b *1 G 9910 ...

Page 118 - Figure 5.21 9910 Disk Subsystem All Configurations (inches)

104 Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation (Unit: inches) 31.5” 94.5” Front 3.5” 3.5” 20.5” 2.6” 2.6” 22.3” .6” .6” 26.3 3.9” 3.9” 19.7” 27.6” 31.5” 31.5” G Floor cutout area for cables Caster Screw jack Service clearance G Grid panel (over 17.7” x 17.7”) 26.9” 2.3” 2.3” 5.8” 5.8” 19.9” 1...

Page 119 - Floor Load Rating; Table 5.10 Floor Load Rating for 9910 Subsystem

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 105 5.5.3 Floor Load Rating Figure 5.22, Figure 5.23, and Table 5.10 through Table 5.13 illustrate the floor loading ratings for various 9960 and 9910 subsystem configurations. Table 5.10 Floor Load Rating for 9910 Subsystem Required Clearance (a+b) C...

Page 120 - Figure 5.22 9960 Disk Subsystem with Controller and 4 Disk Arrays

106 Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation G G Floor cutout area for cables Caster Screw jack Service clearance 718 (28.3) 3150(124.0) Front G 600 (23.6) 600 (23.6) 9960 Disk Array 9960 Controller G Grid panel(Perforated tile) should be atleast 450mm(17.7”) x 450mm(17.7”) G G G a *1 9960 ...

Page 121 - Table 5.12 Floor Load Rating for 9960 Controller with 4 Disk Arrays

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 107 Table 5.12 Floor Load Rating for 9960 Controller with 4 Disk Arrays Required Clearance (a+b) Clearance (C) in meters (feet) Floor Load Rating kg/m 2 (lb/ft 2 ) C = 0 C = 0.2 (0.66) C = 0.4 (1.31) C = 0.6 (1.97) C = 1.0 (3.28) 500 (102.4) 0.2 m (0....

Page 123 - Cable Requirements; Table 5.14 Cable Requirements; Cable Function

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 109 5.5.4 Cable Requirements Table 5.14 lists the cables required for the 9960 control frame. These cables must be ordered separately, and the quantity depends on the type and number of channels and ports. ExSA™ (ESCON ® ), FICON™, and fibre-channel c...

Page 124 - Channel Specifications and Requirements; Table 5.15 lists the ESCON; and FICONTM Port Information; ESCON; Table 5.16 Fibre-Channel Port Information

110 Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation 5.6 Channel Specifications and Requirements Table 5.15 lists the ESCON ® and FICON™ port specifications for the 9900, and Table 5.16 lists the fibre-channel port specifications for the 9900. Each 9960 subsystem supports up to four channel adapter...

Page 125 - Environmental Specifications and Requirements; Table 5.17 Temperature and Humidity Requirements; Operating; Power Consumption and Heat Output Specifications

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 111 5.7 Environmental Specifications and Requirements 5.7.1 Temperature and Humidity Requirements Table 5.17 lists the temperature and humidity requirements for the 9900 subsystem. The recommended operational room temperature is 70–75°F (21–24°C). The...

Page 126 - Table 5.19 9900 Subsystem Power and Heat Output Specifications

112 Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation Table 5.18 9910/9960 Component Power and Heat Output Specifications Subsystem Component Power (kVA) Heat (kW) 9960 Basic Controller frame with: - first ACP pair (2 cards total) - no cache or shared memory (2 empty cache cards) 0.95 0.89 Controlle...

Page 127 - Loudness; Table 5.20 Internal Air Flow; Subsystem Type Subsystem Configuration

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 113 5.7.3 Loudness The acoustic emission values [loudness in dB(A)] for a maximum 9960 subsystem configuration (one DKC, six DKUs) are: Front/rear = 64 dB(A) Both sides = 57 dB(A) Note: These values were extrapolated from the values for one DKC and on...

Page 128 - Vibration and Shock Tolerances; Table 5.21 Vibration and Shock Tolerances; Condition Operating

114 Chapter 5 Planning for Installation and Operation 5.7.5 Vibration and Shock Tolerances Table 5.21 lists the vibration and shock tolerance data for the 9900 subsystem. The 9900 can be subjected to vibration and shock up to these limits and still perform normally. The user should consider these re...

Page 129 - ON; when the subsystem is operating online.; Troubleshooting; Error Condition

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 115 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 6.1 Troubleshooting The Hitachi Lightning 9900™ subsystem provides continuous data availability and is not expected to fail in any way that would prevent access to user data. The READY and ENABLE LEDs on the 9900 control ...

Page 130 - Typical 9900 SIM Showing Reference Code and SIM Type

116 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 6.2 Service Information Messages (SIMs) The 9900 subsystem generates service information messages (SIMs) to identify normal operations (e.g., TrueCopy pair status change) as well as service requirements and errors or failures. For information on SIMs, please contact the...

Page 131 - Calling the Hitachi Data Systems Support Center; FDCOPY; Hitachi Lightning 9900TM Remote Console User’s Guide

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 117 6.3 Calling the Hitachi Data Systems Support Center If you need to call the Hitachi Data Systems Support Center, make sure to provide as much information about the problem as possible, including: The 9900 Remote Console configuration information...

Page 133 - Appendix A Unit Conversions; From

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 119 Appendix A Unit Conversions Table A.1 provides unit conversions for the standard (U.S.) and metric measurement systems. Table A.1 Unit Conversions for Standard (U.S.) and Metric Measures From Multiply By: To Get: British thermal units (BTU) 0.2519...

Page 134 - Unit Conversions

Page 135 - Acronyms and Abbreviations

Hitachi Lightning 9900™ User and Reference Guide 121 Acronyms and Abbreviations ACP array control processor ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials BS basic (power) supply BSA bus adapter BTU British thermal unit °C degrees centigrade/Celsius ca cache CFW cache fast write CH channel CHP chan...