IBM VTL 7500 Intro & Planning Guide

IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520
Introduction and Planning Guide
GC27-2067-00
IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520
Introduction and Planning Guide
GC27-2067-00
Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in Notices on page 99.
This edition applies to the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2005, 2007. All rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.
Contents
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Safety and environmental notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Safety notices and labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Danger notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Safety labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Caution notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Attention notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi Laser safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Usage restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Rack safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii Rack installation (3952 F05 Frame) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii Frame relocation (3952 F05 Frame) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix Safety inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx Removing ac power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx External machine checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx Internal machine checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx Environmental notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx European Directive About Product Recycling and Disposal . . . . . . . . xxi Battery Return Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii About this document . . . . . . . . Who should read this document . . . . . How this document is organized . . . . . Getting information, help and service . . . Getting help online . . . . . . . . . Before you call for service . . . . . . Getting help by telephone . . . . . . Web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . Related publications . . . . . . . . . IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 Remote Supervisor Adapter publications . Additional related publications . . . . . Taiwan contact information . . . . . . . How to send your comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii . . xxiii . . xxiii . . xxiv . . xxv . . xxv . . xxv . . xxvi . . xxvi . . xxvii . . xxvii . . xxvii . . xxvii . . xxvii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 3 . 8 . 9 . 9 . 9 . 10 . 10 . 10 . 11 . 11 . 12 . 12 . 13 . 13
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . TS7520 Virtualization Engine hardware components . . TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) . . . TS7520 Cache Controller (3955-SV6) . . . . . . . TS7520 Cache Module (3955-SX6) . . . . . . . . TS7520 Virtualization Engine physical footprint . . . . Interface for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine . . . . TS7520 Virtualization Engine support and requirements . Devices supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supported operating systems. . . . . . . . . . Supported device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . Supported switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the default library configuration . . . . . . . Data management and advanced features . . . . . . RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Failover/failback . . . Network replication . . Physical Copy on Export Network Copy on Export Enhanced tape caching . 4-way node support . . NDMP . . . . . . . Remote copy . . . . CPF/DPF . . . . . . Import/export . . . . TS7520 limitations . . .
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Chapter 2. Physical planning specifications for the TS7520 . . . Site preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculating space requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lighting considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Upgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accommodating cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Height requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dimensions and weights of models . . . . . . . . . . . . . TS7520 component dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operator and service clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aisle and door clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Floor requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Floor level requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weight distribution and floor loading . . . . . . . . . . . . Security considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operating environment requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electrical power ratings for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine . . . . Acoustic declaration for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine components Considering safety issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Providing a fire-suppression system . . . . . . . . . . . . Earthquake effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 3. TS7520 components and feature codes . . . . . . . . . TS7520 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3952 Tape Frame (3952 F05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) . . . . . . . . . . TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TS7500 V2R1 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TS7520 feature codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feature codes for 3952 Tape Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) . . . Feature codes for TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) . . . . . . . Feature codes for TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6) . . . . . . . . Advanced features for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) TS7500 V2R1 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 4. Sizing, configuration, and usage Default library configuration . . . . . . . Variations on the configuration defaults . . Basic configuration recommendations . . . HBA target mode and initiator mode . . . Zoning and LUN masking . . . . . . . considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Virtual libraries: Sharing and capacity planning overview . . . . . . Determining numbers of virtual libraries and virtual drives . . . . . iSCSI considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virtual libraries and physical libraries: Differences in capacity planning Virtual libraries and physical libraries: Similarities in capacity planning Virtual volume space allocation schemes and disk LUN enlistment . . Additional capacity planning considerations . . . . . . . . . . System application and advanced function considerations . . . . . . Tape SAN exploitation: LAN-free backup/restore . . . . . . . . TS7520-parallel and TS7520-inline attachment of physical tape . . . TS7520 network replication key modes and considerations . . . . . Failover/failback considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 5. Customer installation responsibilities . . . System responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TS7520 Virtualization Engine VE Console requirements . TS7520 Virtualization Engine client system requirements Hardware, cabling, and infrastructure responsibilities . . . Security, auditability, and control . . . . . . . . . . Zoning overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TS7520 zoning considerations . . . . . . . . . . LUN masking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 6. IBM service installation responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . 81 Chapter 7. Planning your TS7520 setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 TS7520 Ethernet requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Chapter 8. Planning data migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Appendix A. IBM-provided TS7520 equipment and documents . . . . . . 91 Appendix B. Setting notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Appendix C. Company information work sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Purpose of work sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Instructions for work sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Appendix D. TS7520 Virtualization sheet . . . . . . . . . . Purpose of work sheet . . . . . Instructions for work sheet. . . . Engine . . . . . . . . . console network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . settings work . . . . . . . 97 . . . . . . . 97 . . . . . . . 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 . 100 . 100 . 100 . 101 . 101 . 101 . 101 . 102 . 102 . 102 . 103
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic emission notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Class A Statement . Industry Canada Class A Emission Compliance Statement . . . Avis de conformit la rglementation dIndustrie Canada . . . European Union (EU) Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive . . Germany Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive . . . . . . . Peoples Republic of China Class A Electronic Emission Statement Taiwan Class A warning statement . . . . . . . . . . . . Japan VCCI Class A ITE Electronic Emission Statement . . . . Korean Class A Electronic Emission Statement . . . . . . .
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. TS7520 Virtualization Engine base frame components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TS7520 Virtualization Engine Limited Edition base frame components . . . . . . . . . TS7520 Virtualization Engine expansion frame components . . . . . . . . . . . . TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SV6 rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3952 Tape Frame physical footprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional tape backup from client via LAN to backup server to tape via SAN . . . . . Virtual Tape Exploitation: LAN-free Backup/Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fibre channel ports and PCI slots on the rear of the 3954 CV6 server . . . . . . . . TS7520 Virtualization Engine SAN configuration zoning with virtual and physical tape drives TS7520 Virtualization Engine SAN configuration zoning with all virtual tape drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 66 . 66 . 75 78 . 79
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. IBM Web sites for help, services, and information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TS7520 Virtualization Engine component dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TS7520 Virtualization Engine component weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operator and Service Clearance Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temperature and humidity requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TS7520 Virtualization Engine electrical power ratings per line cord for a maximum configuration Acoustic declaration for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feature codes for 3952 Tape Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power cord feature codes for 3952 Tape Frame (3592 F05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) . . . . . . . . . . . Fibre channel cable feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) . . . . Feature codes for TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fibre channel cable feature codes for TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) . . . . . . . . Feature codes for TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enterprise Edition 5697-N65 Software Feature Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Limited Edition 5697-N66 Software Feature Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Console Capacity Support Tiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virtualization server fibre channel port usages and reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single TS7520 configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TS7520 Server Configuration with Failover/Failback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company information work sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Providing information for your IP address work sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv . 20 . 21 . 21 . 23 23 . 24 . 36 . 40 . 40 . 46 . 47 . 49 . 49 . 54 . 54 . 55 . 74 . 83 . 84 . 95 . 97
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Safety and environmental notices

This section contains information about: v Safety notices and labels v Laser safety on page xvii v Rack safety on page xviii v Environmental notices on page xx
Safety notices and labels

When using this product, observe the danger, caution, and attention notices contained in this guide. The notices are accompanied by symbols that represent the severity of the safety condition. The danger and caution notices are listed in numerical order based on their IDs, which are displayed in parentheses, for example (D004), at the end of each notice. Use this ID to locate the translation of these danger and caution notices in the IBM safety publication that accompanies this product. See the following examples of danger and caution notices for the location of the ID number. The following sections define each type of safety notice and provide examples. The following notices and statements are used in IBM documents. They are listed below in order of increasing severity of potential hazards. Follow the links for more detailed descriptions and examples of the danger, caution, and attention notices in the sections that follow. v Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice. v Attention notices on page xvi: These notices indicate potential damage to programs, devices, or data. v Caution notices on page xv: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially hazardous to you. v Danger notices: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these situations. v In addition to these notices, Safety labels on page xiii may be attached to the product to warn of potential hazards.
Danger notices
A danger notice calls attention to a situation that is potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to people. A lightning bolt symbol accompanies a danger notice to represent a dangerous electrical condition. Read and comply with the following danger notices before installing or servicing this device.
DANGER To prevent a possible shock from touching two surfaces with different protective ground (earth), use one hand, when possible, to connect or disconnect signal cables. (D001)
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DANGER Overloading a branch circuit is potentially a fire hazard and a shock hazard under certain conditions. To avoid these hazards, ensure that your system electrical requirements do not exceed branch circuit protection requirements. Refer to the information that is provided with your device or the power rating label for electrical specifications. (D002)
DANGER If the receptacle has a metal shell, do not touch the shell until you have completed the voltage and grounding checks. Improper wiring or grounding could place dangerous voltage on the metal shell. If any of the conditions are not as described, STOP. Ensure the improper voltage or impedance conditions are corrected before proceeding. (D003)
DANGER An electrical outlet that is not correctly wired could place hazardous voltage on metal parts of the system or the devices that attach to the system. It is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that the outlet is correctly wired and grounded to prevent an electrical shock. (D004)
A comprehensive danger notice provides instructions on how to avoid shock hazards when servicing equipment. Unless instructed otherwise, follow the procedures in the following danger notice.
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DANGER Electrical voltage and current from power, telephone, and communication cables are hazardous. To avoid a shock hazard: v Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation, maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm. v Connect all power cords to a properly wired and grounded electrical outlet. Ensure outlet supplies proper voltage and phase rotation according to the system rating plate. v Connect any equipment that will be attached to this product to properly wired outlets. v When possible, use one hand only to connect or disconnect signal cables. v Never turn on any equipment when there is evidence of fire, water, or structural damage. v Disconnect the attached power cords, telecommunications systems, networks, and modems before you open the device covers, unless instructed otherwise in the installation and configuration procedures. v Connect and disconnect cables as described below when installing, moving, or opening covers on this product or attached devices. To Disconnect: 1. Turn everything OFF (unless instructed otherwise). 2. Remove power cords from the outlet. 3. Remove signal cables from connectors. 4. Remove all cables from devices. To Connect: 1. Turn everything OFF (unless instructed otherwise). 2. Attach all cables to devices. 3. Attach signal cables to connectors. 4. Attach power cords to outlet. 5. Turn device ON. (D005)
Safety labels
As an added precaution, safety labels are often installed directly on products or product components to warn of potential hazards. These can be either danger or caution notices, depending upon the level of the hazard.
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The actual product safety labels may differ from these sample safety labels:
DANGER Hazardous voltage, current, or energy levels are present inside any component that has this label attached. (L001)
Do not service, there are no serviceable parts.
DANGER Rack-mounted devices are not to be used as a shelf or work space. (L002)
DANGER Multiple power cords (L003)
To remove all power to the device, disconnect all power cords.
DANGER High voltage present (L004)
CAUTION: High energy present (L005)
CAUTION: Hazardous moving parts nearby (L008)
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CAUTION: Pinch point nearby
P/N 18P5850-B
SJ000752
Caution notices
A caution notice calls attention to a situation that is potentially hazardous to people because of some existing condition. A caution notice can be accompanied by different symbols, as in the examples below:
If the symbol is... It means.... A hazardous electrical condition with less severity than electrical danger.
A generally hazardous condition not represented by other safety symbols.
A specification of product weight that requires safe lifting practices. The weight range of the product is listed below the graphic, and the wording of the caution varies, depending on the weight of the device. >55kg (121.2 lb) A potential hazard of pinching the hand or other body parts between parts.
P/N 18P5850-B
SJ000752
A hazardous condition due to moving parts nearby.
A hazardous condition due to the use of a laser in the product. Laser symbols are always accompanied by the classification of the laser as defined by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (for example, Class I, Class II, and so forth).
Read and comply with the following caution notices before installing or servicing this device.
CAUTION: Energy hazard present. Shorting may result in system outage and possible physical injury. Remove all metallic jewelry before servicing. (C001)
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CAUTION: Only trained service personnel may replace this battery. The battery contains lithium. To avoid possible explosion, do not burn or charge the battery. Do Not: v Throw or immerse into water v Heat to more than 100 C (212 F) v Repair or disassemble Exchange only with the IBM-approved part. Recycle or discard the battery as instructed by local regulations. In the United States, IBM has a process for the collection of this battery. For information, call 1-800-426-4333. Have the IBM part number for the battery unit available when you call. (C002)
CAUTION: The weight of this part or unit is approximately 96 kg (216 lb). It takes specially-trained persons and/or a lifting device to safely lift >55 kg (121.1 lb.) this part or unit. (C011)
CAUTION: The system contains circuit cards and/or assemblies that contain lead solder. To avoid the release of lead (Pb) into the environment, do not burn. Discard the circuit card as instructed by local regulations. (C014)
CAUTION: This product is equipped with a 3-wire (two conductors and ground) power cable and plug. Use this power cable with a properly grounded electrical outlet to avoid electrical shock. (C018)
CAUTION: This assembly contains mechanical moving parts. Use care when servicing this assembly. (C025)
CAUTION: This product contains a Class 1M laser. Do not view directly with optical instruments. (C028)
CAUTION: Servicing of this product or unit is to be performed by trained service personnel only. (C032)
Attention notices
An attention notice indicates the possibility of damage to a program, device, or system, or to data. An exclamation point symbol may accompany an attention notice, but is not required. A sample attention notice follows:
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Attention: Do not bend a fibre cable to a radius less than 5 cm (2 in.); you can damage the cable. Tie wraps are not recommended for optical cables because they can be easily overtightened, causing damage to the cable.
Laser safety
This equipment contains Class 1 laser products, and complies with FDA radiation Performance Standards, 21 CFR Subchapter J and the international laser safety standard IEC 60825.
CAUTION: Data processing environments can contain equipment transmitting on system links with laser modules that operate at greater than Class 1 power levels. For this reason, never look into the end of an optical fibre cable or open receptacle.
Attention: In the United States, use only SFP or GBIC optical transceivers that comply with the FDA radiation performance standards, 21 CFR Subchapter J. Internationally, use only SFP or GBIC optical transceivers that comply with IEC standard 60825. Optical products that do not comply with these standards may produce light that is hazardous to the eyes.
Usage restrictions
The optical ports of the modules must be terminated with an optical connector or with a dust plug.
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Rack safety Rack installation (3952 F05 Frame)

DANGER v Always lower the leveling pads on the rack cabinet. v Always install stabilizer brackets on the rack cabinet. v To avoid hazardous conditions due to uneven mechanical loading, always install the heaviest devices in the bottom of the rack cabinet. Always install servers and optional devices starting from the bottom of the rack cabinets. v Rack-mounted devices are not to be used as a shelf or work space. Do not place any object on top of rack-mounted devices. v Each rack cabinet might have more than one power cord. Be sure to disconnect all power cords in the rack cabinet before servicing any device in the rack cabinet. v Connect all devices installed in a rack cabinet to power devices installed in the same rack cabinet. Do not plug a power cord from a device installed in one rack cabinet into a power device installed in a different rack cabinet.
CAUTION: v Do not install a unit in a rack where the internal rack ambient temperatures will exceed the manufacturers recommended ambient temperature for all your rack-mounted devices. v Do not install a unit in a rack where the air flow is compromised. Ensure that air flow is not blocked or reduced on any side, front, or back of a unit used for air flow through the unit. v Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the supply circuit so that overloading of the circuits does not compromise the supply wiring or overcurrent protection. v To provide the correct power connection to a rack, refer to the rating labels located on the equipment in the rack to determine the total power requirement of the supply circuit. v (For sliding drawers.) Do not pull out or install any drawer or feature if the rack stabilizer brackets are not attached to the rack. Do not pull out more than one drawer at a time. The rack may become unstable if you pull out more than one drawer at a time. v (For fixed drawers.) This drawer is a fixed drawer and should not be moved for servicing unless specified by manufacturer. Attempting to move the drawer partially or completely out of the rack may cause the rack to become unstable or cause the drawer to fall out of the rack. (R001)
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Frame relocation (3952 F05 Frame)

CAUTION: Removing components from the upper positions in the rack cabinet improves rack stability during relocation. Follow these general guidelines whenever you relocate a populated rack cabinet within a room or building: v Reduce the weight of the rack cabinet by removing equipment starting at the top of the rack cabinet. When possible, restore the rack cabinet to the configuration of the rack cabinet as you received it. If this configuration is not known, you must do the following: Ensure that the heaviest devices are installed in the bottom of the rack cabinet. If the rack cabinet you are relocating is part of a suite of rack cabinets, detach the rack cabinet from the suite. Inspect the route that you plan to take when moving the rack to eliminate potential hazards. Verify that the route that you choose can support the weight of the loaded rack cabinet. Refer to the documentation that came with your rack cabinet for the weight of a loaded rack cabinet. Verify that all door openings are at least 760 x 2030 mm (30 x 80 in.). Ensure that all devices, shelves, drawers, doors, and cables are secure. Ensure that the four leveling pads are raised to their highest position. Ensure that there is no stabilizer bracket installed on the rack cabinet during movement. Do not use a ramp inclined at more than ten degrees. Once the rack cabinet is in the new location, do the following: - Lower the four leveling pads. - Install stabilizer brackets on the rack cabinet. - If you removed any devices from the rack cabinet, repopulate the rack cabinet from the lowest position to the highest position. If a long distance relocation is required, restore the rack cabinet to the configuration of the rack cabinet as you received it. Pack the rack cabinet in the original packaging material, or equivalent. Also, lower the leveling pads to raise the casters off of the pallet and bolt the rack cabinet to the pallet. (R002)
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Safety inspections
Perform the following safety checks to identify unsafe conditions. Be cautious of potential safety hazards that are not covered in the safety checks. If unsafe conditions are present, determine how serious the hazards are and whether you should continue before you correct the problem.
Removing ac power
Perform the following steps to remove the alternating current (ac) power: 1. Perform a controlled system shutdown. 2. Set the power switch on the product to the off position. 3. Disconnect the power cables from the power source.
DANGER Multiple power cords. (L003)
External machine checks

Perform the following external machine checks: 1. Verify that all external covers are present and are not damaged. 2. Ensure that all latches and hinges are in correct operating condition. 3. Check the power cable for damage. 4. Check the external signal cable for damage. 5. Check the cover for sharp edges, damage, or alterations that expose the internal parts of the device. 6. Check that any unused serial ports are covered for dust and ESD protection. The cover should be kept on the serial port whenever it is not being used. 7. Correct any problems that you find.
Internal machine checks

Perform the following internal machine checks: 1. Check for any non-IBM changes that might have been made to the machine. If any are present, obtain the Non-IBM Alteration Attachment Survey form, number R009, from the IBM branch office. Complete the form and return it to the branch office. 2. Check the condition of the inside of the machine for: v Metal or other contaminants v Indications of water or other fluid v Fire v Smoke damage 3. Check for any obvious mechanical problems, such as loose components. 4. Check any exposed cables and connectors for wear, cracks, or pinching.
Environmental notices
Use the environmental statements and warning in this section to guide you when using this product and in properly disposing of the product and its components.
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European Directive About Product Recycling and Disposal

This unit must be recycled or discarded according to applicable local and national regulations. IBM encourages owners of information technology (IT) equipment to responsibly recycle their equipment when it is no longer needed. IBM offers a variety of product return programs and services in several countries to assist equipment owners in recycling their IT products. Information on IBM product recycling offerings can be found on IBMs Internet site at: www.ibm.com/ibm/environment/products/prp.shtml
Notice: This mark applies only to countries within the European Union (EU) and Norway. This appliance is labelled in accordance with European Directive 2002/96/EC concerning waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The Directive determines the framework for the return and recycling of used appliances as applicable throughout the European Union. This label is applied to various products to indicate that the product is not to be thrown away, but rather reclaimed upon end of life per this Directive. In accordance with the European WEEE Directive, electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is to be collected separately and to be reused, recycled, or recovered at end of life. Users of EEE with the WEEE marking per Annex IV of the WEEE Directive, as shown above, must not dispose of end of life EEE as unsorted municipal waste, but use the collection framework available to customers for the return, recycling and recovery of WEEE. Customer participation is important to minimize any potential effects of EEE on the environment and human health due to the potential presence of hazardous substances in EEE. For proper collection and treatment, contact your local IBM representative.
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Battery Return Program

This product may contain sealed lead acid, nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride, lithium, or lithium ion battery. Consult your user manual or service manual for specific battery information. The battery must be recycled or disposed of properly. Recycling facilities may not be available in your area. For information on disposal of batteries outside the United States, go to the following Web site or contact your local waste disposal facility: www.ibm.com/ibm/environment/products/batteryrecycle.shtml In the United States, IBM has established a return process for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal of used IBM sealed lead acid, nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride, and other battery packs from IBM Equipment. For information on proper disposal of these batteries, contact IBM at 1-800-426-4333. Please have the IBM part number listed on the battery available prior to your call. In Taiwan, the following applies:
Please recycle batteries.
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About this document

This document provides you with introductory and planning information for the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520. Throughout the remainder of this document, the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 will be referred to as the TS7520 Virtualization Engine or simply as the TS7520. In cases where the TS7500 family of virtualization servers is referred to in general, TS7500 will be used. Use this document to: v Gain an understanding of the basic features and capabilities of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. v Plan for the installation of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine at your site.
Who should read this document

This publication is for storage administrators, system programmers, and performance and capacity analysts.
How this document is organized

Chapter 1, Introduction, on page 1 provides an overview of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine, including TS7520 support information and data management features. Chapter 2, Physical planning specifications for the TS7520, on page 19 describes the planning requirements and specifications for the TS7520. Chapter 3, TS7520 components and feature codes, on page 27 describes the hardware and software components and features codes for the TS7520. Chapter 4, Sizing, configuration, and usage considerations, on page 57 describes addresses some of the key challenges in determining an appropriate match of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine to your needs and provides aid in setting appropriate expectations both for functional capabilities and performance. Chapter 5, Customer installation responsibilities, on page 71 describes the customer installation responsibilities for the TS7520. Chapter 6, IBM service installation responsibilities, on page 81 describes the IBM Service responsibilities for the TS7520. Chapter 7, Planning your TS7520 setup, on page 83 describes the setup planning required for the TS7520. Chapter 8, Planning data migration, on page 89 provides a brief overview to help you plan for data migration. Appendix A, IBM-provided TS7520 equipment and documents, on page 91 describes the equipment and supplies provided with the TS7520. Appendix B, Setting notifications, on page 93 provides information about setting STMP and e-mail notifications.
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In addition, this document contains the following work sheets: Appendix C, Company information work sheet, on page 95 Appendix D, TS7520 Virtualization Engine console network settings work sheet, on page 97
Getting information, help and service

If you need help, service, technical assistance, or just want more information about IBM products, you will find a wide variety of sources available from IBM to assist you. When calling IBM for support for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine, follow these guidelines: v If you are certain the problem involves the TS7520 software, or if you are uncertain whether the problem involves the TS7520 hardware or software, choose the Software option. Then choose TS7520 and identify the PID number 5697-N65. v Choose the Hardware option only if you are certain the problem involves solely the TS7520 hardware. After you select Hardware, choose TS7520 and then identify the hardware component that displays a problem (3954 CV6, 3955 SV6, or 3955 SX6). Note: For US Customers calling 1 (800) IBM SERV, you are asked to select a Hardware or Software option. Unless you are certain the problem involves the TS7520 hardware, choose the Software option. IBM maintains pages on the World Wide Web where you can get information about IBM products and services and find the latest technical information.
Table 1. IBM Web sites for help, services, and information www.ibm.com/ www.ibm.com/storage/support/ Select Tape Systems from the Product family menu and select IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 from the Product menu. Click the Plan or Upgrade tab, and under Product Considerations, click IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 product information. www.ibm.com/planetwide/ IBM support page points all countries to relevant contact information. Main IBM home page IBM Support home page
Services available and telephone numbers listed are subject to change without notice. All distributed software licenses include Software Maintenance (software subscription and technical support) for a period of 12 months from the date of acquisition providing a streamlined way to acquire IBM software and assure technical support coverage for all licenses. Extending coverage for a total of three years from date of acquisition may be elected. While your Software Maintenance is in effect, IBM will provide you assistance for your 1) routine, short duration installation and usage (how-to) questions; and 2) code-related questions. IBM provides assistance via telephone and, if available, electronic access, only to your
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information systems (IS) technical support personnel during the normal business hours (published prime shift hours) of your IBM support center. (This assistance is not available to your end users.) IBM provides Severity 1 assistance 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Hardware Warranty For a period of one year, if required, IBM provides repair or exchange service depending on the type of warranty service specified for your machine. An IBM technician will attempt to resolve your problem over the telephone; you must follow IBMs problem determination and resolution procedures. Scheduling of service will depend upon the time of your call and is subject to parts availability. Service levels are response time objectives and are not guaranteed. The specified level of warranty service may not be available in all worldwide locations; additional charges may apply outside IBMs normal service area. Contact your local IBM representative or your reseller for country and location specific information. IBM On-Site Repair (IOR) IOR, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, same-day response. IBM will provide repair services for the failing machine at your location and verify its operation. You must provide suitable working area to allow disassembly and reassembly of the IBM machine. The area must be clean, well lit, and suitable for the purpose.
Getting help online

Be sure to visit the support page for the TS7520, complete with FAQs, parts information, technical hints and tips, technical publications, and downloadable files, if applicable. This page is at: www.ibm.com/storage/support/ Select Tape Systems from the Product family menu and select IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 from the Product menu. Click the Plan or Upgrade tab, and under Product Considerations, click IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 product information. For additional Web sites, see Web sites on page xxvi.
Before you call for service

Some problems can be solved without outside assistance, by using the online help, by looking in the online or printed documentation that comes with the TS7520, or by consulting the support Web page. Also, be sure to read the information in any README files and release notes that come with the TS7520.
Getting help by telephone

With the original purchase of the TS7520, you have access to extensive support coverage. During the product warranty period, you may call the IBM Support Center 1-800-426-7378 in the U.S.) for product assistance covered under the terms of the hardware IBM warranty or the software maintenance contract that comes with product purchase. Please have the following information ready when you call:
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v Machine type and model or the TS7520 software identifier. The software identifier can be either the product name (TS7520) or the Product Identification (PID) number. v Serial numbers of the TS7520 components, or your proof of purchase. v Description of the problem. v Exact wording of any error messages. v Hardware and software configuration information If possible, have access to your computer when you call. In the U.S. and Canada, these services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In the U.K., these services are available Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. In all other countries, contact your IBM reseller or IBM marketing representative.
Web sites
The most up-to-date information about your product, including documentation and the most recent downloads, can be found at the following Web sites: v The translated publications for this product are included with the product. These documents and product specification sheets are also available from the following Web site: www.ibm.com/storage/support/ v You can order publications through the IBM Publications Ordering System at the following web site: www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/public/applications/publications/cgibin/pbi.cgi/ v Access installation and technical support information via the Web at: www.ibm.com/support v The IBM HBA search Web site is: http://www-01.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/config/hba/index.wss v The IBM Web site for Independent Software Vendor (ISV) support is: www.ibm.com/servers/storage/tape/resource-library.html v To access the IBM TS7520 Interoperability Matrix Web site, go to: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/tape/compatibility/index.html v For the latest information about SAN switches and directors, go to the following Web site: www.ibm.com/servers/storage/san v For product firmware and software downloads, as well as associated driver code, go to the following Web site: www.ibm.com/storage/support/ v For accessibility information, go to the following Web site: www.ibm.com/able/product_accessibility/index.html v For the latest information about product recycling programs, go to the following Web site: www.ibm.com/ibm/environment/products/prp.shtml
Related publications
The following documents provide information about the IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520.
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IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 publications

v IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 Introduction and Planning Guide, GC27-2067-00 v IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7500 User Guide, GC27-2068-00 v IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7500 Error Codes, GC27-2074-00 v Statement of Limited Warranty, GC26-7770-00
Remote Supervisor Adapter publications

v Remote Supervisor Adapter II Slimline and Remote Supervisor Adapter II Installation Guide, 25K8173 v Remote Supervisor Adapter II Slimline and Remote Supervisor Adapter II Users Guide, 25K8174
Additional related publications

v IBM TotalStorage 3584 Tape Library Introduction and Planning Guide, GA32-0469 v IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Automated Tape Library (3494) Introduction and Planning Guide, GA32-0448
Taiwan contact information

The following applies in Taiwan: IBM Taiwan Corporation 3F, No 7, Song Ren Rd., Tel: 0800-016-888
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Chapter 1. Introduction
The TS7520 Virtualization Engine is a high-performance, high-capacity open systems virtual tape product designed to augment the tape backup and restore process in large tape environments. The TS7520 emulates an IBM 3584 tape library populated with Linear Tape-Open (LTO) 2, LTO 3, and 3592 tape drives to increase the speed and reliability of existing third-party backup applications. The TS7520 leverages your existing Fibre Channel SAN to transfer data to and restore data from disk-based virtual tape at ultra-high speeds. As in a conventional tape system, TS7520 virtual tape libraries support bar codes as a mechanism to identify tapes. However, because they are virtual, the TS7520 eliminates the common problem of backup applications being assigned large tapes and then actually using only a fraction of the total space. With the TS7520, you can create virtual tape libraries and the system automatically allocates additional space as needed. Because you might already have physical tapes that you would like to protect, data from physical tapes can be imported into your virtual tape system. If you ever need to recover files from a physical tape, you can use the TS7520 to access those tapes for immediate recovery. For additional data protection, or to free space in the TS7520, the data on virtual tapes can be exported to physical tapes. Data can also be copied to physical tapes using your backup applications copy function. The TS7520 is designed to aid in the tape backup and restore process by providing customers significant operational and throughput efficiencies via tape virtualization, namely: v v v v v Backup window reduction Restore time reduction Data sharing and resource virtualization facilitation Operational efficiencies and management improvement Total cost of ownership reduction
v Capability to allow multiple disparate backup applications to share the same physical resources v High availability options v Improved sharing of tape libraries across applications and servers v Integrated server, disk, and tape solution for IT Optimization The TS7520 is a tape virtualization solution for open systems attachment over Fibre Channel interfaces. With TS7500 version 2 release 1, iSCSI attachment is also supported. Significant operational efficiencies can be achieved by storing the daily backup in the TS7520 disk cache. As backup data ages, the older data may be migrated to physical tape for longer term storage. Since daily backup data is now written to virtual tape via the disk cache, heavy daily tape drive usage is greatly reduced. Fewer personnel are typically needed to administer the backup process when it includes virtual tape. A TS7520 equipped with one TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server has up to eight Fibre Channel ports available for host or tape attachment. A TS7520 equipped with two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers has up to sixteen Fibre Channel ports
available for host or tape attachment. With up to 16 fibre Channel interfaces, a two node TS7520 can connect up to 8 ports directly to tape SAN. With four nodes, this number increases to 16. The TS7520 differs from many other open systems virtual tape products, by enabling either parallel tape attachment or direct tape attachment. In parallel tape attachment, physical tape drives or libraries are attached to the host server and data is transferred from the TS7520 through the host server to physical tape drives or libraries that are physically attached to the host server. In direct tape attachment, physical tape drives or libraries are physically attached to the TS7520. Backup window reduction may be achieved in many installations. Since robotic movement, tape load/thread, and physical tape search and rewind is eliminated in virtual tape, the effective utilization of the Fibre Channel interfaces is increased. That means more tape jobs can be run to virtual tape over a single interface than to physical tape. If the backup window is reduced, the time allowed for migration to physical tape is increased, thus potentially reducing the number of physical tape drives and media needed for longer term backup data storage. Business continuity is increased providing better restore time objectives. Restore times are decreased if the data is in the disk cache of the TS7520. With the TS7500 V2R1, 1024 virtual tape drives, and 128 virtual tape libraries, each backup server can be allocated their own virtual resources, allowing multiple and disparate backup applications to use the same physical resources. This provides the potential for infrastructure simplification. Multiple different tape libraries and tape drives can be aggregated to one or more TS7520s, centralizing the backup resources and further reducing the operational cost. Key features Key functional features of the TS7520 3954 CV6 are: v Virtual support of IBM LTO 2, LTO 3 Tape Drives, and 3592 Tape Drives Model J1A and E05 v Virtual support of an IBM 3584 Tape Library v Physical direct attach support for 3584 and 3494 Tape Libraries v Up to eight Fibre Channel ports per node for tape or host server attachment v Physical tape export offered in two modes: Backup software controlled Operator initiated v Configuration of two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers as an active-active cluster. v Configuration of four TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers as dual, failover pairs v Support for real-time compression of data, reducing disk storage requirements. v On demand allocation of disk storage to maximize storage utilization using virtual cartridges. Static allocation is also supported for customized environments. v Support of import/export to a IBM 3494 Tape Library using an Ethernet interface to manage the library. v Interaction with the TS7520 Cache Controllers (3955 SV6) to perform transparent failover/failback from path (HBA, port, switch, channel) or storage controller failure to minimize disruption to backup or restore activities. You manage the TS7520 configuration with the TS7500 V2R1 software (5697-N65), which executes on a TS7520 Virtualization Engine (either 3954 CV5 or 3954 CV6).
Single, dual and four node configurations The TS7520 Enterprise Edition is available in a single node configuration, with one TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server, a dual node high availability (HA) configuration with two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers or a four node, dual failover pair configuration with four TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers. In addition, the TS7520 is available in the Limited Edition model which consists of a single node, a maximum of one 3955 SV6 cache controller and up to two 3955 SX6 cache expansion drawers. A single node configuration supports: v Up to 128 Virtual Libraries (3584, TS3310, TS3200, TS3100, 3583 Emulation) v Up to 1024 virtual tape drives (LTO 2/LTO 3/3592 Model J1A/E05) v Up to 64,000 Virtual cartridges A dual node configuration supports: v Up to 256 virtual tape libraries (3584, TS3310, TS3200, TS3100, 3583 Emulation) v Up to 2048 virtual tape drives (LTO 2/LTO 3/3592 Model J1A/E05) v Up to 128,000 virtual cartridges A Four node configuration supports: v Up to 512 virtual tape libraries (3584, TS3310, TS3200, TS3100, 3583 Emulation) v Up to 4096 virtual tape drives (LTO 2/LTO 3/3592 Model J1A/E05) v Up to 256,000 virtual cartridges A HA TS7520 configuration, with two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers and dual AC power on the 3952 Tape Frame, provides complete redundancy for nodes, disks, power and tape/host connectivity.
TS7520 Virtualization Engine hardware components

The TS7520 consists of three hardware machine types and the TS7500 V2R1 software program 5697-N65. The 3952 Tape Frame, is an independent frame used to house the other components of the TS7520. With the Enterprise Edition, one or two 3952 Tape Frames can be configured as base frames, and up to 10 expansion frames. A single base frame unit 3952 Tape Frame can accommodate: v One, two or four TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers 3954 CV6. A single TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server supports up to ten expansion frames, (1024 TB raw capacity, 832 TB usable) and an effective data throughput rate of 1,200 MB/second. Two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers may be configured in a dual node configuration for twice the virtual drives and virtual volumes. This configuration supports up to ten expansion frames (1,024 TB raw capacity, 832 TB usable) and an effective data throughput rate of up to 2,400 MB/second. Four TS7520 Virtualization Engines may be configured in a four node configuration for four times the virtual drives and virtual volumes of a single-node configuration. This configuration supports up to 1088 TB of raw capacity (884 TB of useable capacity with ten expansion frames) and an effective data throughput race of up to 4,800 MB/second.
v Two TS7520 Cache Controllers (3955 Model SV6), that each provide 8 TB of raw capacity (6.5 TB usable). v Up to six TS7520 Cache Modules (3955 Model SX6), that each provide 8 TB of raw capacity (6.5 TB usable). An optional 3952 Tape Frame Model F05, called the expansion unit, can accommodate another ten TS7520 Cache Modules and two TS7520 Cache Controllers, for a maximum of 96 TB of native cache capacity (78 TB useable) in a TS7520 system configuration. Figure 1 identifies the components present in a fully configured TS7520 Virtualization Engine base unit frame and in a TS7520 Virtualization Engine second base unit frame.
Figure 1. TS7520 Virtualization Engine base frame components
The following notes provide additional information about the labeled components in Figure 1: 1. The TS7520 base frame contains up to two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers. A minimum of one TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server is required.
2. The TS7520 base frame contains two TS7520 Cache Controllers. 3. The TS7520 base frame may contain up to six cache expansion modules, each holding 6.5 TB of usable space assuming 500 GB hard drives are used. 4. All TS7520 components (Servers, Cache Controllers, and Cache Modules) contain dual redundant AC power supplies. 5. The TS7520 base frame contains 2 (for redundancy) power control assembly (PCAs). Note: The TS7520 base frame must be filled to maximum configuration (two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers, two TS7520 Cache Modules, and six TS7520 Cache Modules) before you can expand your TS7520 configuration with a TS7520 Virtualization Engine expansion unit frame. In addition, the TS7520 is available in a Limited Edition model which consists of a single 3954 CV6 server, a maximum of one 3955 SV6 cache controller and up to two 3955 SX6 cache expansion drawers. This gives a maximum of 24 TB native cache capacity (19.5 TB usable) in a TS7520 Limited Edition configuration. See Figure 2 on page 6.
Figure 2. TS7520 Virtualization Engine Limited Edition base frame components
Figure 3 on page 7 identifies the components present in a fully configured TS7520 Virtualization Engine expansion unit frame.
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The following notes provide additional information about the labeled components in the above figure: 1. The TS7520 expansion frame contains up to ten TS7520 Cache Modules and up to two TS7520 Cache Controllers. . 2. All TS7520 Cache Modules in the TS7520 expansion frame contain dual redundant AC power supplies. 3. The TS7520 expansion frame contains a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 2 (for redundancy) Power Control Assemblys (PCAs). 4. fibre Channel switches are used to connect the TS7520 controllers to disk cache in an expansion frame.
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TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6)

The TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) provides the connections to the TS7520 VE Console (VE Console) and the customer SAN network (for connection to the client hosts and real tape libraries). Figure 4 shows the LEDs and connectors on the rear of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server.
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Ethernet link status LEDs: When these LEDs are lit, they indicate that there is an active link connection on the 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, or 1000BASE-TX interface for the Ethernet port. Ethernet activity LEDs: When these LEDs are lit, they indicate that the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server is transmitting to or receiving signals from the Ethernet LAN that is connected to the Ethernet port. Ethernet 1 connector: Use this connector to connect the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server to a network. Ethernet 2 connector: Use this connector to connect the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server to a network. Serial connector: Connect a 9-pin serial device to this connector. Remote Supervisor Adapter (RSA) II SlimLine Ethernet connector: Use this connector to connect the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server to a network for systems-management information control. This connector is active only if you have installed a Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine. AC and DC power LEDs: Each hot-swap power supply has an ac power LED and a dc power LED. During typical operation, both the ac and dc power LEDs are lit. For additional information about the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server ports, see Hardware, cabling, and infrastructure responsibilities on page 73.
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TS7520 Cache Controller (3955-SV6)

The TS7520 Cache Controller comes with two RAID controllers, providing dual, redundant controllers. In addition, each RAID controller supports direct attachment of two 3954-CV6s that contain two fibre channel host bus adapters each. External cables and small form-factor pluggable (SFP) modules connect the TS7520 Cache Controller to the storage expansion enclosure and the host servers. Currently, the only storage expansion enclosure model that can be attached to the TS7520 Cache Controller is the 3955 SX6.
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TS7520 Cache Module (3955-SX6)

The TS7520 Cache Module supports up to 16 500 GB SATA Disk Drive Modules (DDMs), offering up to 8.0 TB when using 500 GB SATA DDMs. The TS7520 Cache Module utilizes the latest SATA disk drive technology and is designed with redundant 4 Gbps Fibre Channel connections, offering reliability and performance. The TS7520 Cache Module supports redundant, dual-loop configurations with the 3955 SV6 and other TS7520 Cache Modules. External cables and small form-factor pluggable (SFP) modules connect the controller to the TS7520 Cache Module.
TS7520 Virtualization Engine physical footprint

The physical footprint dimensions, caster locations, and cable openings for a 3952 Tape Frame help you plan your installation site. The following figure shows the overall physical footprint of a 3952 Tape Frame.
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Interface for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine

The TS7520 Virtualization Engine VE Console runs the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7500 Software Version 2 Release 1. The TS7520 Virtualization Engine VE Console provides the management GUI interface to the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. System requirements for the VE Console are provided in this document in TS7520 Virtualization Engine VE Console requirements on page 71. Complete information about installing and using the VE Console is provided in the IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 User Guide.
TS7520 Virtualization Engine support and requirements

This section provides support information for the TS7520 in the following areas: v Devices supported v Supported operating systems on page 11 v Supported device drivers on page 11 v Supported switches on page 12
Devices supported
Supported tape drives and libraries are: v Physical libraries/drives will include 3584 with LTO2, LTO3 or 3592 J1A and E05 drives, TS3310 (3576 Models L5B and E9U), TS3200 (3573 Model L4U) and TS3100 (3573 Model L2U)- with LTO3 drives; 3583 (Models L18, L36, and L72) with LTO3 drives; 3484 and 3494 libraries with 3592 (J1A or E05 drives).
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v Virtual libraries/drives include: 33584 (Model L22 for 3592 J1A and E05 drives and L32 for LTO2 and LTO3 drives ); TS3310 (3576 Models L5B and E9U), TS3200 (3573 Model L4U) and TS3100 (3573 Model L2U) for LTO 3 drives; 3583 (Models L18, L36, and L72) - with LTO3 drives; and Inquiry strings for TS7510 and TS7520. The latest firmware and driver code requirements for connection to these tape drives and libraries are posted on the IBM Web site: www.ibm.com/storage/support/ Select Tape Systems from the Product family menu and select IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 from the Product menu. Click the Plan or Upgrade tab, and under Product Considerations, click IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 product information.
Supported operating systems

The TS7520 Virtualization Engine is supported by a wide variety of servers, operating systems, and adapters. These attachments can change throughout the products life cycle. To determine the latest attachments, or to get a comprehensive list of compatible software, perform one of the following: v For a list of compatible software, operating systems, and servers for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine, visit the Web at: www.ibm.com/storage/support/ Select Tape Systems from the Product family menu and select IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 from the Product menu. Click the Plan or Upgrade tab, and under Product Considerations, click IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 product information. v Contact your IBM Sales Representative. Note: If you attach your library to a non-IBM platform with non-IBM software, IBM recommends that you contact your software vendor to obtain a matrix of compatible hardware, software, firmware revisions, and adapter cards.
Supported device drivers

This section identifies ways to determine the latest device drivers for the drives of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. IBM provides device driver support for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. It maintains the latest levels of device drivers and driver documentation on the Internet. Use the following URL to access this material (for the Ultrium Tape Drives, go to the URL then refer to the information for the IBM 3580 Ultrium External Tape Drive). ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/tapedrivers.html Note: If you do not have Internet access and you need information about device drivers, contact your Sales Representative. You can also download the latest device drivers at: www.ibm.com/storage/support/
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Select Tape Systems from the Product family menu and select IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 from the Product menu. Click the Plan or Upgrade tab, and under Product Considerations, click IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 product information.
Supported switches
The TS7520 Virtualization Engine is supported by a wide variety of switches in the SAN environment. All switches attached directly to the TS7520 must be loop protocol capable. These attachments can change throughout the products life cycle. For information on supported switches and required code levels for the switches, do one of the following: v For a list of compatible switches for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine, visit the Web at: www.ibm.com/storage/support/ Select Tape Systems from the Product family menu and select IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 from the Product menu. Click the Plan or Upgrade tab, and under Product Considerations, click IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 product information. v Contact your IBM Sales Representative. Note: If you attach your library to a non-IBM platform with non-IBM software, IBM recommends that you contact your software vendor to obtain a matrix of compatible hardware, software, firmware revisions, and adapter cards.
Using the default library configuration

The TS7520 Virtualization Engine comes preconfigured with two virtual 3584 libraries per Virtualization Engine. Each library is comprised of 12 virtual LTO 2 tape drives and 253 slots. Each library is preconfigured with virtual tape cartridges. The number of tape cartridges preconfigured is proportional to the total system capacity. Up to four cards are available for host connection: any combination of fibre channel (dual ports) or Ethernet (quad ports). A minimum of one card is required for host connection. Up to two fibre cards (4 ports) can be dedicated to physical tape connection. Up to two ethernet cards (8 ports) may be used for network replication connections. The default libraries are accessible when the TS7520 is powered up. You can immediately start using these libraries without any additional configuration necessary through the VE Console. However the VE Console provides information that is helpful in creating the necessary zones when connecting to a storage area network (SAN). If you are not connecting the TS7520 to a SAN, you can directly cable your backup server or host to one of the target ports and perform a device discovery (the same as you would a physical library). From the rear of the TS7520 the default target ports are PCI Slot 3 Port 1 or PCI Slot 4 Port 1 if 2 fibre channel cards are added to the default 2 which are required.. Each port is assigned to one of the default libraries. If you are connecting to a SAN, you will need to zone the target world wide port name (WWPN) of the TS7520 with the WWPN of your backup server or host.
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For additional information about the default library configuration, see Default library configuration on page 57. You can also refer to the IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 Users Guide.
Data management and advanced features

The TS7520 Virtualization Engine is designed with the following data management and advanced features that allow you to securely process and access your data according to your business needs even if it is 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
RAID
Redundant array of independent disks (RAID) is a method of configuring multiple disk drives in a storage subsystem for high availability and high performance. The collection of two or more disk drives presents the image of a single disk drive to the system. In the event of a single device failure, data can be read or regenerated from the other disk drives in the array. The TS7520 supports groups of disk drive modules (DDMs) in RAID 5. RAID 5 is a method of spreading volume data plus data parity across multiple disk drives. RAID 5 increases performance by supporting concurrent accesses to the multiple DDMs within each logical volume. Multiple spare drives are allocated in the TS7520 cache to increase the redundancy. In the case of a DDM failure, the TS7520 Cache Controller will automatically configure a spare to take over the role of the failed drive. Data and parity will be rebuilt on the spared in drive. Upon replacement of the failed drive with a new one, the TS7520 Cache Controller will spare out the previous spare drive to a backup (or spare) role again.
Failover/failback
TS7520 Virtualization Engines failover/failback option provides high availability for TS7520 Virtualization Engine operations by eliminating the down time that can occur should a TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (software or hardware) fail. In the TS7520 Virtualization Engine failover design, a TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server is configured to monitor another TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server. In the event that the server being monitored fails to fulfill its responsibilities to the SAN Clients it is serving, the monitoring server will take over its resources. TS7520 Virtualization Engine uses a unique monitoring system to ensure the health of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers. This system includes a self-monitor and an intelligent heartbeat monitor. The self-monitor is part of all TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers, not just the servers configured for failover and provides continuous health status of the server. It is part of the process that provides operational status to any interested and authorized parties, including the Console and supported network management applications through SNMP. The self-monitor checks the TS7520 Virtualization Engine processes and connectivity to the servers storage devices. In a failover configuration, TS7520 Virtualization Engines intelligent heartbeat monitor continuously monitors the other server through the same network path that the server uses to serve its own clients.
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Failover requirements
Follow these requirements when setting up a failover configuration: v You must have two 3954 CV6 in a single 3952 F05 frame Failover to another CV6 in a different F05 frame is not possible, because both SV6 must have access to the same disks. v Static IP addresses must be used There are two IP addresses needed for each adapter. One IP address is for management, which you use for your VE Console, called Server IP address. And one IP address is used for heartbeat connection, called Service IP address Two IP addresses for first heartbeat (service) connection and management (sever) connection on each node for eth1 Two IP address for second heartbeat connection and management connection on each node for eth1- must be on different subnet than the first heartbeat connection v A physical tape library, if used, must be connected to both CV6 v No replication between the both TS7520 is allowed. For additional information about the Failover option, see the IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 User Guide.
Network replication
Replication protects the data on a virtual tape by maintaining a remote copy of the virtual tape on another TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (called the target server) over the IP network. At prescribed intervals, when the tape is not in use, changed data from the primary virtual tape is transmitted to the replica resource on the target server so that they are synchronized. The target server is usually located at a remote location. Under normal operation, backup clients do not have access to the replica resource on the target server. If a disaster occurs and the replica is needed, the administrator can promote the replica to become the primary virtual tape so that clients can access it. For additional information about the Replication option, see the IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 User Guide.
Physical Copy on Export

Physical Copy on Export exports data to physical tapes whenever a virtual tape is exported from a virtual library (such as from a backup application or other utility). In order to use this feature, the physical tape library must support barcodes. When the TS7520 attempts to export to a physical tape it must find a matching barcode in a physical library (you do not need to specify which physical library). If you use Auto Archive, determine if you want the virtual tape copied (retained) or moved (removed) after the data is transferred. If you select to move the virtual tape, indicate how long to wait before deleting it. Also, indicate if you want to export your physical tapes after archiving. For additional information about Auto Archive, see the IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 User Guide.
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Network Copy on Export

Network Copy on Export replicates data to another TS7520 server whenever a virtual tape is exported from a virtual library (such as from a backup application or other utility). If you use Auto Replication, determine whether you want the virtual tape copied (retained) or moved (removed) after the data is replicated. For additional information about Auto Replication, see the IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 User Guide.
Enhanced tape caching

The Enhanced Caching option enhances the functionality of TS7520 by acting as a cache to a physical tape library, providing transparent access to data regardless of its location. With the Enhanced caching option, tapes will always appear to be inside virtual libraries and will be visible to the backup application regardless of whether the data is actually on disk or tape. This means that the backup application will always have direct access to data regardless of whether the data is on disk or on physical tape.
4-way node support

This permits the sharing of all virtual media among all four potential CV6 servers. Any virtual librarys medium changer and media will be available to any CV6 (subject to the user-specified definitions). CV6s will maintain their own virtual drives and failover will only be done to a preassigned CV6 housed in the same rack. In addition, implementation of the virtual pass-through function which permits volumes to be moved between CV6s via a shared virtual shelf or vault will be performed.
NDMP
The NDMP backup support option allows backup applications and NAS devices to perform backup and restore using the NDMP version 4 protocol over an IP network. With this enabled the TS7520 acts as an NDMP server, centralizing management while eliminating locally attached tape devices from each NAS device. When a backup occurs, data is moved from a NAS device directly to the virtual library. Note: This option is not needed when presenting a virtual tape library over FC to a NAS filer as a replacement for a physical library.
Remote copy
You can copy the contents of a single tape to a remote target server. Because the Remote Copy feature replicates the full tape rather than appending to an existing virtual tape, you can only copy a tape if there is no virtual tape on the remote target server with the same barcode. Therefore, if you have copied this tape before, you must delete the copy from the remote target server before continuing. For additional information about the Remote Copy feature, see the IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 User Guide.
CPF/DPF
Through a chargeable feature, Control Path Failover and Data Path Failover are available to provide redundant access to virtual drives contained within virtual libraries. This works the same as it does in the IBM 3584 library in that it allows the host to create virtual copies of drives based on different physical paths to the device. If a physical path between the host and the TS7520 goes down, the command is retried at the device driver level on an alternate path.
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Import/export
Because you might already have physical tapes that you would like to protect, data from physical tapes can be imported into your virtual tape system. If you ever need to recover files from a physical tape, you can use the TS7520 Virtualization Engine to access those tapes for immediate recovery. The import function allows you to: v Copy the contents of a physical tape to a virtual tape v Directly access a physical tape without copying the entire tape v Recycle a physical tape For additional data protection, the data on virtual tapes can be exported to physical tapes for long-term data archiving. Data can also be copied to physical tapes using your backup applications copy function. When you export, TS7520 Virtualization Engine copies/moves the contents of the virtual tape to a physical tape. Because some third-party backup applications alter what they write to the tape depending on the type of cartridge used, TS7520 Virtualization Engine only exports tapes to like media. You cannot export to a dissimilar physical tape. Exporting tape to like media will enable the backup application to accept the tape as valid; from the backup applications point of view, there is no difference between the virtual and physical tape. Note: If you will be importing data from physical tapes into your virtual tape library or exporting virtual tapes to physical tapes, you must assign your physical tape libraries/drives to the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. For additional information about importing and exporting, see the IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 User Guide.
TS7520 limitations
The following list describes known limitations for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. v The TS7520 provides emulations of LTO2, LTO3, and 3592 J1A and E05 drives, TS3310 (3576 Models L5B and E9U), TS3200 (3573 Model L4U) and TS3100 (3573 Model L2U)- with LTO3 drives; 3583 (Models L18, L36, and L72) - with LTO3 drives; 3584 with 3592 (J1A or E05 drives), that are sufficient for successful operation and behavior with the listed supported ISV applications running on server platforms with fabric components specified in the following IBM support Web site: www.ibm.com/storage/support/ The Virtual libraries/drives will include: 3584 (Model L22 for 3592 J1A and E05 drives and L32 for LTO2 and LTO3 drives ); TS3310 (3576 Models L5B and E9U), TS3200 (3573 Model L4U) and TS3100 (3573 Model L2U) for LTO 3 drives; 3583 (Models L18, L36, and L72) - with LTO3 drives; and Inquiry strings for TS7510 and TS7520. IBM claims that the TS7520 provides a sufficient emulation of the specified tape drive and library interface architecture to support successful operation of listed supported applications. IBM does not claim that every command of the full native drive or library architecture is supported. Only those portions necessary to enable successful operation of the cited ISV applications are supported by IBM. v While the TS7520 supports failover in the case of a TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) failure and supports multipath redundancy in its internal
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access to the TS7520 Cache Controllers (3955 SV6s) and TS7520 Cache Modules (3955 SX6s), the failover is not transparent. Depending on the ISV being used, backup jobs may have to be restarted. v Any fabric component (switch port or direct host or tape attachment) that is directly connected to the TS7520 must be loop-protocol-capable. Switch ports that attach to the TS7520 must support fabric loop (FL) ports. (Other switches in the fabric that do not connect to the TS7520 are not required to support FL ports.) Tape drives that attach to the TS7520 directly (and not through a fabric) must support node loop (NL) port attachment. v The TS7520 does not currently support FCTAPE link recovery. Some link events will not be recoverable transparently. Customer tasks may be interrupted, requiring a restart. v An import task that encounters a not-ready condition from a physical tape drive may require user intervention to recognize the stalled task and initiate cancelation.
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Chapter 2. Physical planning specifications for the TS7520

This section provides physical planning and site specifications for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. Before the TS7520 Virtualization Engine is installed at your site, verify that your planned installation site meets these requirements, or prepare the site so that it does meet these requirements. Preparations might involve meeting area requirements, environmental requirements, and electrical requirements for TS7520 Virtualization Engine installation, service, and operation.
Site preparation
Use the following information to prepare a location for installation of the systems components. Prepare a floor plan that includes the following information: v Power outlet locations, types, and ratings v Frame locations v Operator and service clearances v Dimensions of the area containing all system components Before hardware installation can begin, the local installation planning representative must verify that all installation planning and preparation is complete. Additional user responsibilities include planning for the following: v Cabling and wiring for connections to the host v Cooling and heating v Telephone service v Safety and security v Fire detection and suppression v Floors (both raised and non-raised) that meet the operational and structural requirements necessary for the system components
Calculating space requirements

When you plan the installation location, you must first calculate the total amount of space that is needed for the TS7520 units, including all service clearances and weight distribution areas.
Lighting considerations
The 3952 Tape Frame and TS7520 Virtualization Engine are designed for lights-out operation. No special lighting considerations apply.
Upgrade considerations
When planning for system installation, consider any potential future growth such as the addition of expansion frames. Consult your IBM representative for current planning information regarding upgrades to the 3952 Tape Frame and TS7520 Virtualization Engine.
Accommodating cables
Review the following considerations when planning for cabling accommodations:
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v Electrical power cabling should be planned in advance of delivery of the TS7520. This planning includes cabling for a second source if the dual power option has been ordered and if independent sources are intended to be used. v Fibre channel cabling from the TS7520 adapters to the attaching customer servers or customer switch fabric should be included in the planning, as well as fibre channel cabling from the TS7520 to any attached physical tape drives and libraries. In addition, customers should plan for the fibre channel cabling from the TS7520 base frame to the TS7520 expansion frame (if present). v Ethernet cabling will be required for attachment of the TS7520 to the operator console or consoles and to the network for replication and for call-home reporting. For optimal service, IBM requires that at least one VE Console system must be installed within 50 feet (15.25 meters) and within line of sight of the TS7520 3592 Tape Frame. v Failover configurations require a network connection for the corresponding Ethernet ports on the two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers for mutual operational state monitoring.
Height requirements
The minimum floor-to-ceiling clearance required for installation of the 3952 F05 Frame is 1.83 m (72 in.), including all installation, operating, and service clearances. The 3952 F05 Frame is moved on casters and has four leveling pads. The frames nominal height is 1.815 m (71.5 in.) from the bottom of the leveling pads to the top of the frame. The leveling pads can vary the height of the frame by up to 30 mm (1.2 in.). The pads are completely raised when the frame is shipped to allow it to roll on its casters. The shipping height of the frame on its casters is 1.8 m (70.9 in.).
Dimensions and weights of models

When you are planning the floor and space requirements for your storage units, consider the dimensions and weights of your configuration components.
TS7520 component dimensions

Table 2 lists TS7520 Virtualization Engine component dimensions.
Table 2. TS7520 Virtualization Engine component dimensions Component TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) Height 128.4 mm (5.05 in) Width 442 mm (17.4 in) Depth 701 mm (27.6 in)
TS7520 Cache 130 mm (5.1 in) Controller (3955 SV6) TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6) 3952 Tape Frame 130 mm (5.1 in) 1804 mm (71.0 in)
483 mm (19.0 in) 483 mm (19.0 in) 644 mm (25.4 in)
572 mm (22.5 in) 572 mm (22.5 in) 1102 mm (43.4 in)
Weight
The total weight of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine depends on the number of components installed. Table 6 on page 23 lists the weight of each component.
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Table 3. TS7520 Virtualization Engine component weights Unit 3952 Tape Frame TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6) Weight 193 kg (425 lb) not configured; 726 kg (1600 lb) maximum configuration * 33 kg (72 lb) ** 43 kg (95 lb) *** 43 kg (95 lb) ***
* Contains: (2) 3955 SV6s, (6) 3955 SX6s, and (2) 3954 CV6s, (2) Ethernet Switches and (2) Fibre Channel Switches ** Contains (6) HBAs *** When installed in 3952 Tape Frame
Operator and service clearances

Clearances are required around system components for the operator and the service representative to perform certain tasks. See Table 4 for specific clearance requirements for each frame type.
Table 4. Operator and Service Clearance Requirements Component 3952 Tape Frame (see note 2) Area Size (Width Depth) (see note 1) 644 mm 1102 mm (25.4 in. 43.4 in.)
Notes: 1. Size is defined by the depth from the outside of the frame and either the width of a standalone frame or the length along any frames installed side-by-side. The width is on a frame-to-frame basis; space required in front or behind each frame is additive. The access space for individual frames overlaps. 2. Required clearance around the 3952 Tape Frame is listed below: v Front: 690 mm (27.2 in.) v Back: 660 mm (26.0 in.) v Side: 0 mm (0 in.) Unlike weight distribution areas that are required to handle floor loading, keep in mind that service clearances of adjacent unrelated storage units can overlap. Note: The terms service clearance and weight distribution area are often confused with each other. The service clearance is the area that is required to open the service covers and to pull out components for servicing. The weight distribution area is the area that is required to distribute the weight of the storage unit.
Aisle and door clearances

Two persons should be available to move system components between locations. The following are the minimum aisle and door dimensions for moving components from one location to another. Roof Height 1830 mm (72 in.)
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Aisle and Door Width 736 mm (29 in.) Corner Radius 2237 mm (88 in.) Ramp Inclination 15
Floor requirements
A 3952 Tape Frame can be installed on a raised or solid floor meeting the minimum leveling and floor-loading capacity requirements.
Floor level requirements

The leveling pads on the 3952 Tape Frame can be adjusted to compensate for an uneven floor where the frame is to be installed. The maximum out-of-level condition is 25.4 mm (1 in.) over the frames length and width. Note: IBM strongly recommends that stringers be installed between all corner posts. In addition, a post should be placed under the areas where the frames leveling pads sit. As an alternative to placing posts under the leveling pads, a post may be placed at the midpoint of the stringers in the areas where the frame sits.
Weight distribution and floor loading

If the 3952 Tape Frame is installed on a raised floor, the raised floor should be stabilized to prevent a horizontal shift of the raised floor structure. IBM recommends a floor load rating of at least 341 kg/m2 (70 lb./ft.2). These ratings do not include additional loading by personnel and equipment traffic.
Security considerations
Controlling access to the 3952 Tape Frame and TS7520 Virtualization Engine is the users responsibility. The system should be installed in a controlled-access area to prevent unauthorized access to the systems internal components and to the TS7520 Virtualization Engine VE Console.
Operating environment requirements

You must meet specific operating environment requirements at all the air intake locations of your models. The operating points vary depending on the state of the model. The models can be in the following states: v Operating v Powered off v In storage v In transit Table 5 on page 23 lists the acceptable temperature and humidity ranges in which the TS7520 Virtualization Engine is designed to operate.
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Table 5. Temperature and humidity requirements Condition Temperature

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Requirement
Operating range [Altitude: 0 to 10 - 35 C (50 - 95 F) 914 meters (3,000 feet)] Operating range [Altitude: 914 10 - 32 C (50 - 90 F) to 2133 meters (3,000 to 7,000 feet)] Power off range Storage range Transit range 10 - 43 C (50 - 95 F) 1 - 60 C (33 - 140 F) -40 C to 60 C (-40 F to 140 F) 20% to 80% 8% to 80% 5% to 80% 5% to 100% 23 C (73 F) 27 C (80 F) 29 C (84 F) 29 C (84 F)
Relative humidity (no condensation)
Operating range Power off range Storage range Transit range
Wet bulb temperature (maximum)
Operating range Power off range Storage range Transit range
Notes: 1. The nonoperating environment must not exceed the operating environment limits for longer than 60 days. 2. The storage environment must not exceed the operating environment limits for longer than 1 year. 3. Substantial deviations from the suggested operating range, in either direction, if sustained for extended periods of time, will expose the unit to greater risk of failure from external causes.
Electrical power ratings for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine

Table 6. TS7520 Virtualization Engine electrical power ratings per line cord for a maximum configuration Unit TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) Heat output 1766 BTU/hr 1088 BTU/hr Electrical power 0.51 kVA 0.39 kVA 0.39 kVA 4.0 kVA
TS7520 Cache Module (3955 1088 BTU/hr SX6) 3952 Tape Frame with maximum configuration
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Inrush current = 300 Ampere; Leakage current = 11.5 ma
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Acoustic declaration for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine components

Table 7 describes the acoustic declaration information for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine components.
Table 7. Acoustic declaration for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Declared A-Weighted Sound Power Level, LWAd (B) Operating 7.3 B Notes: 1. LWAd is the statistical upper-limit A-weighted sound power level (rounded to the nearest 0.1 B). 2. LpAm is the mean A-weighted emission sound pressure level measured at the 1-meter bystander positions (rounded to the nearest dB). 3. 10 dB (decibel) = 1 B (bel) Idling 7.2 B Declared A-Weighted Sound Pressure Level, LpAm (dB) Operating 55 dB Idling 55 dB
These levels are measured in controlled acoustical environments according to ISO 7779 and are reported in accordance with ISO 9296. The declared sound power levels indicate an upper limit, below which a large portion of machines operate. Sound pressure levels in your location might exceed the average 1-meter values stated because of room reflections and other nearby noise.
Considering safety issues

You must consider various safety issues when you plan your TS7520 series location. The following list identifies some of the safety issues you must consider: v Fire suppression v Earthquake safety
Providing a fire-suppression system

You are responsible for providing a fire suppression system for your TS7520. IBM designs and manufactures equipment to internal and external standards that require certain environments for reliable operation. Because IBM does not test any equipment for compatibility with fire-suppression systems, IBM does not make compatibility claims of any kind. IBM does not provide recommendations on fire-suppression systems. Consult your insurance underwriter, local fire marshal, or local building inspector about selecting a fire-suppression system that provides the proper level of coverage and protection.
Earthquake effects
There is no guarantee against equipment damage as a result of an earthquake. Many factors influence the stress imposed on system equipment, including: v Intensity and duration of the earthquake v Equipment structural strength and durability v Equipment location within a structure
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v Equipment installation method v Building type v Soil conditions Guarantees of equipment reliability cannot be made for all earthquakes and conditions. The damaging effects of an earthquake are minimized by appropriate installation and planning techniques. Significant sliding and rocking of equipment during an earthquake might directly or indirectly result in damage. The following steps can help minimize damage: v Position equipment far enough from walls to prevent or minimize collision. v Ensure that power and accessory cables are long enough to accommodate sliding and flexing during an earthquake. v Ensure that cable clamps or other strain reliefs are secured properly to equipment. v Secure several tall units together to form a more stable structure. v Use a flexible restraint that allows a limited amount of movement, approximately 75 mm to 150 mm (3 in. to 6 in.), to dissipate energy imparted by the earthquake.
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Chapter 3. TS7520 components and feature codes

This chapter describes in detail the TS7520 components and lists the required and optional feature codes for each component. The TS7520 requires a 3952 Tape Frame containing one or two TS7520 Virtualization Engines, two TS7520 Cache Controllers, and optional TS7520 Cache Modules. The TS7500 V2R1 software program (5697-N65) is also required.
TS7520 components
This section describes in detail the following TS7520 components: v 3952 Tape Frame (3952 F05) v TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) on page 29 v TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) on page 32 v TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6) on page 33 v TS7500 V2R1 Software on page 34
3952 Tape Frame (3952 F05)

The 3952 Tape Frame provides the frame that contains the various components of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. The TS7520 can consist of one 3952 Tape Frames that are specified with the following features: v 1907 (Fibre Channel Switch Kit) - adds two 2026-432 SAN Switches when Secondary Base or Expansion cabinets are ordered. Includes two 32 port FC switches with 16 ports enabled. Only valid for F05 in CVT2 configuration with 7317 feature, or for F05 with FC7310 connecting 7318. Required when 7320 or any 7318 is ordered. Prereq is #1903 & #1906. v 7317 (TS7520 Series Base Unit) - identifies this 3952 Tape Frame as the base unit frame which contains one or two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers, two TS7520 Cache Controller, and up to six TS7520 Cache Modules. v 7318 (TS7520 Series Expansion Unit) - identifies this 3952 Tape Frame as the expansion unit frame which contains one or two TS7520 Cache Controller, and up to ten additional TS7520 Cache Modules. v 7319 (TS7520 Series Limited Edition Unit) - identifies this 3952 Tape Frame as the limited edition unit frame which contains one TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers, one TS7520 Cache Controller, and up to two TS7520 Cache Modules. v 7320 (TS7520 Series Secondary Base Unit) - identifies this 3952 Tape Frame as the secondary base unit frame which contains two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers, two TS7520 Cache Controller, and up to six TS7520 Cache Modules. One or two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers can be installed in the base unit frame with the following features: v 9326 (Plant Install a 3954 Model CV6) - To have the factory install one TS7520 Virtualization Engine Model CV6 into a new 3952 Tape Frame shipping from the plant. A minimum of one must be installed in the 3952 Tape Frame designated as the base unit (#7317), one as a limited edition unit (#7319), and a minimum of two as the secondary base unit (#7320). A corresponding feature number 5728 (Plant Install a 3954 Model CV6) must be ordered on the 3952 Tape Frame, one for each TS7520 Virtual Engine Server. v 9327 (Field Install a 3954 Model CV6) - To ship a second TS7520 Virtualization Engine for field installation into an installed 3952 Tape Frame designated as the
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base unit (#7317). A corresponding feature number 5729 (Field Install a 3954 Model CV6) must be ordered on the 3952 Tape Frame. At least one TS7520 Cache Module must be installed at the same time. Two TS7520 Cache Controllers must be installed in the base unit frame with the following feature: v 9328 (Plant Install a 3955 Model SV6) - to have the factory install one TS7520 Cache Controller into a new 3952 Tape Frame shipping from the plant. Two of these features must be installed in the 3952 Tape Frame designated as the base unit (#7317), one as an expansion unit (#7318), one as a limited edition unit (#7319), and two as the secondary base unit (#7320). A corresponding feature number 5738 (Plant Install a 3955 Model SV6) must be ordered on the 3952 Tape Frame, one for each TS7520 Cache Controller. v 9329 (Field Install a 3955 Model SV6) - To add an additional TS7520 Cache Controller into a 3952 Tape Frame installed in the field. Two TS7520 Cache Controller must be installed in the 3952 Tape designated as the base unit (#7317, #7320). A corresponding feature number 5739 (Field Install a 3955 Model SV6) must be ordered on the 3952 Tape Frame. The following feature provides disk cache storage for the TS7520 Cache Controller: v 7111 (8 TB SATA Storage) - Provides Serial ATA HDDs with 8 TB of unformatted storage capacity. The TS7520 Cache Module provides additional disk cache storage, up to ten TS7520 Cache Modules can be installed in the expansion unit 3952 Tape Frame, up to six in a base unit or secondary base unit 3952 Tape Frame, and up to two in a limited edition unit 3952 tape Frame with the following features: v 9330 (Plant Install a 3955 Model SX6) - To have the factory install the TS7520 Cache Module into a new 3952 Tape Frame shipping from the plant. One corresponding feature number 5748 (Plant Install a 3955 Model SX6) must be ordered on the 3952 Tape Frame for each TS7520 Cache Module being installed by the plant. Cache Controllers must be installed prior to Cache Modules being installed. v 9331 (Field Merge a 3955 Model SX6) - To ship a TS7520 Cache Module for field installation into an installed 3952 Tape Frame. A corresponding feature number 5749 (Field Install a 3955 Model SX6) must be ordered on the 3952 Tape Frame. The following features are required when attaching cache modules to cache controllers: v 7401 (Enable first 3955 Model SX6) - enables the attachment of additional TS7520 Cache Modules installed in a 3952 Tape Frame of the TS7520 configuration. This feature is required for the first SX6 Cache Module attached to a SV6 storage string. This feature is required for each SV6 in an 3952 Tape Frame. v 7402 (Enable fourth 3955 Model SX6) - enables the attachment of the fourth additional TS7520 Cache Modules installed in a 3955 Tape Frame of the TS7520 configuration. This feature is required for the fourth SX6 Cache Module attached to a SV6 storage string. This feature is required for each SV6 in an 3952 Tape Frame. The appropriate power cord must be specified. The Dual AC Power feature (#1903) should be ordered if connection to two independent branch power circuits is
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desired. If this feature is ordered, two power cords will be provided. The TS7500 V2R1 software (5697-N65) must also be ordered and installed with each TS7520 Virtualization Engine. For full details about the 3952 Tape Frame feature codes, see Feature codes for 3952 Tape Frame on page 35.
TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6)

The TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) contains two processors to improve performance. Every TS7520 configuration must contain at least one TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server. A second optional TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server enables the TS7520 to operate in a dual node high availability configuration. A TS7520 dual node high availability configuration can have more virtual cartridges, virtual volumes, and interface ports and must be ordered with a failover/failback option for redundancy. Each TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server comes with four Fibre Channel connections. Four of the Fibre Channel ports are connected to the TS7520 Cache Controllers, In a dual node system there are eight Fibre Channel ports connected to the TS7520 Cache Controllers. For host, tape and iSCSI connections optional Dual-4Gb/sec FC port and Quad-1Gb/sec Ethernet port cards can be ordered. Tivoli Storage Manager and other industry-leading compatible software offerings provide storage and tape management software for the TS7520. Supporting software and applications must be obtained separately from IBM, IBM Business Partners, or ISVs. Lists of compatible software and supported open system configurations for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server are available from your IBM representative or at: www.ibm.com/storage/support/ Select Tape Systems from the Product family menu and select IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 from the Product menu. Click the Plan or Upgrade tab, and under Product Considerations, click IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 product information. Four hardware features of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server must have corresponding features ordered on the TS7500 V2R1 software program (5697-N65) as shown below: v Path Failover (Feature 1682) v Failover/Failback (Feature 7420) v Network Replication (Feature 7421) v Network Encryption (Feature 7422) v v v v v v v v Network Compression (Feature 7423) 3494 Support (Feature 7424) Hosted Backup (Feature 7425) NDMP (Feature 7426) Secure Tape (Feature 7427) iSCSI Enable (Feature 7428) Local Replication (Feature 7429) Enhanced Tape Caching (Feature 7430)
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The 3952 Tape Frame provides the frame that contains the various components of the TS7520. One or two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers can be installed in the base unit 3952 Tape Frame with the following features: v 9326 (Plant Install a 3954 Model CV6) - To have the factory install one TS7520 Virtualization Engine Model CV6 into a new 3952 Tape Frame shipping from the plant. A minimum of one must be installed in the 3952 Tape Frame designated as the base unit (#7317), one as a limited edition unit (#7319), and a minimum of two as the secondary base unit (#7320). A corresponding feature number 5728 (Plant Install a 3954 Model CV6) must be ordered on the 3952 Tape Frame, one for each TS7520 Virtual Engine Server. v 9327 (Field Merge a 3954 Model CV6) - to ship a second TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server for field installation into an installed 3952 Tape Frame designated as the base unit (#7317). A corresponding feature number 5729 (Field Install a 3954 Model CV6) must be ordered on the 3952 Tape Frame. At least one TS7520 Cache Module must be installed at the same time. The TS7500 V2R1 software (5697-N65 or 5697-N66) must be ordered and installed with each TS7520 Virtualization Engine. This software is preloaded on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server by specifying the following feature: v 9302 (Enterprise Edition VE Preload - AAS) -to have the factory install the 5697-N65 program. v 9303 (Limited Edition VE Preload - AAS) - to have the factory install the 5697-N66 program. The following other features are available on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server: v 1682 (Path Failover) - enables automatic control path failover to a pre-configured redundant path without aborting the current job in progress. It also provides failover for multiple redundant paths in a SAN environment by automatically providing error recovery to retry the current operation using an alternate, pre-configured paths without aborting the current job in progress. This can provide flexibility in SAN configuration, availability, and management. v 7420 (Failover/Failback) - enables hardware connections between two installed TS7520 Virtualization Engines in the same 3952 Tape Frame. Failover/Failback provides the ability for the host connections and jobs being performed on a server in a failover pair to be moved to the surviving server of the failover pair in the event of a server failure. v 7421 (Network Replication) - enables the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server to support the Network Replication function in the TS7500 V2R1 software. If this feature is installed on one TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server in a 3952 Tape Frame, and a second TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server is installed in that frame, and Failover/Failback will be configured, then both TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers should have this feature installed. Both the local and target TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers must have feature numbers 7421 and 7422 enabled for Network Replication to operate. v 7422 (Network Encryption) - enables the TS7520 Virtualization Engine to support the Network Encryption function in the TS7500 V2R1 software. If this feature is installed on one TS7520 Virtualization Engine in a 3952 Tape Frame, and a second TS7520 Virtualization Engine is installed in that frame, and Failover/Failback will be configured, then both TS7520 Virtualization Engines should have this feature installed. Both the local and target TS7520 Virtualization Engines must have feature numbers 7421 and 7422 enabled for Network Encryption to operate.
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v 7423 (Network Compression) - enables the TS7520 Virtualization Engine to support the Network Compression function in the TS7500 V2R1 software. If this feature is installed on one TS7520 Virtualization Engine in a 3952 Tape Frame, and a second TS7520 Virtualization Engine is installed in that frame, and Failover/Failback will be configured, then both TS7520 Virtualization Engines should have this feature installed. Both the local and target TS7520 Virtualization Engines must have feature numbers 7421 and 7423 enabled for Network Compression to operate. v 7424 (3494 Support) - enables attachment of a 3494 library to the TS7520 Limited Edition. Although the actual library is not emulated, the drives can be and therefore logical volumes can be exported to physical volumes in the 3494 library. v 7425 (Hosted Backup) - Enables backup operations to be installed on the TS7520 eliminating the need for a dedicated backup server. Currently TSM and Netbackup are the supported backup applications for this service. v 7426 (NDMP) - Enables backup applications and NAS devices to perform backup and restore using the NDMP version 4 protocol over an IP network. With this enabled the TS7520 acts as an NDMP server, centralizing management while eliminating locally attached tape devices from each NAS device. When a backup occurs, data is moved from a NAS device directly to the virtual library. v 7427 (Secure Tape) - Enables encryption with one or more keys for data exported to physical tape and decryption when it is imported back to virtual tapes. The data on the tape cannot be read or be decrypted without using the appropriate key. v 7428 (iSCSI) - Enables SCSI commands to be used over an IP network and allows hosts to connect via ethernet instead of requiring fibre channel. If this feature is installed on one TS7520 Virtualization Engine in a 3952 Tape Frame, and a second TS7520 Virtualization Engine is installed in that frame, and Failover/Failback will be configured, then both TS7520 Virtualization Engines should have this feature installed. v 7428 (Local Replication) - Enables making a copy of a complete virtual volume in the same TS7520 server. This acts exactly the same as network replication except the target and source servers are the same. v 7430 (Enhanced Tape Caching) - This function is included in the Enterprise Edition software. Enhanced Caching enhances the functionality of the TS7520 by acting as a cache to a physical tape library, providing transparent access to data regardless of its location. With the Enhanced caching option, tapes will always appear to be inside virtual libraries and will be visible to the backup application regardless of whether the data is actually on disk or tape. This means that the backup application will always have direct access to data regardless of whether the data is on disk or on physical tape. Note: Two optional adapters can be ordered on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server to provide host, tape and iSCSI connections. v 3450 - Dual-4Gb/sec FC port card Used for all fibre channel (FC) connections. FC 3450 support multi-WWPN mode for failover operations and FCTAPE profile. FC 3450 can be used for host target FC cards or tape initiator cards in slots 3-6. Slot placement order: 3, 4, 5, 6. Note: Slots 1 & 2 will always be filled with FC adapters for disk subsystem attachment (except in the case of the TS75202 LE (Limited Edition) product offering, where only 1 slot -- slot #1 will be used).
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v 3451 - Quad-1Gb/sec Ethernet port card - Used for iSCSI and customer network connections. Ethernet port bonding is supported. Slot placement order: 6, 5, 4, 3. Note: Up to four cards are available for host connection: any combination of fibre channel (dual ports) or Ethernet (quad ports). A minimum of one card is required for host connection. Up to two fibre channel cards (4 ports) can be dedicated to physical tape connection. Up to two ethernet cards (8 ports) may be used for network replication connections. For full details about the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server feature codes, see Feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) on page 40.
TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server controls

An operator panel, with a button and indicators, is located on the front of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server. The operator panel, located on the lower right front of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server, has the following controls: v Power-on LED v Power-control button v Four indicator LEDs The Power-on LED is located on the left of the operator panel. When this LED is off, it indicates that ac power is not present. Approximately 5 seconds after the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server is connected to ac power, the Power-on LED is lit and indicates that the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server is turned on. When this LED is flashing, it indicates that the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server is turned off but still connected to an ac power source. To the right of the Power-on LED is the Power-control Button. When the Power-on LED is lit, the Power-Control Button becomes active, and the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server can be turned on and start the operating system by pressing the Power-Control Button. Attention: When powering on or off the TS7520, always follow exactly the power-on and power-off procedures described in the IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 Users Guide. To the right of the Power-control Button are four other indicator LEDs that indicate status or error conditions associated with the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server. To the left of the operator panel is a DVD-ROM used for service of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server. For a detailed description of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server hardware, controls, and indicators, refer to the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7500 Users Guide (GC27-2068).
TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6)

The TS7520 Cache Controller provides disk cache capacity for the TS7520. Two TS7520 Cache Controllers (3955 SV6) must be installed in the base unit 3952 Tape Frame with the following feature: v 9328 (Plant Install a 3955 Model SV6) - To have the factory install one TS7520 Cache Controller into a new 3952 Tape Frame shipping from the plant. Two of these features must be installed in the 3952 Tape Frame designated as the base unit (#7317), one as an expansion unit (#7318), one as a limited edition unit (#7319), and two as the secondary base unit (#7320). A corresponding feature
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number 5738 (Plant Install a 3955 Model SV6) must be ordered on the 3952 Tape Frame, one for each TS7520 Cache Controller. v 9329 (Field Install a 3955 Model SV6) - To add an additional TS7520 Cache Controller into a 3952 Tape Frame installed in the field. A corresponding feature number 5739 (Field Install a 3955 Model SV6) must be ordered on the 3952 Tape Frame. The following feature provides disk cache storage for the TS7520 Cache Controller: v 7111 (8 TB SATA Storage) - Provides Serial ATA HDDs with 8 TB of unformatted storage capacity. To attach TS7520 Cache Controllers in the base frame to Cache Modules in the expansion frame requires ordering the following feature sets on the first and then second Cache Controller for the first and then second Cache Module installed in the expansion frame: v 7401 (Enable first 3955 Model SX6) - Enables the attachment of additional TS7520 Cache Modules installed in a 3952 Tape Frame of the TS7520 configuration. This feature is required for the first SX6 Cache Module attached to a SV6 storage string. This feature is required for each SV6 in an 3952 Tape Frame. v 7402 (Enable fourth 3955 Model SX6) - Enables the attachment of the fourth additional TS7520 Cache Modules installed in a 3955 Tape Frame of the TS7520 configuration. This feature is required for the fourth SX6 Cache Module attached to a SV6 storage string. This feature is required for each SV6 in an 3952 Tape Frame. v A set of three Fibre Channel cables: FC6013, or 9700. For full details about the TS7520 Cache Controller feature codes, see Feature codes for TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6) on page 49.
TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6)

The TS7520 Cache Module provides additional disk cache capacity for the TS7520. Installed TS7520 Cache Modules are alternately attached to each TS7520 Cache Controller. The first three TS7520 Cache Modules attached to each TS7520 Cache Controller (for a total of six) are contained in the base unit 3952 Tape Frame. Up to ten TS7520 Cache Modules can be installed in the expansion unit 3952 Tape Frame, with the following features: v 9330 (Plant Install a 3955 Model SX6) - To have the factory install the TS7520 Cache Module into a new 3952 Tape Frame shipping from the plant. One corresponding feature number 5748 (Plant Install a 3955 Model SX6) must be ordered on the 3952 Tape Frame for each TS7520 Cache Module being installed by the plant. Two Cache Controllers must be installed prior to Cache Modules being installed. v 9331 (Field Merge a 3955 Model SX6) - To ship a TS7520 Cache Module for field installation into an installed 3952 Tape Frame. A corresponding feature number 5749 (Field Install a 3955 Model SX6) must be ordered on the 3952 Tape Frame. The following feature provides disk cache storage for the TS7520 Cache Module: v 7111 (8 TB SATA Storage) - provides Serial ATA HDDs with 8TB of unformatted storage capacity assuming 500 GB drives.
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Cables
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TS7500 V2R1 Software

The IBM Virtualization Engine TS7500 Software Version 2 Release 1 (5697-N65 or 5697-N66) provides the software for the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 and the software for a VE Console. Feature highlights include support for: v 128 virtual libraries (3584, TS3310, TS3200, TS3100, 3583 Emulation) v v v v 1024 virtual tape drives (LTO 2/LTO 3/3592 J1A/E05) 64,000 virtual cartridges Physical IBM 3494, TS3310, TS3200, TS3100, 3583 and 3584 Tape Libraries Physical IBM Ultrium LTO 2/LTO 3 and 3592 Model J1A /E05 Tape Drives
The TS7520 Virtualization Engine supports the following operating systems at the minimum levels indicated: Enterprise Edition: v AIX 5L V5.1, V5.2, and V5.3 v V5R3 and V5R4 i5/OS System i support is available under the IBM Request for Price Quotation program. v Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 v Microsoft Windows 2003 (build 3790, or greater) v 64-bit HP-UX 11iv1 and 11iv2 v Linux distributions: SLES10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.4 SLES9 SP3 Linux Asianux 2.0 Limited Edition:
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v AIX 5L V5.1, or later v V5R3 and V5R4 i5/OS System i support is available under the IBM Request for Price Quotation program. v Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 v Microsoft Windows 2003 (build 3790, or greater) v 64-bit HP-UX 11iv1 and 11iv2 v Linux distributions: SLES10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.4 SLES9 SP3 Linux Asianux 2.0 A VE Console is used for configuration, management, and service support for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. This console is required by the TS7520 and is either supplied by the customer or optionally can be ordered from IBM. If a VE Console machine is ordered, it is placed as a separate order from the TS7520. You must ensure the console machine is available and ready to install the console program before they plan to activate the TS7520. For more details on the console machine requirements, see TS7520 Virtualization Engine VE Console requirements on page 71. The console program and machine are required to complete the installation of the TS7520. For information about the TS7500 V2R1 software feature codes, see TS7500 V2R1 Software on page 53.
TS7520 feature codes

This section discusses in detail the required and optional features for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. Feature codes are provided for the following components: v Feature codes for 3952 Tape Frame v Feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) on page 40 v Feature codes for TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) on page 47 v Feature codes for TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6) on page 49 v TS7500 V2R1 Software on page 53 Attention: The license keys required for TS7520 Virtualization Engine feature enablement require that the TS7520 Virtualization Engine VE Console software be installed and functional before any TS7520 Virtualization Engine features can be enabled.
Feature codes for 3952 Tape Frame

Table 8 on page 36 lists the feature codes to use when you order the required and optional features for the 3952 Tape Frame.
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Table 8. Feature codes for 3952 Tape Frame Feature Code 7317 Feature name TS7520 Series Base Unit Description This feature identifies the 3952 Tape Frame as the Base Unit for the TS7520. Corequisites or requirements Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisites: (#5728, #5729) quantity must be 1 or 2; (#5738, #5739) quantity must be 2; (#5748, #5749) quantity can be 0 to 10; #1903 must be 1; #1906 must be 2. Compatibility Conflicts: This feature is mutually exclusive with feature #7310, #7311, #7318, #7319, #7320. Field installable: No 7318 TS7520 Series Expansion Unit This feature identifies the 3952 Tape Frame as the Expansion Unit for the TS7520. Components of the Expansion Unit must be attached to components of a Base Unit. Therefore, a separate 3952 Tape Frame with feature #7317, Base Unit, must already exist at the customer site, or a new Base Unit must be ordered at the same time as the Expansion Unit. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisites: (#5738, #5739) quantity must be 1 or 2; (#5748, #5749) quantity can be 0 to 6; #1903 must be 1. Compatibility Conflicts: This feature is mutually exclusive with feature #7310, #7311, #7317, #7319, #7320. Field installable: No 7319 TS7520 Series Limited Edition Unit This feature identifies the 3952 Tape Frame as the Limited Edition Unit for the TS7520. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisites: (#5728, #5729) quantity must be 1; (#5738, #5739) quantity must be 1; (#5748, #5749) quantity can be 0 to 2. Compatibility Conflicts: This feature is mutually exclusive with feature #7310, #7311, #7317, #7318, #7320. Field installable: No 7320 TS7520 Series Secondary Base Unit This feature identifies the 3952 Tape Minimum: 0 Frame as the Secondary Base Unit for Maximum: 1 the TS7520. Components of the Secondary Base Unit must be attached to components of a Base Unit. Therefore, a separate 3952 Tape Frame with feature #7317, Base Unit, must already exist at the customer site or a new Base Unit must be ordered at the same time as the Secondary Base Unit. Corequisites: (#5728, #5729) quantity must be 2; (#5738, #5739) quantity must be 2; (#5748, #5749) can be 0 to 6; #1903 must be 1. Compatibility Conflicts: This feature is mutually exclusive with feature #7310, #7311, #7317, #7318, #7319. Field installable: No
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Table 8. Feature codes for 3952 Tape Frame (continued) Feature Code 1903 Feature name Dual AC Power Description This feature provides one additional Power Control Assembly to allow connection to independent branch power circuits. This feature provides one 16-port Ethernet Switch. Recommended for each 3954 Model CV6 (up to a maximum of 2). Includes ethernet cables to connect CV6s in the base frame to the integrated switch, and to connect the ethernet switch to the Fibre Channel switches in the base frame. This feature provides two 32-port Fibre Channel Switches with 16 ports enabled. Corequisites or requirements Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Plant or field installable. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisite: If #7317 is ordered, #1906 quantity ordered must be 2. If #7319 is ordered, #1906 quantity can be 0 to 2. Plant or field installable. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisite: Only valid if #7317 is ordered. Plant or field installable. 1908 Eight Port Switch Expansion This feature provides an additional 8 ports for each of the Fibre Channel switches added by feature #1907. Allowed qty-2 to enable the complete 32-ports on both switches. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 2 Corequisite: #1907 Plant or field installable. 4741 Remove 3955 Model SV6 Virtualization Engine from a 3952 Tape Frame This feature provides the instructions to remove a TS7520 Virtualization from a engine from a currently installed 3952 3952 Tape Frame. Maximum: v 1 if feature #7318 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. Corequisite: One of feature #5738 or #5739 must be removed when this feature is added. Field Installation: MES only. 4746 Remove 3955 Model SX6 Virtualization Engine from a 3952 Tape Frame This feature provides the instructions to remove a TS7520 Cache Module from a currently installed 3952 Tape Frame. Maximum: v 6 if feature #7317 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. v 10 if feature #7318 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. v 2 if feature #7319 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. v 6 if feature #7320 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. Corequisite: One of feature #5748 or #5749 must be removed when this feature is added. Field Installation: MES only.
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Ethernet Switch Kit
1907
Fibre Channel Switch Kit
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Table 8. Feature codes for 3952 Tape Frame (continued) Feature Code 5728 Feature name Plant Install 3954 Model CV6 Description This specify code allows the factory installation of a TS7520 Virtualization Engine into a new 3952 Tape Frame coming from the plant. Corequisites or requirements This feature must appear on the 3952 Tape Frame order, and the Plant Install 3954 Model CV6 feature (#9326) must appear on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine order. Minimum: 0 Maximum: v 2 if feature #7317 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. v 1 if feature #7319 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. v 2 if feature #7320 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. Field installation: No. 5729 Field Install 3954 Model CV6 This specify code allows the field merge of a TS7520 Virtualization Engine into a customer supplied 3952 Tape Frame. This feature must appear on the 3952 Tape Frame order, and the Field Merge 3954 Model CV6 feature (#9327) must appear on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine order. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 if feature #7317 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. Field installation: MES only. 5738 Plant Install 3955 Model SV6 This specify code allows the factory installation of a TS7520 Cache Controller into a new 3952 Tape Frame coming from the plant. This feature must appear on the 3952 Tape Frame order, and the Plant Install 3955 Model SV6 feature (#9328) must appear on the TS7520 Cache Controller order. Minimum: 0 Maximum: v 2 if feature #7317 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. v 1 or 2 if feature #7318 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. v 1 if feature #7319 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. v 2 if feature #7320 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. Field installation: No.
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Table 8. Feature codes for 3952 Tape Frame (continued) Feature Code 5739 Feature name Field Merge 3955 Model SV6 Description This specify code allows the field merge of a TS7520 Cache Controller into a customer supplied 3952 Tape Frame. Corequisites or requirements This feature must appear on the 3952 Tape Frame order, and the Plant Install 3955 Model SV6 feature (#9329) must appear on the TS7520 Cache Controller order. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 if feature #7318 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. Field installation: MES only. 5748 Plant Install 3955 Model SX6 This specify code allows the factory installation of a TS7520 Cache Module into a new 3952 Tape Frame coming from the plant. This feature must appear on the 3952 Tape Frame order, and the Plant Install 3955 Model SX6 feature (#9330) must appear on the TS7520 Cache Module order. Minimum: 0 Maximum: v 6 if feature #7317 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. v 10 if feature #7318 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. v 2 if feature #7319 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. v 6 if feature #7320 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. Field installation: No. 5749 Field Install 3955 Model SX6 This specify code allows the field merge of a TS7520 Cache Module into a customer supplied 3952 Tape Frame. This feature must appear on the 3952 Tape Frame order, and the Field Merge 3955 Model SX6 feature (#9325) must appear on the TS7520 Cache Module order. Minimum: 0 Maximum: v 6 if feature #7317 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. v 10 if feature #7318 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. v 2 if feature #7319 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. v 6 if feature #7320 is installed on the 3952 Tape Frame. Field installation: MES only.
Table 9 on page 40 lists the feature codes to use when you order the power cords for the 3952 Tape Frame (3592 F05). The corequisites or requirements for all 3952 Tape Frame power cords are identical and presented at the bottom of Table 9 on page 40.
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Table 9. Power cord feature codes for 3952 Tape Frame (3592 F05) Feature Code 9954 Feature name NEMA L6-30 Power Cord Description NEMA L6-30 Non-Watertight 4.3m Power Cord, 200-208, 240 Vac, 24 Amps. Used in U.S., Canada, Latin America, and Japan. 9955 RS 3750 DP Power Cord Russellstoll 3750DP Watertight 4.3m power cord, 200-208, 240 Vac, 24 Amps. Used in US, Chicago, Canada, LA, and Japan. 9956 IEC 309 Power Cord IEC 309, p+n+g, 32A, 4.3 power cord, 230 Vac, 24 Amps. Used in EMEA. 9957 PDL 4.3 Power Cord PDL 4.3m power cord, 230-240 Vac, 23 Amps. Used in Australia, New Zealand. 9958 Korean 4.3m Power Cord NEMA L6-30 Non-Watertight 4.3m Power Cord. 200-208, 240 Vac, 24 Amps.
Corequisites or requirements for all 3952 Tape Frame power cords: Feature type: Chargeable Minimum number of features: One of 9954, 9955, 9956, 9957, or 9958 Maximum number of features: One Prerequisites: None Initial order only: Plant or Field
Feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6)

Table 10 lists the feature codes you use to order the required and optional features for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6).
Table 10. Feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) Feature code Feature name 1682 Path Failover Description Path Failover provides automatic control path failover to a pre-configured redundant path without aborting the current job in progress. It also provides failover for multiple redundant paths in a SAN environment by automatically providing error recovery to retry the current operation using an alternate, preconfigured paths without aborting the current job in progress. This can provide flexibility in SAN configuration, availability, and management. Corequisites or requirements Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisite: None Plant or field installable.
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Table 10. Feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) (continued) Feature code Feature name 3450 Dual 4GB/S Fibre Channel Port Card Description This feature provides a dual port 4Gb/s Fibre Channel card that provides all Fibre Channel connectivity required. Corequisites or requirements Minimum: 1 Maximum: 6 Corequisites: Minimum of one required if installing CV6 with feature #9303; Otherwise, minimum of two required; Sum of feature #3450 plus feature #3451 cannot exceed six. Plant or field installable. 3451 Quad 1GB/S Ethernet Port Card This feature provides a four port 1GB/S Ethernet port card that provides all iSCSI connectivity required. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 4 Corequisites: Sum of feature #3450 plus feature #3451 cannot exceed six. Plant or field installable. 3452 Intel Xeon Processor 7020 This features provides an additional dual-core processor to improve performance and accelerate compression. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 3 Corequisite: None Plant or field installable. 3460 Memory Upgrade This feature provides an additional two gigabytes of memory to improve HA performance. One of this feature is required to support 64K virtual cartridges in a HA configuration. No additional functions require this feature. This feature provides a 25 meter (82.5 foot) 50.0/125 micrometer short wavelength multimode fibre-optic cable with LC Duplex connectors on both ends. Customer supplied cables may be used. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 7 Corequisite: None Plant or field installable. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 8 Corequisite: Mutually exclusive with feature #9700. Plant or field installable.
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25 Meter LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable
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Table 10. Feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) (continued) Feature code Feature name 7420 Failover / Failback Description This feature enables hardware connections between two TS7520 Virtualization Engines that are installed in the same 3952 Tape Frame to support the Failover/Failback operation. This feature must be ordered and installed on each of the TS7520 Virtualization Engines in a 3952 Tape Frame for the function to be enabled. With this feature installed and failover license-activated and configured at the VE Console for both TS7520 Virtualization Engines, then the two TS7520 Virtualization Engines have formed a failover pair. For more information, see Failover/failback on page 50. Corequisites or requirements Minimum: 0 However, this feature is required if there are two TS7520 Virtualization Engines installed in the 3952 Tape Frame. Maximum: 1 Corequisites: v The Failover/Failback feature is required on the TS7500 V2R1 software (5697-N65 - #0005) in the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. v Both TS7520 Virtualization Engines in the failover pair must have the same installed quantities of all optional features. Plant or field installable. 7421 Network Replication This feature enables the TS7520 Virtualization Engine to support the Network Replication function. If this Network Replication feature is installed in one TS7520 Virtualization Engine in a 3952 Tape Frame, and a second TS7520 Virtualization Engine is installed in that frame, and Failover/Failback will be configured, the second TS7520 Virtualization Engine must also have this Network Replication feature installed. For more information, see Network replication on page 51. 7422 Network Encryption This feature enables the TS7520 Virtualization Engine to support the Network Encryption function. If this Network Encryption feature is installed in one TS7520 Virtualization Engine in a 3952 Tape Frame, and a second TS7520 Virtualization Engine is installed in that frame, and Failover/Failback will be configured, the second TS7520 Virtualization Engine must also have this Network Encryption feature installed. For more information, see Network encryption on page 51. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Prerequisite: Network Replication (#7421) Corequisite: The Network Encryption feature is required on the TS7500 V2R1 software (5697-N65 - #0002) or (5697-N66 - #0003) in the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. Plant or field installable. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisite: The Network Replication feature (#0001) is required on the TS7500 V2R1 software (5697-N65 or 5697-N66) in the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. Plant or field installable.
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Table 10. Feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) (continued) Feature code Feature name 7423 Network Compression Description This feature enables the TS7520 Virtualization Engine to support the Network Compression function. If this Network Compression feature is installed in one TS7520 Virtualization Engine in a 3952 Tape Frame, and a second TS7520 Virtualization Engine is installed in that frame, This feature enables the TS7520 Virtualization Engine to support the Network Replication function. If this Network Replication feature is installed in one TS7520 Virtualization Engine in a 3952 Tape Frame, and a second TS7520 Virtualization Engine is installed in that frame, and Failover/Failback will be configured, the second TS7520 Virtualization Engine must also have this Network Replication feature installed. the second TS7520 Virtualization Engine must also have this Network Compression feature installed. For more information, see Network compression on page 51. 7424 3494 Support This feature provides 3494 support for virtual devices. This feature is only required when paired with the Limited Edition Version of the TS7500 V2R1 software (5697-N66). Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisites: Available with TS7500 V2R1 Limited Edition software feature #0005. Plant or field installable. 7425 Hosted Backup The Hosted Backup option makes virtual tape libraries and drives available to local system by allowing backup applications to be installed directly on to the TS7520, eliminating the need for a dedicated backup server. Currently TSM and Netbackup are the supported backup applications for this service. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisites: The Hosted Backup feature is required on the TS7500 V2R1 software (5697-N65 FC#0016) or (5697-N66 FC#0010) in the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. Plant or field installable. Corequisites or requirements Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Prerequisite: Network Replication (#7421) Corequisite: The Network Compression feature (#3230) is required on the TS7500 V2R1 software (5697-N65 - #0004) or (5697-N66 - #0002) in the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. Plant or field installable.
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Table 10. Feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) (continued) Feature code Feature name 7426 NDMP Description The NDMP backup support option allows backup applications and NAS devices to perform backup and restore using the NDMP version 4 protocol over an IP network. With this enabled, the TS7520 acts as an NDMP server, centralizing management while eliminating locally attached tape devices from each NAS device. When a backup occurs, data is moved from a NAS device directly to the virtual library. Corequisites or requirements Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisites: The NDMP feature is required on the TS7500 V2R1 software (5697-N65 - feature #0012) or (5697-N66 - feature #0008) in the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. Prerequisites: The Hosted Backup feature #9425 is required, as well as the TS7520 V2R2 Software feature (5697-N65 - feature #0016) or (5697-N66 - feature #0010). Plant or field installable. 7427 Secure Tape Uses the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the US government. With this option, you can create one or more keys that can be used to encrypt the data when it is exported to physical tape and decrypt when it is imported back to virtual tapes. The data on the tape cannot be read or be decrypted without using the appropriate key. This option allows SCSI commands to be used over an IP network and allows hosts to connect the ethernet instead of requiring Fibre Channel. The supported host platforms are Windows and Linux. If this feature is installed on one TS7520 Virtualization Engine in a 3952 Tape Frame, and a second TS7520 Virtualization Engine is installed in that frame, and Failover/Failback will be configured, then both TS7520 Virtualization Engines should have this feature installed. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisites: The Secure Tape feature is required on the TS7500 V2R1 software (5697-N65 #0014) or (5697-N66 - #0006) in the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. Plant or field installable. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisites: The iSCSI Enable feature is required on the TS7500 V2R1 software (5697-N65 #0017) or (5697-N66 - #0009) in the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. Plant or field installable.
7428
iSCSI Enable
7429
Local Replication
This involves making a copy of a complete Feature type: Non-Chargeable virtual volume in the same TS7520 server. Minimum: 0 This acts exactly the same as network replication except the target and source Maximum: 1 servers are the same. Corequisites: Available with TS7500 V2R1 Enterprise Edition software feature #0015. Plant or field installable.
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Table 10. Feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) (continued) Feature code Feature name 7430 Enhanced Tape Caching Description This function is included in the Enterprise Edition software. Enhanced Caching enhances the functionality of the TS7520 by acting as a cache to a physical tape library, providing transparent access to data regardless of its location. With the Enhanced caching option, tapes will always appear to be inside virtual libraries and will be visible to the backup application regardless of whether the data is actually on disk or tape. This means that the backup application will always have direct access to data regardless of whether the data is on disk or on physical tape. This feature provides the required TS7500 V2R1 Enterprise Edition Software (5697-N65) that will be preloaded by IBM on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. It must be included with each TS7520 Virtualization Engine ordered. Corequisites or requirements Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisite: Available with TS7500 V2R1 Limited Edition software feature #0007. Plant or field installable.
9302
Virtualization Engine Enterprise Edition Preload - AAS (5697-N65)
Feature type: Non-chargeable Minimum: 0. However, the sum of feature #9302 and feature #9303 must be one. Maximum: 1 Prerequisites: none Plant installable only
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Virtualization Engine Limited Edition VE Preload - AAS (5697-N66)
This feature provides the required TS7500 V2R1 Limited Edition Software (5697-N66) that will be preloaded by IBM on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. It must be included with each TS7520 Virtualization Engine ordered.
Feature type: Non-chargeable Minimum: 0. However, the sum of feature 2 #9302 and feature #9303 must be one. Maximum: 1 Prerequisites: None Plant installable only
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Plant Install 3954 Model CV6
This specify code allows the factory installation of a TS7520 Virtualization Engine into a new 3952 Tape Frame coming from the plant. This feature must appear on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine order, and the Plant Install a 3954 Model CV6 feature (#5728) must appear on the 3952 Tape Frame order.
Feature type: Non-chargeable Minimum: 0. However, the sum of feature # 9326 and feature #9327 must be one. Maximum: One. The maximum of features #9326 plus #9327 is one. Prerequisites: None Plant installable only
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Table 10. Feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) (continued) Feature code Feature name 9327 Field Merge 3954 Model CV6 Description This specify code allows the field merge of a TS7520 Virtualization Engine into a customer installed 3952 Tape Frame. This feature must be ordered on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine and the Field Install a 3954 Model CV6 feature (#5729) must be ordered on the 3952 Tape Frame. Corequisites or requirements Feature type: Non-chargeable Minimum: 0. However, the sum of feature # 9326 and feature #9327 must be one. Maximum: One. The maximum of features #9326 plus #9327 is one. Prerequisites: None Plant installable only 9700 No Factory Cables This feature should be specified if you do Minimum: 0 not want the factory to ship any Fibre Maximum: 1 Channel cable feature (#6025) with the new machine. These Fibre Channel cables Corequisites: Mutually exclusive are for attachment to host servers. with feature #6025 Plant installable only
Two Fibre Channel cables are required to attach the TS7520 Cache Modules located in an expansion unit 3952 Tape Frame to components in the base unit 3952 Tape Frame. The cables can be customer supplied, or ordered on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server in the length shown. The attaching Fibre Channel cable must be a 50.0/125 micrometer short wavelength fibre-optic cable for distances up to 500 meters. v 6025 - 25 m LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable Table 11 lists the feature codes to use when you order the fibre channel cables for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server. The corequisites or requirements for all TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server fibre channel cables are identical and presented at the bottom of Table 11. Note: Customer-supplied cables may be used for Base Unit or Expansion Unit connections.
Table 11. Fibre channel cable feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) Feature Code Feature name 6025 Description
25 Meter LC/LC This feature provides a 25 meter (82 ft.) 50.0/125 micrometer short wavelength Fibre Channel Cable multimode fibre-optic cable with LC duplex connectors on both ends. This cable is for connecting the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server to each directly attached host or switch with LC duplex fibre channel connectors. Maximum connections per TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server are four. Note: Customer-supplied cables may be used for Base Unit or Expansion Unit connections.
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No factory cables
If the total quantity of #6025 is 0, then the quantity of #9700 must be 1.
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Table 11. Fibre channel cable feature codes for TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) (continued) Feature Code Feature name Description
Corequisites or requirements for all TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server fibre channel cables: Minimum: 0 Maximum: v 8 of #6025 or 1 of #9700 Plant or field installable.
Feature codes for TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6)

Table 12 lists the feature codes you use to order the required and optional features for the TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6).
Table 12. Feature codes for TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) Feature code 6013 Feature name 13 Meter LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable Description This feature provides a 13 meter (43 foot) 50.0/125 micrometer short wavelength multimode fibre-optic cable with LC Duplex connectors on both ends. Customer supplied cables may be used. Corequisites or requirements Minimum: 0 Maximum: 2 Plant or field installable
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8 TB SATA Storage
This feature is required to specify that This feature is required. the TS7520 Cache Controller will be Minimum: 1 fully loaded with Serial ATA HDDs providing 8 TB unformatted storage Maximum: 1 capacity. Field installable: No
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Enable first 3955 Model SX6 in 3952 Expansion Frame
This feature is required for the TS7520 Cache Controller to enable the first TS7520 Cache Module attached to this TS7520 Cache Controller in its storage string. The first IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 Cache Module in a storage string will be the first or second TS7520 Cache Module installed in an expansion unit 3952 Tape Frame. If two or more TS7520 Cache Modules are installed in an expansion unit then this feature must be on each TS7520 Cache Controller.
Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisite: If two or more TS7520 Cache Modules are installed in an expansion unit, then this feature must be on each TS7520 Cache Controller Plant or field installable
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Table 12. Feature codes for TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) (continued) Feature code 7402 Feature name Enable fourth 3955 Model SX6 in 3952 Expansion Frame Description This feature is required for the TS7520 Cache Controller to enable the fourth TS7520 Cache Module attached to this TS7520 Cache Controller in its storage string. The fourth IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 Cache Module in a storage string will be the seventh or eighth TS7520 Cache Module installed in an expansion unit 3952 Tape Frame. If eight or more TS7520 Cache Modules are installed in an expansion unit then this feature must be on each TS7520 Cache Controller. This specify code allows the factory installation of a TS7520 Cache Controller into a new 3952 Tape Frame coming from the plant. This feature must appear on the 3955 Model SV6 order, and the Plant Install a 3955 Model SV6 feature (#5736) must appear on the 3952 Model F05 order. This specify code allows the field installation of a TS7520 Cache Controller into a 3952 Tape Frame. Corequisites or requirements Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisite: If eight or more TS7520 Cache Modules are installed in an expansion unit then this feature must be on each TS7520 Cache Controller. Plant or field installable
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Plant Install 3955 Model SV6
Feature Type: Non-chargeable Minimum: 0. Maximum: One. Prerequisites: None. Initial order only: Yes. Feature Type: Non-chargeable Minimum: 0. Maximum: One. Prerequisites: None. Initial order only: Yes.
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Field Merge 3955 Modal SV6
9700
No Factory Cables This feature should be specified if you do not want the factory to ship any Fibre Channel cable feature (#6025) with the new machine. These Fibre Channel cables are for attachment to host servers.
Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Corequisites: Mutually exclusive with feature #6025 Plant installable only
Fibre channel cables are required to attach the TS7520 to the customer host machines, as well as to physical tape drives (if attached) or to SAN fabrics which include these components. In addition, fibre channel cables are required to connect the base frame to the expansion frame, if present. If no host server attachment cables are required to be shipped with TS7520 Virtualization Engine from the plant, then the No Factory Cables feature (#9700) should be specified on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. Otherwise, the following feature number should be specified on the TS7520 Cache Controller: v 6025 - 25 m LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable Table 13 on page 49 lists the feature codes to use when you order the fibre channel cables for the TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6). The corequisites or requirements for all TS7520 Cache Controller fibre channel cables are identical and presented at the bottom of Table 13 on page 49.
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Note: Customer-supplied cables may be used for Base Unit or Expansion Unit connections.
Table 13. Fibre channel cable feature codes for TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) Feature Code 6013 Feature name 13 Meter LC/LC Fibre Channel Cable Description This feature provides a 13 meter (43 ft.) 50.0/125 micrometer short wavelength multimode fibre-optic cable with LC duplex connectors on both ends. Three cables are required for attaching each of the first two TS7520 Cache Modules in an Expansion Unit to a TS7520 Cache Controller and that TS7520 Cache Controllers third model TS7520 Cache Module in the Base Unit (3952 Tape Frame with #7310). When the second TS7520 Cache Module is installed in the Expansion Frame, another set of 3 cables is required for attachment to the second TS7520 Cache Controller and its third TS7520 Cache Module in the Base Frame. Note: Customer-supplied cables may be used for Base Unit or Expansion Unit connections. 9700 No factory cables If the total quantity of , #6025, and is 0, then the quantity of #9700 must be 1.
Corequisites or requirements for all TS7520 Cache Controller fibre channel cables: Minimum: 0 Maximum: v 2 of #6013 or 1 of #9700 Plant or field installable.
Feature codes for TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6)

Table 14 lists the feature codes you use to order the required and optional features for the TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6).
Table 14. Feature codes for TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6) Feature Code 7111 Feature name 8 TB SATA Storage Description This feature is required to specify that this product will be fully loaded with Serial ATA HDDs providing 8 TB unformatted disk storage capacity. Corequisites or requirements Minimum: One. Maximum: One. Field installable: No. Feature type: Non-chargeable Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 Prerequisites: None Initial order only: Yes
9330
Plant Install This specify code allows the factory 3955 Model SX6 installation of a TS7520 Cache Module into a new 3952 Tape Frame coming from the plant. This feature must appear on the 3955 Model SX6 order, and the Plant Install a 3955 Model SX6 feature (#57xx) must appear on the 3952 Model F05 order.
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Table 14. Feature codes for TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6) (continued) Feature Code 9331 Feature name Description Corequisites or requirements Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1. The maximum of features #9328 plus #9329 is one. Prerequisites: None Initial order only: Yes
Field Merge This specify code allows the field merge of a 3955 Model SX6 TS7520 Cache Module into a customer installed 3952 Frame Model F05. This feature must be ordered on the 3955 Model 1 SX6 and the Field Install a 3955 Model SX6 feature (#5748) must be ordered on the 3952 Model F05. Two IBM Virtualization Engine Cache Controllers must be installed in a 3952 Tape Frame before a 3955 Model SX6 can be installed.
Advanced features for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6)
The following sections provide additional detail about the following advanced features available for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine (3954 CV6). v Failover/failback v Network replication on page 51 v Network encryption on page 51 v Network compression on page 51 v Secure Tape on page 52 v NDMP on page 52 v iSCSI on page 52 v Hosted Backup on page 52 v Control Path Failover and Data Path Failover on page 52 v Enhanced Caching on page 52 v 4-way node support on page 52 Note: If any of these advanced features are installed in one TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server in a 3952 Tape Frame, and Failover/Failback will be configured, and a second TS7520 Virtualization Engine is present in the 3952 Tape Frame, the second TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server must also have the feature installed.
Failover/failback
Note: Failover is supported for Fibre Channel and SAN/IP only. To support mission-critical computing, TS7520 Virtualization Engine failover/failback support provides high availability for the entire storage network, protecting you from a wide variety of problems, including: v Storage device path failure v TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server failure (including storage device failure) If activated, the failover/failback feature enables active/active failover/failback without dedicated standby ports. This feature requires two servers. TS7520 Virtualization Engine supports active-active failover to eliminate single points of failure. In an active-active configuration, 3954 CV6s monitor each other for failure conditions. If a failure condition is detected, the functioning 3954 CV6
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automatically takes over the resources of the failed 3954 CV6. Resources include virtual libraries, virtual drives, virtual tapes, client configurations, and so on. Fibre Channel WWPNs are also moved (spoofed) so that clients are unaware that the resources have been moved to a different node. In a failover scenario, the outage time is usually no longer than a few minutes. If a 3954 CV6 fails, then the second 3954 CV6 takes over the responsibilities of the failed 3954 CV6 in a transparent manner to maintain continued access to data. Active jobs may fail when a failover occurs, possibly requiring job restart. For additional information about the failover/failback feature, see the IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 User Guide.
Network replication
This involves copying a complete virtual volume from one TS7520 server to another across an IP network. At prescribed intervals, when the tape is not in use, changed data from the primary virtual tape is transmitted to the replica resource on the target server so that they are synchronized. The target server is usually located at a remote location. Under normal operation, backup clients do not have access to the replica resource on the target server. If a disaster occurs and the replica is needed, the administrator can promote the replica to become the primary virtual tape so that clients can access it. The network replication feature protects the data on a virtual tape by maintaining a remote copy of the virtual tape on another TS7520 server accessible over the IP network. The other remote server may be any distance away, as long as it is accessible via a network connection. For additional information about the network replication feature, see the IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 User Guide. Network Replication Disaster Recovery Testing Support: This function is implemented when users are given READ-ONLY access to replica virtual tapes for testing. This is accomplished through first suspending replication, followed by testing with the read-only volumes and concluded by resuming replication.
Network encryption
The network encryption feature secures data transmission over the network during replication. Initial key distribution is accomplished using the authenticated Diffie-Hellman exchange protocol. Subsequent session keys are derived from the master shared secret key. For additional information about the network encryption feature, see the IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 User Guide.
Network compression
When activated, the network compression feature supports compression of data that is being replicated to remote TS7520s. Network compression reduces network traffic and potentially improves the overall performance of network replication. Network compression is not to be confused with the enablement of software compression of incoming data prior to being written on the virtual cartridge. For additional information about the network compression feature, see the IBM Virtualization Engine for Tape TS7520 User Guide.
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Secure Tape
Uses the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the US government. With this option, you can create one or more keys that can be used to encrypt the data when it is exported to physical tape and decrypt when it is imported back to virtual tapes. The data on the tape cannot be read or be decrypted without using the appropriate key.
NDMP
The NDMP backup support option allows backup applications and NAS devices to perform backup and restore using the NDMP version 4 protocol over an IP network. With this enabled the TS7520 acts as an NDMP server, centralizing management while eliminating locally attached tape devices from each NAS device. When a backup occurs, data is moved from a NAS device directly to the virtual library. Note: This option is not needed when presenting a virtual tape library over FC to a NAS filer as a replacement for a physical library.
iSCSI
This option allows SCSI commands to be used over an IP network and allows hosts to connect the ethernet instead of requiring fibre channel. The supported host platforms are Windows and Linux.
Hosted Backup
The Hosted Backup option makes virtual tape libraries and drives available to local system by allowing backup applications to be installed directly on to the TS7520, eliminating the need for a dedicated backup server. Currently TSM and Netbackup are the supported backup applications for this service.
Control Path Failover and Data Path Failover

Control Path Failover works in the following way: in the event of a loss of a host adapter or control path virtual drive, the failover mechanism is designed to provide automatic control path failover to a pre-configured redundant control path without aborting the current job in progress. The Data Path Failover is designed to provide a failover mechanism for configuring multiple redundant paths in a SAN environment. In the event of a path or component failure, the failover mechanism is designed to automatically provide error recovery to retry the current operation using an alternate, pre-configured path without aborting the current job in progress. This can provide flexibility in SAN configuration, availability, and management.
Enhanced Caching
The Enhanced Caching option enhances the functionality of TS7520 by acting as a cache to a physical tape library, providing transparent access to data regardless of its location. With the Enhanced caching option, tapes will always appear to be inside virtual libraries and will be visible to the backup application regardless of whether the data is actually on disk or tape. This means that the backup application will always have direct access to data regardless of whether the data is on disk or on physical tape.
4-way node support

This permits the sharing of all virtual media among all four potential CV6 servers. Any virtual librarys medium changer and media will be available to any CV6 (subject to the user-specified definitions). CV6s will maintain their own virtual drives and failover will only be done to a preassigned CV6 housed in the same rack. In addition, implementation of the virtual pass-through function which permits volumes to be moved between CV6s via a shared virtual shelf or vault will be performed.
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Command Line Interface

Most operations that can be performed via the console GUI can also be performed through a command line interface. This will allow for scripting of repeatable tasks.
Network Replication Interoperability

Network replication will allow any approved hardware version of the TS7520 running version 2 release 1 software to have the ability to perform network replication with any other approved hardware version of the TS7520 running version 2 release 1 software.
iSeries Support
iSeries support similar to that provided via an RPQ for TS7510 will be provided in this release. In addition to the functionality provided by the RPQ, certain cosmetic enhancements will be made to make the system more robust.
TS7500 V2R1 Software

The IBM Virtualization Engine TS7500 Software Version 2 Release 1 Enterprise Edition (5697-N65) and IBM Virtualization Engine TS7500 Software Version 2 Release 1 Limited Edition (5697-N66) provides the software for the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 and the software for a VE Console. The IBM Virtualization Engine TS7500 Version 2 Release 1 Enterprise Edition Software (5697-N65) and the Limited Edition Software (5697-N66) have two components: v The VE Console program is Java-based. It runs as a client on a customer supplied VE Console. The VE Console must operate on a Windows platform that meets the requirements described in TS7520 Virtualization Engine VE Console requirements on page 71. v The TS7520 server software runs on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. One version of the TS7500 Software V2R1 is needed per engine. The TS7500 V2R1 Software (5697-N65 or 5697-N66) must be ordered and installed with each TS7520 Model CV6. This software is preloaded on the TS7520 Model CV6 by specifying the following feature: v 9302 (Enterprise Edition VE Preload - AAS) - To have the factory install the 5697-N65 program. v 9303 (Limited Edition VE Preload - AAS) - To have the factory install the 5697-N66 program. VE Console and Capacity Support per Terabyte is delivered via capacity tiers shown on Table 15 on page 54 It delivers the TS7520 VE Console program and provides entitlement to use the available disk capacity. One of features (0006, 0007, 0008, 0009, 0010, 0011) are required for every 1 TB of storage. Approximately 6.5 units of one of the appropriate capacity tiers are required for every TS7520 Cache Controller or TS7520 Cache Module allocated to the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server applicable to each 5697-N65 license. 18 TB of support are included in each 5697-N66 license. No additional features are necessary to utilize that capacity. For complete details on the quantity of features (0006, 0007, 0008, 0009, 0010, 0011) required for your configuration, see Table 17 on page 55. Feature highlights include support for: v 128 virtual libraries (3584, TS3310, TS3200, TS3100, 3583 Emulation) v 1024 virtual tape drives (LTO 2/LTO 3 and 3592 Model J1A/E05) v 64,000 virtual cartridges
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v Physical IBM 3494, TS3310, TS3200, TS3100, 3583 and 3584 Tape Libraries v Physical IBM Ultrium LTO 2/LTO 3 and 3592 Model J1A /E05 Tape Drives The console program and machine are required to complete the installation of the TS7520. A VE Console is used for configuration, management, and service support for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. This console is required by the TS7520 and is either supplied by the customer or optionally can be ordered from IBM. If a VE Console machine is ordered, it is placed as a separate order from the TS7520. You must insure the console machine is available and ready to install the console program before they plan to activate the TS7520. For more details on the console machine requirements, see TS7520 Virtualization Engine VE Console requirements on page 71. The Console & Capacity Support feature, must be installed on a customer supplied VE Console based workstation. See TS7520 Virtualization Engine VE Console requirements on page 71 for the minimum requirements of the Console machine. If a platform with the proper configuration is not currently available, one will need to be ordered. Note: The per server features of the program may only be installed on a TS7520 Virtualization Engine, or subsequent IBM replacements of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. These features will be preloaded on each new TS7520 Virtualization Engine manufactured. If any of the following optional hardware features on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) are ordered and installed, then specific corequisite software features must also be ordered and installed as described below. Hardware features that enable advanced functions must be installed by the IBM Service Representative. Software Features are installed by the customer.
Table 15. Enterprise Edition 5697-N65 Software Feature Codes Description Failover/Failback Network Replication Network Encryption Network Compression Hosted Backup NDMP Secure Tape iSCSI Enable Local Replication Path Failover 3954 CV6 Feature 7420 7421 7422 7423 7425 7426 7427 7428 7429 1682 5697-N65 Feature 0005 0001 0002 0004 0016 0012 0014 0017 0015 0013
Table 16. Limited Edition 5697-N66 Software Feature Codes Description Network Replication Network Encryption Network Compression 3954 CV6 Feature 7421 7422 7423 5697-N66 Feature 0001 0003 0002
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Table 16. Limited Edition 5697-N66 Software Feature Codes (continued) Description 3494 Support Hosted Backup NDMP Secure Tape iSCSI Enable Enhanced Tape Caching Path Failover 3954 CV6 Feature 7424 7425 7426 7427 7428 7430 1682 5697-N66 Feature 0005 0010 0008 0006 0009 0007 0011
In a failover pair, both 3954 CV6s must have identical software features installed. Each TS7520 Cache Module provide 6.5 TB of usable capacity. The following table lists the required quantities of feature #(0006, 0007, 0008, 0009, 0010, 0011) to be licensed for each TS7520 hardware configuration.
Table 17. Console Capacity Support Tiers Tier 1 2 3 4 5 6 Capacity 1-12 TB 13-32 TB 33-64 TB 65-100 TB 101-250 TB 251 TB and up Feature Code 0006 0007 0008 0009 0010 0011
Customers are licensed to use this program only on a single TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server, and to manage the TS7520 Cache Controller and TS7520 Cache Module storage directly attached to that TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server, and only for the amount of storage capacity on that TS7520 for which they have received proper authorization from IBM. Customers must obtain a separate license for any additional TS7520 Virtualization Engine configurations they want to implement and obtain separate authorizations for each such TS7520.
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Chapter 4. Sizing, configuration, and usage considerations

This chapter addresses some of the key challenges in determining an appropriate match of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine to your needs and provides aid in setting appropriate expectations both for functional capabilities and performance. This chapter addresses: v Basic configuration recommendations for a TS7520 v Sizing considerations to help determine how many TS7520s may be required to fit your needs v Impact of associated system components v Specific advanced features and their role in fulfilling your shops data protection requirements v System-level implications of designing a data protection architecture around various usage modes for the TS7520
Default library configuration

Shipped from the factory, you can order the TS7520 single TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) configuration in either the Limited Edition configuration or the Enterprise Edition configuration. With the Enterprise Edition, you also have the option of a failover configuration (two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers) or dual failover pairs in a four node system (two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers in the first-base frame and two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Servers in the second space frame). In a single-server configuration, all available disk storage is allocated to the one virtualization server, while in a failover or four node configuration, the disk storage is split evenly between all virtualization servers. Each TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) or TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6) is split into multiple logical disk drives; either all logical drives are allocated (or enlisted) for the single virtualization server or, on a per disk drawer basis, individual logical drives are enlisted for any of the other virtualization servers present in the system. Every disk drawer in every frame has one spare SATA drive, which may be used by any logical drive in the disk subsystem controlled by a given virtualization server. A typical 3955 SV6 or 3955 SX6 disk drawer yields two RAID 5 groups (one 7 disk and one 8 disk). With RAID 5 protection and the 500GB drive capacity and one hot spare, the 7 disk group yields two 1.43 TB logical drives and the 8 disk group yields two 1.67 TB logical drives. The default configuration is determined when the TS7520 system is built and the manufacturing decision is made whether it is to be a failover or non-failover system. In the default configuration, the following applies for each virtualization server. Two default libraries are present: v Each virtual library is a virtual 3584 frame and twelve virtual LTO 2 drives are defined. v Based on the available disk storage enlisted, the maximum quantity of virtual 200GB LTO 2 cartridges that could be created in the available space is defined. v Volumes are created with a default labeling convention: VEOOOOL2, ... , VEOOOnL2 for the first library (accessible on the card in PCI slot 3, port 1 assuming the card is present) VE1000L2 , ... , VE100nL2 for the second library (accessible on the card in PCI slot 4, port 1 assuming the card is present)
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v No LUN masking is active and all attached initiators have access to all virtual resources. v Each virtual library is configured with 253 virtual cartridge slots. In the case of a field installation of a second virtualization server in an existing frame, the disk logical drive (LUN) enlistment and the definition of virtual libraries, drives and libraries will not occur by default; it must be specified by the user. The system administrator must take care to understand how available (free) disk LUN space is to be allocated; the factory defaults of 50/50 splits between the two virtualization servers will no longer apply in this case. Special care must also be taken when an additional base frame is added to the system because all of disk storage must be seen by all four nodes of the system. Note: You can override the factory defaults of space allocation, even for factory-built failover configurations.
Variations on the configuration defaults

Configured in this manner on start up, the TS7520 is immediately usable, even without the attachment of the Management Console GUI. Nevertheless, the expectation is that most customers will want to customize their configuration. This can be done by adding more virtual volumes or drives. Space is only allocated from the disk pool as needed, so if a particular volume will only require 10GB, for example, rather than 200GB, 10GB is all that is actually used from the disk pool. As a result, you may have many more 200GB virtual volumes defined than you have physical disk space to accommodate. In addition, if you want to force an end-of-volume condition early (for example, you may want a volume to fill up at 2GB), you simply define the volume capacity to be whatever you want it to be. You can also define a volumes capacity to artificially large, up to 1024 GB. As with physical tape, you have the option of turning on compression for greater space efficiency, but compression results in lowered bandwidth performance. Many other options are available as well, including: v Defining additional virtual libraries v Changing the LUN masking, to defining different kinds of virtual drives v Defining different volume replication and archive policies v Enabling enhanced caching These options are discussed further in this chapter.
Basic configuration recommendations

The default library configuration does not suit all customers needs. It is only a starting point to permit immediate usability. A good understanding of your environment, including attached hosts and connectivity, applications, workloads, and service level requirements, can result in the basis for more tailored planning to permit the best configuration and usage of your TS7520s. The following sections discuss some basics relating to connectivity and base library definition. You have the option at the outset of deleting all default configurations and redefining configurations to exactly meet your needs.
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HBA target mode and initiator mode

Depending on the number of additional fibre Channel cards (up to four), each TS7520 server can provide up to four 4Gb fibre channel ports for host attachment and up to four 4Gb fibre channel ports for physical tape attachment. The most basic decision to make about the TS7520 setup is whether you want to have direct physical tape attachment to exploit features such as auto-archive (physical tape copy on export) and enhanced caching, or whether you want all physical tape production to be fully managed by the ISV applications driving the TS7520. In the latter case, which provides the greatest control, the physical tape is not attached to the TS7520 but is attached to the host fabric in parallel with the TS7520. In this case, a TS7520 provides up to four ports for host fibre channel attachment. The use of three or four ports for host I/O can enable the TS7520 with higher bandwidths than what can be achieved through two ports. Sustained rates well in excess of 1200 MB/second have been measured in this configuration, even with a single TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) attached to two TS7520 Cache Controllers (3955 SV6s), each with three TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6s). The TS7520 Management Console provides the means to change any of the remaining ports from initiator mode (driving physical tape) to target mode (accepting host commands).
Zoning and LUN masking

Library control path and drive data path failover is currently supported for the TS7520 Virtualization Engine as a chargeable feature. This allows for multiple host connections to the TS7520 and correspondingly primary and alternate paths and drives as seen from the host. When control path and data path failover are not configured, the best management of pathing where hosts are attaching through a SAN fabric results in a zoning configuration in which each host-port-to-TS7520-port connection is isolated in its own zone. Note: Zoning is defined and managed at the Graphical User Interface (GUI) provided for controlling a switch fabric; it is not under the control of the TS7520. Either hard or soft zoning may be used in the case of a single TS7520 3954 CV6. In the case of a dual TS7520 3954 CV6 (failover) configuration or four node (dual failover pairs), soft-zoning provides the greatest simplicity and flexibility. In the failover case, you must ensure physical (fabric) connectivity of the host fibre channel port to both the fibre channel port of the primary virtualization server (where the virtual library of interest is defined) and to the corresponding fibre channel port of the secondary virtualization server. Because nodes cannot failover between frames (a four node system is actually two failover pairs), it is not necessary to ensure physical connectivity from the host fibre Channel ports connected to nodes in one frame to those of another frame. After physical connectivity is ensured for failover partners in the same frame, the soft-zone only needs to specify the World-Wide Port Name (WWPN) of the host (initiator) port and the primary virtualization server (target) port. On failover, the WWPN identity of the failing virtualization server is shifted to the surviving failover partner (the secondary virtualization server in the same frame). Alternatively, if your switch fabric only supports hard zoning, then your zone needs to include the switch port to which the host is connected, as well as the switch port to which the primary virtualization-server-participating port is connected and the switch port to which the secondary virtualization-server-corresponding switch port is connected.
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In a complex environment, many zones will overlap (each host port may be a member of multiple zones and each TS7520 port will be a member of multiple zones), so greater control may be achieved by the use of LUN masking (also known as LUN mapping) using the TS7520 Management Console. Without LUN masking defined, every virtual device accessible via a TS7520 port is visible to every host initiator attaching that port. With LUN masking , you can make certain virtual devices invisible to some hosts. By this means, you can effectively dedicate certain virtual drives and/or libraries to certain applications and achieve some level of static load balancing as well.
Virtual libraries: Sharing and capacity planning overview

The following topics discuss sharing and capacity planning for virtual libraries.
Determining numbers of virtual libraries and virtual drives

At the minimum, the sharing of a virtual library permits shared access to the virtual volume data, whether or not specific virtual drives are shared or the systems sharing the virtual volumes use disjoint sets of virtual drives. Sometimes there is a need to share a virtual library across applications. Usually, however, a single virtual library is dedicated to the use of a single application, even if multiple hosts connect to the same library. Some applications might manage sharing of (virtual) drives across hosts, and while the TS7520 does support multi-host sharing of virtual drives, this is not necessary for sharing the virtual volume data. As a starting point then, one can determine the number of unique virtual libraries to be created based on sets of distinct applications or application-business unit combinations to be supported, where the key is determining the boundaries of the need to share data. For example: Three distinct business units use application A, but want their data managed separately with no possibility of the data from one unit being accessible by another. At the same time, all three business units share data managed or created by application B. In this example, it is recommended to create four distinct virtual libraries. v Three libraries would be created for hosting application A, with each library uniquely holding the data relating to one of the three business units. v One library would be created for hosting application B, with the library holding the shared data relating to all three of the business units (or data for which common management posed no business risk). Application B might be sufficiently sophisticated to support management of shared virtual drives within the shared library as well, but more basic applications might not, in which case it would be prudent to define three distinct groups of virtual drives, each with appropriate LUN masking defined to limit their visibility to just a single attaching host. In other cases, such as in some LAN-free client access environments, it might be desirable to support having an application server mount and label virtual cartridges, whereupon an application client may begin direct-writing to the cartridge, favoring the support of shared virtual drives. The maximum number of virtual drives to define within a virtual library in a TS7520 depends on both the maximum number of concurrently mounted volumes any user job requires and the maximum number of user jobs that can be supported at one
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time. This latter factor will be determined by knowing what average bandwidth a given job can sustain (if not tape-limited) and must sustain to meet its service level requirements. If, at most, N user jobs must be run simultaneously and user job j (where j = 1, ..., N) uses a maximum of d(j) drives simultaneously, each at a data rate r(j,i) (where i=1, ..., d(j)), the aggregate bandwidth demand of these is: Bandwidth Demand = Sumj = 1, ..., N (Sumi = 1, ..., d(j) r(j,i)) For a single virtualization server (3954 CV6) with only two host fibre channel ports, the Bandwidth Demand should be configured to be less than 900 MB/second, which is less than the 1000MB/second the two ports can sustain. This is a very rough rule of thumb, based on the notion that an aggregate bandwidth demand may vary, and that one should accommodate peaks that can exceed the average in order to avoid exceeding service level agreements for job run times. Note: While this discussion was carried out in the context of a single virtual library, the logic applies equally to the aggregate of virtual drives in all virtual libraries defined within a single virtualization server (3954 CV6). If four ports are available for host connection on a single virtualization server (3954 CV6), then the top bandwidth for the 3954 CV6 will be closer to 1200MB/second, with 1100 MB/second being a prudent target . Achievable bandwidths, unconstrained by other system factors, will vary as a function of application block sizes used, whether or not compression is active, and whether or not other functions are in use (such as network replication, network encryption, and compression). You may notice that the top bandwidth for four fibre Channel ports is not double that of two fibre Channel ports connected to hosts. This is because at this rate, the virtualization server is not the limiter; the limiter instead is the sustainable SV6 bandwidth. Because each 3954 CV6 virtualization server accesses a different SV6, the total maximum bandwidth is a multiple of the maximum bandwidth obtainable from a single 3954 CV6 virtualization server. This means that with two TS7520 3954 CV6 virtualization servers, the maximum bandwidth would be 2400MB/second and with four virtualization servers would be 4800MB/second. One more important item to note is that if the TS7500 V2R1 software is installed on TS7510 3954 CV5 servers, the bandwidth will be limited to half of what it is with the TS7520 3954 CV6 servers because 2 Gb fibre Channel ports are used instead of the new, 4 Gb fibre Channel ports.
iSCSI considerations
With the TS7500 V2R1 software comes the ability to use iSCSI and ethernet ports for host attachment. The TS7520 has the ability to contain up to four Quad port Gb ethernet cards which when combined with the two planar Gb ethernet ports provides a maximum of 18 Gb ethernet ports that can be used for possible iSCSI host connection. This may seem unwieldy, but with the port bonding available for all ethernet ports in a given machine running TS7500 V2R1 software, any combination of bonded ports can be used to reduce the number of actual IP addresses that are required. The maximum throughput of a single ethernet port is 125 MB/second, but with the iSCSI protocol comes overhead and the actual maximum throughput is approximately 87 MB/second. We recommend using 75 MB/second as a good rule of thumb. With this figure it would take 14 of the gigabit ethernet ports to be bonded
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Virtual libraries and physical libraries: Differences in capacity planning

Capacity planning in a virtual library environment and a physical library environment have similarities, but also significant differences. In both cases, knowledge of workloads forms the basis of good planning. The following describes the characteristic differences between the two environments: v Accessors Physical libraries have a limited number (usually one or two) of cartridge accessors (or robots) to mount tape cartridges. These accessors take at least several seconds to pick and mount cartridges. Mounts can queue waiting on this resource. Virtual libraries have virtual accessors which logically mount virtual cartridges in milliseconds (at most). Queuing on the accessor is essentially non-existent. v Load/unload and locate times Physical drives will have load and unload times that can vary from 5 to 20 seconds (or more) on load to over a minute on unload . Locate times can match maximum unload times. Virtual drives will have virtual load and unload times which take milliseconds (at most). Locate times are similar. v Read/write times Physical drives can have worst-case read or write times (in error retry scenarios with repositioning and wrap refreshing) that can exceed 20 or 30 minutes. Virtual drives have no counterpart to long read or write times. Even error recovery scenarios typically run at most a few seconds. v Aggregate bandwidth Aggregate bandwidth for physical libraries scales linearly with the number of available drives. The limiters will be other system elements (such as logical job structure, disk I/O, fabric limitations, and other contending I/O on the hosts fibre channel adapters). Aggregate bandwidth for virtual libraries scales semi-linearly (with increasing numbers of active drives) only up to a point of virtual library subsystem saturation. At that point, increasing the number of active drives has no impact on overall aggregate bandwidth, and the maximum per-drive bandwidth begins to drop in proportion to the total number of active drives. v Capacity Physical cartridges have a fixed capacity, which is determined at the time of purchase (subject to the potential compressibility of the data written to them). A given physical librarys ultimate capacity is strictly determined by available slots, cartridge capacity, and data compressibility. For most open systems not storing totally random data, compressibility is roughly 2:1 for typical drive compression algorithms. Individual drive bandwidth is the usually the same whether compression is active or not. Unused cartridge capacity is wasted . Virtual cartridges may be defined with any desired capacity, from very small capacities that may be less than 1% of the native capacity of the specified emulated media type, to very large capacities (up to 1024GB in the case of the TS7520). Virtual slots may be added as desired to support more virtual cartridges. With capacity-on-demand allocation, unused virtual cartridge
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capacity wastes little or no underlying disk space. Virtual library data compression, on the other hand, typically slows down effective single drive data rates significantly, even though it expands effective library capacity.
Virtual libraries and physical libraries: Similarities in capacity planning

The basic determination of capacity requirements (total terabytes of data) for a library are effectively the same for physical and virtual libraries. In the case of backup data, capacity depends on the number of generations of backup data to be held, the size of the disk systems being backed up, and the relative use of full backups as opposed to incremental or differential backups. For a given host, consider the size of data to be backed up and the average amount of data changed per day (or backup period). For example: An organization has 400 GB of customer data and 5% of that data is changed each day. A full backup requires 400 GB. A daily incremental backup requires 20 GB. If two weeks of data is to be kept, the total data is: 2x400 GB plus 6x20 GB = 920 GB (assuming the organization does not need incremental backups from two weeks ago). If the application supports differential or cumulative backups, this number may be less. Consider each application and the different hosts involved. Sum over the set of hosts and applications to be backed up. For the TS7520, keep the total capacity under 832 TB for a single or dual virtualization server(s) (3954 CV6) and under 884 TB for a 4 node/server system. If expected bandwidth to achieve backup window exceeds the capacity of the TS7520, then reduce the number of hosts or reschedule backups so they do not all overlap. It should be noted that the 832 TB maximum capacity for a single or dual virtualization server configuration consists of a full base frame of storage and 10 expansion frames, which although it is possible may not be practical performance wise. It is recommended that if 10 expansion frames are going to be used, that a four node/server system be used as well.
Virtual volume space allocation schemes and disk LUN enlistment

Unless you are concerned about virtual media which is expected to fill completely to capacity in all cases, choose capacity-on-demand (the default if no choice is made) to control disk space allocation to virtual tape volumes. The capacity-on-demand scheme allocates only 5-GB segments at a time, with the first segment not allocated until the tape is first mounted and written. While this may not afford the optimal sequential read or write performance with the disk cache, the segment size is sufficiently large that performance will not be significantly degraded and space management will be optimal (with fixed segment sizes). You have the option of overriding the default allocation scheme. Except where you are converting an existing TS7520 to a 2 node or 4 node configuration, you should allow the virtualization server (3954 CV6) to manage the disk LUN enlistment. This results in better I/O balance and performance. In general, if virtualization servers with significantly different workload aggregate bandwidth demands run any single 3954 CV6 to near-saturation, this may suggest a need to rebalance if service level commitments are not being met. The practical implementation of a rebalancing between 3954 CV6s involves the creation of a new virtual library on the lightly loaded 3954 CV6. The implementation also involves the copying of the virtual volumes from the original virtual library to the new one under ISV application control to maintain application awareness of data location.
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Additional capacity planning considerations

The following summarizes additional capacity planning considerations: v Failover impacts When failover is enabled, all capacity and virtual resources will fail over. In this case a single virtualization server (3954 CV6) handles the workload normally handled by two virtualization servers. Jobs in heavily loaded environments may experience elongation during the failover period. Be sure that performance is tolerable in failover state. Check the guidance in this chapter and application-specific performance as further guidance becomes available in whitepapers. Network replication impacts Reserve space for the replica resource area for all cases where a TS7520 will be a target of network replication from a remote TS7520. The replica resource area directly detracts from the available space for local libraries virtual cartridges. Virtual Vault residency impacts Reserve space for the virtual vault (or virtual shelf) for auto-archive operations (physical tape copy on export) or others (such as manual copy) where tapes are temporarily moved to the virtual vault prior to copying. This is especially important if you are running in copy mode rather than move mode, or if you are running in move mode with a long grace period prior to deletion. The virtual vault area directly detracts from the available space for local libraries virtual cartridges. Access density considerations Use the size of the available backup window to calculate the data rate required to support it. If the rate cannot be supported by the TS7520, then split the backup task into multiple components, reducing the single-threaded characteristics either on the application host side (breaking into tasks for multiple hosts) or on the target side (breaking into multiple backup streams targeting different volumes simultaneously), or both. Compression considerations Determine if you are space-constrained or backup-window-constrained. If you do not have backup window constraints, then consider enabling 3954 CV6 compression. Performance can significantly drop with use of 3954 CV6 compression, especially with relatively incompressible data. Tape attachment or tapeless 3954 CV6 Use of the auto-archive (physical tape copy on export) or enhanced caching function reduces the load on the application backup server but has no effect on the 3954 CV6 (reading data from the 3954 CV6 for external copy to a physical tape drive via the backup server as opposed to having the 3954 CV6 do the writing to the external physical tape drive locally attached to it using the auto-archive or enhanced caching function).
v Concurrent stream aggregation Each virtual drive can be allocated to a specific host application stream. Virtual media can be appropriately sized for capacity and later aggregated to real media in an external copy operation.
System application and advanced function considerations

Virtual tape disk-based systems have a number of advantages over disk targets for backup:
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v Tape targets are nearly universally supported by backup applications and disk targets are not. This works well even among disparate host types attaching the virtual library in a SAN. v Sharing of tape data requires only a mount of a virtual cartridge in a common virtual library. Sharing of disk data requires a shared file system. Shared SAN file systems are still not widely deployed and are relatively difficult to set up. v Tape targets have underlying simple structures with very low overhead on attaching backup servers. Virtual tape targets eliminate any performance delays that real tape targets have relative to disk targets. v Disk targets require file system support on the attaching backup servers with significantly higher performance overhead. They have no speed advantage over virtual tape targets. The following sections examine some environments of particular interest to better understand how they are configured and what motivates their use.
Tape SAN exploitation: LAN-free backup/restore

LAN-free backup/restore is a configuration most widely supported by tape products with significant performance advantages. The idea of LAN-free backup is that a backup server manages the assignment of a drive and tape volume to a given client backup task, but the data I/O occurs directly from the client to the backup medium (typically over the SAN, rather than via the LAN through the backup server). This reduces network traffic and backup server load. Large data object performance is significantly improved. Tape LAN-free backup is much more widely supported than disk LAN-free (which requires a shared file system). The TS7520 supports LAN-free backup as readily as physical tape but with potentially superior performance because the TS7520 has none of the mount queue, load, or locate overheads of physical tape. Figure 7 on page 66 illustrates traditional backup over a LAN to a backup server which connects via a SAN to a tape library.
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Figure 8. Virtual Tape Exploitation: LAN-free Backup/Restore
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TS7520-parallel and TS7520-inline attachment of physical tape

Physical tape can be used in a TS7520 environment in two distinct ways: it can be directly attached to the backup server and fully managed by the ISV backup application, or it can be attached to the TS7520 fibre channel ports with modes of use that are either tied indirectly to ISV backup application management or that are not managed by the ISV application at all. In general, IBM does not recommend usage modes that are not managed by the primary backup application or that are not managed by a customer tape media management system. Such usages must be manually tracked and managed, and are generally only appropriate to exploit in exceptional situations. For the current offering, physical tape attachment to the ISV backup server directly (that is, in parallel to the TS7520) may be a better choice for many installations where full management of physical media in all situations is mandatory. An example of a parallel-attachment configuration would be the use of TSM-based duplication using copy pools. Here, the TS7520 would be a primary backup target of a TSM server (possibly also accessible to TSM clients in a LAN-free SAN-attached environment). A separate physical tape library would also be connected to the TSM server via the SAN, where some set of cartridges in the physical tape library would be part of TSM Copy Pool. Writing to the physical tape would occur as a result of the TSM server copying the TS7520 data into the physical cartridges. The following characteristics apply in this situation: v The parallel approach has the advantage of supporting incremental backup of storage pool data, permitting the physical cartridges as well as the virtual cartridges to stay resident in their libraries. With direct tape attachment, the copy to physical tape only occurs if the virtual tape (and the physical tape) are exported from the library, or if the enhanced caching policy for data migration is triggered. v In the parallel approach, the primary (virtual) and duplicate (real) volumes can have different media types, device types, and device capacities, all of which are tracked by the backup (TSM) server. With virtual auto-archive, real and virtual media types, device types, and media labels must match exactly. v Real copies can be made synchronously (during primary creation) or asynchronously (after primary creation). With auto-archive, the real copy can only be made after the original copy is created (asynchronous only), but auto-archive reduces I/O burden on the backup server. v Physical tape drives and cartridges attached to the TS7520 must be in a partition not visible to the backup application (in a medium changer library). Libraries such as the IBM 3494 are accessed by special library manager commands that relieve some of these constraints. v Virtual volumes and real volumes may be managed with different policies (such as retention periods) in the parallel attachment method. With the inline attachment method, management policies must be identical between virtual and real volumes. On the other hand, the creation of physical tape inline attachment with the TS7520 via the auto-archive (physical tape copy on export) can be considered to be fully managed. When the backup application exports a (virtual) tape (via a Move Medium to Virtual I/O Slot command), the virtual medium is moved to the virtual vault (out of the virtual library) and then it is copied to a physical volume of the same media type and label. The physical volume is then exported from the physical library. From a backup application point of view, the exported physical volume is known and outside of any library, as would be expected. The weakness of this model is that it
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requires the export of the volume to create a physical copy. Re-entry of the virtual volume into the virtual library requires operator intervention at the TS7520 VE Console. v Enhanced caching considerations One advantage of the inline method is the backup applications ability to take advantage of the enhanced caching that is available through the TS7520. With enhanced caching, the backup application writes and reads data to and from virtual libraries in the TS7520 as it would normally. The difference, however, is that caching policies can be set on the TS7520 that define when to migrate data out of disk cache and onto physical tape contained within an attached physical library. In this sense, the virtual tape library acts more like a virtual tape server. When the data has been migrated from disk and onto physical tape, and when the cache has been reclaimed, the TS7520s virtual pass through ability allows the backup application to interact directly with the physical tape without having to read the data back into the disk cache. v NDMP considerations One way to alleviate a backup applications inability to track changes performed by the TS7520 with attached, in-line tape is through NDMP. With NDMP, the backup application has a connection to an NDMP server running on the TS7520 virtualization engine and knows the state of each volume contained within each library. The inline method also defines one means by which the data under a TS7520 can be protected. Other modes of copy and protection of TS7520 data, which are more flexible, are those which involve replication across the network.
TS7520 network replication key modes and considerations

The TS7520 supports two primary modes of network replication of virtual volume data between TS7520s. Note that replication occurs over IP links and may involve transcontinental distances. With the TS7520, up to 10 1Gb Ethernet ports are available for replication (two planar ports and 8 available through two Quad Port ethernet cards). Usage of the ports for a given replication task is determined by what remote TS7520s are visible to a given port. Two modes are supported: v Network Replication A virtual volume may be configured for ongoing replication to a remote 3954 CV6 targets replica resource space. In this configuration, any changes to a given local volume are reflected to the remote image according to policy (as driven by time driver or changed data). Network compression to reduce network load may be specified if licensed, and network encryption to protect data transfer may be specified if licensed. A replicated volume can only be recalled (or remote-copied) after it has been promoted into a remote virtual library from the remote replica resource space. Each virtual volume may have a different target remote 3954 CV6. Note: Replica resource space takes away from available virtual volume space within virtual libraries. v Network auto-replication (virtual tape copy on export) A virtual volume may be configured for auto-replication to a given remote 3954 CV6 virtual library (not a replica resource). In this mode, a virtual volume is moved to the virtual vault and copied not to a physical volume (as with auto-archive) but to a virtual volume. In this mode, the virtual volume is normally not exported remotely. Each virtual volume may have a different target remote 3954 CV6.
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v Local replication In addition to the two network replication methods, TS7500 V2R1 provides local replication as well. With local replication, instead of the remote copy of a replicated volume being hosted on another server, the copy of the virtual volume is placed and in other disk LUN accessible from the local server. This provides the duplication of data but at much faster access speeds than network replication because it is accessible through the local fibre channel connections.
Failover/failback considerations
Failover/failback can have different application level manifestations. In general, a failover/failback occurrence appears similar to what would be seen if a host fibre cable attachment to the tape subsystem was pulled and then later reattached. In the case of Veritas NetBackup, there is transparent retry of the I/0 in progress, so NetBackup may normally not require any restart. Failover and failback will be transparent to it. TSM, on the other hand, may require a task restart (after failure of the active task) with recovery going back to the last successful synchronization point on the medium, but the whole TSM region will not be abended and the TSM server will not require reboot. Other failoverlfailback behavioral considerations include: v Failback is as disruptive as failover, except that failback provides the option of planning its timing to minimize job interruption. Failover for the purpose of system maintenance, for example, may also be scheduled and manually initiated. v Failover/failback requires loop mode switch port attachment. v Failover/failback is not supported for active/passive mode. It is expected that any failover pair will have primary storage for each 3954 CV6, even if it not perfectly balanced, as would be the case with a field upgrade to a failover configuration.
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Chapter 5. Customer installation responsibilities

Customers are responsible for preparing the installation site, as described in Chapter 2, Physical planning specifications for the TS7520, on page 19, prior to the installation of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. All physical planning for the TS7520 is a customer responsibility. In summary, customers are responsible for providing network connections (cables and switches), physical tape libraries, SNMP servers, e-mail servers, host clients, and e-mail services for Call Home and RSA alerts. Customers must provide IBM with all necessary IP addresses for the installation of the TS7520. Customers are responsible for obtaining a VE Console system and for obtaining the appropriate adapters and cables. Fibre Channel cables are required to attach the TS7520 to various server adapters. Ethernet cables are required to attach the TS7520 to iSCSI hosts. Refer to Chapter 3, TS7520 components and feature codes, on page 27 for a list of cables for the attachment of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. In addition, customers are also responsible for providing client machines and required Fibre Channel and Ethernet switches as described in the following sections.
System responsibilities
In addition to meeting the requirements set out in Chapter 2, Physical planning specifications for the TS7520, on page 19, the customer must provide the following hardware and systems.
TS7520 Virtualization Engine VE Console requirements

The TS7520 Virtualization Engine VE Console system (hereafter called the VE Console) hosts the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7500 Software Version 2 Release 1. Using the supplied VE Console CD, the customer can install the VE Console software. IBM recommends that the TS7500 V2R1 Software be installed on the VE Console prior to the installation of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. Note: The license keys required for TS7520 Virtualization Engine feature enablement require that the TS7500 V2R1 Software for the TS7520 VE Console be installed and functional before any TS7520 Virtualization Engine features can be enabled. The VE Console is used for configuration, management, and service support for the TS7520. This console is required by the TS7520 and is either supplied by the customer or optionally ordered from IBM. If a VE Console is ordered, it is placed as a separate order from the TS7520. Any general purpose computer meeting the specified hardware and software requirements may be used for the VE Console. The minimum requirements for the VE Console are: v Hardware requirements: x86 (Pentium or higher) microprocessor 512 MB memory 175 MB of disk space for Virtualization Engine for Tape Console Function and Capacity Support Keyboard, mouse, and CD-ROM drive
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Super VGA monitor with the screen resolution set to at least 800 x 600, small fonts setting, and 256 colors One Ethernet port for attachment to the TS7520 management network One additional Ethernet port recommended for Internet access A Web browser and Java-2 JRE installed v Operating environments supported: Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4) Windows 2000 Server SP4 Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4 Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition Windows 2003 Datacenter Edition Windows XP At least one VE Console must be installed within line of sight of the TS7520 3592 Tape Frame no further than 50 feet (15.25 meters) away in order to support a smooth installation and maintenance process. During normal operation, any customer TS7520 can be managed from any TS7520 VE Console with network access to the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server 3954 CV6.
TS7520 Virtualization Engine client system requirements

The TS7520 Virtualization Engine supports attachment of customer client computers at the following minimum operating system levels. Enterprise Edition: v AIX 5L V5.1, V5.2, and V5.3 v V5R3 and V5R4 i5/OS System i support is available under the IBM Request for Price Quotation program. v Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 v Microsoft Windows 2003 (build 3790, or greater) v 64-bit HP-UX 11iv1 and 11iv2 v Linux distributions: SLES10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.4 SLES9 SP3 Linux Asianux 2.0 Limited Edition: v AIX 5L V5.1, or later v V5R3 and V5R4 i5/OS System i support is available under the IBM Request for Price Quotation program. v Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 v Microsoft Windows 2003 (build 3790, or greater) v 64-bit HP-UX 11iv1 and 11iv2 v Linux distributions: SLES10
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.4 SLES9 SP3 Linux Asianux 2.0 For the most current list of supported operating systems on each hardware platform, as well as applications and SAN fabric support, see the IBM TS7520 Interoperability Matrix Web site at: www.ibm.com/storage/support/ Select Tape Systems from the Product family menu and select IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 from the Product menu. Click the Plan or Upgrade tab, and under Product Considerations, click IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 product information.
Hardware, cabling, and infrastructure responsibilities

In general, you are responsible for providing the appropriate infrastructure resources, such as cables and switches, required to support TS7520 Virtualization Engine connections to the VE Console, host devices, tape devices. The following description of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server 3954 CV6 will help in clarifying many of the specific connections to be made to support TS7520 operation. Four fibre channel ports on each TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server 3954 CV6 are reserved for internal connection between the 3954 CV6 and the TS7520 Cache Controllers (3955 SV6s). An aggregate of up to eight fibre channel ports are available for attaching customer backup servers (or backup clients) and customer physical tape drives. Note: In target mode, the ports cannot attach physical tape. Figure 9 on page 75 shows the relationship of each of the physical fibre channel ports on the QLogic PCI adapter cards, their default usage assignments, and the logical adapter number (also known as the TS7520 Virtualization Engine VE Console adapter number) that is assigned to each physical port (as shown in the VE Console display). Each PCI fibre channel card will have two logical adapters associated with it, one for each physical fibre channel port. Ports on each PCI card are numbered left to right (looking at them from the back of the 3954 CV6) as port 1 and port 2. The PCI slots (and the cards that occupy them) on the right side of the rear of the 3954 CV6 are numbered PCI slot 3 (on top) and PCI slot 4 (on the bottom). The PCI slots on the left are numbered PCI slot 1 (on top) and PCI slot 2 (on the bottom). Numbering of logical adapters begins with physical ports on the card in PCI slot 3, then PCI slot 4, then PCI slot 1, and then PCI slot 2. Table 18 on page 74 summarizes the relationships of VE Console-reported logical adapters, physical fibre channel ports on the 3954 CV6, and actual usages. In the cells that contain both an SV6 assignment as well as a switch assignment, the top assignment is in the case of a single frame system configuration, and the bottom assignment is the fiber channel switch and port number that would be used in the case of a multi-frame system. Only adapters from the first four slots are shown because those are the only adapters that have default target or initiator assignments. If fibre channel cards are added to the last two slots, those are totally user configurable.
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Table 18. Virtualization server fibre channel port usages and reporting Lower TS7520 TS7520 Virtualization Virtualization Engine Engine VE TS7520 Server Console Virtualization attachments adapter Engine Base Frame number Server HBAs 1 Adapter 0 PCI Slot 1: QLA2462 Port 1 Lower 3955 SV6 Controller A Host 1 Switch 1 port 0 Adapter 1 PCI Slot 1: QLA2462 Port 2 Upper 3955 SV6 Controller A Host 2 Switch 2 port 1 Adapter 2 PCI Slot 2: QLA2462 Port 1 Lower 3955 SV6 Controller B Host 1 Switch 2 port 2 Adapter 3 PCI Slot 2: QLA2462 Port 2 Upper 3955 SV6 Controller B Host 2 Switch 1 port 3 Adapter 4 PCI Slot 3: QLA2462 Port 1 PCI Slot 3: QLA2462 Port 2 PCI Slot 4: QLA2462 Port 1 PCI Slot 4: QLA2462 Port 2 Upper TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server attachments Base Frame 1 Upper 3955 SV6 Controller A Host 1 Switch 2 port 0 Lower 3955 SV6 Controller A Host 2 Switch 1 port 1 Upper 3955 SV6 Controller B Host 1 Switch 1 port 2 Lower 3955 SV6 Controller B Host 2 Switch 2 port 3 Switch 1 port 7 Switch 2 port 7 Switch 2 port 6 Switch 1 port 6 Switch 2 port 5 Switch 1 port 5 Lower TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server attachments Base Frame 2 Switch 1 port 4 Upper TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server attachments Base Frame 2 Switch 2 port 4
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Notes: 1. The TS7520 Virtualization Engine configuration steps in some documentation may refer to ethernet 1 and ethernet 2 as eth0 and eth1. Other documentation may also indirectly refer to ports 1 and 2 of each fibre channel card as ports 0 and 1. Cards are actually stamped with 1 and 2, which is the preferred naming convention. 2. Do not change the fibre channel adapters or move the cables in PCI slots 1 and 2. The only portion of the TS7520 cabling that is configurable is the attachments to PCI slots 3 through 6. 3. The RS485, USB and serial ports are not used for the TS7520. They may be ignored. The user must provide the following hardware and cabling resources prior to the installation of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. v Ethernet cables for connecting the TS7520 Virtualization Engine to the VE Console and iSCSI clients v Fibre channel cables for connecting the TS7520 Virtualization Engine to the hosts and tape devices or libraries v VE Console system, as described in TS7520 Virtualization Engine VE Console requirements on page 71 Note: Any user switches, client host platforms, physical tape libraries, tape drives or tape media the user may require, has to be provided by the user and should be secured prior to the installation of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine.
Security, auditability, and control

This product uses the security and auditability features of host hardware, host software, and/or application software to which it is attached. The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communications facilities.
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Zoning overview
You can establish zones for fibre-channel attachments to the TS7520. The zones must contain a single port that is attached to a system adapter with the desired number of ports that are attached to the TS7520. By establishing zones, you reduce the possibility of interactions between system adapters in switched configurations. You can configure switch ports that are attached to the TS7520 in more than one zone. This enables multiple system adapters to share access to the TS7520 fibre-channel ports. Shared access to a TS7520 fibre-channel port might come from host platforms that support a combination of bus adapter types and the operating systems. Zoning is configured by the user interface provided by your switch fabric. You can establish the zones by using either of two zoning methods: v Port number (hard zoning) Hard zoning is zoning using the port numbers of the switches. This is usually more tedious to maintain. v Worldwide port name (WWPN) (soft zoning) Soft zoning uses the WWPNs in the configuration. The WWPNs will remain the same in the zoning configuration regardless of the port location. IBM recommends soft zoning because it minimizes the number of zones needed in a failover setup and it simplifies port assignment on the switch. Attention: IBM strongly recommends setting up individual zones for each host initiator HBA port and TS7520 HBA port connection that is to be supported. v If soft-zoning is used, the zone may specify the WWPN of the host HBA port and the HBA port of the primary 3954 CV6 containing the virtual libraries during good (not failed over) operation. In the case of failover, the WWPN of the failing 3954 CV6 will be assumed or spoofed by the surviving failover partner, and as such will still be in the recognized zone. v If the switch fabric only supports hard zoning, then for failover configurations a hard zone should be created with the host HBA port and both the port on the primary 3954 CV6 being used for accessing the virtual library as well as the corresponding port on the failover partner. In simple non-failover configurations, both hard and soft zoning should be configured with exactly one host HBA port and one TS7520 HBA port. This zoning strategy limits the possibility for undesired configuration side effects, such as initiators trying to log into each other. The same logic applies to TS7520 initiator ports and physical tape target ports. Note that zones are not partitions: a given HBA may be in many different zones.
TS7520 zoning considerations

For example, for the case of upstream (Client Host or Backup Server) zoning, if there are two client initiators and two TS7520 Virtualization Engine targets on the same FC fabric, and if it is desirable for all the four path combinations to be established, it is recommended that you use four specific zones, one for each path: v Client_Init1/VE_Tgt1 v Client_Init1/VE_Tgt2 v Client_Init2/VE_Tgt1 v Client_Init2/VE_Tgt2
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It is tempting to simply create a single zone that includes all four ports, which appears to be have the same effect. However, this causes undesirable side effects because of the lack of isolation among the initiators and targets. The four-zone method is cleaner because it does not allow the two Client initiators or the two TS7520 Virtualization Engine Target ports to see each other. This eliminates all the potential issues such as Initiators trying to log in to each other under certain conditions. Follow the same method for downstream (storage) zoning. If there are two TS7520 Virtualization Engine initiators and two Storage targets on the same fabric, establish four zones: v VE_Init1/Storage_Tgt1 v VE_Init1/Storage_Tgt2 v VE_Init2/Storage_Tgt1 v VE_Init2/Storage_Tgt2 Additionally, make sure that the real tape device fibre interfaces that are attached to the TS7520 initiators are not zoned with the client host HBAs. As shown in the following illustrations, by default, logical adapters 4and 6(as reported by the VE Console) are zoned to servers, and logical adapters 5 and 7 are zoned to the physical tape library. Figure 10 on page 78 shows a zoning example for a TS7520 Virtualization Engine SAN configuration with both virtual and physical tape drives. Note: In this configuration, the backup servers only have direct access to LTO 3 drive B. Any access to LTO 3 drive A is through the TS7520.
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Figure 10. TS7520 Virtualization Engine SAN configuration zoning with virtual and physical tape drives
Figure 11 on page 79 shows a zoning example for a TS7520 Virtualization Engine SAN configuration with all virtual tape drives. Note: In this configuration, all access to the LTO 3 drives is through the TS7520.
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Figure 11. TS7520 Virtualization Engine SAN configuration zoning with all virtual tape drives
LUN masking
After zoning has been established, you may limit the access a given host HBA has to only those virtual drives you want to make visible to it, regardless of the access provided by the physical connection and zone residency. The TS7520 provides a LUN masking facility which may be used to specify which virtual device accessible by a TS7520 port in a given zone may be seen by the attached host HBA in the zone. This can facilitate sharing of virtual libraries, if needed, and static load balancing. In general, virtual libraries are not shared among hosts, but the LUN masking facility permits this to occur in a controlled fashion.
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Chapter 6. IBM service installation responsibilities

The IBM installer is responsible for performing the followings tasks during the installation of the TS7520. v Unpack and setup the TS7520 frame. v Connect the network cables (provided by the customer) to the network switches (provided by the customer) in the customer configuration. v Set IP addresses according to customer-provided network assignments. v Enable licenses. v Verify that the TS7520 hardware is functioning properly. v Verify communications between TS7520 and VE Console. v Install any hardware features that enabled advanced functions. Enablement is performed at the VE Console. v Initial execution of the Failover/Failback Wizard. v Provide TS7520 Virtualization Engine frame-to-frame connections, such as the cabling connections from the TS7520 Virtualization Engine base frame to the TS7520 Virtualization Engine expansion frame
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Chapter 7. Planning your TS7520 setup

During installation, IBM customizes the setup of your TS7520 based on information that you provide in the customization work sheets. Each time you install a TS7520, you must complete the customization work sheets before the IBM service representatives can perform the installation. The customization work sheets allow you to specify the initial setup for the following: v Company information v VE Console network settings v Remote support (includes call home and remote service settings) v Control Switch settings This information is gathered by IBM when you fill out the following work sheets: v Appendix C, Company information work sheet, on page 95 v Appendix D, TS7520 Virtualization Engine console network settings work sheet, on page 97 In addition, review Appendix B, Setting notifications, on page 93 for information about SNMP trap and e-mail notification settings. Attention: IBM service representatives cannot install the TS7520 Virtualization Engine until you provide them with the completed customization work sheets.
TS7520 Ethernet requirements

When installing the TS7520 Virtualization Engine, the appropriate number of IP addresses must be provided. Also, the user must provide the following hardware and cabling resources prior to the installation of the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. v Ethernet switches and cables for connecting the TS7520 Virtualization Engine to the VE Console v Fibre Channel switches and cables for connecting the TS7520 Virtualization Engine to the hosts and tape devices or libraries. The following tables contain the ethernet requirements for the TS7520.
Table 19. Single TS7520 configuration Physical Ports (Ethernet) TS7520 Lower Ethernet 1 (eth0) TS7520 Server virtual address Used for TS7520 management from the TS7520 VE Console 192.168.0.1 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 Application/Usage IP Addresses (factory setting) IP Addresses (customer setting)
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Table 19. Single TS7520 configuration (continued) Physical Ports (Ethernet) Ethernet 2 (eth1) Application/Usage Network Replication address (FC-7421) May leave as DHCP if hostname is resolved via DNS. Otherwise change to static IP RSA Remote Supervisor Adapter (RSA) address. Used for service interface from the TS7520 VE Console. Used for TS7520 Server SNMP or email alerts to customer. TS7520 VE Console Ethernet 1 TS7520 Virtualization Engine network connection Used for TS7520 VE Console to TS7520 Server Ethernet 2 Total = 5 Table 20. TS7520 Server Configuration with Failover/Failback Physical Ports (Ethernet) TS7520 Server upper 1 Ethernet 1 (eth0) TS7520 Server virtual address Used for TS7520 management from the TS7520 VE Console. IP address must be different than the TS7520 Server lower Failover/Failback service address (FC-7420) Requires its own IP address None (Set During Failover/Failback Wizard) 192.168.0.2 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 Application/Usage IP Adresses (factory setting) IP Addresses (customer setting) Internet connection (Remote Support) vendor specific Total = 5 Total = 5 vendor specific 192.168.0.151 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 IP Addresses (factory setting) DHCP IP Addresses (customer setting)
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Table 20. TS7520 Server Configuration with Failover/Failback (continued) Physical Ports (Ethernet) Ethernet 2 (eth1) Application/Usage Network Replication address (FC-7421) Must change DHCP to static IP due to FC-7420. IP address must be different than TS7520 Server lower Failover/Failback service address (FC-7420) Must change DHCP to static IP. Best practice is an IP address on a different subnet than Ethernet 1 (eth0), but same subnet as Ethernet 2 (eth1) of TS7520 Server lower. RSA Remote Supervisor Adapter (RSA) address Used for service interface from the TS7520 VE Console. Used for TS7520 Server SNMP or email alerts to customer IP address must be different than TS7520 Server lower TS7520 Server lower 1 Ethernet 1 (eth0) TS7520 Server virtual address Used for TS7520 management from the TS7520 VE Console. IP address must be different than TS7520 Server upper Failover/Failback (FC-7420) Requires a separate IP address None (Set During Failover/Failback Wizard) 192.168.0.1 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.152 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 DHCP IP Adresses (factory setting) DHCP IP Addresses (customer setting)
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Table 20. TS7520 Server Configuration with Failover/Failback (continued) Physical Ports (Ethernet) Ethernet 2 (eth1) Application/Usage Network Replication address (FC-7421) Must change to static IP due to FC-7420. IP address must be different than TS7520 Server upper Failover/Failback (FC-7420) Must change DHCP to static IP. Best practice is an IP address on a different subnet than Ethernet 1 (eth0), but same subnet as Ethernet 2 (eth1) of TS7520 Server upper. RSA Remote Supervisor Adapter (RSA) address Used for service interface from the TS7520 VE Console. Used for TS7520 Server SNMP or email alerts to customer IP address must be different than TS7520 Server upper. TS7520 Server Upper 2 Ethernet 1 (eth0) This port is used for communication with the TS7520 VE Console. This port is also used for the Network Replication feature (FC-7421). This port is also used for Failover/Failback service address (FC-7420). Requires its own IP address. 192.168.0.4 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.151 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 DHCP IP Adresses (factory setting) DHCP IP Addresses (customer setting)
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Table 20. TS7520 Server Configuration with Failover/Failback (continued) Physical Ports (Ethernet) Ethernet 2 (eth1) Application/Usage This port is used for Network Replication feature (FC-7421). This port is also used for Failover/Failback service address (FC-7420) Must change DHCP to static IP. Best practice is an IP address on a different subnet than Ethernet 1, but same subnet as Ethernet 2 of TS7520 Server Upper. RSA This port is used for access from the TS7520 VE Console and is the primary service interface to the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. This port is also used for e-mail and SNMP alerts to the System Administrator. IP address must be different than the TS7520 Server lower. TS7520 Server Lower 2 Ethernet 1 (eth0) This port is used for communication with the TS7520 VE console. This port is also used for the Network Replication feature (FC-7421). This port is also used for Failover/Failback service address (FC-7420) Require its own IP address. Ethernet 2 (eth1) This port is used for Network Replication feature (FC-7421). This port is also used for Failover/Failback service address (FC-7420) Must change DHCP to static IP. Best practice is an IP address on a different subnet than Ethernet , but same subnet as Ethernet 2 of TS7520 Server Upper. DHCP 192.168.0.3 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.154 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 IP Adresses (factory setting) DHCP IP Addresses (customer setting)
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Table 20. TS7520 Server Configuration with Failover/Failback (continued) Physical Ports (Ethernet) RSA Application/Usage This port is used for access from the TS7520 VE Console and is the primary service interface to the TS7520 Virtualization Engine. This port is also used for e-mail and SNMP alerts to the System Administrator. IP addresses must be different than TS7520. TS7520 VE Console Ethernet 1 TS7520 network connection Used for TS7520 VE Console connection to TS7520 server Ethernet 2 Total = 14 Internet connection (Remote Support) vendor specific Total = 14 Total = 14 vendor specific IP Adresses (factory setting) 192.168.0.153 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 IP Addresses (customer setting)
Note: In order to gain access to the system from outside your data center firewall you will need to collect information about the network from the administrator. The proper communications port, identified by your network administrator, must be open to allow access from outside the system. The following section provides ports that must be open in a firewall and their intended uses: v TCP port 11576 - Used for VE Console communication. v UDP port 11577 - Used for IP replication. v TCP port 11580 - Used for communication between a failover pair v UDP port 161 - Used for SNMP traps. v TCP port 161 - Used for SNMP traps. v TCP port 3260 - Used for iSCSI. v TCP port 10000 - Used for NDMP.
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Chapter 8. Planning data migration

Use these data migration considerations to formulate your data migration plan. There are three levels of considerations to keep in mind when selecting the best method for your environment. At the first level, you consider broad questions about your environment to create a generic profile of your needs. At the second level you compare which migration methods fit into your generic profile. The level is to review a set of hints and other guidelines that apply to specific environments or that may help you take advantage of a migration to optimize your environment. The following are some key questions to use to define your generic migration environment v Why is the data migrating? v How much data is migrating? v How quickly must the migration be performed? v What duration of service outage can be tolerated? v Is the data migration to/from the same type storage? v What resources are available for the migration? After determining general answers to the considerations listed above, a better understanding of some of the migration options along with their advantages and disadvantages will help frame your generic profile into a subset of acceptable migration options.
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Appendix A. IBM-provided TS7520 equipment and documents

The TS7520 shipment includes the following components. v The TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server(s), the TS7520 Cache Controllers, the TS7520 Cache Modules (optional), and the 3952 Tape Frame(s), with attachment hardware and cables if required v Service tools v TS7520 documentation v Maintenance information v Power cords will be included for connection to the power supply in the 3952 Tape Frame. v Publications are included in the ship groups of the new models. v Software CDs: Recovery/Update CD This CD is primarily for use by IBM Service personnel for field installations of a second 3954 CV6 for a failover pair, and for recovery of the operational product code in the event that the disk program storage has become corrupted. Use of the recovery CD never impacts customer data. Console Installation CD This CD contains the software for the VE Console as well as all licensing information related to the TS7520. Base software licenses are installed on your machine, including translations. In addition, a README file and a firmware license file may be found in the CD, but will not be installed. BIOS/Firmware CD This CD is primarily for use by IBM Service personnel. This CD also contains miscellaneous tools.
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Appendix B. Setting notifications

The RSA port on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server is capable of sending e-mail or SNMP alerts to the customer for 3954-CV6 hardware alerts. If you choose to receive SNMP alerts, SNMP MIB files are available on the Base Firmware Update disk; these files can be used to compile on your SNMP server. The system administrator who manages the SNMP server must compile these MIB files based on the SNMP server software being used. The Remote Supervisor Adapter II Slimline and Remote Supervisor Adapter II Users Guide is shipped with the TS7520. This document contains the procedures for configuring the RSA port for email and SNMP alerts. Instructions for compiling the MIB files on the SNMP server are not provided in this document and will vary depending on the SNMP server being used. Note: Compiling these MIB files is a customer responsibility. The following steps describe how to set up SMTP and e-mail notifications. 1. From the Virtualization Engine console, right click the name of the server for which you want to set up SMTP and e-mail notifications. 2. Click Properties. 3. From the dialog box for Server Properties , click the tab for SNMP Maintenance, then in the field for: v SYSLocation, type www.ibm.com v SysContact, type support <support@ibm.com> v Trap Level, click the down arrow to open the pull down menu, then select Critical. 4. Click OK. 5. From the dialog box for Set Call-Home Properties, click the tab for General, then type the following values in the following fields: v SMTP Server: Type the localhost name the customer is using v v v v SMTP Port: 25 SMTP User name: Type your user name here SMTP Password: Type your password here User Account: root@<IP address of the system you are installing>
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Appendix C. Company information work sheet

This work sheet allows you to provide basic information about your company and administrator as well as general system information.
Purpose of work sheet

IBM service representatives use the information that is provided on the company information work sheet to customize your IBM storage complex. When you use any of the remote support features, the Virtualization Engine console sends this information to IBM so an IBM service representative can contact you.
Instructions for work sheet

You must complete this work sheet for all installations that include a virtualization engine console. Note: TS7520 Virtualization Engine is abbreviated as VE in Table 21.
Table 21. Company information work sheet Item or setting Company name Instructions Provide the name of your company. IBM service representatives use this information to identify your company when they receive call home reports from your IBM storage system. Ensure that the company name that is provided here is consistent with all other machines that correspond to your IBM customer account. Provide the customer number that is assigned by IBM to your company. Your information
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Administrator information Provide information about your storage system administrator in the following section. Administrator name Provide the name of the individual at your site who service representatives can contact about IBM storage system service matters. Provide the e-mail address that can be used to contact the administrator. Provide the primary telephone number for service personnel to use to contact the storage system administrator. Include the area code and the country code, if appropriate.
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Table 21. Company information work sheet (continued) Item or setting Alternate telephone number Instructions Provide an alternate or off-shift telephone number that IBM service representatives can use to contact the storage system administrator. Include the area code and the country code, if appropriate. Provide the primary fax number that IBM service representatives can use when they must fax documents to the storage system administrator. Include the area code and the country code, if appropriate. Provide an alternate fax number that service personnel can use when they must fax documents to the storage system administrator. Include the area code and the country code, if appropriate. Provide the mailing address for the administrator. Specify the complete address, including the street address, building (if appropriate), city or locality, state or province, and postal or zip code. Your information
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Storage system information Provide basic information about your storage system and the VE Console in the following section. System location If different than the administrators address, provide the full address where the storage unit is located. Include the street address, building (if appropriate), city or locality, state or province, and postal or zip code.
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Appendix D. TS7520 Virtualization Engine console network settings work sheet

Note: In order to gain access to the system from outside your data center firewall you will need to collect information about the network from the administrator. The proper communications port, identified by your network administrator, must be open to allow access from outside the system. Specify basic network information on this work sheet such as the virtualization VE Console identification, Ethernet settings, and DNS settings. When your storage unit sends IBM any call home information through VPN or sends you notices about serviceable events (using SNMP trap or e-mail), these settings will be included in the information to identify and provide important information about the TS7520 Virtualization Engine console that has sent a service request.
Purpose of work sheet

IBM service representatives use the information you provide on the TS7520 Virtualization Engine console network settings work sheet to set up the network settings that support your TS7520 Virtualization Engine console. You must complete this work sheet for all installations that include a TS7520 Virtualization Engine console.
Instructions for work sheet

The IP addresses and name server information shown on this work sheet are examples only. They do not function. Note: Virtualization VE Console is abbreviated as VE in Table 22. Please fill out one copy of this table for each of your servers.
Table 22. Providing information for your IP address work sheet Item or Setting VE name (host name) __________ Instructions Record the console or host name that you want to assign to the management console workstation (for example, dsve1). The console name and the domain are used to identify the VE to the network. Provide the domain name that you are assigning to the VE workstation (for example, medina.xyz.it). eth0 IP address (client) __________ #1: eth1 (if applicable) IP address #1 (client): __________
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Table 22. Providing information for your IP address work sheet (continued) Item or Setting Media speed (Ethernet) Instructions Check Autodetection or the media speed of the Ethernet adapter. Tip: If you check Autodetection, the VE can automatically select the media speed appropriate for your configuration. Record the dotted decimal network mask that you want to apply to the TCP/IP address (for example, 127.123.546.0). eth0 _ Autodetection _ 10Mpbs Half Duplex _ 10Mpbs Full Duplex _ 100Mpbs Half Duplx _ 100Mpbs Full Duplx _ 1000Mpbs Half Duplx _ 1000Mpbs Full Duplx eth1 (if applicable) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Autodetection 10Mpbs Half Duplex 10Mpbs Full Duplex 100Mpbs Half Duplx 100Mpbs Full Duplx 1000Mpbs Half Duplx 1000Mpbs Full Duplx
TCP/IP interface network mask
DNS settings: Complete this section if you plan to use a domain name server (DNS) to resolve network names. Name server (DNS) internet address 1 Provide the dotted decimal address of the name server that the VE workstation will access (for example, 5.127.42.250). Provide the domain name of the name server (for example, medina.xyz.it). Provide the dotted decimal address of the second name server that this workstation can access (for example, 5.127.42.252). Although this is optional, you can specify a second name server when you configure a backup or secondary server. Replication services. If you have a second name server, provide the domain name of the second name server (for example, medina2.xyz.it).
Name server domain name 1 Name server (DNS) internet address 2 (Optional)
Name server domain name 2
Routing settings: Complete the following section if you want to specify a default gateway for routing. (See Note following this table) Gateway address Confirm and record the dotted decimal or symbolic name address of the gateway (for example, 8.127.155.254 or londongate).
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3952 Tape Frame 27 feature codes 35 4-way node support 15, 52 data management 13 data migration, planning 89 Data Path Failover 52 default library configuration 12, 57 device drivers, supported 11 devices, supported 10 dimensions 20 documentation Web sites xxvi dual node configurations 3
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ac power removing xx acoustical noise emission values 24 address for e-mail comments xxvii for reader comment form xxvii of IBM xxvii of the IBM director of licensing 99 advanced features 13, 64 TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) 50 attention notice definition xvi example xvi attention notices xvi audience xxiii auto archive 14 auto replication 15
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e-mail address xxvii e-mail notifications 93 earthquake effects 24 edition notice ii electrical power ratings 23 Electronic emission notices European Union EMC Directive conformance statement 101 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement 100 Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement 101 Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement 102 Korean Class A warning statement 103 Taiwanese Class A warning statement 102 Enhanced Caching 52 enhanced tape caching 15 environmental notices xi notices and statements xx environmental notices xx equipment, IBM-provided 91 exporting 16 external machine checks xx
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cables, accommodating 19 cabling responsibilities 73 caution notices xv definition xv examples xv Class A electronic emission notice 100 clearances 21 aisle 21 door 21 client system requirements 72 Command Line Interface 53 comments about this document, how to send xxvii company information work sheet 95 components 27 3952 Tape Frame 27 TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) 32 TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6) 33 TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) 29 weights 20 configuration, default library 12, 57 considerations, iSCSI 61 console network settings work sheet 97 Control Path Failover 52 customer installation responsibilities 71
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failover 50 Failover, Control Path 52 Failover, Data Path 52 failover/failback 13, 69 FCC Class A notice 100 feature codes 35 3952 Tape Frame 35 fibre channel cables 46, 48 power cords 39 TS7500 V2R1 software 53 TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) 47 TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6) 49 TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) 40 feedback about this document, sending to IBM xxvii fibre channel cables feature codes 46, 48
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danger notices xi definitions xi examples xi
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fire-suppression 24 floor requirements 22 weight distribution 22 frame relocation safety xix
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NDMP 15, 52 network compression 51 network encryption 51 network replication 14, 51, 68 Network Replication Disaster Recovery Testing Support 51 Network Replication Interoperability 53 notice, edition ii notices attention xvi caution xv danger xi electronic emission 100 environmental xx FCC, Class A 100 general 99 safety and environmental xi types xi notices , danger xi notices, attention xvi notices, caution xv notices, environmental xx notifications, setting 93
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hard zoning 59, 76 hardware components 3 hardware responsibilities 73 height requirements 20 help online support xxv telephone support xxv Web sites xxiv Hosted Backup 52 how to send your comments xxvii humidity requirements 22
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IBM address xxvii director of licensing address 99 e-mail address xxvii IBM service installation responsibilities 81 importing 16 infrastructure responsibilities 73 initiator mode 59 inspections, safety xx installation customer responsibilities 71 IBM service responsibilities 81 rack xviii internal machine checks xx iSCSI 52 iSCSI considerations 61 iSeries Support 53
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operating environment 22 operating systems, supported 11 optical port terminators xvii
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Path Failover, Control 52 Path Failover, Data 52 physical footprint 9 physical libraries differences from virtual libraries 62 similarities to virtual libraries 63 physical tape attachment 67 power cords feature codes 39 products, developed 99 publications xxvii
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labels, safety xiii LAN-free backup/restore 65 laser safety xvii library configuration, default 12, 57 lighting considerations 19 limitations 16 LUN masking 59, 79
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rack installation xviii safety xviii rack safety xviii RAID 13 reader comment form xxvii remote copy 15 Remote Supervisor Adapter publications xxvii removing ac power xx resources e-mail address xxvii Web sites xxvi
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machine checks external xx internal xx migration, data 89
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responsibilities customer installation 71 IBM service installation 81 restrictions, usage xvii
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safety environmental notices xi frame installation xviii frame relocation xix inspections xx labels xi, xiii examples xiv laser xvii notices xi rack xviii safety inspection external machine checks xx internal machine checks xx safety inspections xx safety issues 24 earthquake effects 24 fire-suppression system 24 safety labels xiii Secure Tape 52 security 22 security and auditability 75 sending your comments to IBM xxvii services offered in the U.S.A. 99 setup, planning 83 single node configurations 3 site preparation 19 SMTP notifications 93 SNMP MIB files 93 soft zoning 59, 76 software CDs 91 space requirements, calculating 19 specifications 19 acoustical noise emission values 24 clearances 21 dimensions 20 electrical power ratings 23 floor requirements 22 height requirements 20 operating environment 22 starpubs xxvii support device drivers 11 devices 10 operating systems 11 switches 12 support and requirements 10 switches, supported 12
terminators optical ports xvii trademarks 100 TS7500 V2R1 software 34, 53 TS7520 base frame 6 TS7520 Cache Controller (3955 SV6) 32 feature codes 47 TS7520 Cache Module (3955 SX6) 33 feature codes 49 TS7520 expansion frame 7 TS7520 Virtualization Engine components 27 configuration recommendations 58 data migration 89 feature codes 35 hardware components 3 introduction 1 key features 2 limitations 16 physical planning specifications 19 planning your setup 83 publications xxvii sizing 57 support device drivers 11 devices 10 operating systems 11 switches 12 support and requirements 10 TS7500 V2R1 software 34 usage considerations 57 weight 20 TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6) 8, 29 controls 32 failover/failback 50 feature codes 40 network compression 51 network encryption 51 network replication 51 ports 73 TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server 3954 CV6 advanced features 50
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United States electronic emission Class A notice 100 United States FCC Class A notice 100 upgrade considerations 19 usage restrictions xvii
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VE Console 10, 54 requirements 71 virtual libraries additional capacity planning considerations 64 capacity planning differences from physical libraries 62 similarities to physical libraries 63 determining numbers 60 disk LUN enlistment 63
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target mode 59 telephone support xxiv, xxv temperature requirements 22
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TS7520 Virtualization Engine hardware components

Figure 1. TS7520 Virtualization Engine base frame components

Figure 2. TS7520 Virtualization Engine Limited Edition base frame components

Drawer IDs: Repeat for each expansion frame

F05: Expansion Frame

Figure 3. TS7520 Virtualization Engine expansion frame components

TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server (3954 CV6)

Gigabit Ethernet 1 Gigabit Ethernet 2

Figure 4. TS7520 Virtualization Engine Server rear view

TS7520 Cache Controller (3955-SV6)

RS-232 Unused in mfg.

TS7520 Cache Module (3955-SX6)

TS7520 Virtualization Engine physical footprint

1098 (43.2) 965 (38.0)

1271 (50.0) 61 (2.4) 93 (3.7) 147 (5.8) 178 (7.0)

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Figure 6. 3952 Tape Frame physical footprint

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