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IBM System Storage N seriesTechnology UpdateIBM Campus 2013 Sinaia, Romania

Roland Tretau – [email protected] – Technical Lead NAS Europe12 Apr 2013

© 2013 IBM Corporation2

Agenda

IBM NetApp OEM Partnership Solution Overview IBM Release 26 IBM Release 27 Virtual Storage Tier RAVEOutlook


The N series marketplace


The IBM OEM Global Alliance OEM agreement signed April 2005

Over 35,000 units shipped to date

Customer base expanding worldwide

Large number of new name accounts

LSI/Engenio acquisition May 9, 2011

N series is an IBM product

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IBM OEM Alliance – relationship status

Base Agreement is “Ever Green”

The Business is healthy–Strong growth and financially sound–Excellent customer satisfaction

IBM Procurement requires a 5-7yr commitment on parts

Leadership on both sides want this to continue

N series is a very strong performer in IBM Storage

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IBM/NetApp Statement of Confidence To whom it may concern:

On April 6, 2005, IBM and NetApp entered into an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement that allowed IBM to expand its storage portfolio to include NetApp’ s unified and open network attached storage (NAS) and SAN solutions. With the acquisition of Engenio’s storage division by NetApp on May 9, 2011, the OEM partnership between IBM and NetApp now spans over 14 years. These OEM agreements allow IBM to sell IBM branded solutions based on NetApp technology along with the associated services offerings for these products. New enhancements will continue to be added to the IBM portfolio as they become available.

Combining IBM’s portfolio of server, software, and services technologies with NetApp’s storage solutions creates a compelling value proposition for customers. IBM and NetApp have put in place dedicated resources worldwide to work jointly on opportunities and marketing activities.

NetApp’s leadership in providing storage solutions helps to create greater value to IBM’s overall storage portfolio. In addition, with IBM's global market reach, service organization and technology portfolio, IBM also has the ability to reach into more countries than any other OEM reseller for NetApp. IBM and NetApp are committed to continuing to receive the mutual benefits of this strategic relationship. We are available to have a call with you if this will assist you in yourdecision-making processes.

Laura Guio

IBM Systems & Technology Group, Storage Platform

Vice President and Business Line Executive, Storage

Bob Sarubbi

Vice President

IBM Global Alliance, NetApp

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Solution Overview


IBM System Storage™ N series Portfolio

N7950T4.3PB

N6210 &Gateway

N7950T &Gateway

N3220 & N3240374TB & 432TB

N3150

180TB

N series systems offer*

Network Protocols: NAS, iSCSI, FC SAN ..… concurrentlySingle Operating

systemTightly integrated with

enterprise applications- SnapManager for SQL, SAP, Virtual Infrastructure, etc Common

System/storage management toolsMultiple RAID levels …

including double parityProven Disaster

Recovery with SnapMirrorDeduplication

N series Gateways – Repurpose existing 3rd party storage functionality by creating a virtualized N series environment Support for IBM, EMC, HP, Hitachi , 3Par,and Fujitsu storage systems

Storage solutions that deliver simplified data management across the entire enterprise

N6210720TB

N62401800TB

N62702880TB

N6240 & Gateway

N6270 &Gateway

New N6220/50

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Unified storage

SAN (FCP, FCoE and iSCSI) NAS (CIFS and NFS)Enterprise

SAN(Block)

FibreChannel

NAS(File)

EnterpriseDepartmental

iSCSIDedicatedEthernet

Departmental

CorporateLAN

IBMN series


Shelf Topology Comparison

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N Series Controller

SAS Connect Dual/Multipath only 2 ports per controller per stack

• Note that SAS/SATA drives cannot be mixed in the same shelf• EXN3000 and EXN3500 shelves must not be intermixed on the same stack• With SSD only 4 shelf per stack

EXN 4000 Family EXN3000/3500 Family

EXN4000ESH4 (2x)

FC H

DD

FC H

DD

FC H

DD 3,5“ Disks

14X HDD

FC Port (on-board or HBA)

6 shelf (84 spindle) limit per loop

FC loop

EXN3000IOM3 (2x)IOM6 (2x)

SA

S/S

ATA

HD

D

SA

S/S

ATA

HD

D

SA

S/S

ATA

HD

D

3,5“ Disks24X HDD

SAS Port (quad-port HBA)

10 shelf (240 spindle) limit per stack

SAS stack

FC Connect2 (dual/multipath) ports per

loop per controller

No interconnectivity between FC and

SAS

EXN3500IOM6 (2x)

SA

S/S

ATA

HD

D

SA

S/S

ATA

HD

D

SA

S/S

ATA

HD

D

2,5“ Disks24X HDD

SAS Port (quad-port HBA)

10 shelf (240 spindle) limit per stack

SAS stack


Storage Efficiency Snapshot™ CopiesPoint-in-time copies that write only changed blocks. No performance penalty.

Virtual Copies (FlexClone®)

Near-zero space, instant “virtual” copies. Only

subsequent changes in cloned dataset get stored.Thin Provisioning

(FlexVol®)Create flexible volumes that appear to be a certain size but are really a

much smaller pool.

RAID-DP® Protection (RAID-6)

Protects against double disk failure with no performance penalty.

DeduplicationRemoves data redundancies

in primary and secondary storage.

Saveup to95%

Saveup to46%

Saveup to33%

Saveover80%

Saveover80%

Thin Replication (SnapVault® and

SnapMirror®)Make data copies for disaster recovery and backup using a

minimal amount of space.

Saveup to95% Data Compression

Reduces footprint of primary and secondary storage.

Saveup to87%

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N6200 Software Structure Components

SnapRestore

SnapMirror

FlexClone

SnapVault

SnapManager Suite

Included software delivering unmatched valueIncludes: One Protocol of choice, HTTP, Deduplication, Thin Provisioning, RAID-DP®, SnapshotTM, DSM/MPIO, SyncMirror®, OSSV, MetroClusterTM, MultiStore®, FlexCache®, FlexShare®, System Manager, Operations Manager, Provisioning Manager, Protection Manager

Automated system recoveryIncludes: SnapRestore®

Automated virtual cloningIncludes: FlexClone®

All software for all-inclusive convenienceIncludes: All Protocols, SnapRestore®, SnapMirror®, FlexClone®, SnapVault®, and SnapManager Suite

Protocols

Data ONTAPEssentials

Complete Bundle

Enhanced disaster recovery and replicationIncludes: SnapMirror®

Automated application integrationIncludes: SnapManagers for Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Oracle, and SAP and SnapDrives for Windows and UNIX

Simplified disk-to-disk backupIncludes: SnapVault® Primary and SnapVault® Secondary

Additional protocol optionaliSCSI , FCP, CIFS, NFS New N6200 SW Structure

1st protocol freeAdditional protocols optional

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Network Access Protocols CIFS – Windows client &

server attached to storage via IP network utilizing file system protocols

NFS – UNIX/Linux client & server attached to storage via IP network utilizing file system protocols

iSCSI – Windows/UNIX/Linux server attached to storage via IP network utilizing block I/O protocols

FCP – Windows/UNIX/Linux server attached to storage via fiber channel network utilizing block protocols

FCoE –Converged storage networking

Data protection & Business Continuity

On board copy services via Snapshot & SnapRestore –virtual file & volume copy

Outboard copy services via SnapVault, SnapMirror, SyncMirror

Double parity RAID provides enhanced data protection for SATA drives

Cluster Failover – between redundant nodes

MetroCluster

SnapLock & LockVault–non-erasable non-rewritable data protection

System tools, Usability Aids, Provisioning OnCommand – overall

system monitoring and management

SnapManager –Exchange & SQL environments

SnapDrive – usability for block I/O environments

FlexClone – database cloning

FlexVol – Thin Provisioning

MultiStore – Partitioning

DeDuplication

Compression

Solutions E-mail archive

Microsoft Exchange, SQL & Oracle consolidations

Storage consolidation

Server consolidation

Storage Virtualization

Unified storage

Corporate Compliancy

Information Lifecycle Management

Infrastructure Simplification

WORM

N series Advanced Features Provide Total TCO Protection


IBM Release 26


IBM N series Hardware

N3150 (MTM 2857-A15 or A25)– Entry level 2U storage controller – Single or HA dual controller configuration– Maximum Capacity – 180TB

• Internal Storage - 6- and 12-disk orderable configurations

• External Storage - Up to 48 Disk Drives

– N3400 replacement– Ideal for distributed enterprise (remote to core) deployments

EXN3200 Expansion Shelf (2857-306)– 4U/48 SATA Disk Drive rack-dense enclosure– 3TB SATA initial deployment

IOM6– New I/O Module for EXN3500

900 GB 2.5” SAS HDD

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IBM N series Software

Data ONTAP 8.1.1 (Posted 9/14/2012)

Mixed Shelves (Hw) & Flash Pool (Sw) – Previously called 'Hybrid Aggregate shelves' supported in the N3240 and

EXN3000 expansion w/ IOM6

Flash Pool support– Performance optimization w/ SSD and SATA drives

SnapLock feature (on N7950T & N32x0) – Adds SnapLock to the Complete Bundle

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Hardware


IBM N series Hardware

N3150 (MTM 2857-A15 or A25)

– Entry level 2U storage controller

– Single or HA dual controller configuration

– Internal Storage• 6- and 12-disk orderable configurations• Performance HHD

– 450GB, 600GB (including SED HDD), and 900GB– 10K SFF disk in LFF carrier

• Capacity HHD– 1TB, 2TB, and 3TB SATA at launch– Same ones as used in EXN3000 and EXN3000 w/ IOM6

• SSD– 100GB SSD supported at launch– Same ones as used in EXN3000 and EXN3000 w/ IOM6

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N3150 Configuration Details 2U footprint with 12 horizontal LFF disks

Leverages SAS shelf architecture– Same capacity HDD disks as EXN3000 and EXN3000 w/ IOM6– Same SSD disks as EXN3000 IOM3 or IOM6– Same PSU as EXN3500 shelf

Replaceable FRU compatibility with N32x0– N3150 PCM automatically selects model string based on chassis it is booted

up in– N3150 PCM requires Data ONTAP 8.1.1 and newer firmware

4x GbE ports and 2x 6Gb SAS ports per PCM


IBM N3150 Storage Controller


IBM N3220 Storage Controller

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N3150 External SAS Storage Supported shelves and modules

– EXN3500 with IOM6– EXN3000 with IOM3– EXN3000 with IOM6– Mixing EXN3500 and EXN3000 w/ IOM3 or IOM6 supported

• Only applies to N3150 & N32x0, not other platforms

Note – EXN3200 is not supported on N3150 or N32x0

Supported disks– All SAS disks supported in above shelves– SSDs are supported externally in EXN3000 IOM3 or IOM6 shelves

N3150 shelf ID set to 00 in Manufacturing


N3150 I/O Connections


N3150 Best PracticesN3150 HA with No External SAS Storage

Recommended

N3150 architecture allows MP-HA connectivity to internal disks– N3400 internal disks could only be single path

While path redundancy isn’t as critical for internal disks, MP-HA provides other resiliency benefits like shelf firmware NDU

Cable external SAS and ACP ports for MP-HA to internal disks– Recommended

HA with no external SAS storage still supported without MP-HA MP-HA and ACP cables included by default in Quote Tool with HA

Supported


N3150 Best Practices N3150 Standalone with External SAS Storage

Single path internal and external disks Recommended until Data ONTAP® 8.1.x software when

SESv2 is implemented


N3150 Best Practices N3150 Standalone with External SAS Storage

Single path internal, dual path external Supported*, but recommended after Data ONTAP® 8.1.x

software when SESv2 is implemented

*In Data ONTAP 8.1 this configuration shows as mixed mode in various storage reporting utilities. It also will cause occasional nag messages about mixed path storage being detected.


N3150 Software Bundles

Data ONTAP® Essentials included with N3150– Includes All protocols at $0 charge (NFS, CIFS, iSCSI –*FCP not supported)– Performance optimization: FlexShare® tool– Storage efficiency: Thin provisioning, deduplication, compression, Snapshot™

technology– Core management: System Manager, Operations Manager, Provisioning Manager,

Protection Manager– High availability: Cluster failover, RAID-DP® technology, Snapshot, DSM/MPIO,

*OSSV– Secure multi-tenancy: MultiStore® technology

Com

plet

e B

undl

eSnapManager® Suite

+ All Protocols

* SnapVault®

FlexClone®

SnapMirror®

SnapRestore®

Optional Bundles


EXN3200 Dense Disk Enclosure

4U – Up to 48 SATA Drives

Targeted for archival and data protection storage use

Product description:– 4U high 24 slot enclosure using high capacity SATA drives– Tandem carrier provides 2 drives per slot, 48 drives per shelf

• Entire 2-drive carrier is a hot-swappable FRU• Shelf is 28” deep (4” deeper than EXN3000)

– Redundant 6Gb SAS IO modules (common IOM6 with EXN3500)

– Can attach to N6240, N6270 and N7950T

Supported on Data ONTAP 8.1.1 and future releases


EXN3200 Dense Disk Enclosure - Basics

EXN3200 SATA Expansion Shelf

−2857-306

Internal Disk Drives (full shelf only!)–2 x 3 TB SATA - feature code #4922 (min. and max. Of 24!)

– (This feature provides two 3 TB SATA drives in a single drive carrier. Physical storage capacity is 3 TB per disk (6 TB per carrier))

Attaches to the N6240, N6270, or N7950T systems

No Metrocluster support!

Recommended to have four (4) spare disks instead of two (2), this accommodates the evacuation of two disks that are needed toreplace a drive. You replace 2 disks at once, not just one disk at a time.


IBM N series 900 GB 2.5 SAS HDD

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900 GB capacity – Feature Code #4102– 2.5” form factor, 10k rpm, 6GB SAS

Available in EXN3500 expansion shelfand N3150 & N3220 (internal drives) controller

Requires DOT 8.1.1 minimum


Software


IBM N series Software – Data ONTAP 8.1.1

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Models Supported by Data ONTAP Versions 8.0 and HigherIBM 8.0 8.0.1 8.0.2 8.0.3 8.1.1

N3150 x

N3220 x

N3240 x

N3400 x x x x x

N5300 x x x x x

N5600 x x x x x

N6040 x x x x x

N6060 x x x x x

N6070 x x x x x

N6210 x x x x

N6240 x x x x

N6270 x x x x

N7600 x x x x x

N7700 x x x x x

N7800 x x x x x

N7900 x x x x x

N7950T x x x x Current Portfolio


IBM N series Software – Data ONTAP 8.1.1

Flash Pool –

N6210 and N6040 storage system with 256GB Flash Cache modules are now supported

Support for systems with only SSDs– Data ONTAP 8.1.1 and later releases support SSD-only configurations for

most storage system models. For these models, the presence of HDDs is not required.

SnapLock supported on N32x0 and N7950T– New platforms require DOT 8.1.1

Support for SAS tape drives– Starting with Data ONTAP 8.1, SAS tape drives are supported.

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IBM Release 27


Overview

Announcement Content. GA: April 19th

–N6220 Filer (Single/Dual Nodes)–N6250 Filer (Single/Dual Nodes)

–3TB SED encrypted SAS HDD disks on • EXN3000 w/IOM6, N3150, N3240

–4TB SATA HDD disks on EXN3200 (only!)–200GB SSDs on EXN3500 and N3220

• Valid quantities are 4 or 12 (or 24)–4-port, 1 GbE PCIe optical adapter

–DOT 8.1.2 software (Data ONTAP operating system)

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Product Structure (all are 2858 MT)

IBM System Storage N6220 storage controllers include: – Model C15: A single-node base unit – Model C25: An active/active dual-node base unit – Model E15: A single-node base unit with an I/O Expansion Module (IOXM) – Model E25: A coupling of two Model E15s

IBM System Storage N6250 storage controllers include: – Model E16: A single-node base unit with IOXM – Model E26: A coupling of two Model E16s

Exx models contain an I/O expansion module providing additional PCIe slots. The I/O expansion module is not available on Cxx models. The N6220 and N6250 support

– EXN1000 SATA storage expansion units (WFM), EXN4000 FC storage expansion units, EXN3000 series SAS/SATA expansion units, EXN3200 SATA expansion unit, and EXN3500 SAS expansion units.

– At least one storage expansion unit must be attached to the N series system For ordering purposes, a 2858 system consists of:

– One N6220 base unit (2858 Model C15, Model C25, Model E15, or Model E25), or N6250 base unit (2858 Model E16 or Model E26)

– At least one expansion unit (2857 Model 003, 006, or 306, or 2863 Model 004 or 2861 Model 001) that will be physically attached to the base unit

– One N series function authorization (2870 Model 581, Model 58J, Model 58K, Model 58L, Model 58N, or Model 58P)

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IBM N6220/N6250 Configuration Flexibility

Single Node High Availability (HA) Pairs

N6220 / Gateway

N6220 / Gateway

N6250 / Gateway

N6220 / Gateway

N6250 / GatewaySingle Node Dual Chassis Configuration

N6220-C15 N6220-C25

N6220-E15 / N6250-E16

N6220-E25 / N6250-E26 MetroCluster possible


N6220/N6250 Product ComparisonHA Configurations

*NVMEM uses part of physical memory

N6250 (I/O Exp) N6220 (I/O Exp) N6220

Form factor 6U 6U 3U

CPU cores 16 8 8

Max storage 2160TB 1440TB 1440TB

Max drive count 720 480 480

Flash support ✓ ✓ ✓

Onboard GbE 4 4 4

Onboard 6Gb SAS 4 4 4

Onboard 4Gb FC 4 4 4

Standard 10GbE or 8Gb FC Standard Optional Optional

PCIe slots 12 12 4

Physical memory * 40GB 24GB 24GB

OS version Data ONTAP® 8.1.2+

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IBM N62x0 Slots and InterfacesStandalone Controller (ports labeled next slide)

2 PCIe v2.0 (Gen 2) x 8 slots– Top full height, full length– Bottom full height, ¾ length

2 x 6Gb SAS (0a, 0b)

2 x HA interconnect (c0a, c0b)

2 x 4Gb FCP (0c, 0d)

2 x GbE (e0a, e0b)

USB port (not currently used)

Management (wrench) – SP and e0M

Private management– ACP (wrench w/lock)

Serial console port

I/O expansion module– 4 x PCIe 8x– Full length, full height slots

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IBM N62x0 Controller I/OSerial

ConsolePort

e0a e0b Management (e0M / SP)

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IBM N62x0 I/O Configuration Flexibility

3U

I/O Expansion Module (IOXM)Controller

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IBM N62x0 I/O Expansion Module (IOXM)

Not hot swappable– Controller will panic if removed– If inserted into running IBM N6200 IOXM not recognized until controller is

rebooted

4 full-length PCIe v1.0 (Gen 1) x 8 slots

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Slot Numbers


Virtual Storage Tier


N series Virtual Storage Tier

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Virtual Storage TierData-driven • Real-time • Self-managing

2009: Flash Cache IntroducedSystem Cache • Plug & Play • Very Successful

2012: Flash Accel AnnouncedServer Cache Software • Intelligent • Vendor Agnostic

2012: Flash Pool IntroducedAggregate Cache • Broaden Usage • Entry Systems


VST Strategy

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Server

Flash Accel

Storage

Flash Cache

Flash PoolEnd

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optio

ns

Including the Server Cache Partner Program

Application and server performance acceleration

Coherency and integration with Data ONTAP

System level read cache for all aggregates/volumes

Plug and play with no administration overhead

Persistent cache availability across failover events

Aggregate level R/W cache with per volume policies


Flash Pool Overview

Flash Pool delivers the ability to add an SSD cache to an existing HDD aggregate which provides

Offload of expensive HDD operations into the SSD cache to balance peaks in workloads

Persistent cache across failover events allows the SSD cache to be immediately available (no rewarming)

Reduce HDD spindle count while achieving the same performance at a lower total configuration cost

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A Flash Pool is the newest addition to the N series Virtual Storage Tier. It is a technology that allows Flash technology in the form of solid-state disks (SSDs) and traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) to be combined to form a single Data ONTAP® aggregate. When SSD and HDD technologies are combined in a Data ONTAP aggregate, the N series storage system takes advantage of the latency and throughput benefits of SSD while maintaining the mass storage capacity of HDD.

Supported with Mixed Media expansion shelves

What is Flash Pool?


Virtual Storage Tier Offerings – Differences between Flash Cache and Flash Pool

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Flash Cache Flash Pool

What is it?– Controller-based PCIe card– Plug and play

What is it?– Storage-level RAID-protected

cache

What does it do?– Per controller cache: hot

volumes on multiple aggrs– Caches random reads

What does it do?– Specific to aggregates– Caches random reads and

writes – Cached data persistence

through failovers

Performance Capacity

HDDPCI-e Cache HDD

Performance Capacity

+


Flash Cache, Flash Pool, or Both?

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Flash Cache Flash Pool

PCIe SSD HDD

System Level Cache

Caches reads for all (non-flash) volumes

Aggregate Level Cache

Does not count towards spindle limits

Plug and play deployment and administration

Caches reads and random overwrites

Per volume cache policies

Persistence across planned and unplanned failover events


Reference Architecture for Virtual Environments (RAVE)


IBM RAVE: What Is It?

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Integrated Technology Stack from IBM

– IBM Bladecenters and System X servers

– IBM System Storage N series

• Data Ontap features w/ VSC, RCU, Backup & Recovery…

– Vmware vSphere ESXi

– IBM Networking flexibility (FC or Ethernet)

– Full IBM Support model


IBM RAVE: What Is It? (Cont’d)

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Right-sized and Validated by IBM

– Entry, Mainstream and Advanced reference configurations

– Sample workloads and sizing information for a quicker adoption

– Solid foundation for private clouds deployment

– Does not overlap with other IBM’s Cloud offerings

– These configurations are **not** bundles


Reference Architecture Virtualised Environment RAVE N series VMWare

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Reference Architecture: Solution Stack

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NetworkingIBM RackSwitch G8124E

Host/Compute Nodes

x3550M4 / x3650M4 Physical Host Serversor

HS23 BladeCenteror

HX5 BladeCenter

StorageN series System Storage N3xxx

or N series System Storage N62xx

andN series Expansion trays

Software Hardware

Required:

• VMware vSphere 5 ESXi

• Vmware vCenter 5 management server

Optional :

• Microsoft Windows Active Directory server

• N series VSC (Virtual Storage Console)


Right-sized and validated by IBM & NetApp

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Reference Architecture Solution Classification

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a) To provide additional flexibility, clients can choose either IBM Fibre Channel (FC) or Ethernet switches for their deployment.b) All N series attachments are via FCP and/or NFSc) Range of VM’s are based on mixed workload deploymentsd) N 3150 iSCSI and/or NFS

Entry Mainstream AdvancedIBM server platform X3550M4 or x3650M4 X3650M4 or HS23 HS23 or HX5

Networking IBM G8124E G8124E or Bladecenter

G8124E or Bladecenter

IBM N series platform N3150/N3220/N3240 N6240 N6270

Range of VMs Up to 400

Up to 250 for N3150

Up to 600 Up to 800


Fits very small to midsize businesses (SMBs)

Organizations whose business is not IT and have limited in-house resources and skills to deploy a cloud model

Flexibility to choose from 3 storage systems based on performance and capacity as well as number of hosts to bevirtualized on RAVE

Built-in simplicity to deliver the maximum value to your business

Reference Architecture: « Entry » configuration

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Dual Active/Active configuration sized to support the entire workload with a single controller Sized for unified architecture with 5GB per user CIFS or NFS in addition

to specified applications Room to scale and accomodate storage operations tasks Total utilization is considered low to moderate within the N3XXX family

Entry-level Sample Workload

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Mainstream configuration is a super-set of the entry configurations:

–Same components building blocks–Performance and capacity scaling–Can support up to 1500 users

Increased connectivity and expandability:–IOXM

Unique HA capabilities for maximum availability:–MetroCluster

Reference Architecture: « Mainstream » configuration

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Additional notes regarding sizing: Proper sizing tools will account for additional parameters that should be

considered for each application Moderate utilization below 50% of the N6240 with current sample

workload

Mainstream Sample Workload

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Focus on midsize to larger Datacenters:–Greater performance, concurrency and capacity scaling–Consolidate multiple application workloads in a shared

infrastructure model–Flexibility

Optimized for DataCenter efficiency:–Bladecenter for networking, HX5 for large computing

resources needs, high-end storage as a foundation for all yourbusiness needs

Reference Architecture: « Advanced » configuration

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Additional comments: Significant higher user count can be achieved by accepting different

operational assumptions and by using QoS (FlexShare) Moderate utilization below 50% of the N6270 with current sample

workload

Advanced Sample Workload

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Workload estimates– These applications are meant to be used as reference points. Clients

may have different mix of application and users for their specific workloads

– Range of VM’s are based on mixed workload deployments– All N series configs are via FCP and NFS

• N3150 iSCSI and NFS

Attention: As in our examples, clients, with help of an IBM pre-sales engineer should

identify the various sizing parameters for each workload, applications and tasks performed

on the servers. Additional room for growth should be incorporated as well as background

tasks such as storage deduplication, data replication, etc.

Important Information on Workload Figures !

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IBM System Storage N series advantages

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Scalability

Performance Scaling Capacity Scaling

Operational Scaling

Management andEcosystem Integration

Unified Management

Secure Multi-Tenancy

Multivendor Virtualization

Cost/Performance

Flash Cache

SSD

Remote Caching

SAS/SATA

Storage Efficiency

Deduplication

Compression

Thin Provisioning

Cloning

Integrated Data Protection

Snapshot™ Copies

Asynchronous Mirroring

Synchronous Mirroring

Vaulting

Common Software Common ManagementCommon Systems

FC

FCoE

iSCSI

CIFS

NFS

pNFS

Protocols

Key: = Supported = Partially supported = Not supported


http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4865.html?Open

IBM Redpaper

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Understand the value of N series shared storage infrastructure

Apply efficiency capabilities to make your data center infrastructure

Position the predefined configurations in the right place and sell a complete solution

Key takeaways

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Clustered Data ONTAP


NAS and SAN Familiar Ethernet and

FC infrastructures No special client or

host code

Mix and match controllers(2-24 nodes)

Mix and match storage types

Third-party arrays with Gateways

Flash Cache

Data ONTAP 8.2: Clustered Data ONTAP System

Multiprotocol Access (NFS/CIFS/FC/iSCSI/FCoE)

Virtualized Storage and Network

Data ONTAP® 8.1 Cluster-Mode System

FC SASSATA SSD

Third-Party Arrayswith V-Series

NetApp®

Storage

FC or SATASAS


A3

Agile Infrastructure

start small

Scalable hardware

Multi tennancy

Scalableperformance

Scale-Out SAN and NAS

A

A1 A2

C

C1 C2 C3

Data Network

A A1A2

C2 C3

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Fast reaction to change

B0 B1 B2 B3

B1 B2 B3

C C1

B0

Transparent for all clients and applications

A3


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N series Resources


N series References

IBM NAS Website– http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/network/index.html?LNK=browse

N series Support Site– http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1003659

IBM Sales Manuals– http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/SearchResult.wss?request_locale=en&MPPEFFDR=1973-01-

01&MPPEFTDR=2013-02-12&ctype=DD&dateval=index_anytime#ctype=DD&ctry=EUR&MPPEFFDR=1973-01-01&MPPEFTDR=2013-02-12&MPPEFFTR=CONTENTS

N series Interop Documents– http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S7003897

Europe ATS N series Support Site / Cross-matrix– http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/TD105042

Netapp Products Site– http://www.netapp.com/us/products/– http://www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-systems/fas3200/fas3200-product-

comparison-legacy.aspx


N series References

N series Release Notes–http://repository.techline.ibm.com/systemstorage/nas/NAS/

N series Sales Kit– IBM: https://w3-

03.sso.ibm.com/sales/support/ShowDoc.wss?docid=SSPD463347Y79448K77&node=brands,B5000|brands,B8S00|clientset,IA|channel,DR|sellerroles,228&appname=CC_SSISP

– BP: http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/servlet/ContentHandler/SSPD463347Y79448K77

N series How-To Resource Guide– https://w3-

03.sso.ibm.com/sales/support/ShowDoc.wss?docid=SGDJ084416D66284C61&node=brands,B5000%7Cbrands,B8S00%7Cclientset,IA

N series SW Download site– https://steamboat.boulder.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/int/reg/pick.do?source=IIPnse

ries LMGTFY

– http://lmgtfy.com/?q=IBM+N6240


The IBM Support Portal

Getting started– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpjyBOo5k28&list=UUqaYCdZwPqkU05X-xUiG7lw

How to use– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ytvBMpP8U&feature=player_detailpage&list=UUqa

YCdZwPqkU05X-xUiG7lw

Support Home– http://www-

947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/overview/hardware/system_storage/network_attached_storage_(nas)/n_series_storage_systems_(filers_and_gateways)/n3220_(2857-a12,_a22)?lnk=uctug_ibmesa_dw_2012-07-20_link_to_ibm_support_portal_from_totd


IBM Techline

For config support:

Contact Techline Europe at IBM:

IBMers:–http://w3-03.ibm.com/support/techline/eu/sysdc.html

BP: –http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/techline

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NetApp

Synergy

http://synergy.netapp.com/

Fieldportal

https://fieldportal.netapp.com/home.aspx

Sizer (System Performance Modeler)

https://spm.netapp.com/

N Series perfect pitch app for iPad/iPhone/iBM

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/n-series-perfect-pitch/id587883814?mt=8

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