Corporate workgroups, distributed enterprises, and small to medium-sized companies are increasingly seeking to network and consolidate storage to improve availability, share information, reduce costs, and protect and secure information. These organizations require enterprise-class solutions capable of addressing immediate storage needs cost-effectively, while providing an upgrade path for future requirements. IBM® System Storage® N series storage systems and their software capabilities are designed to meet these requirements.

IBM System Storage N series storage systems offer an excellent solution for a broad range of deployment scenarios. IBM System Storage N series storage systems function as a multiprotocol storage device that is designed to allow you to simultaneously serve both file and block-level data across a single network. These activities are demanding procedures that, for some solutions, require multiple, separately managed systems. The flexibility of IBM System Storage N series storage systems, however, allows them to address the storage needs of a wide range of organizations, including distributed enterprises and data centers for midrange enterprises. IBM System Storage N series storage systems also support sites with computer and data-intensive enterprise applications, such as database, data warehousing, workgroup collaboration, and messaging.

This IBM Redbooks® publication explains the software features of the IBM System Storage N series storage systems. This book also covers topics such as installation, setup, and administration of those software features from the IBM System Storage N series storage systems and clients and provides example scenarios.

Part 1. Introduction

Chapter 1. Overview

Chapter 2. Data ONTAP

Chapter 3. Write Anywhere File Layout

Chapter 4. Aggregates and volumes

Chapter 5. qtrees

Chapter 6. FlexClone volumes

Chapter 7. FlexCache volumes

Chapter 8. FlexShare

Chapter 9. Network configuration

Chapter 10. MultiStore

Part 2. Data protection

Chapter 11. Snapshot

Chapter 12. SnapRestore

Chapter 13. SnapMirror

Chapter 14. SnapLock

Chapter 15. SyncMirror

Chapter 16. MetroCluster

Part 3. Storage efficiency technology

Chapter 17. SnapVault

Chapter 18. What storage efficiency is

Chapter 19. Deduplication

Chapter 20. Compression

Chapter 21. IBM Real-time Compression Appliance

Chapter 22. Thin replication using SnapVault and Volume SnapMirror

Part 4. Storage access protocols

Chapter 23. CIFS and Active Directory

Chapter 24. NFS

Chapter 25. Multiprotocol data access

Chapter 26. Fibre Channel

Chapter 27. FCoE

Chapter 28. iSCSI

Chapter 29. Other protocols

Part 5. Application and host OS integration

Chapter 30. SnapDrive

Chapter 31. SnapManager

Chapter 32. Snap Creator

Chapter 33. VMware vSphere

Chapter 34. Virtual Storage Console 4.1

Chapter 35. Consistency groups

Part 6. Storage management

Chapter 36. Remote management

Chapter 37. Command line administration

Chapter 38. N series System Manager

Chapter 39. AutoSupport

Chapter 40. OnCommand