Continuing its commitment to developing and delivering industry-leading storage technologies, IBM® introduces the IBM Storwize® V7000 solution powered by IBM Spectrum™ Virtualize. This innovative storage offering delivers essential storage efficiency technologies and exceptional ease of use and performance, all integrated into a compact, modular design that is offered at a competitive, midrange price.

The IBM Storwize V7000 solution incorporates some of the top IBM technologies that are typically found only in enterprise-class storage systems, which raises the standard for storage efficiency in midrange disk systems. This cutting-edge storage system extends the comprehensive storage portfolio from IBM and can help change the way organizations address the ongoing information explosion.

This IBM Redbooks® publication introduces the features and functions of the IBM Storwize V7000 and IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ V8.2.1 system through several examples. This book is aimed at pre-sales and post-sales technical support and marketing and storage administrators. It helps you understand the architecture of the Storwize V7000, how to implement it, and how to take advantage of its industry-leading functions and features.

Chapter 1. Introduction to storage virtualization

Chapter 2. System overview

Chapter 3. Planning

Chapter 4. Initial configuration

Chapter 5. Graphical user interface

Chapter 6. Storage pools

Chapter 7. Volumes

Chapter 8. Hosts

Chapter 9. Storage migration

Chapter 10. Advanced features for storage efficiency

Chapter 11. Advanced Copy Services

Chapter 12. Encryption

Chapter 13. RAS, monitoring, and troubleshooting

Appendix A. Performance data and statistics gathering

Appendix B. CLI setup

Appendix C. Terminology