Organizations of all sizes face the challenge of managing massive volumes of increasingly valuable data. But storing this data can be costly, and extracting value from the data is becoming more difficult. IT organizations have limited resources but must stay responsive to dynamic environments and act quickly to consolidate, simplify, and optimize their IT infrastructures. The IBM® Storwize® V5000 Gen2 system provides a smarter solution that is affordable, easy to use, and self-optimizing, which enables organizations to overcome these storage challenges.

The Storwize V5000 Gen2 delivers efficient, entry-level configurations that are designed to meet the needs of small and midsize businesses. Designed to provide organizations with the ability to consolidate and share data at an affordable price, the Storwize V5000 Gen2 offers advanced software capabilities that are found in more expensive systems.

This IBM Redbooks® publication is intended for pre-sales and post-sales technical support professionals and storage administrators.

It applies to the Storwize V5030, V5020, and V5010, and to IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ V8.2.1.

Chapter 1. Overview of the IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 system

Chapter 2. Initial configuration

Chapter 3. Graphical user interface overview

Chapter 4. Storage pools

Chapter 5. Host configuration

Chapter 6. Volume configuration

Chapter 7. Storage migration

Chapter 8. Advanced host and volume administration

Chapter 9. Advanced features for storage efficiency

Chapter 10. Copy Services

Chapter 11. External storage virtualization

Chapter 12. RAS, monitoring, and troubleshooting

Chapter 13. Encryption

Appendix A. CLI setup and SAN Boot

Appendix B. Terminology