System Requirements - Hitachi AMS2100 User Manual

System requirements

Item
Firmware
Storage Navigator
Modular 2
CCI
Number of controllers
Command devices
Differential Management
LUs
Data pool
LU size
3-2
Hitachi AMS 2000 Family Copy-on-Write SnapShot User Guide
The following table shows the minimum requirements for SnapShot.
See Appendix A, Specifications
Table 3-1: Storage System Requirements
Version 0832/B or later is required for an AMS 2100 or 2300 array where the
hardware Rev. is 0100.
Version 0840/A or later is required for an AMS 2500 array where the hardware
Rev. is 0100.
Version 0890/A or later is required for an AMS 2100, 2300, and 2500 array
where the hardware Rev. is 0200.
Version 3.21 or later is required for the management PC for an AMS 2100 or
2300 array where the hardware Rev. is 0100.
Version 4.00 or later is required for the management PC for an AMS 2500 array
where the hardware Rev. is 0100.
Version 9.00 or later is required for the management PC for an AMS2100,
2300, and 2500 where the hardware Rev. is 0200.
Version 01-21-03/06 or later is required for the host when CCI is used for the
SnapShot operation.
Two. The primary volume and data pool must be defined under the same
controller.
Maximum of 128. The command device is required only when CCI is used for
SnapShot operation. The command device volume size must be greater than
or equal to 33 MB.
Maximum of 2. DMLU size must be equal to or greater than 10 GB. Two DM-
LUs are recommended, each in a different RAID group.
Maximum of 64.
- One per controller required; two per controller highly recommended.
- One or more pairs can be assigned to a data pool.
V-VOL size must equal P-VOL size.
System requirements
for additional information.
Requirements