Specifications

Tables

1. Publications in the ESS library..........................xvi

2. Other IBM publications related to the ESS. .....................xviii

3. Other IBM publications without order numbers ....................xxi

4. ESS Web sites and descriptions .........................xxii

5. Matrix of where to find information for SCSI, fibre-channel, ESCON and FICON attachment....1

6. Host system limitations ............................11

7. Maximum number of adapters you can use for an AlphaServer ..............21

8. Maximum number of adapters you can use for an AlphaServer ..............28

9. Example from HSM logical resources for AS/400 host systems ..............47

10. Example of the capacity and status of disk drives for AS/400 host systems .........47

11. Size and type of the protected and unprotected AS/400 models .............48

12. Host system limitations for the iSeries host system ..................50

13. Capacity and models of disk volumes for iSeries ...................51

14. IBM xSeries 430 and IBM NUMA-Q system requirements for the ESS ...........56

15. Size of drives, configurations, and maximum size of LUNs ...............60

16. Hardware and software levels supported for HACMP version 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.3.1, and 4.3.3....68

17. Recommended SCSI ID assignments in a multihost environment .............68

18. Solaris 2.6, 2.7, and 8 minimum revision level patches for SCSI .............99

19. Example of SCSI options ...........................102

20. Solaris 2.6, 7, and 8 minimum revision level patches for fibre-channel ...........105

21. Recommended configuration file parameters for the host bus adapters for the Emulex LP-8000

adapter ..................................115

22. Recommended configuration file parameters for the host bus adapters for the JNI FC64-1063

and JNI FCI-1063. ..............................115

23. Recommended configuration file parameters for the host bus adapters for the QLogic QLA2200F

adapter ..................................116

24. Recommended configuration file parameters for the host bus adapters for the Emulex LP8000

adapter on a Windows NT host system ......................132

25. Recommended configuration file parameters for the host bus adapters for the Emulex LP8000

adapter on a Windows 2000 host system .....................149

26. Volume mapping before migration ........................166

27. LUN limitations for various components ......................169