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SG24-6413-00 ISBN 0738424765
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Implementing an
Open IBM SAN
Featuring the INRANGE Portfolio
Discover the latest
additions to the IBM
SAN family
Enhance your skills
while using an
easy-to-follow
format
Grow with the new
technology
"Do everything that is necessary and absolutely nothing that
is not."'
In this IBM Redbook, we have tried to consolidate as much of
the critical information as possible while covering procedures
and tasks that are likely to be encountered on a daily basis.
Each of the products described has much, much more
functionality than we could ever hope to cover in just one
redbook. The IBM SAN portfolio is rich in quality products that
bring a vast amount of technicality and vitality to the SAN
world. Their inclusion and selection is based on a thorough
understanding of the storage networking environment that
positions IBM, and therefore its customers and partners, in an
ideal position to take advantage by their deployment.
In this redbook we cover the latest additions to the IBM SAN
family, focusing on the products from INRANGE. We show how
they can be implemented in an open systems environment,
and we focus on the Fibre Channel protocol (FCP)
environment in particular. We address some of the key
concepts that they bring to the market, and in each case, we
give an overview of those functions that are essential to
building a robust SAN environment.
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