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Chapter 9. Configuration planning 161
customer server and can be used for the configuration of a DS8000 series system at initial
installation or for reconfiguration activities.
Online configuration, which provides real-time configuration management support.
Copy Services to allow a user to execute Copy Services functions.
The DS Storage Manager on the internal S-HMC provides only real-time configuration, as
opposed to offline configuration. The user may
also opt to install an additional DS Storage
Manager on the user’s own workstation. With this DS Management Console, the user will be
able to perform both online and offline configurations. In order to perform online configuration
the user’s workstation must be connected to the S-HMC that is connected to the DS8000.
The workstation must meet the following minimum requirements:
1.4 GHz Pentium® 4
256 KB cache
256 MB memory
1 GB disk space for the system management software
1 GB work space per server
IP Network connectivity to each port on S-HMC
Serial connectivity to your storage unit
You may also have additional IP Network connectivity to an external network to enable call
home and remote support.
Operating systems supported on the customer-supplied PC are:
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
Linux (RedHat AS 2.1)
Table 9-1 shows all the ports needed to connect to and fully operate the DS Storage
Manager.
Table 9-1 Required ports
The online configuration and Copy Services are available via a Web browser interface
installed on the S-HMC. The DS Storage Manager is provided with the DS8000 series at no
additional charge. The S-HMC is required for all customer storage configuration operations.
All storage configuration operations are accomplished through invoking SMI-S operations,
either through the DS8000 Storage Manager, through the DS8000 Command-Line Interface
(CLI), or through any SMI-S compliant storage management agent, such as the IBM
TotalStorage Productivity Center (TPC).
Port number
from/to
Protocol
1720/1720 tcp
1722/1722 tcp
1750/1750 tcp
8451/8455 tcp