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DS8000 Technical Update
November 18th 2014
Brian Sherman, Craig Gordon, Paul Spagnolo,

Hank Sautter, Charlie Burger, Jason Peipelman,
David Valverde, and Alison Pate
2014 IBM Corporation
Introduction
IBM Server and Storage Integration
IBM System z / POWER and DS8870 Storage Integration

Beyond connectivityintegrated by design
PowerHA
DB2
AIX / IBM i
Multi pathing / Easy Tier Client
POWER Hardware
Joint IBM Storage and Server

effort
Design, Development, Test,
Support
Only IBM storage is positioned for
earliest support of new IBM
servers/OS
GDPS
DB2, IMS, CICS
DFSMS hsm, dss,

sdm
Media
Manager
DFSMS Device Support
z/OS (IOS, etc.), z/VM, Linux for System z
System z Hardware
Function located where it makes

the most sense
DS8870
DS8870
DS8870 Unique Integration Capabilities on System z

Approximately 50% Market Share WW (IDC)
Lowest latency Performance
zHPF
All DB2 IO to be able to exploit zHPF

Only DS8870 supports format write capability; multi-domain IO; QSAM, BSAM, BPAM;
EXCP, EXCPVR; DFSORT, DB2 Dynamic or sequential prefetch, disorganized index
scans and List Prefetch
Cache segment size and algorithms
4K is optimized for OLTP environments

Three unique cache management algorithms from IBM Research to optimize random,
sequential and destage for OLTP and Batch optimization
Workload Manager Integration (WLM) and IO Priority Manager (IOPM)
Easy Tier
EC12 / DS8870 optimize FICON path selection

Metro Mirror
Media Manager
DFSMS Device Support
Application driven tier management - application informs Easy Tier of appropriate tier
z/OS (IOS, etc.), z/VM, Linux for System z
Pre-deposit write provides lowest latency with single trip exchange
System z Hardware
Hardware and software initiated triggers

Data integrity after a swap
Consistent time stamps for coordinated recovery
Built on POWER technology
Lowest Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
DFSMS hsm, dss, sdm
HyperSwap
DB2, IMS, CICS
WLM policies honored by DS8870
Availability
GDPS
DS8870
Global Mirror and zOS Global Mirror achieve under 5 seconds
Simplified Management
Consistent storage management across IBM Storage Portfolio

Streamlined volume creation
Integrated Automation with GDPS / TPC-R
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Integration by Design - POWER and DS8870

Lowest latency Performance
Cache segment size and algorithms
4K is optimized for database environments

Three unique cache management algorithms from IBM Research to optimize random,
sequential and destage for OLTP and Batch optimization
DB2 End-to-End I/O Priorities and Cooperative Caching for Power AIX
Integrated performance monitoring tools between Power i and DS8000
Quality of Service (QoS) provided by IO Priority Manager (IOPM)
Easy Tier
Move busiest extents to Flash on POWER AIX

Application driven tier management - Administrator informs Easy Tier of appropriate tier
PowerHA
DB2
AIX / IBM i
Metro Mirror
Pre-deposit write provides lowest latency with single trip exchange
Multi pathing / Easy Tier Client
Availability
PowerHA HyperSwap for AIX and IBM i

Full System FlashCopy (FSFC) Toolkit for Power i
Disk based Encryption
Built on POWER technology
POWER Hardware
Lowest Recovery Point Objective (RPO)

Global Mirror achieves under 5 seconds
Simplified Management
DS8870
Consistent storage management across IBM Storage Portfolio

Streamlined volume creation
Integrated Automation with TPC-R
DS8870 R7.4 Release Content Overview

Announced Oct 6; GA Dec 5
Multiple Target Peer to Peer Remote Copy: for zero disruption
Multiple Incremental FlashCopy: additional data protection
High Performance Flash Enclosure: 2X flash for hybrid systems
Multi-thread Performance Accelerator: 35% IOPS improvement
Higher capacity, faster drives: 1.6TB flash & 600GB 15K rpm
drives
Improved GUI: easier management
OpenStack support: for cloud implementations
Expanded integration with System z advanced functions:

Easy Tier 7th Gen: for optimal placement of data
zHyperWriteTM : 40% reduction in DB2 log write time
zGM (XRC) workload based write pacing: for determining an IOs
importance by WLM
Ordering Information
DS8870 R7.4 Planned Availability Dates

Announcement Date: Monday, October 6, 2014
US Announcement letter 114-171
Also see US Announcement letter 914-151 (Oct 14, 2014)
General Availability Date: Friday, December 5, 2014

Includes
Enhanced resiliency functions

Advanced functions for System z and z/OS
Seventh generation Easy Tier
Performance improvement
Flash optimization III
600 GB 15K rpm FDE drives and 1.6 TB FDE SSD drives
System configuration and monitoring enhancements
Volume replication and volume retype for OpenStack
MES Availability Friday, March 6, 2015

600 GB 15K FDE and 600 GB 15K FDE CoD drives
1.6 TB FDE SSD drives
Withdrawn from marketing January 14, 2015

400 GB SSD Half-Drive Sets, both FDE and non-FDE
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DS8870 R7.4 New Feature Code Summary
Release 7.4 Microcode Bundle

#1735
DS8000 LMC R7.4 (base frame 961)
#1835
DS8000 LMC R7.4 (expansion frame 96E)

Additional Solid State Drive Options
#6358
1.6TB SSD FDE Capable Drive Set (16 drives)

Additional HDD Options
#5618
600GB 15,000 RPM FDE Capable HDD Drive Set (16 drives)
#5619
600GB 15,000 RPM FDE Capable CoD HDD Drive Set (16 drives)
Multi-thread Performance Accelerator
#0605
Multi-thread Performance Accelerator Indicator

Multi-Target PPRC
#0745
Multiple Target PPRC Indicator (242x-961)
#7025
Multiple Target PPRC Indicator (239x-LFA)
DS8870 R7.4 Microcode Bundle

New features and functions announced will require
R7.4 level microcode
#1735
DS8870 LMC R7.4 (base frame)
#1835
DS8870 LMC R7.4 (expansion frame indicator)
R7.4 identified by code bundle 87.40.xx.xx
Converged code release

Functionality from R7.2, R7.2.7, R7.3
Note: R7.4 is not available for older DS8000 models including the DS8100, DS8300,
DS8700 and DS8800. The release 7 code stream is for DS8870 models only
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Flash Optimization III

Additional 4 High Performance Flash
Enclosures (HPFEs) supported on 1st
expansion frame, hybrid configuration only.
All Flash configuration is 961 base only.
Double the HPFE capacity (can add an
additional 36TB usable RAID-5 capacity)
The same HPFE Feature Codes used in the
961 Base frame apply here too
Feature Code #0605 with HPFEs improve
system performance up to 35%
Available for P7 or P7+ 16 core processor
Client benefits
Better performance and save space
Non disruptive upgrade
New features on this page require R7.4 microcode
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General performance enhancements will be delivered
in R7.4 for all implementations. These enhancements
provide increased IOPs capability through increased
multi-thread parallelism and better lock management
In addition, we are offering the Multi-thread
Performance Accelerator, a chargeable feature code
available for 16-core P7 and P7+ models
This feature can provide up to 35% performance
improvement, increasing IOPS while maintaining
response times
Feature codes:
FC#0605 is the Multi-thread Performance Accelerator indicator for the model 961
Pre-reqs are FC#4404 or FC#4414 (16-core processor options)
Minimum of 512GB processor memory (this is a pre-req for FC#4404/4414)
Feature is activated, if ordered, at the factory or via SSR/PFE if ordered via MES
No copy services features are supported
Recommended for use with High Performance Flash Enclosures
Will not see performance improvements with traditional DA pairs

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New drive options

600GB 15K Enterprise Drive
#5618 = 600GB 15K rpm disk drive set
#5619 = 600GB 15K rpm CoD disk drive set
Drives are Full Disk Encryption (FDE)
capable
Existing drive options
1.6TB SSD Drive

#6358 = 1.6 TB SSD drive set
No drive size intermix within an enclosure
pair. Administrative FC #1257 designates
1.6TB enclosure pair
Drives are Full Disk Encryption (FDE)
capable
Solid State
200 GB SSD FDE capable
Enterprise
146 GB / 15,000 RPM FDE capable
1.2 TB / 10,000 RPM FDE capable
Nearline
4 TB / 7,200 RPM FDE capable

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Multiple Target PPRC

Multiple Site Disaster Recovery / High
Availability Solution
Provides two independent HA/DR
relations so that a failure of one of the
secondary sites does not affect the HA/DR
capability of the other site
Application
I/O
Site 1
H1
Site 2
Metro Mirror
H3
Feature Codes
FC#0745 242x-961 Indicator for MT-PPRC
Metro Mirror
FC#7025 239x-LFA Indicator (not capacity

dependent) for MT-PPRC
H2
Pre-reqs Feature codes for Metro Mirror,

and/or Global Mirror and/or Metro Global Mirror
A license key will not be required to

activate this capability. The DSFA
website will not include a license key
even if these features are ordered.
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Easy Tier
Generation 7
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Easy Tier 7th Generation
New in Easy Tier

Easy Tier Application for System z
Software defined storage API to help efficiently deploy storage
Enables application control for optimal placement of data
Implemented via z/OS DFSMS Media Manager and DB2
New Easy Tier end user controls

Implemented via new DSCLI commands to
Control Easy Tier learning and migration behavior
Provide additional volume placement controls
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DS8000 Easy Tier Functional Summary
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Easy Tier Application for System z

Initial use case: DB2 database reorganization under
z/OS
Without Easy Tier Application for System z
Before reorganization database extents may currently be on high
performance tier
Database reorganization will move parts of the database to new
extents
To Easy Tier, these extents may have been cold since they were
previously free space on the volume
This may result in database extents now being relocated to lower
performance tiers
With Easy Tier Application for System z

z/OS will query the DS8870 to obtain average heat and tier
assignments
During the database reorganization z/OS will specify the desired
target tier
Easy Tier will attempt to position new allocation appropriately
Requires:
DS8870 LMC R7.4 or higher
z/OS version 2.1 or higher
DB2 version 10 or 11 with SPE
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Use Case z/OS DB2 Database Reorganization

Without Easy Tier Application
for System z
It takes time for ET to optimize the target
datasets after re-org
With Easy Tier Application for

System z
Target datasets are already optimized before
the re-org completes
DB2
DB2
Re-org
Storage
Storage
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Assignment
hint
Re-org
SSD
SSD
HDD
HDD
Implementation
New interface between z/OS (Media Manager) and DS8870 Easy Tier API
Introduces three new Media Manager functions and utilized by DB2
1)
Report temperature of volume track ranges (query temperature)
2)
Returns token representing the average heat and tier allocation for the volume track range(s)
Assign volume track ranges (hint)
3)
Specify the target tier explicitly

Specify the temperature token
Specify both the target tier and temperature token
Set temperature of volume track ranges (set temperature)
Easy Tier will set the heat of the volumes track range(s) to the average heat calculated
Media Manager uses these commands to query and then set the desired tier
allocation
Normal heat assignment takes over after the lease expires
Assignment is not permanent and Easy Tier will manage the extents as normal after lease
expiration
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Easy Tier End User Controls

New DSCLI commands to control Easy Tier learning and migration
behavior
Learning (monitor)
Pause learning
Resume learning
Reset learning
Manage
Pause migration
Resume migration
Updated DSCLI commands to provide status on Easy Tier controls

showfbvol
showckdvol
showextpool
New DSCLI command to exclude a logical volume from residing on

Nearline tier
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MANAGEEXTPOOL Command
-action etmonpause Specifies that Easy Tier monitoring of this storage pool is paused. All current
Easy Tier migration plans are unaffected, but no new migration plans are formed.
-action etmonresume Specifies that Easy Tier monitoring of this storage pool is resumed. Any
current Easy Tier migration plans are unaffected.
-action etmonreset Specifies that all Easy Tier monitoring data (history), including migration plans,
are erased. All new plans are based on new monitoring data.
-action etmigpause Specifies that Easy Tier migrations of this storage pool are paused, including
migrations that are required to relieve rank bandwidth performance issues. Easy Tier monitoring is
unaffected by this action.
-action etmigresume Specifies that Easy Tier migrations of this storage pool are resumed. Easy
Tier monitoring is unaffected by this action.
-duration time Specifies the duration of the pause time. For example, 4H would pause for 4 hours.
Maximum duration is 168 hours (one week). Only valid for etmonpause and etmigpause.
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Pause/Resume Easy Tier Learning (Monitor)
Pause Easy Tier learning to avoid unfriendly workload and then resume
learning later
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Reset Easy Tier Learning (Monitor)
Reset learning to react to new workloads quickly
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Pause/Resume Easy Tier Migration
Pause migration to keep stable the current extent placement

Suspends all data movement in the storage pool including extent promotion,
demotion, moves and swaps
Resume the migration to continue the data location optimization in the

storage pool
Migration plan will resume after the duration time expires or when the resume
command is issued for the storage pool
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Excluding a Volume from a Nearline Rank Assignment

Enhancements made to the DSCLI commands manageckdvol and
managefbvol
manageckdvol action tierassign tier nlexcluded <volume_id>
managefbvol
action tierassign tier nlexcluded <volume_id>
Operates at the logical volume level
Use case examples:

1) To maintain good performance of critical applications even though some data
extents are cold and thus eligible for demotion to the nearline disk tier
2) Application initial deployment when volumes are created but workload has not
yet started I/O activity and you want to prevent inactive extents to be demoted
to the nearline disk tier
Flash
Prevents Easy Tier from

placing a volume on the
Nearline disk tier
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Flash
Enterprise
Nearline
Nearline
Easy Tier Control

Priority of Easy Tier Controls:
System level > Pool level > Volume level
The pool level control always has a higher priority
than the volume level control. Volume level control
state could be overwritten by the pool level control
System level control switch always have higher
priority than the pool and volume controls.
State changes will be detected by Easy Tier during
its 5 minute interval check
All committed Easy Tier controls requests will be

persistent through failover/failback, power cycle,
and Easy Tier restart
Deleting the volume or pool will cause the state
to be cleared
When merging extent pools, the target pool state
takes precedence
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z/OS Global Mirror (XRC) Workload Based Write Pacing
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z/OS Global Mirror (XRC) Overview

Sysplex
Timer
System Data
Mover
Application
Server
Journal
State
FICON
channels
(local)
Control
FICON
Channels
(Extended)
FICON
channels
(local)
P
S
Primary Site
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Secondary Site
XRC Write Pacing Today

Write pacing provided an alternative to device blocking when it was
introduced by IBM in 2004 (Enterprise Storage Server)
Write pacing is volume based
Side file is monitored for each volume
Only writes are paced reads proceed as normal
The size of the side file is a limited resource with a finite size
Thresholds and maximum delays are set by user for each specified volume
Different volumes may have different pacing values
Users must manage to what workload is on what volume
If workload changes, update write pacing settings
When side file count grows for a volume
Delays are Injected for all writes to that volume

Delays start small but grow to the maximum set for that volume
Delays get reduced when side file count decreases
Users set delay based on 16 preset levels
Pacing delays can be as small as 0.02 ms or be as large as 1000 ms depending on pacing

category and demands on side file
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Limitations to Current XRC Write Pacing

Different applications have different response time
requirements
These requirements are currently met by
Assigning different pacing thresholds and limits to different
volumes
Storage Administrator places data on volumes with
appropriate pacing levels
But requirements change over time and data sets move
Too manually intensive and requires significant planning and
monitoring
When requirements change, data must be moved to a different
volume
Pacing based on volume but perhaps not on application

requirements
Two different types of data on same volume would see
similar pacing levels
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System
Spool
Paging
Catalog
DB2
TSO
Logs
MQ
VSAM
Batch
CICS
IMS
z/OS Workload Manager Integration

z/OS Workload Manager (WLM) provides the ability to set performance goals
Used today for processor resources and to dispatch workload
Used today for DS8000 I/O Priority Manager
WLM groups applications with similar goals into Service Classes

WLM assigns resources to maximize goal achievement
WLM assigns an importance value

Six importance values
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1 highest
2 high
3 medium
4 low
5 lowest
6 discretionary (or default, when not part of a service class)
Workload Based XRC Write Pacing

Takes into account the I/Os importance value from WLM when determining the amount of
pacing
Each importance is mapped to a maximum pacing level
Pacing levels are set so that higher importance I/O workload is paced less then lower
importance I/O based on WLM service goals
Requires z/OS 1.13 +PTFs or higher
Example (below)
Given
Threshold level = 1000

Side file count = 500
Volume Pacing level = 8
Importance
Level
Pacing Level
Workload
Pacing Delay
Volume Pacing
Delay
1 (high)
0.04 ms
0.2 ms
3 (medium)
0.2 ms
0.2 ms
5 (low)
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1.0 ms
0.2 ms
In this example without XRC Workload Based Write Pacing, all I/O to this volume would receive
0.2 ms pacing delay. With Workload Based Write Pacing, each I/O is paced based on WLMs
assignment on I/Os importance
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IBM zHyperWrite
DB2 Log Write Acceleration
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zHyperWrite
New z/HyperWrite function for DB2, z/OS and DS8870
with GDPS or TPC-R HyperSwap
Leverages synergy of z/OS and DS8870 replication
technologies
Accelerates DB2 log writes In IBM laboratory
testing, zHyperWrite reduces write response times by
up to 40%
zHyperWrite is better able to handle workload spikes
Improved DB2 transactional latency
Log throughput improvement
Software requirements:
z/OS zHyperWrite function in z/OS 2.1 with APARs
OA45662, OA45125 and OA44973
DB2 version 10 or DB2 version 11 with SPE
IBM DS8870 with R7.4
z/OS and DB2 support planned for year end 2014
Used only in DS8870 Metro Mirror environments

enabled for HyperSwap controlled by GDPS or TPC-R
Also provides support for the new multi-target PPRC
environments (MM)
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North America ATS Storage
Traditional DB2 Log Write with Metro Mirror

DB2
1. DB2 log write to Metro Mirror primary

2. Write mirrored to secondary
1
3. Write acknowledged to primary
4. Write acknowledged to DB2
ACK
Metro Mirror
3
ACK
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zHyperWrite
DB2
Data UCB
Log UCB
Improved DB2 Log Write performance

with DS8870 Metro Mirror
Log UCB
Reduces latency overhead compared to

normal storage based synchronous
mirroring
Reduce write latency and improved

log throughput
Metro Mirror
Up to 40% improvement in testing
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Data
DB2 Log Write with zHyperWrite

DB2
1. DB2 log write to Metro Mirror primary

and secondary in parallel
1
2. Writes acknowledged to DB2
1
2
3. Metro Mirror does not mirror the log

write as it is accomplished by the
zHyperWrite function
ACK
ACK
Metro Mirror
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Multi-Target PPRC
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Multi-Target PPRC
Single volume is the source for
two separate relationships.
H2
Two Synchronous Metro Mirror

Synchronous Metro Mirror +
Asynchronous Global Mirror or
Global Copy
Metro Mirror
H1
Multi-Target with MGM or

Mz/GM
Metro Mirror
H3
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Multi-Target Metro Mirror

Data is transferred to both
targets in parallel
H2
Pairs operate independently

of each other
Pairs may be established,
suspended or removed
separately
HyperSwap capability is
maintained
Metro Mirror
H1
Metro Mirror
H3
H3
Multi-Target restored after the

H1 site is recovered
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Restore Mirroring after HyperSwap

Mirroring restored after a
HyperSwap
H2
Hyper swap to H2
Resync data with H3
H1
Metro Mirror
H3
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Internal Incremental Resync Pairs

Automatically created in a
Multi-Target topology
Are converted into active
pairs when needed
Track the data difference

between the remote volumes
H2
H1
Internal IR
Pairs
H3
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Change Recording with Internal Pairs

Internal pairs have a Change
Recording structure
H2
Information added as writes are

received
Information deleted after update
to the partner volume is
confirmed
When internal pairs are
synchronized, only the changed
data is copied
H1
Internal
IR Pair
12 1 5 11 7
4 8 6 3
2
9 10
Change Recording
Out of sync percentage may be

queried
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H3
Resynchronization Using IR Pairs

The Internal IR pairs are synchronized using
the existing Failback command.
H2
The Change Recording structures for H2

and H3 are merged and only the changed
data is transferred.
H3
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Remote Pair FlashCopy

FlashCopy mirrored to one of
the secondary volumes.
H1
H2
S
New command to Set/Reset
Use Remote Pair FlashCopy
for a PPRC pair.
Metro
Mirror
T
FlashCopy
H1
S
T
Metro Mirror /
Global Copy
H1
H3
H2
S
T
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Metro Global Mirror Multi-Target

Local HyperSwap
capability
H2
H2
Asynchronous replication
Metro Mirror
Out of region DR capability
H1
Global Mirror
H3
J3
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Symmetrical 3-Site Configuration

Two Asynchronous Copies
One Global Mirror
One Global Copy
H2
J2
Global Mirror
Each site in a different region

H1
Global Copy
H3
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MGM + Multi-Target Metro Mirror
H2
H2
Global Mirror
H3
J3
Metro Mirror
H1
H1
Metro Mirror
H4
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Mz/GM with MultiTarget
H3
z/Global Mirror
SDM
H2
H1
Metro Mirror
Metro Mirror
H3
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TPC-R & GDPS Support
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Miscellaneous R7.4
functional enhancements
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Miscellaneous R7.4 functional enhancements

Multiple Incremental FlashCopy relationships
FlashCopy supports 12 targets for 1 source volume and with R7.4 all 12
relationships can be incremental if so desired
Incremental FlashCopy reduces the number of tracks that have to be physically copied to
resync the source and target volumes
Global Copy collision performance improvement

Global Mirror uses Global Copy as its data transport mechanism
Global Mirror can experience collisions when it is forming a consistency group
during the drain process
Global Mirror uses a side file to reduce the impact of these collisions
Global Copy can experience its own variation of a collision even when it is used by
Global Mirror to transmit data
Global Copy will use its own implementation of a side file to reduce the impact of Global
Copy collisions
Warmstart/warmstart Failover improvements

Reduce warmstart and warmstart failover duration
Expand QuickStart (introduced in R7.3)
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Configuration and Monitoring

Enhancements
User Experience Design for
DS8000
Jason Peipelman DS8000 UI Architect, UX Design
Team Lead for IBM Storage
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Goals of the user experience design...
Speed
A responsive GUI is a requirement, not something that is nice to have.
Simplicity
A simplified and intuitive design can drastically reduce total cost of ownership.
Commonality
Common graphics, widgets, terminology, and metaphors make managing
multiple IBM storage products and software much easier to learn.
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Our three hills for R7.4
1. Allow a storage administrator

to view accurate, up to date,
and complete reporting of the
system health.
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system health.
to configure the storage
system for I/O within an hour of
getting it setup and manage
the system with a minimum
amount of training.
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system health.
to configure the storage
system for I/O within an hour of
getting it setup and manage
the system with a minimum
amount of training.

to manage user access per
storage system.
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User testing
User studies / presentations were done with participants
from the following companies
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DS8870 UX Roadmap
2012
2013
2014
Release 7.1
Release 7.3
2015
Release 7.5
Preview
Performance Monitoring
YouTube
Video
Settings / Takeaway
Release 7.0
Release 7.2
Release 7.4
Release 7.6/8.0
Demo
System Health Monitoring
Copy Services Configuration
Logical Configuration
Custom Notifications
User Access Settings
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Common questions for the new user experience

design...
Are you just updating the look and feel?
No. The goal is NOT to just add graphics and a standard layout to our current GUIs. We are not just
adding a new navigation bar and calling it a new user experience.
Is this just mapping the XIV or V7000 design to DS8000?

No.
Will there be more changes after the initial release?

YES. We will not stop in our pursuit of a fast, simple, and common interface that satisfies all our
user's requirements. We will continue to conduct many interviews and reviews by customers, ATS,
architecture, and field support to ensure we are meeting the constantly changing requirements of
our customers into the future.
How are we handling old users?

Fixing the interface to use intuitive paradigms doesn't annoy existing users.
Are any other products following this?

Also shipping GUIs in 2014: TS4500 (Anaconda) and FlashSystem 840.
Continued unification for: XIV, Storwize family, TS7700, V7000 Unified and others.
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design...
Common Questions (Legacy Support)
Will this GUI support multiple DS8ks?
Long term plan is yes, short term is no.
Will this GUI be put on older releases to allow DS8300/DS8700/DS8800 to use

it?
No.
Will the OLD GUI still be accessible?

Yes. https://<hmcip>/legacy
What if a user cant find function?

They will use the normal search path to find function that isnt immediately found, and we will show
link to legacy GUI there.
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design...
Common Questions (DSCLI)
Will the DSCLI be staying the same?
The DSCLI will be updated with new commands to match the conceptual changes being made to
how we expose the architecture to users.
Wait are you breaking backwards compatibility of the DSCLI?

NO! Some existing commands will be hidden, and a new set of commands exposed.
So my existing DSCLI scripts will still work?

Yes. After upgrading your DSCLI it will still support all machine levels and scripts from release R1.0
Current for DS8000.
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Useful Links
DS8000 Design Wiki
Holds approved design documents, schedule and design team contact
information.
DS8000 UX Roadmap
Shows detailed roadmap going into the future. Feel free to comment!
DS8870 R7.4 GUI Marketing Info

Shows high points of what we are doing in this release.
DS8870 GUI Unsupported Functions

Detailed list of all unsupported functions in the DS8870 GUI color
coded to show when they will be re-added or a note indicating there is
no plan to re-add. All functions also list what tool does support it.
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New GUI Demo
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Bob gets a new system.
New DS8870 delivered running R7.4

Needs to some space for his AIX hosts with some ENT 15k and
SSD arrays w/ Easy Tier enabled.
Also needs some archival space for an existing System z host
consisting of Nearline arrays.
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New URL
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URL for the GUI is now the default URL of the

system
Point browser to:
https://<hmc ip>
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Wait where did the service GUI go to?

Point browser to:
https://<hmc ip>/service
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Or
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Or
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System Health Monitoring
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What hardware we used to expose to customers
Rack / Frame
DC-UPS
BSM
RPC
Node / Cluster
/ Server / CEC
/ LPAR
PCIe Pass
Through Card
HMC
Storage
Storage
Enclosure Enclosure PSU
CEC HDD
I/O Enclosure
Power Supply
HA Card
I/O Bay / I/O
Enclosure
PCIe/SPCN
Card
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SSD Controller
Card
SSD Module
SSD Enclosure
DDM / Drive /
Storage
PSU
HighDisk Drive
Enclosure
Performance
FCIC Card
Flash Encl.
DA Card
Cleaning it up
RackFrame
/ Frame
UPS
HMC
DC-UPS
BSM
RPC
Node / Cluster
/ Server / CEC
/ LPAR
HMC
Node
CEC HDD
I/O Enclosure
I/O Enclosure
Power Supply DA Card
I/O Bay / I/O
Enclosure
PCIe/SPCN
Card
74
SSD Controller
Card
HA Card
HA Card
PCIe Pass
Through Card
Storage
Storage
Enclosure Enclosure PSU
Storage
SSD Module
Enclosure
SSD Enclosure
DDM / Drive /
Storage
PSU
HighDisk Drive
Drive
Enclosure
Performance
FCIC Card
Flash Encl.
DA Card
Cleaning it up
Frame
UPS
HMC
Node
I/O Enclosure
DA Card
75
HA Card
Storage
Enclosure
Drive
And making it pretty
76
and making it pretty
Nodes
77
HMC
78
UPSs
79
Storage
Enclosures
80
I/O Enclosures
81
Drives
82
Host Adapter
83
Device
Adapters
A note about hardware status
Full state reporting on all

hardware
is now available.
84
Event Reporting
Array offline
3/31/13 10:08 AM
Array MA14 state is offline.
Volume inaccessible
3/31/13 10:09 AM
Volume myvol_0000 state is inaccessible.
Volume inaccessible
3/31/13 10:09 AM
Volume inaccessible
3/31/13 10:09 AM
Drive service required
3/12/13 12:22 PM
Drive 1300861 state is service required.
Array overdriven
3/12/13 9:54 AM
2/22/13 9:54 AM
2/21/13 4:45 PM
Volume created
3/11/13 8:10 AM
Volume created
3/11/13 8:10 AM
Volume created
3/11/13 8:10 AM
Drive normal
2/22/13 3:53 PM
Drive replaced
2/22/13 3:52 PM
Drive normal
2/22/13 3:53 PM
Drive replaced
2/22/13 3:30 PM
Full
everything
Array list
MA14of
I/Oevents
utilizationfor
exceeded
threshold in the system.
1200234
Logical
Configuration
Drive
state
is service required.
1200233
Authentication
Drive
state is service required.
Hardware
Volume
myvol_0000 was created.
VolumeEncryption
myvol_0001 was created.
Easy
Tier was created.
Volume
myvol_0002
1300861
everything
that can change within the system.
Drive
state is normal.
Drive 1200234 replaced with serial number 1300861.
Audit
log can
be offloaded
Drive 1200233
state still
is normal.
Drive 1200233
Eventreplaced
log is with
supplemental
and surfaces internal changes
serial number 1300860.
like assigned
hardware
failure,
or inaccessible data in addition to
Array MA14
to pool
fb_0.
changes
occurring
Array MA15
assigned
to pool fb_1. from user actions
Array assigned
2/9/133:36 PM
Array assigned
2/9/133:35 PM
Pool created
2/9/133:34 PM
Pool fb_1 created.
Pool created
2/9/133:34 PM
Pool fb_0 created.
85
Configuration Overview
for DS8000
86
Configuration processes today
Array Sites
87
1. Create Arrays for Array Sites

by deciding RAID type.
Array Sites
Arrays
(RAID)
88

2. Create Ranks for Arrays by
deciding FB or CKD.
Array Sites
Arrays
(RAID)
Ranks
(FB or CKD)
89

deciding FB or CKD.
Array Sites
Pool
Pool
Arrays
(RAID)
3. Create Pool Pairs manually.

Ranks
(FB or CKD)
90

deciding FB or CKD.
Array Sites
Pool
Pool
Arrays
(RAID)

4. Assign Ranks to Pools trying
to ensure DA pairs are
balanced.
91
Ranks
(FB or CKD)

deciding FB or CKD.
Array Sites
Pool
Pool
Arrays
(RAID)

balanced.
Ranks
(FB or CKD)
5. Query and reassign Ranks as

necessary to balance spares.
92

deciding FB or CKD.
Array Sites
Pool
Pool

balanced.
Arrays
(RAID)
LSS
LSS
LSS / LCU
Ranks
(FB or CKD)

6. If using CKD create LCUs,
volumes and aliases while
balancing capacity between
nodes.
93
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume

1. Create Arrays for Array Sites by
deciding RAID type.
2. Create Ranks for Arrays by deciding
FB or CKD.
Array Sites

4. Assign Ranks to Pools trying to
ensure DA pairs are balanced.
6. If using CKD create LCUs, volumes
and aliases while balancing capacity
between nodes.
7. If using FB create volumes, volume
groups, and host connections.
Possibly assign LSSs based on host
assignment.
94
Pool
Pool
Arrays
(RAID)
LSS
LSS
LSS / LCU
Ranks
(FB or CKD)
Volume
Group
Volume
Group
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume
Host
Connections
Host
Connections
Host
Connections
New configuration processes
Arrays
95
1. Create a pool pair and select

how many arrays of each drive
class to have. System will
automatically balance DA pairs
and Spares for you.
96
Pool
Arrays
Pool

and Spares for you.
2. If using CKD create LSSs,
volumes and aliases.
97
Pool
Arrays
Pool
LSS
LSS
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume

and Spares for you.
2. If using CKD create LSSs,
volumes and aliases.
3. If using FB create volumes,
hosts, and assign host ports
(WWPNs).
98
Pool
Arrays
Pool
LSS
LSS
Host Port
Host Port
Volume
Volume
Volume
Volume
Host
Pool Creation
for DS8000
99
Creating Pools
100
Arrays by Pool now
101
Creating Pools
102
Creating Pools
103
Creating Pools
104
Creating Pools
105
Pool creation now
106
Pool creation now
107
Pool creation now
108
Pool creation now
109
Pool creation now
110
Multi-Target PPRC Scenarios

Resource Material
111
Migration Secondary
Starting with an existing
H1
H2 pair
H2
Install new secondary H2

Metro
Mirror
Start Metro Mirror for

H1
H2
H1
Wait for H1

H2 to reach
Full Duplex
Terminate H1
H2
Metro
Mirror
H2
Remove original H2
112
Migration Primary
Starting with an existing
H1
H2 pair
Install new H1
H1
Start Metro Mirror for H1

H1
Metro
Mirror
Wait for H1

H1 to reach Full
Duplex
H1
Metro
Mirror
HyperSwap to H1
Resume H1
H2, using
Incremental Resync
Metro
Mirror
H2
Terminate relationships on H1
and remove it
113
Global Mirror
Out of region Disaster
Recovery capability
In the event an outage,

production may be restarted
at the remote recovery site
H1
Global
Mirror
H2
J2
114
Metro Global Mirror - Cascaded

Local HyperSwap capability
H2

Metro Mirror
H1
Global Mirror
H3
J3
115
Cascaded to MultiTarget Conversion

HyperSwap to H2
Failover H2H1
Move I/O to H2
H2
Metro
Mirror
Failback H2
H1
Internal pairs created
H1
H1
Global
Mirror
H3
J3
116
MultiTarget to Cascaded Conversion

Failover H3
H1
Failback H2
H3
Global Copy
Start Global Mirror
Delete H1
H3
H2
Metro
Mirror
H1
Global
Global
Copy
Mirror
Global
Mirror
H3
J3
117
MGM Cascaded Improvement

MultiTarget simplifies MGM
Cascaded scenario
Failure at H1
H2
HyperSwap to H2
Failover H2H1
Metro
Mirror
Move I/O to H2
When H1 is recovered
H1
Global
Mirror
Failback H2H1
HyperSwap back to H1
Failback H1
H2
H3
J3
Global Mirror to H3 runs

throughout
118
HyperSwap with MGM - MultiTarget

HyperSwap capability
H2
Failure at H1
Metro
Mirror
HyperSwap to H2
Incremental Resync H2
H3
Global Copy
Start Global Mirror
H1
Global
Copy
Mirror
Failback H2
H1
Global
Mirror
H3
J3
MultiTarget restored
119
Symmetrical 3-Site H3 failure

Failure at H3
(GC Secondary)
H2
Global Mirror H1

H2
remains active
J2
Global
Mirror
Disaster Recovery capability

maintained
H1
When H3 recovered
Resume H1H3
Global
Copy
120
H3

Failure at H2
(GM Secondary)
H2
J2
Convert H1
H3 Global Copy
to Global Mirror
Disaster Recovery capability

restored
When H2 recovered
Resume H1H2, Global Copy
Global
Mirror
Copy
H1
Global
Copy
Mirror
H3
J3
121

Failure at H1
Recover at DR site H2
Failback H2
H3
H2
J2
Global Copy
Global
Copy
Mirror
Start Global Mirror for

H2
H3
H1
Global
Copy
Mirror
Failback H2H1
Global
Copy
H3
J3
122
CKD Volume Configuration

for DS8000
123
What the CKD LCUs and Volumes page used to

look like
124
What the CKD LCUs and Volumes page used to look

like
125
What CKD volume creation used to look like
126
127
Volumes by LSS now
128
Volumes by LSS now
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
CKD volume creation now
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
IBM System Storage DS8870 Release R7.4

Performance Update
Enterprise Storage Performance
The R7.4 performance enhancements fall into two categories, and are
distinguished by the use of the Multi-thread performance accelerator, or by the
lack thereof.
Common to both categories are the following code improvements:
The Multi-thread performance accelerator further improves performance by better

utilizing and distributing the work on all available cores.
Distribute the work to increase parallelism and limit the effect of synchronization to
shared data structures.
Algorithms to cache updates to LRU lists in CPU caches without affecting LRU algorithm.
Multi-threading background processes to keep with foreground I/O.
Splitting hot locks into multiple locks to reduce lock contention.
Must have 16 core machine with 512 GB memory minimum.

No copy services are supported with 64 threads on R7.4.
Recommended for use with High Performance Flash Enclosures
Will not see performance improvement with ISS adapters.
Enhancements allow for both overall increased system IOps performance as well
as reduced response times at higher IOps rates.
R7.4 Performance
All results are from a DS8870 Model 961 High Performance All Flash
Configuration with 16 P7+ cpu cores, unless stated otherwise.
Performance Benchmarks
OLTP Database Simulation Benchmarks
Sequential IO
Simulates IO done by OLTP applications. Similar to SPC-1. Do a mix of random reads and
writes with cache hits and cache misses.
DBO(Database Open): 70% read/30% write, 4KB IOs, 50% read cache hit
DB zOS(Database System Z): 75% read/25% write, 4KB IOs, 72% read cache hit
Cache Hostile: 72% read/28% write, 4KB IOs, 40% read cache hit
Large block sequential reads or writes to the storage servers drives. Similar to SPC-2.
Corner benchmarks
Perform just one type of IO pattern. Most applications combine a mix of different IO
patterns.
Cache Hits: 4KB random reads or writes to the storage servers cache.
Cache Read Misses: 4KB random reads to the storage servers drives.
Writes Miss: 4KB random writes to the storage servers drives.
DBO(70/30/50) w/ 8 HPFE
R7.3 vs R7.4 w/ MTPA Off and On
2
Response Time (ms)
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
K IOps
R7.3
R7.4 MTPA Off
R7.4 MTPA On
The DBO benchmark does 70% reads/30% writes with 50% read cache hits.
MTPA = Multi-thread Performance Accelerator
DBO(70/30/50)
R7.3 vs R7.4 with MTPA On for 1 to 8 HPFE
2
Response Time (ms)
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
K IOps
1 HPFE R7.3
2 HPFEs R7.3
4 HPFEs R7.3
8 HPFEs R7.3
1 HPFE R7.4
2 HPFE R7.4
4 HPFE R7.4
8 HPFE R7.4
The DBO benchmark does 70% reads/30% writes with 50% read cache hits.
CKD DB z/OS (zHPF) w/ 8 HPFE

R7.4 w/ MTPA Off and On
Response Time (ms)
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
K IOps
R7.4 MTPA Off
R7.4 MTPA On
The DB z/OS benchmark does 75% reads/25% writes with 72% read cache
hits.
CKD Cache Hostile (zHPF) w/ 8 HPFE

R7.4 w/ MTPA Off and On
1.6
Response Time (ms)
1.4
1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
K IOps
R7.4 MTPA Off
R7.4 MTPA On
The Cache Hostile benchmark does 72% reads/28% writes with 40% read cache hits.
Multi-Target
PPRC
Multi-Target PPRC
Configuration
1 PPRC primary, 2 PPRC secondary
DS8870, Primary 16-core, secondary: 8-core
8 host connections to 4 HAs on the primary
4 PPRC paths to each of the secondary, sharing 4 HAs
Primary: 8 DA pairs, mix of SSDs/10K
1st secondary: 4 DA pairs, 15K RPM drives
2nd secondary: 2 DA pairs, 1.2TB 10K RPM drives
Multi-Target PPRC: 4KB Write Hit (zHPF)
Multi-Target PPRC: 27KB Write Hit (zHPF)
Multi-Target PPRC: Sequential Write (zHPF)
Simulated Customer Workload

Online
Batch
Read hit
92%
92%
Read/Write Ratio
3:1
2.4:1
% Sequential Read
23
Destage Rate
8.4%
16.5%
IOPS
Curve
45KIOPs/80KIOPs
Avg. Xfer Size Read 27KB
50KB
Avg. Xfer Size Write

Volume
40KB
560
27KB
480
Multi-Target PPRC: Simulated Customer Workload - Online
Multi-Target PPRC: Simulated Customer Workload Batch
Multi-Target PPRC: Simulated Customer Workload Batch
New Drives
New Drives
600 GB 15K RPM 2.5 drives
1.6 TB 2.5 SSDs
Open 600GB 15K 2.5 Drive Performance

The new 600GB 15K 2.5 HDDs deliver equivalent Random Read and Random Write performance when comparing
with 300GB 15K 2.5 HDDs.

The new 600GB 15K 2.5 HDDs deliver better sequential performance comparing when with 300GB 15K 2.5
HDDs.

The new 600GB 15K 2.5 HDDs deliver better rebuild rate when comparing with 300GB 15K 2.5 HDDs.
Open 1.6 TB 2.5 SSD Performance

The new 1.6 TB 2.5 SSDs deliver similar Random and Sequential Read/Write performance when comparing with
800GB 2.5 SSDs.
Open 1.6 TB 2.5 SSD Performance

The new 1.6 TB 2.5 SSDs deliver similar rebuild rate when comparing with 800GB 2.5 SSDs.
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Advanced Technical Skills (ATS) North America

Accelerate with ATS:

Brian Sherman, Craig Gordon, Paul Spagnolo,

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IBM System z / POWER and DS8870 Storage Integration

Joint IBM Storage and Server

DB2, IMS, CICS

DFSMS hsm, dss,

DFSMS Device Support

z/OS (IOS, etc.), z/VM, Linux for System z

Function located where it makes

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DS8870 Unique Integration Capabilities on System z

All DB2 IO to be able to exploit zHPF

Cache segment size and algorithms

4K is optimized for OLTP environments

Workload Manager Integration (WLM) and IO Priority Manager (IOPM)

EC12 / DS8870 optimize FICON path selection

DFSMS Device Support

z/OS (IOS, etc.), z/VM, Linux for System z

Pre-deposit write provides lowest latency with single trip exchange

Hardware and software initiated triggers

Built on POWER technology

Lowest Recovery Point Objective (RPO)

DFSMS hsm, dss, sdm

DB2, IMS, CICS

WLM policies honored by DS8870

Global Mirror and zOS Global Mirror achieve under 5 seconds

Consistent storage management across IBM Storage Portfolio

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Integration by Design - POWER and DS8870

4K is optimized for database environments

Move busiest extents to Flash on POWER AIX

Pre-deposit write provides lowest latency with single trip exchange

Multi pathing / Easy Tier Client

PowerHA HyperSwap for AIX and IBM i

Lowest Recovery Point Objective (RPO)

Consistent storage management across IBM Storage Portfolio

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DS8870 R7.4 Release Content Overview

Expanded integration with System z advanced functions:

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DS8870 R7.4 Planned Availability Dates

General Availability Date: Friday, December 5, 2014

Enhanced resiliency functions

MES Availability Friday, March 6, 2015

Withdrawn from marketing January 14, 2015

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DS8870 R7.4 New Feature Code Summary

Release 7.4 Microcode Bundle

DS8000 LMC R7.4 (base frame 961)

DS8000 LMC R7.4 (expansion frame 96E)

1.6TB SSD FDE Capable Drive Set (16 drives)