2105 Enterprise and Versatile Storage Servers
406 AS/400e System Handbook
The Enterprise Storage Server works in conjunction with the IBM StorWatch ESS Specialist
and ESS Expert. These are comprehensive Web-based tools for configuration, performance,
asset, and capacity management and to facilitate storage area network operations.
Availability is maximized through redundancy and non-disruptive service with a design to
virtually eliminate single points-of-failure or repair.
The ESS is Year 2000 ready. When used in accordance with associated documentation, it is
capable of correctly processing, providing and receiving date data within and between the
twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This holds true provided that all products involved
properly exchange accurate date data (for example, hardware, software, and firmware).
The Enterprise Storage Server is the storage of choice for users wanting comprehensive
enterprise disk storage consolidation and data sharing on multiple, heterogeneous server
platforms with combined storage requirements of more than 400 GB. It provides
high-performance RAID-5, read and write cache, or the flexibility of common storage for
multiple servers with differing channel attachments.
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To provide investment protection for existing IBM 7133 Serial Disk and IBM Versatile Storage
Server capacity, IBM plans for the Enterprise Storage Server to support the reuse of 7133
Model 020 and D40 drawers in the 2105 Model B09 and 100 frames in an Enterprise Storage
Server configuration.
More information about the Enterprise Storage Server can be found on the Storage Systems
Division home page on the Web at:
http://www.storage.ibm.com/
2105 Versatile Storage Server
The IBM 2105 Versatile Storage Server is designed to provide a flexible approach to storage
centralization in support of server consolidation. By using the IBM 7133 Serial Disk
Subsystem as its storage building block, Versatile Storage Server provides investment
protection. With the IBM Versatile Storage Server, disk storage can be consolidated into a
single, powerful system that offers many levels of advanced function. Examples include
remote Web-based management, true data sharing for like servers, and dynamic capacity
allocation.
IBM Versatile Storage Server delivers centralized management of stored data. It also
provides sharing of disk storage for a variety of UNIX, Windows NT, and AS/400 servers. As
requirements change, you can assign unallocated storage capacity dynamically to any of your
attached servers without disruption.
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