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Figure 7-1 shows the SSIC website screen with the necessary values to request an
interoperation validation for the Storwize V5000 Gen2.
Figure 7-1 SSIC website screen
For more information about SSIC, refer to this website:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic/interoperability.wss
If the required configuration is not listed for support in SSIC, contact your IBM marketing
representative to ask for a request for price quotation (RPQ) for your specific configuration.
7.3 Storage migration wizard
The Storwize V5000 Gen2 storage migration wizard simplifies the migration task. The wizard
features intuitive panels that guides users through the entire process.
7.3.1 External virtualization capability
All of the Storwize V5000 Gen2 models can migrate data from external storage controllers,
including migrating from any other previous Storwize system generation. Storwize V5000
Gen2 uses the functionality that is provided by its external virtualization capability to perform
the migration. This capability places external Fibre Channel (FC)-connected logical units
(LUs) under the control of Storwize V5000 Gen2. After the volumes are virtualized, hosts
continue to access them through the IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2, which acts as a proxy.
The difference between Storwize V5000 Gen2 models is that the Storwize V5010 and
Storwize V5020 models can perform data migration only, external storage controllers cannot
be virtualized on them. Storwize V5030 can be used to migrate data and externally virtualize
storage from external storage controllers. For more information about external virtualization,
see Chapter 11, “External storage virtualization” on page 641.
7.3.2 Model and adapter card considerations
Storage migration can use either the Fibre Channel SAN or direct-attach serial-attached
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) (SAS) connections to perform the data transfer.
Fibre Channel migration to a Storwize V5000 Gen2 requires the purchase of a pair of the
optional 16 Gb FC adapter cards.
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