SVC - What's new in SAN Volume Controller V4.2
Updates previously available copy service functions by enabling multi-target
FlashCopyĆ capabilities. Up to 16 target FlashCopy images can be created from a single source,
providing greater flexibility for supporting business continuity and simultaneous use of data for
multiple actions. You can also get a higher number of active FlashCopy relationships at the cluster level.
In addition, per I/O group limits for FlashCopy and Remote Copy are more than doubled.
Adds two new user roles, with different subsets of access permissions, giving greater flexibility in allocating cluster access and management authorization.
Is designed for substantially improved cluster performance, especially when installed on the new IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller 2145-8G4 Storage Engines.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux™ 5 on ia32 (x86) and ia32e (x64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 on System p™
SUSE Enterprise Linux 9 on ia64
Includes storage environment support:
HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array Models 1000, 1500
Bull StoreWay Models FDA1500, FDA2500, FDA 2900
NEC iStorage Models S1500, S2500, S2900
EMC CX3 models 10, 80 (8 port attach)
Sun StorageTek Models 6120, 6130, 6140, 6540, 6930
Fujitsu Eternus Models 3000, 4000, 8000
HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array
Improves key support and serviceability with:
The ability to directly send e-mail notifications during error conditions,
eliminating the need for any other software (for example, IBM Director)
The ability to rapidly restart a node following a software failure, before host operation is affected
Enhances GUI and CLI for ease of use.
SAN Volume Controller Software V4.2 runs on the IBM 2145-8G4 Storage Engine hardware platform,
and also runs on previous IBM hardware platforms 2145-8F4, 2145-8F2, and 2145-4F2.
Planned Availability
June 8, 2007
