Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform

G400, G600
Hardware Reference Guide

MK-94HM8022-05
June 2016
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 Contents

Preface......................................................................................................................7
Safety and environmental notices..............................................................................................8
General safety guidelines.............................................................................................................9
Handling of heavy parts......................................................................................................10
Preventing electric shock....................................................................................................10
Avoiding rotating or moving parts.....................................................................................10
Preventing machine damage..............................................................................................11
Working when the storage system is turned on.............................................................11
Precautions when using the storage system...................................................................11
Procedures in an emergency..............................................................................................12
For electric shock...........................................................................................................12
For fire.............................................................................................................................12
Intended audience......................................................................................................................12
Product version...........................................................................................................................13
Release notes..............................................................................................................................13
Changes in this revision.............................................................................................................13
Document conventions..............................................................................................................13
Conventions for storage capacity values.................................................................................14
Accessing product documentation...........................................................................................15
Getting help.................................................................................................................................15
Comments....................................................................................................................................15

1 Product overview.............................................................................................17
Block configuration.....................................................................................................................19
File- and block-level configuration...........................................................................................19
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400 model.........................................................................19
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G600 model.........................................................................20
Features........................................................................................................................................22
Scalability.....................................................................................................................................22
Examples of supported Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400 configurations..........22
Examples of supported Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G600 configurations..........22
Maximum number of mounted drive trays.......................................................................23

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 2 Hardware description.....................................................................................25
Storage system controllers........................................................................................................26
CBLM controller.....................................................................................................................26
CBLM with front panel bezel........................................................................................26
CBLM front panel without bezel..................................................................................27
CBLM rear panel.............................................................................................................28
Controller interfaces...................................................................................................................30
Front end module descriptions...........................................................................................30
8 Gbps Fibre Channel board LEDs and connectors..................................................30
16 Gbps Fibre Channel board LEDs and connectors................................................31
10 Gbps iSCSI board LEDs and connectors (optical)...............................................32
10 Gbps iSCSI board LEDs and connectors (copper)...............................................33
LAN blade LEDs and connectors........................................................................................34
Back end module LEDs and connectors............................................................................35
Storage system drive trays........................................................................................................35
Small form factor (SFF) drive tray.....................................................................................35
SFF with front panel bezel............................................................................................35
SFF front panel without bezel......................................................................................36
SFF rear panel................................................................................................................37
Large form factor (LFF) drive tray.....................................................................................38
LFF with front panel bezel............................................................................................38
LFF front panel without bezel......................................................................................38
LFF rear panel................................................................................................................39
Flash module drive (FMD) tray...........................................................................................40
FMD with front panel bezel..........................................................................................40
FMD front panel without bezel....................................................................................41
FMD rear panel...............................................................................................................42
Dense intermix drive tray...................................................................................................43
Dense intermix drive tray with front panel bezel......................................................43
Dense intermix drive tray display LEDs......................................................................44
Dense intermix drive tray rear panel..........................................................................45
SFF and LFF AC power supply unit LEDs and connectors..............................................46
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform SVP server...........................................................................46
Service processor description.............................................................................................46
SVP front panel.....................................................................................................................47
SVP rear panel......................................................................................................................48

3 System option modes.....................................................................................49

System Option Modes................................................................................................................50

4 Maintaining the storage system....................................................................79

Storing the storage system.......................................................................................................80
Using flash module drives..........................................................................................................80
Powering off the storage system..............................................................................................81
Removing cables.........................................................................................................................81

5 User administration for maintenance utility................................................83

Required roles for operating Maintenance Utility...................................................................84
Setting up user accounts...........................................................................................................85
4
Disabling user accounts.............................................................................................................87
Removing user accounts............................................................................................................91
Backing up user accounts..........................................................................................................94
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Restoring user account information.........................................................................................94

A Storage system specifications.......................................................................97

Model lists....................................................................................................................................98
VSP G400 and VSP G600 controller model lists...............................................................98
Drive tray model lists...........................................................................................................99
Other model list..................................................................................................................102
Replacement parts....................................................................................................................103
Battery unit.........................................................................................................................103
VSP G400 and VSP G600 mechanical specifications...........................................................104
Electrical specifications............................................................................................................109
Environmental specifications...................................................................................................110
Battery specifications...............................................................................................................113
RAID specifications..................................................................................................................113
iSCSI specifications..................................................................................................................114
iSCSI standards.........................................................................................................................117
Regulatory compliance.............................................................................................................117
Dense intermix drive tray connection restrictions...............................................................118
SVP hardware specifications...................................................................................................118

Index....................................................................................................................121

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 Preface
This guide describes the VSP Gx00 models.

□ Safety and environmental notices

□ General safety guidelines

□ Intended audience

□ Product version

□ Release notes

□ Changes in this revision

□ Document conventions

□ Conventions for storage capacity values

□ Accessing product documentation

□ Getting help

□ Comments

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 Safety and environmental notices
Equipment warranty
The term of guarantee of normal operation of the storage system and free service is one year from
date of purchase.
If a failure occurs multiple times, the storage system might shut off to avoid a serious accident.
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General safety guidelines

Before starting maintenance:
• Maintenance must be performed by trained and qualified engineers only.
• The safety guidelines and procedures in this manual must be read and
followed.
• In this manual and on the storage system, hazard warnings are provided
to aid you in preventing or reducing the risk of death, personal injury, or
product damage. Understand and follow these hazard warnings fully.
• If warning labels on the storage system become dirty or start peeling
off, replace them.
• If an anomaly such as an unusual noise, smell, or smoke occurs on the
storage system while it is running, power off or remove the power
cables immediately.

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 • Hazard warnings in this manual or on the storage system cannot cover
every possible case, because it is impossible to predict and evaluate
all circumstances beforehand. Be alert and use common sense.
• To ensure normal operation, operate the storage system according to
the information in this manual.

Read the following safety guidelines carefully and follow them when you
conduct maintenance of the machine:
• Do not use materials that are outside the specifications for the storage
system.
• Use the spare parts, consumables, and materials for maintenance that are
specified in this manual; otherwise, personal injury, system damage, and
degradation in system quality can occur.
• Keep the maintenance area neat.
• Always put away parts, materials, and tools when not in use.

Handling of heavy parts

• When lifting a heavy object, hold it close to yourself and keep your
back erect to prevent back injury.
• When lifting an object designated with a caution in this manual, use a
proper lifting tool or have somebody assist you.

Preventing electric shock

• Before starting work, be sure that, unless otherwise specifically instructed,
there is no potential electric hazard in the maintenance area such as
insufficient grounding or a wet floor.
• Before starting work, know where the emergency power-off switches are
located and be sure you know how to operate them.
• Unless otherwise specifically instructed, remove all power sources to
the machine before starting maintenance. Switching off the storage
system power supplies is usually not sufficient.
• Do not touch any uninsulated conductor or surface that remains charged
for a limited time after the external power supply to the storage system is
disconnected.
• Do not replace parts during a thunderstorm.

Avoiding rotating or moving parts

• Do not supply power to any device with rotating or moving parts that are
not properly covered.
• Tuck in your tie, scarf, shirt, or any other loose clothing to prevent it
from getting caught by a rotating or moving part.

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Preventing machine damage
• Use the tools and instruments, as instructed in this manual, or
equivalent commercially available tools and instruments suited for the
purpose.
• Use measurement instruments and powered tools that are properly
calibrated or periodically inspected.
• Before finishing your work, be sure all parts removed during maintenance
have been installed in their original positions in the storage system. Do
not leave any tools or foreign material in the storage system.

Working when the storage system is turned on

Observe the following safety measures when working on the storage system
with the system power turned on. When you perform maintenance, do not
touch live electric parts to prevent an electric shock.
• Do not touch heat sinks immediately after a board is removed because
the heat sinks are extremely hot.
• While performing maintenance, do not drop tools, screws, or other items
into the storage system, because doing so can cause a short circuit.
• While performing maintenance, do not damage or pinch wires.
• When moving a heavy object, have at least two people move the
object after confirming there are no obstacles nearby.

Precautions when using the storage system

• Use the supplied power cords included with the storage system. Do not
use the supplied power cords for other products. Do not use other power
cords with the storage system.
• Shut off the power feed to the equipment and inform the system
administrator immediately if you notice an unusual smell, abnormal
heat generation, or smoke emission. Leaving such conditions
unattended can cause electric shock or fire.
• Exercise care when handling the storage system and its parts. Do not
drop the equipment or parts.
• Do not stand on the storage system. Avoid using the storage system
for any use other than the one for which it was originally designed.
• Do not place heavy objects on the storage system, near the vents on
the front and rear panels, or on the cables attached to the storage
system.
• Do not put a container with water, paper clips, or the like on the
storage system or near the power supply.
• Route cables in a way to prevent people from tripping over them.
• Do not operate the storage system in a moist or dusty place.
• Keep these vents open and be sure they are not blocked to keep the
storage system ventilated. Cool air enters the storage system from the
air vent on the front panel and exits through the vent on the rear panel.

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 • If a failure occurs in the storage system, follow the instructions in this
manual. If the problem is not covered by this manual, contact your
system administrator.

Procedures in an emergency
For electric shock
• Before performing maintenance, be sure that there is no potential electric
hazard in the maintenance area, such as insufficient grounding or a wet
floor.
• Before performing maintenance, observe where the emergency poweroff
switches are located and be sure you know how to operate them.
• Unless otherwise instructed, remove all power sources to the storage
system before starting work. Switching off the storage system power
supplies is not sufficient. When power is fed from a wall or floor outlet,
unplug the power supply cord, or turn off the switch on the power
distribution panel or board.
• If the power supply has a lockout device, lock the device after powering off
the storage system and retain the key. Attach a notice on the panel or
board prohibiting the use of the switch.
• If the machine power has been already turned off, confirm that
these conditions have been satisfied.

For fire

• Shut off all the power to the machine.

• Turn off the emergency power switch or stop the power supply to
the storage system.
• If the fire continues to burn after the power is shut off, take suitable
actions, including the use of a fire extinguisher, or call the fire
department.

Intended audience
This document is intended for system administrators, Hitachi Data
Systems representatives, and authorized service providers who install,
configure, or operate VSP Gx00 models .

Readers of this document should be familiar with the following:

• Data processing and RAID storage systems and their basic functions.
• One of the VSP Gx00 models .
• The operating system and web browser software on the system
hosting the storage management software.

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Product version
This document revision applies to the following:
• VSP G400, G600 firmware 83-03-2x or later
• SVOS 6.4.1 or later
• Hitachi NAS firmware release 12.6 or later

Release notes
Read the release notes before installing and using this product. They may
contain requirements or restrictions that are not fully described in this
document or updates or corrections to this document. Release notes are
available on Hitachi Data Systems Support Connect: https://
support.hds.com/en_us/documents.html.

Changes in this revision

Some of the features described in this document might not be currently
available.

• The NAS module and file- and block-level access configuration

functionality are now supported.
• Added support for a virtual service processor.
• Made editorial changes to content.

Document conventions
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user or for output by the system. Example:
pairdisplay -g group

(For exceptions to this convention for variables, see the entry for
angle brackets.)
Monospace Indicates text that is displayed on screen or entered by the user. Example:
pairdisplay -g oradb
< > angle brackets Indicates variables in the following scenarios:

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 Convention Description
• Variables are not clearly separated from the surrounding text or from
other variables. Example:
Status-<report-name><file-version>.csv
• Variables in headings.
[ ] square brackets Indicates optional values. Example: [ a | b ] indicates that you can choose a,
b, or nothing.
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Examples:

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Tip Provides helpful information, guidelines, or suggestions for performing

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Caution Warns the user of adverse conditions and/or consequences (for

example, disruptive operations, data loss, or a system crash).

WARNING Warns the user of a hazardous situation which, if not avoided,

could result in death or serious injury.

Conventions for storage capacity values

Physical storage capacity values (for example, disk drive capacity)
are calculated based on the following values:

Physical capacity unit Value

1 kilobyte (KB) 1,000 (10 3) bytes

1 megabyte (MB) 1,000 KB or 1,0002 bytes
1 gigabyte (GB) 1,000 MB or 1,0003 bytes
1 terabyte (TB) 1,000 GB or 1,0004 bytes
1 petabyte (PB) 1,000 TB or 1,0005 bytes
1 exabyte (EB) 1,000 PB or 1,0006 bytes

Logical storage capacity values (for example, logical device capacity) are
calculated based on the following values:

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 Logical capacity unit Value

1 block 512 bytes

1 cylinder Mainframe: 870 KB

Open-systems:
• OPEN-V: 960 KB
• Others: 720 KB
1 KB 1,024 (210) bytes
1 MB 1,024 KB or 1,0242 bytes
1 GB 1,024 MB or 1,0243 bytes
1 TB 1,024 GB or 1,0244 bytes
1 PB 1,024 TB or 1,0245 bytes
1 EB 1,024 PB or 1,0246 bytes

Accessing product documentation

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Product overview
The Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400, G600 are modular, rack-
mountable, storage systems.

The storage systems have dual controllers that provide the interface to a data
host. Each controller contains its own processor, dual in-line cache memory
modules (DIMMs), cache flash memory (CFM), battery, and fans. Each
controller also has an Ethernet connection for out-of-band management using
Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator. If the data path through one
controller fails, all hard drives remain available to data hosts using a
redundant data path through the other controller. The storage system allows
a defective controller to be replaced.

The Virtual Storage Platform G400, G600 can be equipped with NAS
modules. The NAS modules provide file access through CIFS, NFS and FTP
protocols and block access using iSCSI protocols in addition to the block
access provided directly by iSCSI and FC I/O modules.

All storage system models allow defective drives to be replaced without

interruption of data availability to host computers. A hot spare drive can be
configured to replace a failed drive automatically, securing the fault-
tolerant integrity of the logical drive. Self-contained, hardware-based RAID
logical drives provide maximum performance in compact external
enclosures.

Key components are implemented with a redundant configuration, so that

the storage system can remain operational in the unlikely event that a
component should fail. Adding and replacing components, along with
firmware upgrades, can be conducted while the storage system is operating.

□ Block configuration

□ File- and block-level configuration

□ Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400 model

□ Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G600 model

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 □ Features

□ Scalability

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Block configuration
A block configuration supports the Fibre Channel and Internet Small
Computer System Interface (iSCSI) protocols, and consists of:
• Two controllers
• One or more drive trays
• One 1U block service processor server (SVP)

File- and block-level configuration

A file-level access configuration includes NAS modules that support file
system protocols such as CIFS, NFS, and FIP and operate across a block-
level setup using iSCSI or FC connections.
• Two controllers
• Two NAS modules for file operations and storage
• One or more drive trays for block-level storage
• One 1U block service processor server (SVP)

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400 model

The storage system consists of a 4U enclosure that includes two controllers,
two optional NAS modules to support file operations, but no disk drives.
Drives are supported using drive trays connected to the controllers.

The storage system supports 128 GB of high-speed memory cache, arranged

as 64 GB per controller. Storage system interfaces consist of:
• 8 GB Fibre Channel: 56 ports per system (or 64 ports per systems for
systems with no drives).
• 16 GB Fibre Channel: 28 ports per system (or 32 ports per systems for
systems with no drives).
• 10 GB iSCSI: 28 ports per system (or 32 ports per systems for systems
with no drives).
• Maximum number of drives supported: 384 (480 with dense
intermix drive tray)
• Maximum cache memory supported: 128 GB (64 GB per controller)

Controller Controller chassis Controller model Height

CBLM DW800-CBL DW-F800-CTLM 4U (174.3 mm)

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 Controller Model number Description

NAS DW-F800-NAS Optional component for file

storage configuration. NAS
modules only provide file
support.

Drive tray model Supported Number of drives

Drive tray Height
name drive supported
types

SFF drive tray • DW-F800-DBS 2.5-inch SFF 24 2U (86.2 mm)

(power
supply,
contains
BNST)
• DW-
F800-
DBSC
LFF drive tray • DW-F800-DBL 3.5-inch LFF 12 2U (86.2 mm)
(power
supply,
contains
BNST)
• DW-
F800-
DBLC
FMD drive tray • DW-F800-DBF Flash module 12 2U (86.2 mm)
drive (FMD)

FMD drive tray • DW-F800-DBF Flash module 8 + 1 spare 2U (86.2 mm)

drive (FMD)

Dense intermix • DW-F800- 3.5-inch LFF 60 4U (174.3 mm)

drive tray DB60 (power
supply,
contains
BNST)
• DW-
F800-
DB60C

Related references
• Examples of supported Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform
G400 configurations on page 22

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G600 model

The storage system consists of a 4U enclosure that includes two controllers,
two optional NAS modules to support file operations, but no disk drives.
Drives are supported using drive trays connected to the controllers.

The storage system supports 256 GB of high-speed memory cache,

arranged as 128 GB per controller. Storage system interfaces consist of:
• 8 GB Fibre Channel: 56 ports per system (or 64 ports per systems for
systems with no drives).
• 16 GB Fibre Channel: 28 ports per system (or 32 ports per systems for
systems with no drives).

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• 10 GB iSCSI: 28 ports per system (or 32 ports per systems for systems
with no drives).
• Maximum number of drives supported: 576
(720 with dense intermix drive tray)
• Maximum cache memory supported: 256 GB (128 GB per controller)

Controller Controller chassis Controller model Height

CBLM DW800-CBL DW-F800-CTLM 4U (174.3 mm)

Controller Model number Description

NAS DW-F800-NAS Optional component for file

storage configuration. NAS
modules only provide file
support.

Drive tray model Supported Number of drives

Drive tray Height
name drive supported
types

SFF drive tray • DW-F800-DBS 2.5-inch SFF 24 2U (86.2 mm)

(power
supply,
contains
BNST)
• DW-
F800-
DBSC
LFF drive tray • DW-F800-DBL 3.5-inch LFF 12 2U (86.2 mm)
(power
supply,
contains
BNST)
• DW-
F800-
DBLC
FMD drive tray • DW-F800-DBF Flash module 12 2U (86.2 mm)
drive (FMD)

FMD drive tray • DW-F800-DBF Flash module 16 + 1 spare 2U (86.2 mm)

drive (FMD)

Dense intermix • DW-F800- 3.5-inch LFF 60 4U (174.3 mm)

drive tray DB60 (power
supply,
contains
BNST)
• DW-
F800-
DB60C

Related references
• Examples of supported Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform
G600 configurations on page 22

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 Features
Feature Value

Maximum cache memory supported VSP G400:128 GB

VSP G600: 256 GB

Maximum number of spare drives 32
Maximum number of RAID groups 200
Maximum volume size 128 TB
Maximum number of volumes per RAID group 1,024
Maximum number of DP pool volumes 4,095
Maximum number of DP pools 64
Maximum number of Fibre Channel devices 128
connected through a Fibre Channel switch
Maximum number of iSCSI hosts connected 255
through a network switch

Scalability
All storage systems offer pay-as-you-grow scalability by allowing you to
hot- add drives as you need them.

Examples of supported Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400

configurations
Related references
• Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400 model on page 19

Examples of supported Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G600

configurations

Maximum number of
Drive tray Maximum number of drives supported
drive trays
supported

SFF drive tray 24 576 HDDs or SSDs

LFF drive tray 24 288 HDDs or SSDs

FMD drive tray 24 288 HAF flash module drives

Dense intermix drive tray 12 720 HDDs or SSDs

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 Related references
• Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G600 model on page 20

Maximum number of mounted drive trays

The following table shows the maximum number of mountable drive trays
and a maximum number of mountable drives for each drive type.

VSP G400 Controller Maximum drive trays Maximum number of

Drive trays Maximum number drives

CBLM SFF 16 384 HDDs or SSDs

CBLM LFF 16 192 HDDs or SSDs

CBLM FMD 16 192 FMDs (HAF)

4 48 FMDs

CBLM Dense intermix drive 8 480 HDDs or SSDs

tray

VSP G600 Controller Maximum drive trays Maximum number of

Drive trays Maximum number drives

CBLM SFF 24 576 HDDs or SSDs

CBLM LFF 24 288 HDDs or SSDs

CBLM FMD 24 288 FMDs (HAF)

4 48 FMDs

CBLM Dense intermix drive 12 720 HDDs or SSDs

tray

Number of mounted drive trays for VSP G400 Maximum number of mounted drives for VSP
(up to 12 per path) G400

Dense intermix drive SFF drive + dense LFF drive + dense

SFF, LFF drives
tray intermix drive intermix drive tray
tray

16 0 384 192
13 1 372 216

12 2 408 264

9 3 396 288

8 4 432 336

5 5 420 360

4 6 456 408

1 7 444 432

0 8 480 480

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 Number of mounted drive trays for VSP G400 Maximum number of mounted drives for VSP
(up to 12 per path) G400

Dense intermix drive SFF drive + dense LFF drive + dense

SFF, LFF drives
tray intermix drive intermix drive tray
tray

The maximum number of drive trays that can be installed per path is 8.

Number of mounted drive trays for VSP G600 Maximum number of mounted drives for VSP
(up to 6 per path) G600

Dense intermix drive SFF drive + dense LFF drive + dense

SFF, LFF drives
tray intermix drive intermix drive tray
tray

24 0 576 288
21 1 564 312

20 2 600 360

17 3 588 384

16 4 624 432

13 5 612 456

12 6 648 504

9 7 636 528

8 8 672 576

5 9 660 600

4 10 696 648

1 11 684 672

0 12 720 720

The maximum number of drive trays that can be installed per path is 12.

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Hardware description
The following sections describe the storage system hardware.

□ Storage system controllers

□ Controller interfaces

□ Storage system drive trays

□ Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform SVP server

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 Storage system controllers
Every storage system has two controllers. The controllers contain fans and
power supplies, and provide the interfaces between a host and the
storage system.

A controller manages the I/O between the host system and data volumes.

CBLM controller
CBLM with front panel bezel

Number Item Description

1 POWER LED Green: Storage system is

powered on.

Amber: Storage system is

receiving power.
2 READY LED Green: Normal operation.

3 WARNING LED Off: Normal operation.

Amber: Component requires

maintenance.

Blink: Failure requires

maintenance.

When System Option Mode

1097 is set to ON, the
WARNING LED does not blink
even if the following failure
information SIM issues failure
information SIM: 452xxx,
462xxx, 3077xy, 4100xx and
410100.

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 Number Item Description
LED might go OFF during user
maintenance.
4 ALARM LED Off: Normal operation.

Red: Processor failure (system

may be down). Go to the
Customer Contact Us page at
https://support.hds.com/
en_us/contact-us.html.

5 POWER ON/OFF (main switch) Powers the storage system.

6 Lock Locks and unlocks the front

panel bezel by using the
supplied key.

Note: Removing a controller can cause the POWER, READY, WARNING, and
ALARM LEDs on the front panel to activate. These LEDs return to the on
status after the storage system recovers from the controller replacement.

CBLM front panel without bezel

Number Item Description

1 POWER ON/OFF (main switch) Powers the storage system.

2 POWER, READY, WARNING, ALARM See the previous table.
LEDs
3 Controllers Controller 1 (bottom) and
Controller 2 (top).
4 Backup module N/A

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 Number Item Description

5 BACKUP LED Green: Power restoration in

progress following power
outage.

Fast blink green: Restoring.

Slow blink green: Restoring or

sequential shutdown in
progress.
6 Cache flash memory N/A

7 ALM LED (for cache flash Red: Cache flash memory can
memory) be removed.

8 CTL ALM LED Red: Controller can be

removed.

Blink red: Failure with the

controller's power supply unit.

Amber: LAN reset switch was

pressed.

9 LAN-RST switch Use only when instructed by

Hitachi Support.
10 STATUS LED (for BKMF) Green: Charging of the battery
in the backup module is
complete.

Red: Backup module can be

removed.

Blink red one time: Main

battery failure.

Blink red two times: Backup

battery failure.

Blink red three times: Both

batteries failed or preventive
maintenance replacement of
batteries can be performed.

Off: Battery is not mounted,

battery-mounting failure
occurred, or firmware is being
upgraded. Off is normal status
for configurations with no
batteries (for example,
BKMF-10 and BKMF-20).

CBLM rear panel

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 Number Item

1 Power supply unit

2 Front end module

3 Back end module

4 LAN blade

Rear view (includes NAS modules)

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 Number Item

1 NAS module
2 Front end module

3 Back end module

4 LAN blade

5 Power supply unit

Controller interfaces
Controllers provide interfaces for connecting, powering, and configuring and
managing the storage system. They also have LEDs to show the status of the
storage system.

Front end module descriptions

8 Gbps Fibre Channel board LEDs and connectors

Number Item Description

1 Fibre Channel connectors Connect to Fibre Channel

cables.
2 STATUS LED Green: front end module is in
power-on state.

Red: front end module can be

removed safely.

3 PORT LED Red: Small form-factor

pluggable can be removed.

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 Number Item Description
Blue: Normal link status at 8
Gbps.

Green: Normal link status at 2

Gbps or 4 Gbps.

Port Assignments

8 Gbps Fibre Channel Ports (left to right)

CHB#
Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4

CHB-1A 1A 3A 5A 7A
CHB-1B 1B 3B 5B 7B
CHB-1C 1C 3C 5C 7C
CHB-1D 1D 3D 5D 7D
CHB-1E 1E 3E 5E 7E
CHB-1F 1F 3F 5F 7F
CHB-1G 1G 3G 5G 7G
CHB-1H 1H 3H 5H 7H
CHB-2A 2A 4A 6A 8A
CHB-2B 2B 4B 6B 8B
CHB-2C 2C 4C 6C 8C
CHB-2D 2D 4D 6D 8D
CHB-2E 2E 4E 6E 8E
CHB-2F 2F 4F 6F 8F
CHB-2G 2G 4G 6G 8G
CHB-2H 2H 4H 6H 8H

16 Gbps Fibre Channel board LEDs and connectors

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 Number Item Description

1 STATUS LED Green: front end module is in

the power-on state.

Red: front end module can be

removed safely.
2 PORT LED Red: Small form-factor
pluggable can be removed.

Blue: normal link status at 16

Gbps.

Green: normal link status at 4

or 8 Gbps.

3 Fibre Channel connectors Connect to Fibre Channel

cables.

Port Assignments

16 Gbps Fibre Channel Ports (left to right)

CHB#
Port 1 Port 2

CHB-1A 1A 3A
CHB-1B 1B 3B
CHB-1C 1C 3C
CHB-1D 1D 3D
CHB-1E 1E 3E
CHB-1F 1F 3F
CHB-1G 1G 3G
CHB-1H 1H 3H
CHB-2A 2A 4A
CHB-2B 2B 4B
CHB-2C 2C 4C
CHB-2D 2D 4D
CHB-2E 2E 4E
CHB-2F 2F 4F
CHB-2G 2G 4G
CHB-2H 2H 4H

10 Gbps iSCSI board LEDs and connectors (optical)

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 Number Item Description

1 STATUS LED Green: front end module is in

the power-on state.

Red: front end module can be

removed safely.
2 PORT LED Red: Small form-factor
pluggable can be removed.

Blue: Normal link status.

Blink blue: Front end module is

in communication status.
3 iSCSI connectors Connect to Ethernet LAN
cables.

10 Gbps iSCSI board LEDs and connectors (copper)

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 Number Item Description

1 STATUS LED Green: front end module is in

the power-on state.

Red: front end module can be

removed safely.
2 PORT (Link/Speed) LED Yellow: 1 Gbps link.

Green: 10 Gbps link.

Off: no link.
3 PORT LED Green: link has been made.

Blinking: communication is
occurring.

Off: no link or not ready to

communicate.
4 iSCSI connectors Connect to Ethernet LAN
cables.

LAN blade LEDs and connectors

Number LED or connector Description

1 ACT LED Green: data is being

transferred.

2 LINK LED Green: link status is normal.

3 LAN 2 LAN port used by the user.

4 LAN 1 Maintenance LAN port used by

service personnel.
5 LAN ALARM LED Red: LAN blade can be
removed.

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 Number LED or connector Description

6 Uninterruptible power supply N/A

port

Back end module LEDs and connectors

Number Item Description

1 STATUS LED Green: back end module is in

the power-on state.

Red: back end module can be

removed safely.
2 Port LED Blue: link status is normal.

3 PATH 0 connector Connect to a drive tray.

4 PATH 1 connector Connects to a drive tray.

Storage system drive trays

Drive trays contain drives, power supplies, fans, and status LEDs. They also
provide interfaces for connecting to controllers and other drive trays.

Small form factor (SFF) drive tray

SFF with front panel bezel

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 Number Item Description

1 POWER LED Green: Drive tray is powered

on.
2 READY LED Green: Drive tray is
operational.
3 LOCATE LED Amber:
• This LED indicates the
location of the chassis that
detects a failure.
• The LED can be lit/turned
off by Maintenance Utility to
specify the chassis location.

4 Lock Locks and unlocks the front

panel bezel by using the
supplied key.

SFF front panel without bezel

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 Number Item Description

1 ACT LED Green: Normal operation.

Blink green: Drive is being

accessed.
2 ALM LED Red: drive stopped due to a
failure and can be replaced.

3 POWER, READY, LOCATE LEDs See the previous table.

4 Small form factor drives There are 24 2.5-inch small

form factor drives oriented
vertically. Slots are
designated 0-23 (left to
right).

SFF rear panel

Number Item Description

1 ENC N/A
2 POWER LED Green: ENC is in the power-on
state.
3 LOCATE LED • This LED indicates the
location of the chassis.
• The LED can be lit or turned
off by the maintenance
utility.

4 ALARM LED Red: ENC can be replaced.

5 PATH (IN) LED Blue: IN side port is linked up.

6 PATH (IN) connector Connect to a controller or drive

tray.
7 PATH (OUT)LED Blue: OUT side port is linked
up.
8 PATH (OUT) connector Connect to a drive tray.

9 Console This port is reserved.

10 Power supply unit N/A

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 Number Item Description

11 Receptacle Connect to the power cable

supplied with the storage
system.
12 AC IN LED Green: Normal operation.

13 ALM LED Red: Power supply unit can

be replaced.
14 RDY LED Green: Normal operation.

Large form factor (LFF) drive tray

LFF with front panel bezel

Number Item Description

1 POWER LED Green: Drive tray is powered

on.
2 READY LED Green: Drive tray is
operational.
3 LOCATE LED Amber:
• This LED indicates the
location of the chassis.
• The LED can be lit/turned
off by Maintenance
Utility.
4 Lock Locks and unlocks the front
panel bezel by using the
supplied key.

LFF front panel without bezel

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 Number Item Description

1 POWER, READY, LOCATE LEDs See the previous table.

2 ACT LED Green: Normal operation.

Blink green: Drive is being

accessed.
3 ALM LED Red: drive stopped due to a
failure and can be replaced.

4 Large Form Factor Drives There are 12 3.5-inch large

form factor drives stacked
horizontally. Slots are
designated the following way:

8 9 10 11
4 5 6 7
0 1 2 3

LFF rear panel

Number Item Description

1 ENC N/A
2 POWER LED Green: ENC is in the power-on
state.
3 LOCATE LED Amber:

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 Number Item Description
• This LED indicates the
location of the chassis.
• The LED can be lit or turned
off by the maintenance
utility.
4 ALARM LED Red: ENC can be replaced.

5 PATH (IN) LED Blue: IN side port is linked up.

6 PATH (IN) connector Connect to a controller or drive

tray.
7 PATH (OUT)LED Blue: OUT side port is linked
up.
8 PATH (OUT) connector Connect to a drive tray.

9 Console This port is reserved.

10 Power supply unit N/A

11 Receptacle Connect to the power cable

supplied with the storage
system.
12 AC IN LED Green: Normal operation.

13 ALM LED Red: Power supply unit can

be replaced.
14 RDY LED Green: Normal operation.

Flash module drive (FMD) tray

FMD with front panel bezel

Number Item Description

1 POWER LED Green: Drive tray is powered

on.

2 READY LED Green: Drive tray is

operational.

3 LOCATE LED Amber:

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 Number Item Description
• This LED indicates the
location of the chassis.
• The LED can be lit or turned
off by the maintenance
utility.
4 Lock Locks and unlocks the front
panel bezel by using the
supplied key.

FMD front panel without bezel

Number Item Description

12 ACT LED Green: Normal operation.

Blink: drive is being accessed.

Slow blink:
• DKC-F710I-1R6FM/3R2FM:
insufficient battery capacity
in the flash module drive.
• DKC-F810I-1R6FN/3R2FN/
6R4FN: flash module drive
built-in capacitor is charged.
If the storage system is
turned on, the LED stops
blinking when the capacitor
is charged completely
(about two minutes).

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 Number Item Description

ALM LED Red: Drive stopped due to a

failure and can be replaced.
3 POWER, READY, LOCATE LEDs See the previous table.

4 Flash module drives Twelve flash module

drives. Slots are
designated the following
way:

9, 10, 11

6, 7, 8

3, 4, 5

0, 1, 2

FMD rear panel

Number Item Description

1 ENC N/A
2 POWER LED Green: ENC is in the power-on
state.
3 LOCATE LED Amber:
• This LED indicates the
location of the chassis.
• The LED can be lit or turned
off by the maintenance
utility.

4 ALARM LED Red: ENC can be replaced.

5 PATH (IN) LED Blue: IN side port is linked up.

6 PATH (IN) connector Connect to a controller or drive

tray.
7 PATH (OUT)LED Blue: OUT side port is linked
up.

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 Number Item Description

8 PATH (OUT) connector Connect to a drive tray.

9 Console This port is reserved.

10 Receptacle Connect to the power cable

supplied with the storage
system.
11 Three LEDS, top to bottom:

RDY LED Green: power supply unit is

operating normally.
AC IN LED Green: power supply unit is
operating normally.
ALM REPLACE LED Red: power supply unit can be
replaced.

Dense intermix drive tray

Dense intermix drive tray with front panel bezel

Number Item Description

1 POWER LED Green: Drive tray is powered

on.
2 READY LED Green: Drive tray is
operational.
3 LOCATE LED Amber:
• This LED indicates the
location of the chassis.
• The LED can be lit or turned
off by the maintenance
utility.

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 Number Item Description

4 Lock Locks and unlocks the front

panel bezel by using the
supplied key.

Dense intermix drive tray display LEDs

Number Item Description

1 ACT Green: Normal operation.

Blink green: Drive is being

accessed.
2 ALM LED Red: Drive stopped due to a
failure and can be replaced.

Note: Drives are organized as follows, starting from the rear of the drive
tray and moving left to right. In the above figure on the left, the rear of the
drive tray is at the top.
• Rear of drive tray: 48 - 59
• 36 - 47
• 24 - 35
• 12 - 23
• Front of drive tray: 00 - 11

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Dense intermix drive tray rear panel

Number Item Description

1 Power supply unit N/A

2 RDY LED Green: Normal operation.

3 AC IN LED Green: Normal operation.

4 ALM LED Red: Power supply unit can

be replaced.
5 Receptacle Connect to the power cable
supplied with the storage
system.
6 ENC N/A

7 PATH (OUT)LED Blue: OUT side port is linked

up.
8 PATH (OUT) connector Connect to a drive tray.

9 PATH (IN) LED Blue: IN side port is linked up.

10 PATH (IN) connector Connect to a controller or drive

tray.
11 Console This port is reserved.

12 ALARM LED Red: ENC can be replaced.

13 LOCATE LED • This LED indicates the

location of the chassis.
• The LED can be lit or turned
off by the maintenance
utility.

14 POWER LED Green: ENC is in the power-on

state.

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 SFF and LFF AC power supply unit LEDs and connectors

Number Item Description

1 RDY LED Green: Normal operation.

2 AC IN LED Green: AC input is operating
normally.
3 ALM LED Red: Power supply unit can
be replaced.

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform SVP server

The following sections describe the physical SVP. A virtual SVP is also
available.

Service processor description

VSP Gx00 models include a separate, dedicated 1U service processor (SVP)
to host an element manager (Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator).
The SVP (model number 3919435.P) operates independently from the
storage system's CPU and operating system, and provides out-of-band
configuration and management of the storage system. It also collects
performance data for key components of the storage system to enable
diagnostic testing and analysis.

Note: This product is also designed for IT power distribution systems with
phase-to-phase voltage.

The SVP runs Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7. This operating

system provides the same look and feel and desktop environment as
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional.

The SVP provides four RJ-45 ports:

• Two ports connect to the storage system controllers (one port for
each controller).

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 • One port connects to the user's IP network.
• One port connects to a user-supplied management console PC.

Three of the four RJ-45 ports (the ones that connect to the controllers and
the IP network) are configured as a bridge. The SVP can be addressed using
the default IP address 192.168.0.15.

In the unlikely event you cannot connect to the SVP using the default IP
address, use the following emergency login: http://<default SVP IP
address>/dev/storage/<model number><system serial number>/
emergency.do. For example:

Storage system model Storage system URL

number serial number

8320004 456789 http://192.168.0.15/dev/

storage/8320004456789/
emergency.do

8340004 456789 http://192.168.0.15/dev/

storage/8340004456789/
emergency.do

8360004 456789 http://192.168.0.15/dev/

storage/8360004456789/
emergency.do

Users are responsible for adopting the appropriate security procedures with
the SVP, including:
• Applying Windows security patches.
• Turning on automatic Windows updates or using the manual
Windows update method.
• Installing antivirus software that has been tested and approved by Hitachi.
• Installing the latest SVP firmware releases from Hitachi.

SVP front panel

The SVP front panel has LEDs, a reset button, and a power button.

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 Number Description

1 LEDs. From left to right, the LEDs are:

• BMC Heartbeat
• LAN card 2
• LAN card 1
• Hard drive
• System standby power
2 Reset button.
3 Power button. Applies power to or removes
power from the SVP.

SVP rear panel

The only ports used on the rear panel of the SVP are the power socket and
the four LAN ports.

Number Description

1 Power socket. Attach the power cable supplied

with the SVP.
2 Four LAN ports arranged as follows:

LAN3 LAN4

LAN1 LAN2

These ports connect to your IP network, the

management console PC, and the user LAN port
on each storage system controller.

Note: After the Initial Startup Wizard is run, the SVP can be used in non-
bridge mode. In this mode, the cables can be removed from SVP ports LAN3
and LAN4 and attached to switches. For more information, contact customer
support.

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System option modes

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 System Option Modes
System Option Modes allow VSP Gx00 models to be configured to
specific customer operating requirements.

At installation, the modes are set to their default values, as shown in the
following table. If you think these mode settings should be changed, discuss
these settings with your Hitachi Data Systems team. The System Option
Modes can be changed by a Hitachi Data Systems representative only.

The following table was up to date at the time this manual was published.
However, the System Option Mode information might change in firmware
releases that precede the next release of this manual. Contact your Hitachi
Data Systems team for the latest information about System Option Modes.

The System Option Mode information includes:

• Mode = specifies the System Option Mode number
• Description = describes the action or function that the mode provides.
• Default = specifies the default setting (ON or OFF) of the mode.

Note: These modes are supported by all firmware versions.

Mode Description Default

15 The mode can improve the host response time to be about ON

within 6 seconds.

Note:

1. The mode applies when a drive response delay

may affect business operations.

2. If Dynamic Sparing or Auto Correction Mode is used

due to host I/O conflicts with copy processing, I/O
watching time is 30 seconds even the mode is set to ON.

3. Even though System Option Mode 015 is set to ON,

the function does not apply to SATA or NL-SAS drives.

22 Regarding the correction copy or the drive copy, in case OFF

ECCs/LRC PINs are set on the track of copy source HDD,
mode 22 can be used to interrupt the copy processing
(default) or to create ECCs/LRC PINs on the track of copy
target HDD to continue the processing.

Mode 22 = ON:

If ECCs/LRC PINs (up to 16*1) have been set on the track

of copy source HDD, ECCs/LRC PINs (up to 16*1) will be
created on the track of copy target HDD so that the copy
processing will continue.

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 If the number of ECCs/LRC PINs exceeds the maximum, the
corresponding copy processing will be interrupted.

*1: The maximum number of ECCs/LRC PINs is as follows.

< For HUS VM>

73-03-01-00/00 or higher: 64

Earlier than 73-03-01-00/00: 16

Mode 22 = OFF:

If ECCs/LRC PINs have been set on the track of copy

source HDD, the copy processing will be interrupted.

(first recover ECCs/LRC PINs by using the PIN recovery

flow, and then perform the correction copy or the drive copy
again)

One of the controlling option for correction/drive copy.

80 For HUS VM (SI for OPEN) OFF

In response to the Restore instruction from the host, if

neither Quick nor Normal is specified, the following
operation is performed.

Mode 80 = ON:

Normal Restore (Reverse Copy) is performed.

Mode 80 = OFF:

Quick Restore is performed.

Notes:

1. This mode is applied when the specification for Restore

of SI is switched between Quick (default) and Normal.

2. The performance of Restore differs depending on

the Normal or Quick specification.

87 HUS VM: Determining which of NormalCopy or OFF

QuickResync, if not specified, is performed at the execution
of pairresync by RAID Manager. If ON, QuickResync, or if
OFF, NormalCopy is performed.

122 For Split or Resync request from the Mainframe host OFF
and Storage Navigator,

Mode 122 = ON:

By specifying Split or Resync, Steady/Quick Split or Normal/

Quick Resync is respectively executed in accordance with
Normal/Quick setting.

Mode 122 = OFF：

By specifying Split or Resync, Steady/Quick Split or Normal/

Quick Resync is respectively executed in accordance with
Normal/Quick setting.

For details, see the System Option Mode 122 sheet.

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 Notes:

(1) For HUS VM, this mode is applied to use scripts etc
that are used on Lightning 9900 and Lightning 9900 V.

(2) Executing the pairresync command from RAID

Manager may be related to the System Option Mode 087
setting.

(3) When performing At-Time Split from RAID Manager,

Set this mode to OFF or specify the environment

variable HORCC_SPLT for Quick.

Otherwise, Pairsplit may turn timeout.

(4) The mode becomes effective after specifying Split/

Resync following the mode setting. The mode function
does not work if it is set during the Split/Resync operation.
292 Issuing OLS when Switching Port OFF

In case the mainframe host (FICON) is connected with the

CNT-made FC switch (FC9000 etc.), and is using along
with the TrueCopy S/390 with Open Fibre connection, the
occurrence of Link Incident Report for the mainframe host
from the FC switch will be deterred when switching the
CHT port attribute (including automatic switching when
executing CESTPATH and CDELPATH in case of Mode
114=ON).

Mode 292=ON:

When switching the port attribute, issue the OLS (100 ms)
first, and then reset the Chip.

Mode 292=OFF:

When switching the port attribute, reset the Chip without

issuing the OLS.

310 Mode 310 = ON: OFF

The monitoring timer for MP hang-up is 6 seconds and

returning a response to the host within 8 is
guaranteed.

Mode 310 = OFF:

The monitoring timer for MP hang-up remains 15 seconds

(USP/NSC / USP V/VM) or 8 seconds (VSP/ VSP G1000).

Notes:

(1) This mode applies to a site where strict host

response performance is required.

(2) If a hardware failure occurs when the mode is set to

ON, the time until MPB blockage is determined is shorter
than usual.
448 Mode 448 = ON: (Enabled) N/A

If the SVP detects a blocked path, the SVP assumes that an

error occurred, and then immediately splits (suspends) the
mirror.

Mode 448 = OFF: (Disabled)

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 If the SVP detects a blocked path and the path does not
recover within the specified period of time, the SVP
assumes that an error occurred, and then splits (suspends)
the mirror.

Note:

The mode 448 setting takes effect only when mode 449 is
set to OFF.

449 This mode is used to enable and disable detection of ON

communication failures between MCU and RCU.

Mode 449 = ON

On MCU side, checking read journal disruption from RCU is

disabled, and monitoring read journal failures is disabled on
RCU side.

Mode 449 = OFF

Detecting communication failures between MCU and RCU is

enabled.

Notes:

(1) The mode applies at sites where disabling the

detection of communication failures between MCU and
RCU in UR configuration is required.

(2) For USP/NSC, the default setting is OFF with

versions from 50-03-95-00/00 to 50-04-31-00/00, and
is ON with versions 50-04-40-00/00 and later.

(3) When the mode is set to ON, System Option Mode

448 does not work.

(4) The mode setting is not changed by microcode upgrade.

(5) The mode is not effective for remote paths

between Initiator port on MCU and Target port on RCU.

(6) While a path from RCU to MCU is disconnected, if the

UR pair remains in Suspending or Deleting status, recover it
in accordance with the procedure in Recovery from UR
Failure in TROUBLE SHOOTING section of the Maintenance
Manual.
454 CLPR (Function of Virtual Partition Manager) partitions the OFF
cache memory in the disk subsystem into multiple virtual
cache and assigns the partitioned virtual cache for each
use. If a large amount of cache is required for a specific
use, it can minimize the impact on other uses. The CLPR
function works as follows depending on whether System
Option Mode 454 is set to ON or OFF.

Mode 454 = OFF:

The amount of the entire destage processing is periodically

determined by using the highest workload of all CLPRs (*a).
(The larger the workload is, the larger the amount of the
entire destage processing becomes.)

*a:

(for HUS VM)

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 (Write Pending capacity of CLPR#x of concerned MPB) ÷

(Cache capacity of CLPR#x of concerned MPB), x=0 to 31

CLPR whose value above is the highest of all CLPRs

Because the destage processing would be accelerated

depending on CLPR with high workload, when the workload
in a specific CLPR increases, the risk of host I/O halt would
be reduced.

Therefore, set Mode 454 to OFF in most cases.

Mode 454 = ON:

The amount of the entire destage processing is periodically

determined by using the workload of the entire system (*b).
(The larger the workload is, the larger the amount of the
entire destage processing becomes.)

*b:

(for HUS VM)

(Write Pending capacity of the entire system of concerned

MPB) ÷ (Cache capacity of the entire system of
concerned MPB)

Because the destage processing would not be accelerated

even if CLPR has high workload, when the workload in a
specific CLPR increases, the risk of host I/O halt would be
increased. Therefore, it is limited to set Mode 454 to ON
only when a CLPR has constant high workload and it gives
priority to I/O performance in a CLPR with low workload
than host I/O halt in the CLPR with high workload.

Notes:

(1) When this System Option Mode is set to ON, even if

there is an overloaded CLPR (CLPR with large Write
Pending capacity), the amount of destage processing would
not increase easily. Therefore TOV(MIH) may occur in the
overloaded CLPR. Set this System Option Mode to ON only
when the overloaded state of a specific CLPR would not
affect other CLPRs.

In the case where the HUR function is used, if user volumes

and journal volumes are defined in different CLPRs, when
the CLPR to which the journal volumes are assigned
overflows, the user volumes become inaccessible either.
Therefore it is recommended to set this System Option
Mode to OFF.

(2) Because the destage processing will have a lower

priority in the overloaded CLPR, the overloaded state of
the overloaded CLPR is not removed, and TOV(MIH) may
occur.
457 (1) High Speed LDEV Format for External Volumes OFF

The high speed LDEV format for external volumes is

available by setting System Option Mode 457 to ON. If
System Option Mode 457 is ON, when selecting the
external volume group and performing the LDEV format,
any Write processing on the external LUs will be skipped.
However, if

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 the emulation type of the external LDEV is a mainframe
system, the Write processing for mainframe control
information only will be performed after the write skip.

(2) Support for Mainframe Control Block Write GUI

In case of System Option Mode 457 On, the high speed

LDEV format for external volumes was supported at V03.
Since V04, Control Block Write of the external LDEVs in
Mainframe emulation has been supported by Storage
Navigator (GUI).

- In case the LDEV is not written with data “0”

before performing the function, the LDEV format
may fail.

- After the format processing, make sure to set

System Option Mode 457 to OFF.
459 PAIR → PSUS(SP) → PSUS: System Option Mode 459 OFF
function is running at copy pending from P-VOL to S-VOL
such as PSUS(SP) → PSUS. Please refer additional TAB of
mode list.

Mode 459 = ON:

Waits for cache memory to completely destage the DKC S-

Vol to the External Volume S-Vol before changing pair status
to SUSPEND.

Mode 459 = OFF:

The status changes to SUSPEND as soon as all the delta

data is copied to S-Vol cache. The status does not wait
for cache to destage to the S-Vol external volume.

466 Universal Replicator recommends the line band of 100 OFF

Mbps or more for the path between Main and Remote.
However, when a customer uses the line band of around 10
Mbps, operation on UR cannot be properly processed. As a
result, many retries occur and UR may suspend. This mode
is provided to guarantee the line band of at least 10 Mbps
for proper system operation.

Mode 466 = ON:

The line band of 10 Mbps or more is available. The JNL

read is performed with 4-multiplexed read size of 256 KB.

Mode 466 = OFF:

The same as the conventional operation. The line band of

100 Mbps or more is available. The JNL read is
performed with 32-multiplexed read size of 1 MB by
default.

Note that the line band can be changed from the window for
changing JNL group options.
467 In case of using the following features, the current copy ON
processing slows down if the dirty percentage is 60% or
larger, and it stops if the dirty percentage is 75% or larger.
Mode 467 is to prevent the dirty percentage from over 60%
so that the host performance is not affected.

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 The default setting is different according to models and
versions. For details, see spreadsheet "Default Setting
of Mode 467".

Mode 467 = ON:

The copy processing stops if the dirty percentage is 60% or

larger. If the dirty percentage becomes lower than 60%, the
copy processing restarts.

Mode 467 = OFF:

The copy processing slows down if the dirty percentage is

60% or larger, and it stops if the dirty percentage is 75% or
larger.

Notes:

1. This mode must always be set to ON when using an

external volume as the secondary volume of any of
the above-mentioned PPs for copy.

2. It takes longer to finish the copy processing because

it stops for prioritizing the host I/O performance.

3. This mode supports background copy only. The

processing to copy the pre-update data to the S-VOL, which
occurs when overwriting data to un-copied slots of P-VOL in
Split processing or reading or writing data to un-copied
slots of S-VOL, is not supported.

4. Check the write pending rate of each CLPR per MP

blade. Even though there is some free cache capacity in
the entire system, if the write pending rate of an MP blade
where ShadowImage / ShadowImage for z/OS / FCV2 /
Copy-on- Write Snapshot / Volume Migration pairs belong
to exceeds the threshold, the copy operation is stopped.

471 Since the SIM-RC(*) that are generated when the usage OFF
rate of Pool used by Snapshot exceeds the threshold value
can be resolved by users, basically they are not reported to
the maintenance personnel.

This option is used to inform maintenance personnel of

these SIMs that are basically not reported to maintenance
personnel in case these SIMs must be reported to them.

* SIMs reported by setting the mode to ON are as follows.

- HUS VM:

SIM-RC 601xxx (Pool utilization threshold excess)/

603000 (SM Space Warning)

Mode 471 = ON:

This kind of SIMs is reported to maintenance personnel.

Mode 471 = OFF:

This kind of SIMs is not reported to maintenance personnel.

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 Set this mode to ON when it is required to inform
maintenance personnel of the SIM-RC(*).

* SIMs reported by setting the mode to ON are as follows.

- HUS VM:

SIM-RC 601xxx (Pool utilization threshold excess)/

603000 (SM Space Warning)

474 UR initial copy performance can be improved by issuing a OFF

command from Raid Manager/BC Manager to execute a
dedicated script consists of UR initial copy (Nocopy), UR
suspend, TC (Sync) initial copy, TC (Sync) delete, and UR
resync.

Mode 474 = ON:

For a suspended UR pair, a TC-Sync pair can be created

with the same P-VOL/S-VOL so that UR initial copy time can
be reduced by using the dedicated script.

Mode 474 = OFF:

For a suspended UR pair, a TC-Sync pair cannot be

created with the same P-VOL/S-VOL. For this, the
dedicated script cannot be used.

Notes:

1. Set this mode for both MCU and RCU.

2. When the mode is set to ON;

- Execute all of pair operations from Raid Manager/ BCM.

- Use a dedicated script.

- Initial copy operation is prioritized over update I/O.

Therefore, the processing speed of the update I/O
slows down by about 15μs per command.

3. If this mode is set to ON, the processing speed of

update I/O slows down by about 15μs per command,
version downgrade is disabled, and Take Over is not
available.

4. If the mode is not set to ON for both or either sides,

the behavior is as follows.

- Without setting on both sides: Normal UR initial

copy performance.

- With setting on MCU/without setting on RCU: TC Sync

pair creation fails.

- Without setting on MCU/with setting on RCU: The

update data for P-VOL is copied to the S-VOL in
synchronous manner.

5. While the mode is set to ON, make sure not to

perform micro-program downgrade to an unsupported
version.

6. While the mode is set to ON, make sure not to

perform the Take Over function.

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 7. The mode cannot be applied to a UR pair that is the 2nd
mirror in URxUR multi-target configuration or
URxUR cascade configuration. If applied, TC pair
creation is rejected with SSB=CBEE output.

506 This option is used to enable Delta Resync with no OFF

host update I/O by copying only differential JNL
instead of copying all data.

The HUR Differential Resync configuration is required.

Mode 506 = ON:

Without update I/O: Delta Resync is

enabled. With update I/O: Delta Resync is

enabled.

Mode 506 = OFF:

Without update I/O: Total data copy of Delta Resync

is performed.

With update I/O: Delta Resync is enabled.

Note:

Even when mode 506 is set to ON, the Delta Resync may
fail and only the total data copy of the Delta Resync
function is allowed if the necessary journal data does not
exist on the primary subsystem used for the Delta Resync
operation.
561 This option is used to allow Quick Restore for OFF
external volumes with different Cache Mode settings.

Mode 561 = ON:

Quick Restore for external volumes with different Cache

Mode settings is prevented.

Mode 561 = OFF:

Quick Restore for external volumes with different Cache

Mode settings is allowed.

589 When this option is ON, the frequency of progress update of OFF
disconnection is changed.

Mode 589 = ON:

For each external volume, progress is updated only

when the progress rate is 100%.

Mode 589 = OFF:

Progress is updated when the progress rate exceeds

the previous level.

Notes:

1. Set this option to ON when disconnecting an external

volume while the specific host IO operation is online and
its performance requirement is severe.

2. Whether the disconnecting status for each

external volume is progressed or not cannot be
confirmed on

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 Storage Navigator (It indicates “-“ until just before the
completion and at the last it changes to 100%).

689 This option is used to slow down the initial copy and resync OFF
copy operations when the Write Pending rate on RCU
exceeds 60%.

Mode 689 = ON:

The initial copy and resync copy operations are slowed

down when the Write Pending rate on RCU exceeds 60%.

*: From VSP, if the Write Pending rate of CLPR where the

initial copy target secondary volume belongs to is not over
60% but that of MP PCB where the S-VOL belongs to is over
60%, the initial copy operation is slowed down.

Mode 689 = OFF:

The initial copy and resync copy operations are not

slowed down when the Write Pending rate on RCU
exceeds 60% (the same as before).

Notes:

1. This mode can be set online.

2. The micro-programs on both MCU and RCU must

support this mode.

3. This mode should be set per customer’s requests.

4. If the Write Pending status long keeps 60% or more on

RCU, it takes extra time for the initial copy and resync
copy to be completed by making up for the slowed down
copy operation.

5. From VSP, if the Write Pending rate of CLPR where the

initial copy target secondary volume belongs to is not over
60% but that of MP PCB where the S-VOL belongs to is
over 60%, the initial copy operation is slowed down.

6. When the mode is applied while an unsupported

model ( USP V/VM (earlier than V02), USP/NSC and
earlier models) is connected as MCU, if the Write
Pending rate reaches 60%, pair suspend may occur.

690 This option is used to prevent Read JNL or JNL Restore OFF
when the Write Pending rate on RCU exceeds 60% as
follows:

- When CLPR of JNL-Volume exceeds 60%, Read JNL

is prevented.

- When CLPR of Data (secondary)-Volume exceeds

60%, JNL Restore is prevented.

Mode 690 = ON:

Read JNL or JNL Restore is prevented when the

Write Pending rate on RCU exceeds 60%.

Mode 690 = OFF:

Read JNL or JNL Restore is not prevented when the

Write Pending rate on RCU exceeds 60% (the same as
before).

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 Notes:

1. This mode can be set online.

2. This mode should be set per customer’s requests.

3. If the Write Pending status long keeps 60% or more on

RCU, it takes extra time for the initial copy to be
completed by making up for the prevented copy operation.

4. If the Write Pending status long keeps 60% or more on

RCU, the pair status may become Suspend due to the
JNL- Vol being full.

5. When RAID 500 is used on P-VOL side, the mode

cannot be used. If the mode is set to ON, SSB=8E08 on P-
VOL side and SSB=C8D1 on S-VOL side may frequently be
output.

696 This mode is available to enable or disable the QoS function. OFF

Mode 696 = ON:

QoS is enabled. (In accordance with the Share value set to

SM, I/Os are scheduled. The Share value setting from
RMLIB is accepted.)

Mode 696 = OFF:

QoS is disabled. (The Share value set to SM is cleared. I/O

scheduling is stopped. The Share value setting from host
is rejected.)

Note:

1. Set this mode to ON when you want to enable the QoS

function.

701 This option is used to issue the Read command at the OFF
LU discovery operation using UVM.

Mode 701 = ON:

The Read command is issued at the LU discovery operation.

Mode 701 = OFF:

The Read command is not issued at the LU

discovery operation.

Notes:

1. When the external storage is USP/NSC and the

Open LDEV Guard attribute (VMA) is defined on an
external device, set the mode to ON.

2. When this option is set to ON, it takes longer time to

complete the LU discovery. The amount of time depends
on external storages.

3. With this system option OFF, if searching for external

devices with VMA set, the VMA information cannot be
read.

4. When the mode is set to ON while the following

conditions are met, the external volume is
blocked.

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 (a) HUS VM is used on the storage system.

(b) An external volume to which Nondisruptive

Migration (NDM) attribute is set exists.

(c) The external volume is reserved by the host.

5. As the VMA information is USP/NSC specific, this mode

does not need to be ON when the external storage is
other than USP/NSC.

6. Set the mode to OFF when the following conditions

are met.

(a) HUS VM is used on the storage system.

(b) An external volume to which Nondisruptive

Migration (NDM) attribute is set exists.

704 To reduce the chance of MIH, this option can reduce the N/A
priority of SI, VM, CoW Snapshot, Flash Copy or Resync
copy internal IO requests so that host IO has a higher
priority. This mode creates new work queues where
these jobs can be assigned with a lower priority.

Mode 704 = ON:

Copy processing requested is registered into a newly

created queue so that the processing is scheduled with
lower priority than host I/O.

Mode 704 = OFF:

Copy processing requested is not registered into a newly

created queue. Only the existing queue is used.

Note:

If the PDEV is highly loaded, the priority of Read/Write

processing made by SI, VM, CoW Snapshot, Flash Copy or
Resync may become lower. As a consequence the copy
speed may be slower

721 When a parity group is uninstalled or installed, the following OFF

operation is performed accordingly.

Mode 721 = ON:

When a parity group is uninstalled or installed, neither the

LED of the HDD for uninstallation lights up, nor the
instruction message for removing the HDD appears. Also,
the windows other than that of parity group, such as DKA
or DKU, are unavailable to select.

Mode 721 = OFF:

When a parity group is uninstalled or installed, the

operation is as before; the LED of the HDD lights up, and
the HDD must be unmounted and remounted.

Notes:

1. When the RAID level or emulation type is changed for the

existing parity group, this option should be applied only if

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 the HDD mounted position remains the same at the time of
the parity group uninstallation or installation.

2. After the operation using this option is completed, the

mode must be set back to Off; otherwise, the LED of the
HDD to be removed will not light up at subsequent
parity group uninstalling operations

725 This option determines an action when Not Ready is OFF

returned from the external volume.

Mode 725 = ON:

When Not Ready is returned, the external path is

blocked and the path status can be automatically
recovered (Not Ready blockade). Note that the two
behaviors, automatic recovery and blockade, may be
repeated.

From version 60-05-06-00/00, the following is added.

For the device of Not Ready blockade, the Device Health

Check is executed after 30 seconds.

Mode 725 = OFF:

When Not Ready is returned 3 times in 3 minutes, the

path is blocked and the path status cannot be
automatically recovered (Response error blockade).

Notes:

1. For HUS VM:

(1) Applying this System Option Mode is prohibited when

USP V/VM is used as an external subsystem and its
external volume is DP-VOL.

(2) Applying this System Option Mode is recommended

when the above condition (1) is not met and SUN storage
is used as an external storage.

(3) Applying this System Option Mode is recommended

when the above condition (1) is not met and EMC CX
series, VNX series, or Fujitsu Fibre CAT CX series is used as
an external storage.

(4) Applying this System Option Mode is recommended if

the above condition (1) is not met and a maintenance
operation such as firmware update causing controller
reboot is executed on the external storage side while a
storage system other than Hitachi product is used as an
external subsystem.

2. While USP V/VM is used as an external subsystem and

its volume is DP-VOL, if some Pool-VOLs constituting the
DP- VOL are blocked, a phenomenon of external path
blockade and recovery occurs repeatedly.

3. In the case that a virtual volume mapped by UVM is

set to pool-VOL and used as DP-VOL in local subsystem,
this System Option Mode can be applied without problem.
729 To set the Protect attribute for the target DP-VOL using OFF
the DRU, when any Write operation is requested to the
area

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 where the page allocation is not provided at a time when
the HDP Pool is full.

Mode 729 = ON:

To set the Protect attribute for the target DP-VOL using

the DRU, when any Write operation is requested to the
area where the page allocation is not provided at a time
when the HDP Pool is full. (Not to set in the case of Read
request).

Mode 729 = OFF:

Not to set the Protect attribute for the target DP-VOL using
the DRU, when any Write operation is requested to the
area where the page allocation is not provided at a time
when HDP Pool is full.

Notes:

1. This System Option Mode is applied when;

-The threshold of Pool is high (e.g., 95%) and the Pool may
be full.

-DP V-VOL uses file system.

-Data Retention Utility is installed.

2. Since the Protect attribute is set for V-VOL, the

Read operation cannot be allowed as well.

3. When the Data Retention Utility is not installed,

the desired effect is not achieved.

4. Protect attribute can be released from the Data

Retention window of Storage Navigator after releasing the
full status of the Pool by adding a Pool-VOL.

5. With VSP Gx00/Fx00 V01+1 and later, do not change

the mode setting but use the virtual volume protection
function when the pool is full to change the setting.

6. With VSP Gx00/Fx00 V01+1 and later, when HM O63

or 73 is set to ON, the setting of the HMO is prioritized
over the System Option Mode 729 setting so that the
behavior remains as that of setting the mode to OFF even
when the System Option Mode is set to ON.

733 This option enables to suspend Volume Migration or OFF

Quick Restore operation during LDEV-related
maintenance.

USP V/VM:

Mode 733 = ON:

Volume Migration or Quick Restore operation during

LDEV- related maintenance is suspended.

Mode 733 = OFF:

Volume Migration or Quick Restore operation during

LDEV- related maintenance is not suspended.

VSP and later models, HUS VM and later models:

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 Mode 733 = ON:

Volume Migration or Quick Restore operation during

LDEV- related maintenance is not suspended

Mode 733 = OFF:

Volume Migration or Quick Restore operation during

LDEV- related maintenance is suspended.

Notes:

1. (USP V/VM) This option is recommended as functional

improvement to avoid maintenance failures. In some cases
of a failure in LDEV-related maintenance without setting
the option, Storage Navigator operations may be
unavailable.

2. (USP V/VM) There is the potential for LDEV-related

maintenance activities to fail when Volume Migration
and Quick Restore is active without setting the option.

3. Note that behavior when the mode is set to ON and

OFF is reversed between USP V/VM and VSP and
later/HUS VM and later.

4. (USP V/VM) This option should be applied when

Volume Migration or Quick Restore operation can be
suspended during LDEV-related maintenance.

5. (USP V/VM) If virtual volume capacity expansion

operation conflicts with Volume Migration or Quick Restore
operation, the virtual volume capacity expansion
operation may fail.

6. (VSP and later/HUS VM and later) This mode should

be applied to perform Volume Migration or Quick Restore
during maintenance operation.

7. (VSP and later/HUS VM and later) Set mode 733 to ON if

you want to prioritize the Volume Migration or Quick
Restore operation over maintenance activities. In this case,
maintenance activities may fail when the Volume Migration
or Quick Restore operation works during the maintenance
activities.

8. (VSP and later/HUS VM and later) An LDEV-related

maintenance operation such as LDEV
installation/removal may fail when Volume Migration or
Quick Restore takes place.
734 When exceeding the pool threshold, the SIM is reported as OFF
follows.

Mode 734 = ON:

A SIM is reported at the time when the pool usage rate

exceeds the pool threshold (warning, system, or depletion).
Once the pool usage rate falls below the pool threshold, and
then exceeds again, the SIM is reported again. If the pool
usage rate continues to exceed the warning threshold and
the depletion threshold, the SIM (SIM-RC625000) is
repeatedly reported every eight (8) hours until the pool
usage rate falls below the depletion threshold.

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 Mode 734 = OFF:

A SIM is reported at the time when the pool usage rate

exceeds the pool threshold (warning, system, or depletion).
Once the pool usage rate falls below the pool threshold, and
then exceeds again, the SIM is reported again. The SIM is
not reported while the pool usage rate continues to exceed
the warning threshold and the depletion threshold.

Notes:

1. This option is turned ON to prevent the Write

I/O operation from being unavailable due to pool
full.

2. If the pool threshold exceeding SIM occurs

frequently, other SIMs may not be reported.

3. Though turning on this option can increase the warning

effect, if measures such as adding a pool fail to be done in
time so that the pool becomes full, system option mode
729 can be used to prevent file systems from being
destroyed.

4. Turning on system option mode 741 can provide the

SIM report to not only the users but also the service
personnel.
741 The option enables to switch over whether to report OFF
the following SIM for users to the service personnel.

SIM-RC 625000 (DP Pool usage rate continues to exceed

the threshold)

Mode 741 = ON:

SIM is reported to the service personnel

Mode 741 = OFF:

SIM is not reported to the service personnel

Notes:

1. This option is set to ON to have SIM for users reported to

the service personnel,

- for the system where SNMP and E-mail notification are

not set.

- if Storage Navigator isn’t periodically activated.

2. When Mode 734 is turned OFF, SIM-RC625000 is not

reported; accordingly the SIM is not reported to the service
personnel even though this option is ON.

745 This option enables to change the area where the OFF
information is obtained as the Characteristic1 item from
SYMMETRIX.

Mode 745 = ON:

(1) The area where the information is obtained as

the Characteristic1 item from SYMMETRIX is
changed.

(2) When CheckPaths or Device Health Check (1/hour) is

performed, the information of an already-mapped
external volume is updated to the one after change.

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 Mode 745 = OFF:

(1) The area where the information is obtained as the

Characteristic1 item from SYMMTRIX is set to the
default.

(2) When CheckPaths or Device Health Check (1/hour) is

performed, the information of an already-mapped
external volume is updated to the default.

Notes:

1. This option is applied when the SYMMETRIX of EMC

is connected using UVM.

2. Enable the setting of EMC SCSI Flag SC3 for the port of
the SYMMETRIX storage of EMC connected with USP V/VM
and disable the setting of Flag SPC2. If the setting of EMC
SCSI Flag SC3 is not enabled or the setting of Flag SPC2
is enabled, the effect of this mode may not be achieved.

3. If you want to enable this mode immediately after

setting, perform Check Paths on each path one by one for
all the external ports connected to the SYMMETRIX storage
of EMC. But, without doing Check Paths, the display of
Characteristic1 can automatically be changed by the
Device Health Check to be performed once an hour. If
SSB=AD02 occurs and a path is blocked, perform Check
Paths on this path again.

4. If the Check Paths is performed while ShadowImage for

z/OS pair and FlashCopy Mirror pair are defined in the
specified volume, the Check Paths operation is rejected
with a message, “605 2518”. If ShadowImage for z/OS pair
and FlashCopy Mirror pair are defined in the specified
volume, do not perform Check Paths but wait until the
display is automatically changed.
749 This mode disables the DP Rebalance function and the DT OFF
Tier relocation function which allow the HDDs of all ECC
Groups in the pool to share the load.

Mode 749 = ON:

The DP Rebalance function and the DT Tier

relocation functions are disabled.

Mode 749 = OFF:

The DP Rebalance function and the DT Tier

relocation functions are activated.

Notes:

1. This option is applied when no change in

performance characteristic is desired.

2. When a pool is newly installed, the load may

be concentrated on the installed pool volumes.

3. When 0 data discarding is executed, load may

be unbalanced among pool volumes.

4. Pool VOL deletion while the mode is set to ON fails.

To delete pool VOLs, set the mode to OFF.

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757 Setting this mode to ON or OFF to disable or enable OFF
outputting In-band audit logs.

Mode 757 = ON:

In-band audit log is not output.

Mode 757 = OFF:

In-band audit log is output.

Notes:

(1) Mode 757 applies to the sites where outputting the

In- band audit logs is not needed.

(2) When this option is set to ON,

- There is no access to SM for the In-band audit logs,

which can avoid the corresponding performance
degradation.

- SM is not used for the In-band audit logs.

(3) If outputting the In-band audit log is desired, set this

mode to OFF.
784 This mode can reduce the MIH watch time of RI/O for a TC OFF
Sync or GAD pair internally so that update I/Os can
continue by using an alternate path without time-out
occurrence in the environment where Open host time-out
time is short (15 seconds or less). The mode is effective at
initial pair creation or Resync operation for TC Sync or
GAD. (Not effective by just setting this mode to ON)

The mode is applied to TC Sync (83-01-01-x0/00

and higher) and GAD (83-01-21-x0/00 and higher).

Mode 784 = ON:

The MIH time of RIO is internally reduced so that, even

though a path failure occurs between DKCs in the
environment where host MIH time is set to 15 seconds,
update I/Os can be processed by using an alternate path
promptly, lowering the possibility of host MIH
occurrence.

Mode 784 = OFF:

The operation is processed in accordance with the TC Sync

specification.

Notes:

(1) The mode is applied to the environment where

OPEN host time-out time is set to 15 seconds or less.

(2) The mode is applied to reduce RI/O MIH time to

5 seconds.

(3) This function is available for all the TC Sync and GAD
pairs on the subsystem, unable to specify the pairs that
are using this function or not.

(4) To apply the mode to TC Sync, both MCU and RCU

must be HUS VM and micro-program must be the support
version

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 on both sides. If either one of MCU or RCU is USP V/VM, the
function cannot be applied.

(5) For a TC Sync or GAD pair with the mode effective

(RI/O MIH time is 5 seconds), the setting of RI/O MIH time
made at RCU registration (default is 15 seconds, which can
be changed within range from 10 to 100 seconds) is invalid.
However, RI/O MIH time displayed on Storage Navigator
and CCI is not “5 seconds” but is what set at RI/O
registration.

(6) If a failure occurs on the switched path between

DKCs, Open server time-out may occur.

(7) If an MP to which the path between DKCs belongs is

overloaded, switching to an alternate path delays and
time- out may occur.

(8) If an RI/O retry occurs due to other factors than RI/O

MIH (5 sec), such as a check condition report issued from
RCU to MCU, the RI/O retry is performed on the same path
instead of an alternate path. If a response delay to the
RI/O occurs constantly on this path due to path failure or
link delay, time-out may occur due to response time
accumulation for each RI/O retried within 5 seconds.

(9) Even though the mode is set to ON, if Open host

time- out time is set to 10 seconds or less, time-out may
occur due to a path failure between DKCs.

(10) Operation commands are not available for

promptly switching to an alternate path.

(11) The mode works for the pair for which initial
pair creation or Resync operation is executed.

(12) Micro-program downgrade to an unsupported

version cannot be executed unless all the TC Sync pairs
are suspended or deleted.

(13) See System Option Mode 784 sheet for operational

specifications in each combination of MCU and RCU of
TC.

(14) For GAD pairs, the mode is effective if the microcode

is in a version that supports GAD.

(15) The mode does not support paths between DKCs using
iSCSI in VSP Gx00/Fx00. (Configuration where DKC paths
of Fibre and iSCSI coexist is not supported.)
803 While a DP pool VOL is blocked, if a read or write I/O is OFF
issued to the blocked pool VOL, this mode can enable the
Protect attribute of DRU for the target DP-VOL.

Mode 803 = ON:

While a DP pool VOL is blocked, if a read or write I/O is

issued to the blocked pool VOL, the DRU attribute is set to
Protect.

Mode 803 = OFF:

While a DP pool VOL is blocked, if a read or write I/O is

issued to the blocked pool VOL, the DRU attribute is not set
to Protect.

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 See the System Option Mode 729 and 803 sheet for more
details.

Notes:

1. This mode is applied when

- a file system using DP pool VOLs is used.

- Data Retention Utility is installed.

2. Because the DRU attribute is set to Protect for the V-

VOL, a read I/O is also disabled.

3. If Data Retention Utility is not installed, the

expected effect cannot be achieved.

4. The Protect attribute of DRU for the HDP V-VOL can be

released on the Data Retention window of Storage
Navigator after recovering the blocked pool VOL.

5. With HM800 V01+1 and later, do not change the mode

setting but use the virtual volume protection function
when the pool volume is blocked to change the setting.

855 By switching the mode to ON/OFF when ShadowImage is OFF

used with System Option Mode 467 set to ON, copy
processing is continued or stopped as follows.

Mode 855 = ON:

When the amount of dirty data is within the range from

58% to 63%, the next copy processing is continued after
the dirty data created in the previous copy is cleared to
prevent the amount of dirty data from increasing (copy
after destaging). If the amount of dirty data exceeds 63%,
the copy processing is stopped.

Mode 855 = OFF:

The copy processing is stopped when the amount of dirty

data is over 60%.

For details, see the System Option Mode 855 sheet.

Notes:

1. This mode is applied when all the following conditions are

met.

- ShadowImage is used with System Option Mode 467 set

to ON.

- Write pending rate of an MP blade that has

LDEV ownership of the copy target is high.

- Usage rate of a parity group to which the copy

target LDEV belongs is low.

- ShadowImage copy progress is delayed.

2. This mode is available only when System Option Mode

467 is set to ON.

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 3. If workload of the copy target parity group is high, the
copy processing may not be improved even if this mode is
set to ON.

857 This option enables or disables to limit the cache allocation OFF
capacity per MPB (VSP / VSP G1000) or MPU (HUS VM) to
within the prescribed capacity (*) except for Cache
Residency.

*: 128 GB (VSP/HUS VM), 256 GB (VSP G1000).

Mode 857 = ON:

The cache allocation capacity is limited to within the

prescribed capacity.

Mode 857 = OFF:

The cache allocation capacity is not limited to within the

prescribed capacity.

Notes:

(1) This mode is applied to stabilize the performance by

preventing paging of PM control information from
occurring. For details, refer to the section of Virtual
Partition Manager in the guideline.

(2) The cache hit rate may decrease.

(3) The cache allocation capacity per MPB/MPU is limited

to within the prescribed capacity.

867 All-page reclamation (discarding all mapping information ON

between DP pool and DP volumes) is executed in DP-
VOL LDEV format. This new method is enabled or
disabled by setting the mode to ON or OFF.

Mode 867 = ON:

LDEV format of the DP-VOL is performed with page

reclamation.

Mode 867 = OFF:

LDEV format of the HDP-VOL is performed with 0 data

writing.

Notes:

1. The mode is applied from factory shipment.

2. Do not change the setting of the mode during DP-

VOL format.

3. If the setting of the mode is changed during DP-VOL

format, the change is not reflected to the format of the
DP- VOL being executed but the format continues in the
same method.

896 The mode enables or disables the background format ON

function performed on an unformatted area of a DP/DT/TI*1
pool.

*1: The background format function for a TI pool is only

available for V01+1 (73-01-31-00/00) or higher.

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 * For the information of operating conditions, refer to
Provisioning Guide for Open Systems.

Mode 896 = ON:

The background format function is disabled.

Mode 896 = OFF:

The background format function is enabled.

Notes:

1. <HUS VM> The mode is applied when a customer

requires disabling the background format for a
DP/DT/TI*1 pool due to a concern of performance
degradation of other functions in an environment where a
DP-VOL is used by other functions.

2. When the background format function is enabled,

because up to 42MB/s of ECCG performance is used, local
copy performance may degrade by about 10%.
Therefore, confirm whether the 10% performance
degradation is acceptable or not before enabling the
function.

3. When a Dynamic Provisioning VOL on an external

storage system, which is used as an external VOL, is used
as a pool VOL, if the external pool on the external storage
side becomes full due to the background format, the
external VOL may be blocked.

If the external pool capacity is smaller than the external

VOL capacity (Dynamic Provisioning VOL of external
storage system), do not enable the background format
function.

4. If the background format function is disabled by

changing the mode setting, the format progress is initialized
and the entire area become unformated.
897 By the combination of System Option Mode 897 and 898 OFF
setting, the expansion width of Tier Range upper I/O
value (IOPH) can be changed as follows.

Mode 897 = ON:

System Option Mode 898 is OFF: 110%

+0IO System Option Mode 898 is ON:

110%+2IO Mode 897 = OFF (Default)

System Option Mode 898 is OFF: 110%+5IO (Default)

System Option Mode 898 is ON: 110%+1IO

By setting the System Option Modes to ON to lower the

upper limit for each tier, the gray zone between other
tiers becomes narrow and the frequency of page
allocation increases.

Notes:

1. Apply the mode when the usage of upper tier is low and
that of lower tier is high.

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 2. The mode must be used with System Option Mode 898.

3. Narrowing the gray zone increases the number of

pages to migrate between tiers per relocation.

4. When Tier1 is SSD while System Option Mode 901 is set

to ON, the effect of System Option Mode 897 and 898 to
the gray zone of Tire1 and Tier2 is disabled and the System
Option Mode 901 setting is enabled instead. In addition, the
settings of System Option Mode 897 and 898 are effective
for Tire2 and Tier3.

Please also see spreadsheet "System Option

Mode_897_898_901" for more details about the relations
between Mode 897, 898 and 901.

898 By the combination of System Option Mode 898 and 897 OFF
setting, the expansion width of Tier Range upper I/O
value (IOPH) can be changed as follows.

Mode 898 = ON:

System Option Mode 897 is OFF: 110%

+1IO System Option Mode 897 is ON:

110%+2IO Mode 898 = OFF (Default):

System Option Mode 897 is OFF: 110%+5IO (Default)

System Option Mode 897 is ON: 110%+0IO

By setting the System Option Modes to ON to lower the

upper limit for each tier, the gray zone between other
tiers becomes narrow and the frequency of page
allocation increases.

Notes:

1. Apply the mode when the usage of upper tier is low

and that of lower tier is high.

2. The mode must be used with System Option Mode 897.

3. Narrowing the gray zone increases the number of

pages to migrate between tiers per relocation.

4. When Tier1 is SSD while Mode 901 is set to ON, the

effect of system option mode 897 and 898 to the gray
zone of Tire1 and Tier2 is disabled and the Mode 901
setting is enabled instead. In addition, the settings of
Mode 897 and 898 are effective for Tire2 and Tier3.

Please also see spreadsheet "System Option

Mode_897_898_901" for more details about the relations
between System Option Mode 897, 898 and 901.

899 In combination with the system option mode 900 setting, OFF
whether to execute and when to start the I/O synchronous
copy change as follows.

Mode 899 = ON:

System option mode 900 is ON: I/O synchronous copy

starts without retrying Volume Migration.

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 System option mode 900 is OFF: I/O synchronous copy
starts when the threshold of Volume Migration retry
is exceeded. (Recommended).

Mode 899 = OFF:

System option mode 900 is ON: I/O synchronous copy

starts when the number of retries reaches half of the
threshold of Volume Migration retry.

System option mode 900 is OFF: Volume Migration is

retired and I/O synchronous copy is not executed.

Notes:

1. This mode is applied when improvement of Volume

Migration success rate is desired under the condition
that there are many updates to a migration source
volume of Volume Migration.

2. During I/O synchronous copy, host I/O

performance degrades.

900 In combination with system option mode 899 setting, OFF

whether to execute and when to start the I/O synchronous
copy change as follows.

Mode 900 = ON:

System option mode 899 is ON: I/O synchronous copy

starts without retrying Volume Migration.

System option mode 899 is OFF: I/O synchronous

copy starts when the number of retries reaches half of
the threshold of Volume Migration retry.

Mode 900 = OFF:

System option mode 899 is ON: I/O synchronous

copy starts when the threshold of Volume Migration
retry is exceeded. (Recommended)

System option mode 899 is OFF: Volume Migration is

retired and I/O synchronous copy is not executed.

Notes:

1. This mode is applied when improvement of Volume

Migration success rate is desired under the condition
that there are many updates to a migration source
volume of Volume Migration.

2. During I/O synchronous copy, host I/O

performance degrades.

901 By setting the mode to ON or OFF, the page allocation OFF

method of Tier Level ALL when the drive type of tier1 is SSD
changes as follows.

Mode 901 = ON:

For tier1 (drive type is SSD), pages are allocated until the
capacity reaches the limit.

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 (Without consideration of exceeding performance limitation,
allocation is done from highly loaded pages until reaching
the capacity limit.

When the capacity of the tier1 reaches the threshold value,

the minimum value of the tier range is set to the starting
value of the lower IOPH zone, and the maximum value of
the lower tier range is set to the boundary value.

Mode 901 = OFF (default):

For tier1 (drive type is SSD), page allocation is performed

based on performance potential limitation.

(With consideration of exceeding performance limitation,

allocation is done from highly loaded pages but at the point
when the performance limitation is reached, pages are not
allocated any more even there is free space)

When the capacity of the tier1 reaches the threshold value,

the minimum value of the tier range is set to the boundary
value, and the maximum value of the lower tier range is set
to a value of boundary value x 110% + 5 [IOPH].

Notes:

1. This mode is applied when pages with the maximum

capacity need to be allocated to tier1 (drive type is
SSD) with DT or DTz.

2. When Tier1 is SSD while System Option Mode 901 is set

to ON, the effect of System Option Mode 897 and 898 to
the gray zone of Tire1 and Tier2 is disabled and the System
Option Mode 901 setting is enabled instead. In addition, the
settings of System Option Mode 897 and 898 are effective
for Tire2 and Tier3.

3. The following is recommended when applying

System Option Mode 901.

The actual I/O value (total number of I/Os of all tiering

policies) < the performance potential value of Tier 1*1 x 0.6

*1: The performance potential value of Tier 1 displayed on

Monitor information by using Dx-ray.

Please also see spreadsheet "System Option Mode

897_898_901" for more details about the relations between
System Option Mode 897, 898 and 901.

904 By setting the mode to ON or OFF, the number of pages OFF

to be migrated per unit time at tier relocation is changed.

Mode 904 = ON:

The number of pages to be migrated at tier relocation is set

to up to one page per second.

Mode 904 = OFF:

No restriction on the number of pages to be migrated at tier

relocation (existing specification).

Notes:

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 1. This mode is applied when

- Dynamic Tiering for Mainframe is used (including

multi platforms configuration).

- the requirement for response time is severe.

2. The number of pages to be migrated per unit time at

tier relocation decreases.

908 The mode can change CM capacity allocated to MPBs with OFF
different workload.

Mode 908 = ON:

Difference in CM allocation capacity among MPBs with

different workload is large.

Mode 908 = OFF:

Difference in CM allocation capacity among MPBs with

different workload is small. (Existing operation)

Notes:

1. If a CLPR is used by only some MPBs among all the

installed MPBs, set the mode to ON for the CLPR to increase
CM capacity allocated to the MPBs that use the CLPR.

Example:

(a) A CLPR only for UR JNLG

(b) A configuration where MPBs and CLPRs are

separately used for Open and Mainframe systems.

2. Since CM capacity allocated to MPBs with low load is

small, the performance is affected by a sudden increase
in load.

3. System option mode 908 cannot be used with system

option mode 933. When system option mode 933 is set
to ON, the function of system option mode 908 is
canceled even though system option mode 908 is ON.

4. This mode is effective for a CLPR. Therefore, when

setting the mode to ON/OFF, select target "LPRXX (XX=00
to 31)". For example, even when CLPR0 is defined (any of
CLPR1 to 31 are not defined), select “LPR00” first and
then set the mode to ON/OFF.

930 When the mode is set to ON, all of the zero data page OFF
reclamation operations in processing are stopped. (Also the
zero data page reclamation cannot be started.)

* Zero data page reclamation by WriteSame and

UNMAP functions, and IO synchronous page reclamation
are not disabled.

Mode 930 = ON:

All of the zero data page reclamation operations in

processing are stopped at once. (Also the zero data
reclamation cannot be newly started.)

Mode 930 = OFF:

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 The zero data page reclamation is performed.

See the system option mode 930 sheet for relationship with
system option mode 755.

Notes:

(1) The mode is applied when stopping or disabling

zero data page reclamation by user request is required.

(2) When the mode is set to ON, the zero data

page reclamation does not work at all.

* Zero data page reclamation by Write Same and

UNMAP, and IO synchronous page reclamation can work.

(3) When downgrading micro-program to a version that

does not support the mode while the mode is set to ON, set
the mode to OFF after the downgrade.

* Because the zero data page reclamation does not work at

all while the mode is set to ON.

937 By setting the mode to ON, DT monitoring data is OFF

collected even if the pool is a DP pool.

Mode 937 = ON:

DT monitoring data is collected even if the pool is a DP pool.

Only Manual execution mode and Period mode

are supported.

Mode 937 = OFF:

DT monitoring data is not collected if the pool is a DP pool

Notes:

1. The mode is applied when DT monitoring data

collection is required in DP environment.

2. When DT is already used, do not set the mode to ON.

3. For DT monitoring data collection, shared memory for

DT must be installed. For details, see the system option
mode 937 sheet.

4. If monitoring data collection is performed without

shared memory for DT installed, an error is reported and
the monitoring data collection fails.

5. Before removing the shared memory for DT, set the

mode to OFF and wait for 30 minutes.

6. Tier relocation with monitoring data collected when

the mode is set to ON is disabled.

7. When DP is converted into DT (after purchase of

PP license), the collected monitoring data is
discarded.

8. Before downgrading the micro-program to an

unsupported version, set system option mode 937 to
OFF and wait for at least 30 minutes.

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1021 The mode can enable or disable the auto-recovery for OFF
external volumes of an EMC storage system.

Mode 0121 = ON:

An external volume that is blocked due to Not Ready

status can be recovered automatically regardless of the
type of external storage system.

Mode 1021 = OFF (default):

An external volume that is blocked due to Not Ready status

might not be recovered automatically depending on the type
of external storage system.

Notes:

(1) The mode is applied when the auto-recovery of external

volumes that are blocked due to Not Ready status is
desired in UVM connection using an ECM storage system as
an external storage system.

(2) When the mode is set to ON and the connected

external storage system is not in stable status (such as
failure and recovery from failure), a blockage due to Not
Ready status and auto-recovery may occur repeatedly.

1070 The mode changes the processing for a group operation OFF
with GAD CTG.

Mode 1070 = ON:

The status change of all pairs in a CTG is performed for 50

msec.

Mode 1070 = OFF (default):

The status change of all pairs in a CTG is performed for 1

msec.

Notes:

(1) The mode is applied when reducing the time to

complete status change of all pairs in a CTG at a group
operation (suspension and resync operation) with the GAD
CTG function. In a system configuration where host I/O
performance is prioritized, do not use the mode because
setting the mode may affect the host I/O performance.

(2)The MP usage rate increases during status change of

all pairs in a CTG. For approximate percentage increase in
MP usage rate, see sheet "System Option Mode 1070".

1093 This mode is used to disable background unmap during OFF

microcode downgrade from a version that supports pool
reduction rate correction to a version that does not
support the function.

Mode 1093 = ON:

Background unmap cannot work.

Mode 1093 = OFF (default):

Background unmap can work.

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 Notes:

The mode is applied when downgrading microcode from a

version that supports pool reduction rate correction to a
version that does not support the function is disabled.

1097 This mode disables the warning LED to blink when specific Inactive
SIMs are reported.

Mode 1097 = ON:

When SIM=452XXX, 462XXX, 3077XY, 4100XX, or 410100

is reported, the warning LED does not blink.

Mode 1097 = OFF (default):

When SIM=452XXX, 462XXX, 3077XY, 4100XX, or 410100

is reported, the warning LED blinks.

Note:

The mode disables the warning LED to blink when specific

SIMs are reported.

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 4
Maintaining the storage system
Maintenance covers a broad spectrum of activity with the goal of keeping a
storage system operational and available to all hosts. This chapter
describes topics for performing storage system maintenance.

Maintenance covers a broad spectrum of activity with the goal of keeping a

storage system operational and available to all hosts. This chapter
describes topics for performing storage system maintenance.

□ Storing the storage system

□ Using flash module drives

□ Powering off the storage system

□ Removing cables

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 Storing the storage system
If the storage system does not receive power for more than six months,
the battery can become discharged and possibly damaged. To avoid this
situation, charge the battery for more than three hours at least once every
six months.

Note: Do not store the equipment in an environment with temperatures

of 104ºF (40ºC) or higher because battery life will be shortened.

Using flash module drives

Observe the following guidelines when handling the listed flash module drives
(FMDs). The types of FMDs are equipped with a battery or capacitor.

Power up the flash module drives using power from the storage system for
at least 90 minutes every month. Failing to do so may render a flash module
drive unusable and will abrogate replacement under the terms of the
warranty.

Model Name Drive type Battery Capacitor

DKC-F710I-1R6FM NFH1A-P1R6SS yes N/A

NFH1C-P1R6SS yes N/A

NFH1D-P1R6SS N/A Yes

DKC-F710I-3R2FM NFH1B-P3R2SS yes N/A

NFH1C-P3R2SS yes N/A

NFH1D-P3R2SS N/A yes

DKC-F810I-1R6FN NFHAE-Q1R6SS N/A yes

NFH1D-P1R6SS N/A yes

DKC-F810I-3R2FN NFHAE-Q3R2SS N/A yes

NFH1D-P3R2SS N/A yes

DKC-F810I-6R4FN NFHAE-Q6R4SS N/A yes

NFH1D-P6R4SS N/A yes

Guidelines for handling the FMDs

Follow the guidelines to avoid damaging the components when handling
FMDs.
• Check the main edge connector of the drive for any damage,
deformation, dust or debris before installing.

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 • Check for floats or position gaps in the connector. Mark the
identified location.
• To prevent any damages to the FMD, avoid touching the connector or
handling the ends of the FMD. Use both hands to hold the middle area of
the FMD.
• Avoid installing or removing the FMD at an angled position.

Powering off the storage system

Procedure

1. Press the main switch for three seconds until the POWER LED blinks.
2. Verify that the POWER LED on the front of the storage system
changes from green to amber.
It can take from 25 minutes to 4 hours for the POWER LED to turn amber,
depending on the configuration of the system (check after 33 minutes).
3. To stop the power supply from supplying power, remove the power
cables from the power supply units on the controller chassis and drive
box.
If the storage system is connected to a PDU, you can stop the power
supply by turning off the PDU breaker.

Note: If the storage system does not receive power for more than
six months, the battery can become discharged and possibly
damaged. To avoid this situation, charge the battery for more than
three hours at least once every six months.

Removing cables
Observe the following instructions when removing cables form the storage
system.
To remove a SAS cable, pull the tab of the SAS cable (1) to release the latch
and remove the SAS cable (2).

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 To remove an optical cable, push the top of the connector of the optical cable
(1) to release the latch and remove the SAS cable (2).

To remove a LAN cable, push the top of the LAN cable connector (1)
to release the latch and remove the LAN cable (2).

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User administration for maintenance
utility
The maintenance utility allows you to set up and manage user accounts.
When NAS Modules are installed, see Hitachi NAS Platform System Access
Guide.

□ Required roles for operating Maintenance Utility

□ Setting up user accounts

□ Disabling user accounts

□ Removing user accounts

□ Backing up user accounts

□ Restoring user account information

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 Required roles for operating Maintenance Utility
You can control the availability of using each operation window of
Maintenance Utility for a user by registering the user in the user group and
assigning them with the appropriate role.

The following table lists the required roles for using specific Maintenance
Utility operation windows.

Maintenance Utility operation window Required role name

Initial Setting Wizard Storage Administrator (Initial Configuration)

Set Up System Information Storage Administrator (Initial Configuration)

Firmware Support Personnel or User Maintenance*

User Administration Security Administrator (View & Modify)

Alert Notifications Storage Administrator (Initial Configuration)

Set Up Date & Time Storage Administrator (Initial Configuration)

Set Up Network Settings Storage Administrator (Initial Configuration)

Licenses Storage Administrator (Initial Configuration)

Audit Log Settings Audit Log Administrator (View & Modify)

Turn on/off Locate LEDs Support Personnel or User Maintenance*

Power on Storage System Support Personnel or User Maintenance*

Power off Storage System Support Personnel or User Maintenance*

Edit UPS Mode Support Personnel or User Maintenance*

Edit Login Message Storage Administrator (Initial Configuration)

Select Cipher Suite Security Administrator (View & Modify)

Update Certificate Files Security Administrator (View & Modify)

Force Release System Lock Storage Administrator (Initial Configuration)

Reboot GUM Support Personnel or User Maintenance

Change Password No role is required.

Boot System Safe Mode Support Personnel*

Alert Display Support Personnel or User Maintenance*

Alert Display Related to FRU Support Personnel or User Maintenance*

Administration Menu N/A

Power Management N/A

System Management N/A

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 Maintenance Utility operation window Required role name

Resetting GUM N/A

*
• Support Personnel: Operations performed by the service personnel
• User Maintenance: Operations performed by the user

Setting up user accounts

This procedure describes how to create a user account and register the
account to a user group with appropriate roles. You can create up to
20 users, including the built-in user.

Procedure

1. In the Maintenance Utility window, click Administration >

User Administration.
2. In the User Groups tab, click Create User.

3. Create a new user account. Specify the User Name, Account Status,
Authentication and User Group. Click Finish.

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 Item Description
User Name Create a user name.
• When NAS modules are not installed, you
can enter up to 256 one-byte
alphanumeric characters and some
symbols: ! # $ % & ' * + - . / = ? @
^ _ ` { | } ~
• When NAS modules are installed, you can
use up to 20 one-byte alphanumeric
characters and the following symbols*:
- . _

If you use the specified characters in the user

names, you will not be able to log into the
NAS platform.
Account Status The following statuses are available:

Enable = user can use the account.

Disable = user cannot use the account or log

in to the storage management software.
Authentication The following methods are available:
Local = does not use authentication server.
Uses a dedicated password for storage
management software.

External = uses an authentication server.

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 * Do not specify a user name by only using "." or ".." or begin a user name with "-" because you will not be a

4. Confirm the settings, and then click Apply.

5. When the completion message appears, click Close.

Disabling user accounts

The following procedure describes how to disable user accounts.

Observe the following guideline:

• Log into an account that is different from the user whose account that you
want to disable (you cannot disable the current login user account).
• To disable the user account specified by the registered storage system
in the Storage Device List window, click Stop Service for the
registered storage system. After disabling the user account, click Edit to
enable the user account.

Procedure

1. In the Maintenance Utility window, click Administration >

User Administration.
2. In the User Groups tab, click the user group to which the user belongs.

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 3. Click the Users tab, and then select the user that you want to disable.

4. Click Edit.
5. For Account Status, click Disable, and then click Finish.

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6. Confirm the settings, and then click Apply.

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 7. When a completion message appears, click Close.

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Removing user accounts
Security administrators can remove a user account when the account is no
longer in use. Built-in user accounts cannot be deleted. If deleting the
current login user account, you can continue the storage management
software operation until you log out.

Note: To delete the user account specified by the registered storage

system in the Storage Device List window, click Stop Service of the
registered storage system. After deletion, click Edit to enable the user
account.

Procedure

1. In the Maintenance Utility window, click Administration >

User Administration.
2. In the User Groups tab, click the user group to which the user belongs.

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 3. Click the Users tab, and then select the user you want to remove.

4. Click Remove.
The Confirm window opens.

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5. In the Confirm window, confirm the settings and specify the task
name, and then click Apply.

6. At the completion message, click Close.

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 Backing up user accounts

Procedure

1. Click User Account Information > Backup.

2. Specify a storage destination and a file name in the displayed
window and download a file.
3. When a message asks whether you want to remove the selected
item, click Close.

Restoring user account information

Procedure

1. Click User Account Information > Restore

The Restore User Account window opens.

2. Specify file names to be restored, and then click Apply.

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Storage system specifications

□ Model lists

□ Replacement parts

□ VSP G400 and VSP G600 mechanical specifications

□ Electrical specifications

□ Environmental specifications

□ Battery specifications

□ RAID specifications

□ iSCSI specifications

□ iSCSI standards

□ Regulatory compliance

□ Dense intermix drive tray connection restrictions

□ SVP hardware specifications

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 Model lists

VSP G400 and VSP G600 controller model lists

CBLM controller components

Model number Part name Quantity

DW800-CBL 4U chassis 1
Power supply unit 2

Power cable (0.9 m) 2

Power cable (2.5 m) 2

LAN blade (local-area network, 2

uninterruptible power supply)

Backup module 8

Front bezel (4U) 1

DW-F800-CTLM Controller 2

DW-F800-BAT Battery 6

CBLM controller optional components

Model number Part name Quantity

DW-F800-CTLM Controller Board 2

DKC-F810I-CM8G Cache memory (8 GB) 8-16

DKC-F810I-CM16G Cache memory (16 GB) 8-16

DW-F800-BM20 Cache flash memory 2-4

DW-F800-4HF8 Front end module (8-Gbps Fibre 2-16

Channel)

DW-F800-2HF16 Front end module (16-Gbps 2-16

Fibre Channel)

DW-F800-2HS10S Front end module (10- 2-16

Gbps small form factor
pluggable iSCSI optical)

DW-F800-2HS10B Front end module (10-Gbps 2-16

copper iSCSI copper)

DW-F800-NAS NAS_Module 0-2

DW-F800-BS12G Back end module 0-2

DKC-F810I-1PS8 SFP for 8-Gbps shortwave 0-64

DKC-F810I-1PL8 SFP for 8 -Gbps longwave 0-64

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 Model number Part name Quantity

DKC-F810I-1PS16 SFP for 16-Gbps shortwave 0-32

DW-F800-BAT Battery 0-14

N/A SAS cable label 2

Drive tray model lists

SFF drive tray components (AC power)

Model number Part name Quantity

DW-F800-DBS and DW- 2U chassis 1

F800- DBSC ENC 2
AC power supply unit 2
Power cable (0.9 m) 2
Power cable (2.5 m) 2
Front bezel (2U) 1

SFF drive tray optional components

Model number Part name Quantity

DKC-F810I-200MEM 200-GB, 2.5-inch, MLC, 12- 0-24

Gbps flash drive
DKC-F810I-300KCMC 300-GB, 2.5-inch, 15kmin-1, 6- 0-24
Gbps SAS drive
DKC-F810I-400MEM 400-GB, 2.5-inch, MLC, 12- 0-24
Gbps flash drive

DKC-F810I-600JCM 600-GB, 2.5-inch, 10kmin-1, 6- 0-24

Gbps SAS drive (contains BNST)
DKC-F810I-600JCMC 600-GB, 2.5-inch, 10kmin-1, 6- 0-24
Gbps SAS drive
DKC-F810I-600KGM 600-GB, 2.5-inch, 15kmin-1, 6- 0-24
Gbps SAS drive
DKC-F810I-1R2JCMC 1.2-TB, 2.5-inch, 10kmin-1, 6- 0-24
Gbps SAS drive
DKC-F810I-1R8JGM 1.8-TB, 2.5-inch, 10kmin-1, 6- 0-24
Gbps SAS drive

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 LFF drive tray components

Model number Part name Quantity

DW-F800-DBL and DW- 2U chassis 1

F800- DBLC ENC 2
AC power supply unit 2
Power cable (0.9 m) 2
Power cable (2.5 m) 2
Front bezel (2U) 1

Optional LFF drive tray components

Model number Part name Quantity

DKC-F810I-400M6M 400 GB, Flash drive, 3.5-inch* 0-12

DKC-F810I-1R2J5M 1.2-TB, 3.5-inch, 10kmin-1, 6- 0-12
Gbps SAS drive (contains BNST)
DKC-F810I-1R2J5MC 1.2 TB, SAS, 3.5-inch* 0-12

DKC-F810I-1R8J6M 1.8-TB, 3.5-inch, 10kmin-1, 6- 0-12

Gbps SAS drive
DKC-F810I-4R0H3M 4-TB, 7.2K 3.5-inch, 7200min-1, 0-12
6-Gbps SAS drive
(contains BNST)

DKC-F810I-4R0H3MC 4-TB, 7.2K 3.5-inch, 7200min-1, 0-12

6-Gbps SAS drive
DKC-F810I-6R0H9M 6-TB, 7.2K 3.5-inch, 7200min-1, 0-12
12-Gbps SAS drive
*
Note: The drive capacity values are calculated as 1 G byte =1,000,000,000 bytes. This definition
is different from that calculated as 1 k byte =1,024 bytes, which are actually displayed on PCs that
you are using. The parity group capacity values displayed in the storage management software are
calculated as 1 k byte =1,024 bytes.

FMD drive tray components

Model number Part name Quantity

DW-F800-DBF 2U chassis 1
ENC 2
Power supply unit 2
Power cable (0.9 m) 2
Power cable (2.5 m) 2
Front bezel (2U) 1

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FMD drive tray optional components

Model number Part name Quantity

DKC-F710I-1R6FM 1.6-TB, MLC, 6-Gbps 0-12

Flash Module Drive

DKC-F710I-3R2FM 3.2-TB, MLC, 6-Gbps 0-12

Flash Module Drive

DKC-F810I-1R6FN 1.6-TB, Flash Module Drive 0-12

DKC-F810I-3R2FN 3.2-TB, Flash Module Drive 0-12

DKC-F810I-6R4FN 6.4-TB, Flash Module Drive 0-12

Dense intermix drive tray components

Model number Part name Quantity

DW-F800-DB60 and DW- 4U box 1

F800- DB60C ENC 2

Power supply unit 2

Power cable (0.9 m) 2

Power cable (2.5 m) 2

Front bezel (dense 1

intermix drive tray)

DW-F800-SCQ3 SAS cable (3 m), including 2

2 omega clips
(DW-F800-SCQ3)

Dense intermix drive tray optional components

Model number Part name Quantity

DKC-F810I-400M8M 1.6-GB, MLC, 12-Gbps 0-60

flash drive

DKC-F810I-1R2J7M 1.2-TB, 2.5-inch, 10kmin-1, 6- 0-60

Gbps SAS drive (contains BNST)
DKC-F810I-1R2J7MC 1.2-TB, 2.5-inch, 10kmin-1, 6- 0-60
Gbps SAS drive
DKC-F810I-1R8J8M 1.8-TB, 3.5-inch, 10kmin-1, 6- 0-60
Gbps SAS drive
DKC-F810I-4R0H4M 4-TB, 7.2K 3.5-inch, 7200min-1, 0-60
6-Gbps SAS drive
(contains BNST)

DKC-F810I-4R0H4MC 4-TB, 7.2K 3.5-inch, 7200min-1, 0-60

6-Gbps SAS drive

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 Model number Part name Quantity

DKC-F810I-6R0HLM 6-TB, 7.2K 3.5-inch, 7200min-1, 0-60

12 Gbps SAS drive

Other model list

Numbers in parentheses show the quantities of the components.

Power cables

Model number Specification

DW-F800-J1K 2.5 m, 2-pole power cable with grounding

terminal (AC 125 V, 13 A or 15 A)

DW-F800-J2H 2.5 m, 2-pole power cable with grounding

terminal (AC 250 V, 13 A or 15 A)

DW-F800-J2H5 5.0 m, 2-pole power cable with grounding

terminal (AC 250 V, 13 A or 15 A)

DW-F800-J2H10 10.0 m, 2-pole power cable with grounding

terminal (AC 250 V, 13 A or 15 A)

A-F6516-P620 Power cable for PDU (1)

A-F6516-P630 Power cable for PDU (1)

SAS cables

Model number Specification

DW-F800-SCQ1 1 m SAS cable, including omega clips (2)

DW-F800-SCQ1F 1.5 m SAS cable, including omega clips (2)

DW-F800-SCQ3 3 m SAS cable, including omega clips (2)

DW-F800-SCQ5 5 m SAS cable, including omega clips (2)

DW-F800-SCQ10A 10 m SAS optical cable

DW-F800-SCQ30A 30 m SAS optical cable

DW-F800-SCQ1HA 100 m SAS optical cable

Optical cables

Model number Specification

A-6515-GM5L 5 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-GM10L 10 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-GM20L 20 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

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 Model number Specification

A-6515-GM30L 30 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-GM40L 40 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-GM50L 50 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-GM1JL 100 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-GS10L 10 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-GS20L 20 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-GS30L 30 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-GS50L 50 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-GS1JL 100 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-HM5L 5 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-HM10L 10 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-HM20L 20 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-HM30L 30 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-HM50L 50 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-HM100L 100 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-HM200L 200 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-HM300L 300 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-JM5L 5 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-JM10L 10 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-JM20L 20 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-JM30L 30 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-JM50L 50 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-JM100L 100 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-JM200L 200 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

A-6515-JM300L 300 m LC-LC optical cable for optical

Replacement parts
Part replacement is required to maintain high performance. Replacement of
parts is covered by the maintenance service contract.

Battery unit

Replacement period
Three years.

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 Treatment
Use the storage system in a place where the ambient temperature is 86°F
(30°C) or less on average.

Periodic parts replacement is required. For customers with maintenance

service contracts, parts are replaced periodically in keeping with the terms of
the contract.

Note: The battery is designed to protect the data in the cache memory in an
emergency, such as a sudden power failure. In these situations, follow the
normal power down procedure. If not, the battery might reach its lifespan
earlier than expected and become unusable within three years. When
replacing the battery, follow the given procedure for disposing a used
battery.

VSP G400 and VSP G600 mechanical specifications

Controller

1 CBLM
Drive tray
1 SFF drive tray
1 LFF drive tray
1 FMD drive
tray
1 Dense intermix drive tray

Drive size

Item Specification

2.5-inch drive (SFF) 3.21 x 8.10 x 0.74 inches (81.6 x 205.7 x 18.7 mm)

3.5-inch drive (LFF and dense intermix 4 x 5.78 x 1.02 inches (101.6 x 147.0 x 26.1 mm)
drive tray)

Flash Module Drive (flash module drive 5.74 x 14.44 x 0.78 inches (146 x 366.8 x 19.8 mm)
tray)

Data capacity (Gb)

2.5-inch drive (SFF) 196.92, 288.20, 393.85, 576.39, 1152.79, 1729.29

3.5-inch drive (LFF and dense intermix 393.85, 1152.79, 1729.29, 3916.14, 5874.22
drive tray)

Flash Module Drive (flash module 1759.21, 3518.43 , 7036.87

drive tray)

Rotational speed (min-1)

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 2.5-inch drive (SFF) 196.92/393.85 G bytes

2288.20 GB: 15,000 RPM

576.39 GB: 10,000 or 15,000 RPM

1152.79 GB: 10,000 RPM

1729.29 GB: 10,000 RPM

3.5-inch drive (LFF and dense intermix 393.85 G bytes: Flash drive
drive tray) 1152.79 G bytes: 10,000 RPM

1729.29 G bytes: 10,000 RPM

3916.14 G bytes: 7,200 RPM

5874.22 G bytes: 7,200

Maximum mountable quantity

Mixing SFF, LFF, FMD, and dense intermix drive trays might affect
the maximum number of drives that can be mounted.

SFF 24

LFF 12

Dense intermix drive tray 60

Flash module drive (flash module 12

drive tray)

Host interface

Item Component Specification

Interface type Fibre Channel optical 8 Gbps, 16 Gbps

iSCSI optical 10 Gbps
iSCSI copper 10 Gbps
NAS module 10 Gbps (Fibre Channel optical)
Data transfer speed (maximum Fibre Channel optical 800 Mbps (Fibre Channel)
speed for transfer to host)
Fibre Channel optical 1600 Mbps (Fibre Channel)
iSCSI optical 10 Gbps (iSCSI optical)
iSCSI copper 10 Gbps (iSCSI copper)
NAS module (Fibre Channel) 1000 Mbs
Number of ports 8-Gbps Fibre Channel optical 64
16-Gbps Fibre Channel optical 32
10-Gbps optical iSCSI 32
10-Gbps copper iSCSI 32

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 Item Component Specification

Number of ports (NAS Module 8-Gbps Fibre Channel optical 24

installed) 16-Gbps optical Fibre Channel 12

10-Gbps optical iSCSI 12

10-Gbps copper iSCSI 12

10-Gbps optical Fibre Channel 12

Transferred block size 512 bytes
Maximum number of hosts 255
using a Fibre Channel switch
Maximum number of hosts 255
using a network switch

RAID specifications
D: Data drive, P: Parity drive.

Although the storage system with a configuration of RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID

6 provides data reliability enhanced by redundancy, there is a chance that
user data could be lost due to an unexpected host, storage system hardware,
or software failure. Therefore, users are requested to back up all data.

RAID Level SAS, SAS 7.2k, flash drives mounted

RAID 1 2D+2D, 4D+4D

RAID 5 3D+1P, 4D+1P, 6D+1P, 7D+1P
RAID 6 6D+2P, 12D+2P, 14D+2P

Item Specification

Maximum number of parity groups VSP G400:160

VSP G600:240
Maximum volume size 3 TB (or 4 TB if using the LDEVs of other storage
systems)
Maximum volumes/host groups and iSCSI 2048
targets
Maximum volumes/parity groups 2048

Shared memory and data assurance

Item Specification

Flash memory 32 M bytes

L3 Cache memory 4 M bytes

SDRAM 1 G bytes

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 Data bus Parity

Cache memory ECC (1 bit for correction, 2 bits for detection)

Drive Data assurance code

Start-up time

Item

Standard: 5-to-8 minutes.

The start-up time may be longer in proportion to the number of drive trays connected. With a maximum configuration

Chassis size

Component Specification (WxDxH)

CBLM 19.01 x 35.10 x 6.86 inches (483 x 891.7 x

174.3 mm)
SFF/LFF 18.97 x 22.24 x 3.47 inches (482 x 565 x 88.2
mm)

DBF 19.01 x 30 x 3.42 inches (483 x 762 x 87 mm)

Dense intermix drive tray 18.97 x 40.51 x 6.92 inches (482 x 1,029 x 176
mm)
(includes the depth of the cable-management
arms)

Mass (value of maximum configuration when all controllers and drives are
mounted)

Component Specification

CBLM 187.39 pounds (85 kg)

SFF Approx 50.70 inches (23 kg)

LFF Approx 59.52 inches (27 kg)

DBF Aprox. 83.77 pounds (38 kg)

Dense intermix drive tray Approx. 198.41 pounds (90 kg)

Required height

Component Specification

CBLM 4U
SFF 2U

LFF 2U

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 Component Specification

DBF 2U
Dense intermix drive tray 4U

Cache specifications

Item Specification

Capacity (GB) VSP G400: 128

VSP G600: 256

NAS module Cache Capacity DDR3 DIMM 8GB x 12 [Slot]

Note:
• All 12 slots must be fully installed
with DIMMs.
• Each DIMM is replaceable when they
fail.
• The DIMM is not common and
cannot be used with DKC DIMM.

Control method Read LRU, Write after

Battery backup Provided
Backup duration Unrestricted (saving to a nonvolatile memory)

Data in the cache memory is preserved against power failures. If a power

outage occurs, data in cache memory is written to drives.

When the storage system enters Cache Backup mode, the amber WARNING
LED goes on to when the system starts. This warning indicates that the
battery charge has dropped significantly and the remaining battery capacity
is not sufficient; the storage system will continue operating with the Write
Cache function disabled.

When the battery is charged, the warning indication disappears, and the
storage system continues the operation in the Write Cache function.

The warning indication disappears within six hours. Even when the warning is
shown, normal operation is assured in Write-Through. Read and write
performance is lowered because the Write Cache function is disabled.

If the storage system is not charged for more than six months, the battery
can become overcharged and sustain unrecoverable damage. To avoid this
situation, charge the battery more than 3 hours every six months.
Insulation performance

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 Item Specification

Insulation withstand voltage AC 1,500 V (100 mA, 1 min)

Insulation resistance DC 500 V, 10 M Ω or more

Electrical specifications
Item Controller Drive tray

Input voltage (operable voltage AC 200-240 +6%/-11% SFF, LFF, FMD, and dense
range) (V) intermix drive tray: AC 200-240
+6%/-11%
Frequency (Hz) 50/6 ±1
0
Number of phases, cabling Single-phase with protective grounding

Steady-state current 100V/ CBLM: 4.0x2 SFF drive tray: 2.4x2/1.2x2

200V1, 2
LFF drive tray: 1.9x2/1.0x2

FMD drive tray: 2.6x2/1.3x2

Dense intermix drive tray:

-/ 3.0x2

Current rating of breaker/fuse 16.0

(A)

Heat value (normal) (kJ/h) CBLM: 2160 or less SFF drive tray: 1120 or less

LFF drive tray: 940 or less

FMD drive tray: 1520 or less

Dense intermix drive tray: 3460

or less

Steady-state power (VA/W)3 CBLM: 1600/1560 or less SFF drive tray: 480/460 or less

LFF drive tray: 380/350 or less

FMD drive tray: 520/490 or less

Dense intermix drive

tray: 1200/1160 or less
Power consumption (VA/W) CBLM: 640/600 or less SFF drive tray: 320/310 or less

LFF drive tray: 280/260 or less

FMD drive tray: 440/420 or less

Dense intermix drive

tray: 1000/960 or less
Notes:
1. The power current of Nx2 described in this table is required for a single power unit.
2. If one power unit fails, another power unit requires electric current for the two power units.
Therefore, plan the power supply facility so that the current-carrying capacity for one power
unit can provide the total capacity for two power units.

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3. This table shows the power requirement (100 V or 200 V) for the maximum configuration .
The actual required power might exceed the value shown in the table when the tolerance is
included.

Environmental specifications
Temperature

Caution: The following VSP Gx00/Fx00 storage system components are not
supported in high-temperature environments. Do not operate the following
components at temperatures of 40°C or higher:
• DB60 dense drive tray
• HDS provided service processor (SVP) server
• First-generation FMDs (non-DC2 FMDs)

SFF, LFF drive

State Controller Dense intermix drive tray
trays

Operating 50°F to 104°F 50°F to 104°F 50°F to 95°F (10°C to 35°C)

(10°C to (10°C to
40°C) 40°C)

Non-operating 14°F to 122°F 14°F to 122°F 14°F to 122°F (-10°C to 50°C)

(-10°C to 50°C) (-10°C to 50°C)

Transport, storage -22°F to 140°F -22°F to 140°F -22°F to 140°F (-30°C to 60°C)
(-30°C to (-30°C to
60°C) 60°C)

Temperature 10 or less
change rate
(°C/h)

State Controller FMD drive trays

Operating 50°F to 104°F DKC-F710I-1R6FM or DKC-F710I-3R2FM drive is installed:

(10°C to 50°F to 95°F (10°C to 35°C)
40°C)

Operating 50°F to 104°F DKC-F810I-1R6FN, DKC-F810I-3R2FN, or DKC-

(10°C to F810I-6R4FN drive is installed: 50°F to 104°F (10°C to
40°C) 40°C)

Non-operating 14°F to 122°F 14°F to 95°F (-10°C to 35°C)

(-10°C to 50°C)

Transport, storage -22°F to 140°F -22°F to 122°F (-30°C to 50°C)

(-30°C to
60°C)

Temperature 10 or less
change rate
(°C/h)

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State Percentage

Operating 8 to 80
Non-operating 8 to 90

Transport, storage (%) 5 to 95

Maximum wet bulb temperature (°C) 29 (non-condensing)

Vibration

State m/s2

Operating 2.5 or less

Within 5 seconds (resonance point: 10 Hz or
less)
Non-operating 5.0 or less at 5 Hz to 300 Hz (no damage to
product)
9.8 (1.0 G)

Within 5 seconds (resonance point: 10 Hz or

less)

Transport (packed) 5.0 or less

Impact

State m/s2

Operating 20 or less
(10 ms, half sine wave)
Non-operating 50 or less
(10 ms, half sine wave)
Transport (packed) 80 or less

Altitude

State Controller FMD drive

Operating (m) 3,000 3,000 (Environmental temperature 10°C to 32°C)

(Environmental
temperature: OR
10°C to 32°C)
900 (Environmental temperature: 10°C to 35°C) when
900 DKC-F710I-1R6FM or DKC-F710I-3R2FM drive is
(Environmental installed.
temperature:
10°C to 40°C)
Operating (m) 3,000 3,000 (Environmental temperature: 10°C to 32°C)
(Environmental
OR

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temperature: 900 (Environmental temperature: 10°C to 40°C) when
10°C to 32°C) DKC-F810I-1R6FN, DKC-F810I-3R2FN, or DKC-
F810I-6R4FN drive is installed.
900
(Environmental
temperature:
10°C to 40°C)
Non-operating -60 to 12,000 N/A
(m)

Dense intermix
State Controller SFF and LFF drives
drive tray

Operating (m) 3,000 3,000 (Environmental temperature: 10°C 3,000

(Environment to 32°C) (Environmental
a l temperature:
temperature: 10°C to 28°C)
10°C to 32°C)
1,000
900 900 (Environmental temperature: 10°C
(Environmental
(Environment to 40°C)
temperature:
a l 10°C to 35°C)
temperature:
10°C to 40°C)
Non-operating N/A
(m)

Atmosphere
Avoid areas exposed to corrosive gas and salty air.

Acoustic Noise

State Controller SFF, LFF Dense intermix drive tray

Operati 60 dB (Environmental 60 dB 71 dB (Environmental

ng temperature 32°C or less)1 (Environmental temperature 32°C or less)1, 2,
temperature 3, 4

32°C or less)1

Non- 55 dB 55 dB 71 dB (Environmental
operati temperature 32°C or less)1, 2,
ng 3, 4

Notes:
1. The system's internal temperature controls the rotating speed of the fan module. Therefore,
this standard value might be exceeded if the maximum load continues under high-
temperature environment or if a failure occurs in the system.
2. Sound pressure level (LA) changes from 66 dB or 75 dB, according to the ambient
temperature, drive configuration, and operating status. Maximum volume can reach 79 dB
during maintenance procedure for a failed ENC or power supply.
3. Acoustic power level (LwA) measured by the ISO 7779 standard is 7.2 B. This value changes
from 7.2 B to 8.1 B, according to the ambient temperature, drive configuration, and operating
status.

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4. When accessing the dense intermix drive tray, do not work for long times at the rear of the
rack.

State Controller FMD

Operati 60 dB (Environmental 60 dB (Environmental temperature 32°C or

ng temperature 32°C or less)1 less)1, 2, 3

(When accessing the dense intermix drive

tray, do not work for long times at the rear of
the rack.)
Non- 55 dB (Environmental temperature 32°C or less)1, 2, 3, 4
55 dB
operati
ng
Notes:
1. The system's internal temperature controls the rotating speed of the fan module. Therefore,
this standard value might be exceeded if the maximum load continues under high-
temperature environment or if a failure occurs in the system.
2. Sound pressure level (LA) changes from 66 dB or 75 dB, according to the ambient
temperature, drive configuration, and operating status. Maximum volume can reach 79 dB
during maintenance procedure for a failed ENC or power supply.
3. Acoustic power level (LwA) measured by the ISO 7779 standard is 7.2 B. This value changes
from 7.2 B to 8.1 B, according to the ambient temperature, drive configuration, and operating
status.

Battery specifications
The following table shows the lifetime expectancy of the batteries installed in
the storage system.

Storage system intake temperature CBLM

Up to 75.2º F (24º C) 5 years

Up to 86º F (30º C) 5 years

Up to 93.2º (34º C) 4 years

Up to 104º (40º C) 3 years

RAID specifications
SFF, LFF, dense
Item Controller intermix drive trays
(range for setup)

RAID level N/A SAS, SAS 7.2 krpm,

flash drives mounted:
0, 1, 5, 6, 1+0 (DBW

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Item Controller intermix drive trays
(range for setup)
supports SAS 7.2k
drives)

RAID configuration RAID 1 N/A 2D+2D, 4D+4D

(unit of addition)
RAID 5 N/A 3D+1P, 4D+1P, 6D+1P,
7D+1P
RAID 6 N/A 6D+2P, 12D+2P, 14D
+2P

FMD drive tray (range

Item Controller
for setup)

RAID level N/A SAS, SAS 7.2 krpm,

flash drives mounted:
0, 1, 5, 6, 1+0 (DBW
supports SAS 7.2k
drives)

RAID configuration RAID 1 N/A 2D+2D, 4D+4D

(unit of addition)
RAID 5 N/A 3D+1P, 4D+1P, 6D+1P,
7D+1P

RAID 6 N/A 6D+2P, 12D+2P, 14D

+2P

Note: Although certain RAID configurations support redundancy in the

event of a drive failure, best practices dictate that you back up data on a
regular basis.

iSCSI specifications
Item Specification Comments

iSCSI target function Supported N/A

iSCSI target function Supported TrueCopy® only

iSCSI ports 2 per interface board VSP Gx00 models: Maximum 32

per iSCSI system
Connection methods Direct and switch connections

Host connections 255 (maximum per iSCSI port) With Linux software
initiator, the maximum
number decreases.

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Path failover HDLM1 Supports Microsoft MPIO (Multi

Path I/O)

Link 10 Gbps SFP+ N/A

Transfer speed 10 Gbps N/A

Connector type LC N/A

Cable Optical OM3, OM2 MMF cable N/A

Network switch L2 or L3 switch Should comply with

IEEE802.3ae

Switch cascading Maximum: 5 switches or fewer Minimum number of cascading

switches is recommended.

MAC address Per port (fixed value) Factory setting: World

Wide Unique value. Cannot
be changed.

Maximum transfer unit (MTU) 1,500, 4,500, 9,000 bytes Jumbo frame, MTU size greater
(Ethernet frame) than 1500

Link aggregation Not supported N/A

Tagged VLAN Supported N/A

IPv4 Supported N/A

IPv6 Supported Note the following precautions:

• When iSCSI Port IPv6 is set
to Enabled, if the IPv6
global address is set to
automatic, the address is
determined by acquiring a
prefix from an IPv6 router.

• If the IPv6 router does not

exist in the network, the
address cannot be
determined. As a result, an
iSCSI connection might be
delayed. When an iSCSI
Port IPv6 is set to Enabled,
verify the IPv6 router is
connected to the same
network, and then set IPv6
global address
automatically.

Subnet mask Supported N/A

Gateway address Supported N/A

DHCP N/A N/A

DNS N/A N/A

Ping (ICMP ECHO) Supported N/A

Transmit, Receive

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IPsec2 N/A N/A

TCP port number 3260 Changeable among 1 to
65,535. Observe the following if
changing values:
• The setting of the
corresponding host should
also be changed to log in
the new port number.
• The new port number might
conflict with other network
communication or be
filtered on some network
equipment, preventing the
storage system from
communicating through the
new port number.

iSCSI name Both iqn3 and eui4 types The unique iqn value is
are supported automatically set when a target
is made. iSCSI name is
configurable.

Error recovery level 0 (zero) Error recovery by retrying from

host. Does not support Level 1
and Level 2.

Header digest Supported Detects header error or data

error with iSCSI
Data digest Supported
communication. The storage
system follows the host's digest
setting. If digest is enabled, the
performance degrades. The
amount of the degradation
depends on factors such as host
performance of host and
transaction pattern.

Maximum iSCSI connections at 255 per iSCSI port N/A

one time

CHAP Supported Authentication: login request is

sent properly from host to
storage. CHAP is not supported
during discovery session.

Mutual (2-way) CHAP Supported (not available if Authentication: login request is

connected to Linux sent properly from host to
software initiator) storage.

CHAP user registration Max 512 users per iSCSI port N/A

iSNS Supported With iSNS (name service), a

host can discover a target
without knowing the target's IP
address.

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Note:
1. JP1, HiCommand Dynamic Link Manager. Pass switching is achieved. Not supported on
Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.
2. IP Security. Authentication and encryption of IP packets. The storage system does not
support IPsec.
3. iqn: iSCSI Qualified Name. The iqn consists of a type identifier, "iqn," a date of domain
acquisition, a domain name, and a character string given by the individual who acquired the
domain. Example: iqn.1994-04.jp.co.hitachi:rsd.d7m.t.10020.1b000.tar
4. eui: 64-bit Extended Unique Identifier. The eui consists of a type identifier, "eui," and
an ASCII-coded, hexadecimal, EUI-64 identifier. Example: eui.0123456789abcdef

iSCSI standards
The following standards apply to the management, maintenance, and iSCSI
data ports. To configure this system, use switches that comply with the
following standards:
• IEEE 802.1D STP
• IEEE 802.1w RSTP
• IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD
• IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet
• IEEE 802.3z 1000 BASE-X
• IEEE 802.1Q Virtual LANs
• IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic LACP
• IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet
• RFC 768 UDP
• RFC 783 TFTP
• RFC 791 IP
• RFC 793 TCP
• RFC 1157 SNMP v1
• RFC 1231 MIB II
• RFC 1757 RMON
• RFC 1901 SNMPv2

Regulatory compliance
This equipment has been tested and certified for compliance with the
following standards.

Standard Specification Mark on the product Country regulation

Electronic emission FCC part 15 Subpart B: FCC USA and Canada

controls 2013

ICES-003 Issue 5:2012 ICES-003 USA and Canada

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AS/NZS CISPR RCM Australia and New

22:2009+A1 Zealand

TP TC 020/2011 EAC Russia, Belarus, and

Kazakhstan

CNS 13438 BSMI Taiwan

KN22 KC Korea

KN24 KC Korea

Electronic emission EN5522: 2010 CEmarking EU

certifications
EN5524: 2010 CEmarking EU

EN61000-3.2:2006+A1 CEmarking EU
+A2

EN61000-3.3:2008 CEmarking EU

Safety certifications UL and CSA cTUVus USA and Canada

60950-
1:2007

EN60950-1:2006+A1 TUV Germany

IEC60950-1:2005+A1 N/A All CB countries

IEC60950-1:2005+A1 S_Mark Argentina

TP TC 004/2011 EAC Russia

CNS 14336-1 BSMI Taiwan

EN60950-1:2006+A1 CEmarking EU

Radio interference VCCI V-3/2013.04 VCCI Japan

voluntary control

Dense intermix drive tray connection restrictions

If a drive is inserted into a slot of a dense intermix drive tray when the
installed number of drives exceeds 240 slots per path, the drive is blocked.

SVP hardware specifications

The following table lists the hardware specifications for the physical service
processor (SVP) server.

Caution: The HDS supplied SVP server is not supported in high temperature
environments. Do not operate the SVP server at temperatures of 40°C or
higher.

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Dimensions Height: 1.7 inches (43 mm)

Width: 17.2 inches (437 mm)

Depth: 14.5 inches (369 mm)

Weight: 14 lbs (6.4 kg)

Processor Celeron G1820 2.7 GHz 2M, 2C, 2T

• Cores: 2

• Instruction set: 64-bit

• SmartCache: 2 MB

• Maximum memory size: 32 GB

• Memory types: DDR3-1333, DDR3L-1333

@ 1.5V

Memory 8 GB RAM DDR3

Hard drive 2 TB
Network interface card x4 ports (on-board NIC) +

x1 IPMI (BMC) port

Rated AC voltage 100-240 V, 50-60 Hz, 4.2 - 1.8A
Power supply 350 Watt AC power supply w/ PFC
AC voltage 100-240 V, 50-60 Hz, 4.2-1.8 Amp
Power supply safety / EMC • USA - UL listed, FCC
• Canada - CUL listed
• Germany - TUV Certified
• Europe/CE Mark
• EN 60950/IEC 60950-Compliant
Fans 2x 4cm 4-pin PWM fans
Operating system Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7

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 Index
Numerics D
10 Gbps iSCSI board (copper) 33
dense intermix drive tray 43
10 Gbps iSCSI board (optical) 32
display LEDS 44
16 Gbps Fibre Channel board 31
rear panel 45
8 Gbps Fibre Channel board 30
with front panel bezel 43
dense intermix drive tray connection restrictions
118
A disabling user accounts 87
AC power supply units display LEDS on dense intermix drive tray 44
large form factor drive tray 46 drive trays
small form factor drive tray 46 dense intermix 43
flash module 40
large form factor 38
maximum number 23
B
small form factor 35
back end module
LEDs and connectors 35
backing up user accounts 94
battery specifications 113 E
bezels electrical specifications 109
CBLM controller 26 environmental specifications 110
dense intermix drive tray 43
flash module drive tray 40
large form factor drive tray 38 F
service processor 47 Fibre Channel
small form factor drive tray 35
cable removal 81
flash module drive tray 40
rear panel 42
C with front panel bezel 40
cables without front panel bezel 41
removing 81 front end modules
CBLM controller 26 10 Gbps iSCSI board (copper) 33
rear panel 28 10 Gbps iSCSI board (optical 32
with front panel bezel 26 16 Gbps Fibre Channel board 31
without front panel bezel 27 8 Gbps Fibre Channel board 30
compliance 117 front panel bezels
configurations 22 CBLM controller 26
connection restrictions for dense intermix drive dense intermix drive tray 43
tray 118 flash module drive tray 40
connections large form factor drive tray 38
dense intermix drive tray restrictions service processor 47
118 controllers small form factor drive tray 35
CBLM 26

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 I rear panel 48
iSCSI specifications 118
cable removal 81 setting up user accounts 85
specifications 114 small form factor drive tray 35
standards 117 AC power supply unit 46
rear panel 37
with front panel bezel 35
L without bezel 36
LAN blade LEDs and connectors 34 specifications
large form factor drive tray 38 battery 113
AC power supply unit 46 electrical 109
rear panel 39 environmental 110
with front panel bezel 38 iSCSI 114
without bezel 38 mechanical 104
RAID 113
service processor 118
standards for iSCSI 117
M storage system
maintaining the storage system 79 maintenance 79
maximum power off 81
number of mounted drives 23 regulatory compliance 117
mechanical specifications 104 storing 80
model lists 98 storage system controllers
mounted drive trays 23 CBLM 26
storing the storage system 80
supported configurations 22
N System Option Modes 50
number of mounted drive trays 23

U
P user administration 83
parts, replacement 103
powering off the storage system 81

R
RAID specifications 113
rear panels
CBLM controller 28
dense intermix drive tray 45
flash module drive tray 42
large form factor drive tray 39
service processor 48
small form factor drive tray 37
regulatory compliance 117
removing cables 81
removing user accounts 91
replacement parts 103
restoring user account information 94
roles 84

S
SAS cables
removing 81
scalability 22
service processor
front panel 47

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