Product manuals, other publications, and Web sites contain information that relates to SAN Volume Controller.
Table 1 lists and describes the publications that make up the SAN Volume Controller library. Unless otherwise noted, these publications are available in Adobe® portable document format (PDF) from the following Web site:
www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145
| Title | Description | Order number |
|---|---|---|
| IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Planning Guide | This guide introduces the SAN Volume Controller and lists the features that you can order. It also provides guidelines for planning the installation and configuration of the SAN Volume Controller. | GA32-0551 |
| IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Model 2145-CF8 Hardware Installation Guide | This guide provides the instructions that the IBM® service representative uses to install the hardware for SAN Volume Controller model 2145-CF8. | GC52-1356 |
| IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Model 2145-8A4 Hardware Installation Guide | This guide provides the instructions that the IBM service representative uses to install the hardware for SAN Volume Controller model 2145-8A4. | GC27-2219 |
| IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Model 2145-8G4 Hardware Installation Guide | This guide provides the instructions that the IBM service representative uses to install the hardware for SAN Volume Controller model 2145-8G4. | GC27-2220 |
| IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Models 2145-8F2 and 2145-8F4 Hardware Installation Guide | This guide provides the instructions that the IBM service representative uses to install the hardware for SAN Volume Controller models 2145-8F2 and 2145-8F4. | GC27-2221 |
| IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Model 2145-4F2 Hardware Installation Guide | This guide provides the instructions that the IBM service representative uses to install the hardware for SAN Volume Controller model 2145-4F2. | GC27-2222 |
| IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Software Installation and Configuration Guide | This guide provides guidelines for configuring your SAN Volume Controller. Instructions for backing up and restoring the cluster configuration, using and upgrading the SAN Volume Controller Console, using the CLI, upgrading the SAN Volume Controller software, and replacing or adding nodes to a cluster are included. | SC23-6628 |
| IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller CIM Agent Developer's Guide | This guide describes the concepts of the Common Information Model (CIM) environment. Steps about using the CIM agent object class instances to complete basic storage configuration tasks, establishing new Copy Services relationships, and performing CIM agent maintenance and diagnostic tasks are included. | SC23-6665 |
| IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Command-Line Interface User's Guide | This guide describes the commands that you can use from the SAN Volume Controller command-line interface (CLI). | SC26-7903 |
| IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Host Attachment Guide | This guide provides guidelines for attaching the SAN Volume Controller to your host system. | SC26-7905 |
| IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Troubleshooting Guide | This guide describes the features of each SAN Volume Controller model, explains how to use the front panel, and provides maintenance analysis procedures to help you diagnose and solve problems with the SAN Volume Controller. | GC27-2227 |
| IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Hardware Maintenance Guide | This guide provides the instructions that the IBM service representative uses to service the SAN Volume Controller hardware, including the removal and replacement of parts. | GC27-2226 |
| IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Master Console Guide | This guide describes how to install, maintain, and service the master console. | GC27-2223 |
| IBM Systems Safety Notices | This guide contains translated caution and danger statements. Each caution and danger statement in the SAN Volume Controller documentation has a number that you can use to locate the corresponding statement in your language in the IBM Systems Safety Notices document. | G229-9054 |
Table 2 lists IBM publications that contain information related to the SAN Volume Controller.
| Title | Description | Order number |
|---|---|---|
| IBM System Storage Productivity Center Introduction and Planning Guide | This guide introduces the IBM System Storage® Productivity Center hardware and software. | SC23-8824 |
| Read This First: Installing the IBM System Storage Productivity Center | This guide describes how to install the IBM System Storage Productivity Center hardware. | GI11-8938 |
| IBM System Storage Productivity Center User's Guide | This guide describes how to configure the IBM System Storage Productivity Center software. | SC27-2336 |
| IBM System Storage Multipath Subsystem Device Driver User's Guide | This guide describes the IBM System Storage Multipath Subsystem Device Driver for IBM System Storage products and how to use it with the SAN Volume Controller. | GC52-1309 |
| Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller V4.3 | This IBM Redbooks® publication is a detailed technical guide to the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller. It provides a high-level overview of storage virtualization and the SAN Volume Controller architecture, discusses implementing and configuring the SAN Volume Controller, tells you how to migrate existing storage to the SAN Volume Controller, and discusses different supported migration activities. | SG24-6423 |
Table 3 lists Web sites that provide publications and other information about the SAN Volume Controller or related products or technologies.
| Web site | Address |
|---|---|
| Support for SAN Volume Controller (2145) | www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145 |
| Support for IBM System Storage and IBM TotalStorage® products | www.ibm.com/storage/support/ |
| IBM Publications Center | www.ibm.com/e-business/linkweb/publications/servlet/pbi.wss |
| IBM Redbooks publications | www.redbooks.ibm.com/ |
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