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Deploying iSCSI host interface

controllers on the IBM System

Storage DS5000 series

This appendix reviews planning considerations when deploying IBM System Storage DS5000

storage subsystems in environments with mixed-host-interface requirements. The new

Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) feature that has been added to the IBM

System Storage DS5300 and IBM System Storage DS5100, and included in the IBM System

Storage DS5020. Therefore, a number of new areas must be factored in when deploying the

storage subsystems when you plan to use iSCSI. In the mixed interface environment (also

referred to as SAN tiering), other iSCSI considerations include networking, performance, and

The DS5000 series of storage subsystems now support intermixed iSCSI and FC host

interfaces. Using both interfaces provides a greater degree of flexibility in configuration and

deployment of a consolidated storage solution to individual servers or hosts attached to a