Ibm hyperscale manager for ibm spectrum accelerate family. Ibm xiv data source inventory is performed by using the xiv cli. Download the ibm xiv management tools installation package, including xivgui, xivtop and xcli for all supported platforms, as well as its. The table below describes the information contained in each. This chapter covers ibm spectrum accelerate family, that includes ibm flashsystem a9000, ibm flashsystem a9000r, xiv gen3 and ibm spectrum accelerate software, storage management and configuration by using the hyperscale manager 5. The ibm xiv xcli connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as ok if all of the criteria below are met. This information describes how to download and install the ibm xiv storage system commandline interface xcli on the. Ibm xiv storage system gen3 and ibm xiv cloud storage for service providers v11. We can send you a link when the pdf is ready for download. This repository contains the ibm extended commandline interface xcli python client, which establishes terminal connection with ibm xiv, spectrum accelerate, flashsystem a9000, and flashsystem a9000r storage systems. Ibm hyperscale manager for ibm spectrum accelerate family ibm xiv, ibm flashsystem a9000 and a9000r, and ibm spectrum accelerate.
The storage insight addon provides you detailed information on the storage enclosures in your data center. This ibm redbooks publication describes storage management functions and their configuration and use with the ibm hyperscale manager management graphical user interface gui for ibm xiv gen3, ibm flashsystem a9000 and a9000r, and ibm spectrum accelerate software. Xcli fails to identify the volume and array serial numbers. The xcli is available on microsoft windows, linux and other operating systems. Ibmxcli perl package manager index ppm activestate code.
Use code metacpan10 at checkout to apply your discount. Yes it is definately an xiv as i can manage it with the xiv gui and xcli. Overview of the ibm xiv storage system commandline interface the ibm xiv storage system commandline interface xcli provides a mechanism for issuing commands to manage and maintain the xiv systems. As a valued partner and proud supporter of metacpan, stickeryou is happy to offer a 10% discount on all custom stickers, business labels, roll labels, vinyl lettering or custom decals. This repository contains the ibm extended commandline interface xcli python client, which establishes terminal connection with ibm xiv.
Xcli commands are entered on an xcli client system or xcli client supplied by the customer getting started with xcli this information gets you started with the ibm xiv storage. Installing the xcli this information describes how to download and install the ibm xiv storage system commandline interface xcli on the xcli client system. The directory path where the ibm xiv storage system commandline interface xcli binaries are installed on the client. This module provides a simple interface to the ibm xiv xcli utility by providing convenient wrapper methods for a number of xcli native method calls. Ibm hyperscale manager is based on, and seamlessly integrated with, the xiv graphical user interface gui and spans multiple xiv systems. This ibm redbooks publication describes the concepts, architecture, and implementation of the ibm xiv storage system. For models a9000 and a9000r, install the ibm xcli version 5. To download and install the ibm xiv storage system commandline interface xcli on the xcli client system, see installing the xcli in the ibm xiv storage system information center. Requirements for ibm xiv storage management gui, xcli, and. Ibm xiv physical architecture, components, and planning 81. Ibm xiv storage management gui is usually set up in the c. This version also scales xiv snapshot management out with the new hyperscale consistency, by coordinating concurrent snapshots of volumes that are spread across multiple xiv systems and belong to one application. This will start applying power to the components in the rack, and initiate the boot process forthe interface modules and data modules.
I have several friends who worked at xiv pre ibm that might be able to help. Apr 11, 2017 ibm xiv storage system software is designed to make the xiv modules act as a redundant grid of storage. The xcli utility must be configured on the discovery host, which must be part of the veritas infoscale operations manager domain. Architecture, implementation, and usage ibm redbooks on. Overview of the ibm xiv storage system commandline interface. Ibm xiv storage system architecture and implementation. Adding ibm xiv storage enclosures for deep discovery. The xcli is available on microsoft windows, linux and other operating systems starting the xcli you start the xcli in different ways depending on the hosting operating system and operational mode. The ibm xiv cli requirements include the ip address of the xiv management interface and the tcp port 7778. The xiv storage system is a scalable enterprise storage system that is based on a grid array of hardware components. Ibm deploying virtual server with vmcontrol fails with. Commandline interface cli reference guide, this publication describes the available ibm xiv commandline interface xcli commands.
Solidstate drive caching in the ibm xiv storage system ibm. Perform these steps to download and install the xcli download the ibm xiv management tools installation package and release notes from the ibm support portal website website perform one of the following procedures for your operating system. In addition to those features in the base software, many advanced functions are now available in the ibm xiv storage system software v11. The storage replication adapters below are software modules for site recovery manager that are developed and supported by storage partners of vmware and are distributed here by vmware with the permission of the storage partners. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove ibm xiv storage management gui supposing you want to. Using the xcli from the command prompt, issue the command. Download storage replication adapters for vmware vcenter. Oct 09, 2014 xiv xiv gen3 xiv xiv gen3 33,000 xiv 66,000 xiv gen3 3,034 xiv 10,300 xiv gen3 42,000 xiv 125,000 xiv gen3 1,542 xiv 6,788 xiv gen3 file and print services iops mixed file size workload xiv gen3 also had 50% lower latency sequential writes mbsec system bandwidth transaction processing iops mixed read write workload sequential reads mb. With ibm spectrum accelerate, you can reduce time to value for business applications, and achieve cost savings driven by the agility and usage of the hardware solution. Contribute to ibmpyxcli development by creating an account on github. Download the ibm xiv xcli only installation package, for solaris as well as its release notes.
Description the issue occurs when a customer uses xiv as a backend storage and does not convert lun logical unit number 0, on which a disk array controller dac is created and exported by default, to a. Note for more information, download the latest version of the xiv management tools release notes from ibm knowledge center. Powerha enterprise edition with xiv replication fallover demo. This ibm redbooks publication describes the concepts, architecture, and implementation of the ibm xiv storage system 2810a14 and 2812a14. Canceling an upgrade download process 162 forcing a continuation of the upgrade process. About this guide this document describes how to use the ibm xiv storage system commandline interface xcli to invoke xcli utility and system commands. Note that although this page shows the status of all builds of this package in ppm, including those available with the free community edition of activeperl, manually downloading modules ppmx package files is possible only with a business edition license. Poweroffpowering the system off must be done solely from either the xiv gui or the xcli. This information describes how to download and install the ibm xiv storage system commandline interface xcli on the xcli client system. It makes use of the xcli utility that communicates to the ibm xiv systems using the tcpip protocol. To install ibmxcli, simply copy and paste either of the commands in to your. Ensure that the latest ibm xiv management tools are installed on your notebook computer. Powerha systemmirror uses the xcli commands from the opt xiv xivgui xcli directory. This page is not a recommendation to remove ibm xiv storage management gui by ibm xiv from your computer, nor are we saying that ibm xiv storage management gui by ibm xiv is not a good application.
Not a new version included warning for self signed x509 certificates see section 5. As shown in figure 1, the architecture of the system is designed to deliver outofthe box. Ibm developer learn, code and connect with your community redbooks access tech enablement tools at no cost support download fixes, get documentation or start a ticket demos browse demos by product, category or collection. The ibm xiv storage system commandline interface xcli provides a mechanism for issuing commands to manage and maintain the xiv systems. The webbased gui provides a revolutionary objectcentered interface design that is aimed toward ease of. Ibm spectrum accelerate delivers a rich variety of enterpriselevel features on x86 servers, similar to xiv gen3 storage systems. This publication is intended for xiv customers and users who want a practical understanding of ibm hyperscale mobility concepts. It virtually transforms multiple systems into a single system, allowing customers to centrally manage up to 144 xiv systems. He is a senior accredited ibm product service professional. Installing the ibm xiv storage management gui, xcli, and xivtop.
The xcli documentation comes in two parts, the xcli utility manual this document and the xcli reference guide. For snapbased operations, open port 7778 between the commserve computer or mediaagent and the storage array. Installing the ibm xiv storage management gui, xcli, and. Ibm hyperscale mobility was released with xiv storage system v11. It can attach to both fibre channel protocol fcp and iscsi capable hosts. I have several friends who worked at xiv preibm that might be able to help. This module provides a simple object oriented interface to the ibm xiv xcli utility. The management tools include the ibm xiv storage management gui, the ibm xiv online monitoring tool xivtop, and the ibm xiv commandline interface xcli.
Getting started with xcli this information gets you started with the ibm xiv storage system commandline. The following process can be used to connect to the xrsc front servers on ibm xiv gen2, ibm xiv gen3 and ibm flashsystem a9000r using the ibm xiv command line interface xcli. Xcli commands are entered on an xcli client system or xcli client supplied by the customer. Download smcli package from the ibm site you need to know storage serial and have ibm id free account go to ibm fix central and follow this. Complete the following steps to download and install the ibm xiv management tools on your notebook computer. Xcli commands are entered on an xcli client system or xcli client supplied by the customer getting started with xcli this information gets you started with the ibm xiv storage system command. Use this page to access pdf versions of release notes for ibm xiv storage system gen3, ibm hyperscale manager, ibm xiv management tools, ibm extended commandline interface xcli utility, and ibm remote support proxy. Xiv performance is accomplished by making smis calls to the xiv array, which runs a smis provider on port 5989. Snapshot configuration properties of the ibm xiv storage array.
The xcli utility must be installed on the same machine as from which the script is ran. The paper describes the ibm hyperscale architecture and includes detailed step by step scenarios that illustrate the online volume migration process, both from the xiv gui and the xiv commandline interface xcli. Ibm xiv remote support center xrsc is upgrading its. The ibm xiv xcli is a utility providing a command line interface to an ibm xiv storage array exposing complete management and administrative capabilities of the system.
Do not use space characters in values described in the problem decription xiv storage pool, xiv user name and password, xiv source lun. This ibm redpaper publication provides information about the implementation and use of solidstate drives ssds in ibm xiv storage system xiv generation 3 gen3, running xiv software version 11. The ibm xiv storage system 2810a14 is designed to be a scalable enterprise storage system based upon a grid array of hardware components. Ensure that the most current version of the ibm xiv xcli is used when connecting to the xrsc support centers to take advantage of the latest ibm xiv xcli enhancements. The xiv storage system is a scalable enterprise storage system that is based on selection from ibm xiv storage system gen3.
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