Logical unit settings for IBM® DS5000, IBM DS4000, and IBM DS3000 systems

Logical unit (LU) settings are configurable at the LU level.

LUs that are accessed by hosts can be configured differently.

Use the following option settings for a LUN that will be attached to Lenovo Storage V series clustered system.

Table 1. Option settings for a LUN
Parameter Setting
Segment size 256 KB
Capacity reserved for future segment size changes Yes
Maximum future segment size 2,048 KB
Modification priority High
Read cache Enabled
Write cache Enabled
Write cache without batteries Disabled
Write cache with mirroring Enabled
Flush write cache after (in seconds) 10.00
Dynamic cache read prefetch Enabled
Enable background media scan Enabled
Media scan with redundancy check Enabled
Pre-Read redundancy check Disabled

You must not have caching without batteries enabled.

Set the host type for Lenovo Storage V series to IBM TS SAN VCE when you create a new LU.