Configuration settings for IBM DS5000, IBM DS4000, and IBM DS3000 systems

The system configuration interface provides configuration settings and options that can be used with the system.

These settings and options can have the following scope:
  • System
  • Logical unit (LU)
    • The system attempts to follow preferred ownership that is specified by the system. You can specify which controller (A or B) is used to perform I/O operations to a particular LU. If the system can see the ports of the preferred controller and no error conditions exist, it can access that LU through one of the ports on that controller. Under error conditions, the ownership is ignored.
    • You must enable the following options on any LUs that are mapped to the system:
      • read caching
      • write caching
      • write cache mirroring
    • You must not have caching without batteries that are enabled.