Configuring IBM Storwize V3500 or Storwize V3700 for Lenovo external storage systems

Tasks to configure the Storwize V3500 or Storwize V3700storage system

To configure storage for system use, complete these general tasks on a Lenovo V series system:

1. First, define a host object and add to it all of the worldwide port names (WWPNs) from the system.
2. Create host mappings between each volume on the storage system that you want to manage by using the Storwize V3700 and the host object that you created.

The volumes that are presented by the storage layer system are viewed in the Storwize V5000 managed disk (MDisk) view. The storage system is displayed in the Storwize V5000 view with a vendor ID of IBM.

Quorum disks on storage systems

The Storwize V3500 or Storwize V3700 for Lenovo support quorum disks. Storwize V5000 systems can use MDisks that are presented by a Lenovo V series system as a quorum disk.

Advanced functions for storage systems

Storwize V5000 systems can use storage that is presented by a Storwize V3500 or Storwize V3700 system in a storage layer, but Metro Mirror and Global Mirror cannot interoperate between the two systems. Storwize V5000 can participate in Metro Mirror and Global Mirror partnerships only with other replication layer systems; storage layer systems can participate in Metro Mirror and Global Mirror partnerships only with other storage layer systems.

For more information, see the Metro Mirror and Global Mirror partnerships topic.

Volumes that are defined on a storage layer system can be used by the replication layer system as a source or target for advanced copy functions such as FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, and Global Mirror. Storwize V3500 or Storwize V3700 advanced copy functions are not supported for volumes that are used as MDisks.