Things you need to know about ACTA

Things you need to know about ACTA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Xg_C2YmG0&feature=player_embedded ACTA is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A new intellectual property enforcement treaty being negotiated by the United States, the European Community, Switzerland, and Japan, with Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada recently announcing that they will join […]

Storwize V7000 new features been released

Storwize V7000 was introduced in October 2010 in IBM Storage Mid-range portfolio. V7000 archived one of the fastest product ramps in IBM history with more than 1.800 systems sold to more than 1.000 worldwide customers since general availability in November 2010. The products supports 10 GbE ports in new control enclosure models and this can […]

IBM XIV Storage Plug-in for Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS), Version 1.0.2.1

The plug-in enables failover automation of XIV storage services that run on two geographically dispersed cluster nodes, enabling deployment of MSCS in a geo-cluster configuration.   MSCS and the XIV storage system support one-button fail over initiation for automated recovery, or manual fail over for step-by-step control over the recovery process. Both accommodate a broad […]

To avoid potential loss of access, customers must be on “IBM XIV Host Attachment Kit for Windows, Version 1.5.3” or above

To avoid potential loss of access that might happen during XIV operation or hot upgrade customers must be on “IBM XIV Host Attachment Kit for Windows, Version 1.5.3” or above and before the upgrade Symptom Servers disconnect from XIV Cause During some cases of module failure (e.g. SMI timeout) Windows 2003 server might disconnect from […]

IBM Storwize V7000 6.1.0 Configuration Limits and Restrictions

Storwize V7000 software versions 6.1.0.0 to 6.1.0.6 support attachment of up to 4 expansion enclosures per system. Software version 6.1.0.7 and later removes this restriction, supporting attachment of up to 9 expansion enclosures, allowing a total of 10 enclosures per system.   DS4000 Maintenance Storwize V7000 supports concurrent ESM firmware upgrades for those DS4000 models […]