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Components for InfoScale

The InfoScale product you selected contains the following component(s).
  • Dynamic Multi-Pathing
  • Storage Foundation
  • Storage Foundation Cluster File System
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System requirements

Required CPU number and memory:
     Required number of CPUsRequired memory
    SF or SFHAN/A2GB
    SFCFS or SFCFSHA22GB
Required disk space:
    Partitions Minimum space required Maximum space required Recommended space
    /opt 616 MB 2047 MB 654 MB
    /root 323 MB 360 MB 323 MB
    /usr 20 MB 391 MB 20 MB
Supported architectures:
  • Power10 series
  • Power7 series
  • Power7+ series
  • Power8 series
  • Power9 series
  • PowerPC 970MP series
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Product features

The features in the list are enabled in this release.
FeatureInfoScale Storage
1-256 TB File System
4K support
ALUA and Generic ALUA Array Support
CFS Multi-transaction server
Cluster File System
Cluster Volume Manager
Compression
Concurrent I/O
Data management application programming interface (DMAPI)
Database storage checkpoints & rollback
Deduplication
Deployment of InfoScale through CPI integration with CHEF automation platform
Deployment simplification : Ansible support
Device names consistent across cluster nodes
Direct I/O
Dynamic Multi-pathing
Fault tolerant file system
File Change Log
File system migration from EXT4 to VxFS
File system snapshots
File system storage checkpoints
Heartbeats: LLT over UDP
Heartbeats: Low-priority
Heartbeats:Dedicated Private Network connections
Hot-relocation
Improved VVR network bandwidth utilization for TCP protocol
Keyless licensing
Licensing simplification: SLIC Migration
Mount lock
NFSv4 support
Named data streams
Non-SCSI3 Fencing with Coordination Point Servers
Online coordinator disk replacement
Online file system defragmentation
Online file system grow & shrink
Online relay out
Online volume grow & shrink
Oracle Disk Manager (ODM) and Cached ODM (CODM)
Partitioned directories
Portable Data Containers (formerly known as Cross-Platform Data Sharing (CDS))
Public-Sector Compliance: IPv6 InfoScale Stack-Wide Support
Puppet support
Quick I/O (QIO) and Cached QIO (CQIO)
Replicator option (formerly Volume Replicator)
S3 cloud file level tiering
SCSI-3 based I/O fencing
SCSI3-PGR Fencing with Coordinator Disks
Site awareness with remote mirrors
SmartAssist - SmartIO analysis & enablement tool
SmartIO - Volume Manager and File System Read Caching
SmartIO - Write Back Caching (ALL DLV's )
SmartMove
SmartTier (formerly Dynamic Storage Tiering)
SmartTier for Oracle (formerly Database DST)
Space-optimized instant snapshot
Support upto 16TB file size on AIX
Thin storage reclamation
Thin storage reclamation using UNMAP
User & group quotas
VVR : Allow a slave node to be configured as logowner
VVR : Scale vradmind to work in a multi RVG environment
VVR DCM log in DCO
  
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Patches for InfoScale Storage and Platform

Product (recommended)
Patch Date Size
cpi-Patch-8.0.0.1600 2023-11-27 81.26 KB
Platform (required)
No patches required.
  
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End of Support Life information

Last updated on 2024-04-19.  Refer to EOSL page for more information about support.
Release Date(GA)Extended Support StartsSustaining Support StartsEnd of Support Life Date(EOSL)
2021-12-132025-12-132027-12-13-
  
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Platform configuration

Supported platform version. Last updated on 2021-12-13
    Product versionPlatform version
    8.0TL5
Required platform packages:
  • bos.net.nfs.client
  • xlC.aix61.rte 11.1.0.1
  • devices.common.IBM.fc.hba-api
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Host bus adapter (HBA) parameters and switch parameters

Unless otherwise stated, the specified Veritas product supports all HBAs (except iSCSI HBAs) and fibre channel switches supported by the platform and storage array manufacturers listed in the hardware compatibility list (HCL).

  
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Operations Manager

Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager gives you a single, centralized management console for the InfoScale products. You can use it to monitor, visualize, and manage storage and cluster resources, and generate reports about these components in the Management Server domain.It can also help administrators centrally manage diverse data center environments. This section lists the documents for Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 8.0.2.
Documentation