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Section 2
General Description
This section provides physical and functional overviews of the SANbox Storage
Services Platform (SSP) Management GUI, the StoreAge Storage Virtualization
Manager (SVM) solution, and related hardware.
This section covers the following topics:
■ SANbox SSP and StoreAge Solution Overview
■ SANbox SSP Overview
■ Supported Network Configurations
■ Port Connections
2.1
SANbox SSP and StoreAge Solution Overview
StoreAge SVM is a SAN appliance that together with the SANbox SSP enables
highly available networks and provides centralized, network-based volume
management, snapshot, replication, and mirroring across all storage devices within
a SAN. For more information about high-availability, see "High-Availability
Configuration" on page 2-6 for more information and a diagram.
Unlike host-based or storage-based volume management and data replication
technologies, StoreAge SVM is a network-based solution that centrally manages
all storage regardless of the operating systems or storage devices in use. By
deploying SVM agents on SANbox SSP, StoreAge leverages QLogic’s intelligent
storage application technology to deliver centralized storage management,
business continuity, and disaster recovery capabilities across all attached servers
and storage subsystems within a SAN.
The SVM GUI is a web-based interface to the SVM appliance. You can access the
SVM GUI from a local or remote location using a standard browser. Use the SVM
GUI to configure storage pools, provision virtual volumes and manage access to
them, and manage point-in-time copies of virtual volumes.
Using a standard web browser, you can configure, maintain, and monitor the
SANbox SSP chassis through the SANbox SSP Management GUI. The GUI
provides access to all chassis management functions, including SANbox SSP
status, port management and configuration, diagnostics, and a telnet window.
Alternatively, use the command line interface (CLI), which provides the same
functions as the SANbox SSP Management GUI through serial, telnet, or ssh
connections. All configuration, maintenance, and monitoring tasks for the SANbox
SSP chassis are accessible through the CLI.
