IBM Total Storage

Virtual SAN Extension over Distance with Inter-Fabric Routing

FICON CTC Connectivity

Global Mirror Over Distance WithStorwize V7000

z10 / z196 – FICON Express4 Interoperability

Layer 2 Extension

OASIS Monitoring System for IBM BC&RS solutions

PowerHA System Mirror for iSeries

Three (3) Site XRC Replication over 1.000Km

xSeries DiskCopy FAStT-600 (DS-4300)

iSeries Remote Tape Backup LTO

XRC for ESS-800

XRC in Multi-system environment (ESS-800, DS-8300, HDS)

xSeries Remote Tape Backup LTO
with LightSand SAN extension gateways

Solution Description:
The i-8100A SAN extension gateways with AR/DAT utilized to interconnect two remote SAN fabrics over MAN/WAN without SAN merge. Backup is running to IBM 3584 tape libraries with 6 LTO1 enclosures from xSeries servers located at customer site.

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zSeries DiskCopy for DS-8300 over MAN/WAN
with LightSand FICON extension gateways

Solution Description:
The i-7100F FICON extension gateways utilized to extend FICON channel over MAN/WAN. The solution is exercised in customer production environment in cooperation with IBM BCRS, Portugal. The DiskCopy is used to replicate customer's data on the IBM BCRS recovery site.

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zSeries DiskCopy in Multi-system environment over WAN

Remote SAN Fabrics Integration / FC Router

Storage Virtualization with SVC for Extended SAN Topologies

SAN Isolation and Internetworking of Heterogeneous SAN Fabrics

PtP VTS (Virtual Tape)

Metro/Global Copy (Asynchronous Cascading PPRC/PPRC-XD)
with LightSand SAN extension gateways

Solution Description:
LightSand i-8100B FC extension gateways used to extend FC channel over the MAN/WAN. IBM equipment included: IBM zSeries z/990 servers, ESS-800 and DS8300 storage subsystems. The effective extension distance is 44km.

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Ready for IBM Tivoli software

Solution Description:
LightSand iSeries is validated as Ready for IBM Tivoli software with the IBM Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator.

LightSands iSeries Automation package for TIO and more details are available here.

Product Solutions

XRC FICON over Distance with LightSand's Storage Gateways

Solution Description:
LightSand's S-series and i-Series gateways provide long distance extension for IBM's latest z/OS and OS/390 disk mirroring solution with XRC (eXtended Remote Copy) FICON over Wide Area Networks.

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i-8100B - Eight port FCIP Switching Gateway for Remote SAN Apps

Solution Description:
Allows remote SAN connectivity over routed IP networks with optimized performance.

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