Hitachi 9900 User Manual

Hitachi Freedom Storage

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Software Solutions Are
Best-of-Breed

Customers and analysts regard the Hitachi Freedom Storage

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Lightning 9900

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V

Series as the most advanced products in the enterprise storage system market. The Hitachi
Freedom Storage Software Solutions Guide (Figure 24) discusses the advantages of the
suite of leading-edge software products that enhances the Lightning 9900 V Series product
lines. This report is available from Hitachi Data Systems in PDF form at:

http://www.hds.com

. Particular emphasis is devoted to the business benefits of these robust

suite of software in the context of massive consolidation projects that are for the first time
enabled by the switched architecture and virtual Fibre Channel ports of the Lightning 9900
V Series systems’ advanced design. HiCommand

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Management Framework software

enables a dramatically lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for the enterprise due to its
ability to provide centralized, worldwide control of Hitachi Freedom Storage Software
Solutions from a centralized location.

With Hitachi Freedom Storage Software Solutions, customers have the ability to

choose the precise solution or a combination of solutions that are appropriate for their
environment. Software solutions are combined into five Suites with each Suite targeting
specific business values as discussed below. In keeping with the Hitachi commitment to
open solutions, Hitachi Freedom Storage Software Solutions include not only software
solutions provided by Hitachi Data Systems, but also solutions provided by TrueNorth

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Solutions Alliance partners.

The Storage Area Management Suite includes five powerful software packages that

dramatically simplify storage management complexity, reduce operating costs and improve
retun on investment (ROI). The HiCommand Management Framework enables users to
construct the most suitable management environment. Hitachi Data Systems is working
with the Storage Networking Industry Association’s (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative
to deliver an interoperable storage management framework based on the Common
Information Model (CIM) and the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) industry
standards. (See also Chapter 10). By deploying the Sun

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StorEdge

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Resource Management

Suite with the HiCommand Management Framework, users can develop products that
seamlessly integrate into the framework to improve resource utilization, optimize storage
network planning, enhance data continuity solutions, and exceed existing service levels.
Resource Manager software is a package of management software utilities, including Hitachi
Graph-Track

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software, Hitachi FlashAccess

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software, Hitachi Virtual Logical Volume

Image (VLVI) Manager, Hitachi LUN Manager software, and Hitachi SANtinel

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software.

The Resource Manager software package eases complex storage management processes and
allows users to handle oncoming performance and capacity requirements proactively. (See
also Chapter 10). VERITAS Volume Manager removes the physical limitations of disk
storage, so users can configure, share, and manage storage in enterprise environments
without interrupting data availability. InterSAN PATHLINE provides comprehensive,

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