Supported operating platforms

Use one of the supported operating hardware platforms to host the system software.

IBM® SAN Volume Controller system is built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize software, which is part of the IBM Spectrum Storage™ family.

Minimum requirements

You must set up your operating environment accordingly:
  • Minimum of one pair of system nodes

SAN Volume Controller 2145-DH8 and SAN Volume Controller 2145-SV1 node features

The SAN Volume Controller 2145-DH8 and SAN Volume Controller 2145-SV1 nodes contain the following features:
  • At least one Fibre Channel adapter or one 10 Gbps Ethernet adapter
  • Optional second and third Fibre Channel adapters
  • 64 GB base memory per processor. Optionally, by adding 64 GB memory modules, the processor can support 128 GB, 192 GB, or 256 GB of memory.
  • One or two, eight-core processors
  • Dual redundant power supplies
  • Expansion enclosures to house optional flash drives
  • iSCSI host and storage controller attachment (1 Gbps or 10 Gbps electrical Ethernet and optional 10 Gbps or 25 Gbps optical Ethernet)
  • Supports optional IBM Real-time Compression