System components

Virtual Storage Platform One File 32 Hardware Reference

Version
15.4.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-24VSP1F000-03
Component Description
VSP One File 32 server

This file server is the main component of the system. The system can contain two servers that operate as a cluster. VSP One File 32 does not support more than two servers in a cluster.

File Administrator

The File Administrator is the management component for the other components in a system. The File Administrator provides administration and monitoring tools. It supports data migration and replication, and acts as a quorum device in a cluster configuration. Although integral to the system, the File Administrator does not move data between the network client and the servers.

In clustered systems, the File Administrator provides the management functionality.

Storage systems A Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform One File system can control several storage enclosures. The maximum number of storage enclosures in a rack depends on the model of storage enclosures being installed.
Fibre Channel (FC) switches

The server supports FC switches that connect multiple servers and storage systems.

See Hitachi Vantara Support Connect for information about which FC switches are supported.

External 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) switches

All cluster configurations require an external Ethernet switch.

See Hitachi Vantara Support Connect for information about the 10 GbE switches that have been qualified for use with the system, and to find out about the availability of those switches.

10 GbE switches

The server connects to a 10 GbE switch for connection with the public data network (customer data network).

Also, a 10 GbE switch is required for internal cluster communications for clusters of three or more nodes.

See Hitachi Vantara Support Connect for information about the 10 GbE switches that have been qualified for use with the server, and to find out about the availability of those switches.

Hitachi Vantara requires dual 10 GbE switches for redundancy. In a dual-switch configuration, if one switch fails, the cluster nodes remain connected through the second switch.