IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software V7.6

IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software V7.6 for Storwize V5000 adds support for the next generation of the V5000 family.

The V5010, V5020, and V5030 are designed to deliver a variety of mid-range storage products to support the various needs of your data centers.

Are your storage requirements growing too fast? Are the costs of managing this growth taking more and more of your IT budget? Spectrum Virtualize Software V7.6 can help solve these problems, delivering a more flexible, responsive, available, scalable, and efficient storage environment.

Spectrum Virtualize software capabilities are offered across a variety of platforms, including SAN Volume Controller (SVC), Storwize V7000 (Unified), Storwize V5000/V5010/V5020/V5030, Storwize V3700, Storwize V3500, and FlashSystem V9000. Spectrum Virtualize products are designed to deliver storage capabilities with the benefits of storage virtualization in environments from large enterprises to small businesses and midmarket companies.

Real-time Compression for in-line, real-time compression
Stretched Cluster and HyperSwap for HA
Easy Tier for automatic and dynamic data tiering
Distributed RAID for better availability and faster rebuild times
Encryption for internal and external virtualized capacities
FlashCopy for snapshot copies of data
Remote data replication for data protection or DR

Spectrum Virtualize V7.6.1 adds support for the next generation of the V5000 family. The V5010, V5020, and V5030 are designed to provide a variety of midrange storage products to support the needs of your specific datacenter.

Software requirements

Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5010 V7.6.1 (5639-SV1) requires the base software feature. All other features are optional.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5020 V7.6.1 (5639-SV2) requires the base software feature. All other features are optional.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5030 V7.6.1 (5639-SV3) requires the base software feature. All other features are optional.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V50x0 Expansion V7.6.1 (5639-SV4) requires the base software feature. There are no optional software features on the expansions.

Hardware requirements

Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5010 V7.6.1 (5639-SV1) requires at least one Storwize V5010 control enclosure (2077-112 or 124, 2078-112 or 124) for installation.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5020 V7.6.1 (5639-SV2) requires at least one Storwize V5020 control enclosure (2077-212 or 224, 2078-212 or 224) for installation.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5030 V7.6.1 (5639-SV3) requires at least one Storwize V5030 control enclosure (2077-312 or 324, 2078-312 or 324) for installation. The compression feature for V5030 requires the 64GB cache feature (#ACHD) on models 312 and 324 for machine types 2077 and 2078.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V50x0 Expansion V7.6.1 (5639-SV4) requires at least one Storwize V50x0 expansion enclosure (2077-12F or 24F, 2078-12F or 24F) for installation.

Planned availability date: March 4, 2016