IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software V8.1.3

IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software V8.1.3 delivers block deduplication and RESTful API support

IBM Spectrum Virtualize software delivers a solution for storage virtualization and offers advanced storage capabilities.

Spectrum Virtualize V8.1.3 adds following benefits:

Block deduplication for increased efficiency of storage usage by utilizing pointers in duplicate blocks rather than keeping multiple copies
RESTful API support for industry-standard RESTful API tools for system integration, deployment, and management

Key prerequisites

Software requirements

IBM SAN Volume Controller V8 (5641-VC8, 5641-CP8, 5725-M19, and 5725-H04) has the same software prerequisites as IBM SAN Volume Controller V7.8.
Spectrum Virtualize software only V8 (5725-Z61) has the same software prerequisites as IBM SAN Volume Controller V7.8.
Enterprise Class Support for IBM SAN Volume Controller (5773-ECS) is required on IBM SAN Volume Controller with a three-year warranty (2147-SV1). 5773-ECS requires feature number 1792.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for SAN Volume Controller Encryption Software V8 (5641-B08 and 5725-Y35) requires PID 5641-VC8.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V7000 V8 (5639-CB8, 5639-XB8, and 5639-EB8) has the same software prerequisites as Storwize V7000 V7.8.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5000 V8 (5639-ET8) requires the base software feature. All other features are optional.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5010 V8 (5639-SV5) requires the base software feature. All other features are optional.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5020 V8 (5639-SV6) requires the base software feature. All other features are optional.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5030 V8 (5639-SV7) requires the base software feature. All other features are optional.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V50x0 Expansion V8 (5639-SV8) requires the base software feature. There are no optional software features on the expansions.
IBM FlashSystem V840 Software V8 (5639-FS8) requires the base software feature. All other features are optional.
IBM FlashSystem V9000 Software V8 (5639-RB8) requires the base software feature. Externally virtualized storage is subject to the same capacity based licenses as SAN Volume Controller and is optional.

See the Description section for more information about these products and their software requirements.

Hardware requirements

Spectrum Virtualize Software Only requires at least one pair of supported Intel Servers. Supported configurations of Lenovo and Supermicro servers can be found at the Spectrum Virtualize software support website.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for SAN Volume Controller V8 requires at least one pair of IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (2145-SV1, 2145-DH8, or 2147-SV1) storage engines for installation.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for SAN Volume Controller Encryption Software V8 (5641-B08 and 5725-Y35) requires the Encryption Enablement Feature ACE2 or ACE5.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V7000 Controller Software (5639-CB8) requires at least one Storwize V7000 control enclosure (2076-AF6, 2076-624, or 2076-524) for installation.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V7000 Expansion Software (5639-XB8) requires at least one Storwize V7000 expansion enclosure (2076-A9F, 2076-92F, 2076-AFF, 2076-12F, or 2076-24F) for installation. The high-density enclosure (2076-A9F or 2076-92F) requires four of the base software charge codes to support the number of disk slots in the system.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V7000 External Data Virtualization Software (5639-EB8) requires at least one Storwize V7000 enclosure (2076-AF6, 2076-624, or 2076-524) for installation.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5000 External Data Virtualization Software (5639-ET8) requires at least one Storwize V5000 control enclosure (2077-AF3, 2077-312, 2077-324, 2078-AF3, 2078-312, or 2078-324) for installation.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5010 V8 (5639-SV5) requires at least one Storwize V5010 control enclosure (2077-112, 2077-124, 2078-112, or 2078-124) for installation.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5020 V8 (5639-SV6) requires at least one Storwize V5020 control enclosure (2077-212, 2077-224, 2078-212, or 2078-224) for installation.
Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5030 V8 (5639-SV7) requires at least one Storwize V5030 control enclosure (2077-AF3, 2077-312, 2077-324, 2078-AF3, 2078-312, or 2078-324) 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 V8 (5639-SV8) requires at least one Storwize V50x0 expansion enclosure (2077-92F, 2077-12F, 2077-24F, 2077-AFF, 2077-A9F, 2078-92F, 2078-12F, 2078-24F, 2078-AFF, or 2078-A9F) for installation. The high-density enclosures (2077-92F, 2077-A9F, 2078-92F, or 2078-A9F) require four of the base software charge codes to support the number of disk slots in the system.
IBM FlashSystem V840 Software V8 (5639-FS8) requires at least two IBM FlashSystem V840 Control Enclosures (9846-AC1 or 9848-AC1) and at least one IBM FlashSystem V840 Storage Enclosure (9846-AE1 or 9848-AE1).
IBM FlashSystem V9000 Software V8 (5639-RB8) requires at least two IBM FlashSystem V9000 Control Enclosures (9846-AC2, 9848-AC2, 9846-AC3, or 9848-AC3) and at least one IBM FlashSystem V9000 Storage Enclosure (9846-AE2, 9846-AE3, 9848-AE2, or 9848-AE3).