<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="topic" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Plan the minimum hardware needed to function" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzalymirror4.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2002, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2002, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="hdrmirror4a" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Plan the minimum hardware needed to function</title> </head> <body id="hdrmirror4a"><a name="hdrmirror4a"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Plan the minimum hardware needed to function</h1> <div><p>Various rules and limits exist on how storage hardware can be attached together. The limits may be determined by hardware design, architecture restrictions, performance considerations, or support concerns. Your IBM<sup>®</sup> marketing representative can explain these configuration limits and help you use them in your planning.</p> <p>For each disk unit type, first plan for the I/O adapter that are needed and then for the I/O processors that are needed. After planning the number of I/O processors that are needed for all disk unit types, use the total number of I/O processors to plan for the number of buses that are needed.</p> <div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Related concepts</h4><p><a href="../rzahg/rzahgupgrademigration.htm">Installation, upgrades, and migration</a></p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzalymirror4.htm">Determine the hardware that is needed for mirroring</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>