FlashSystem 7300 Midrange Enterprise for Hybrid Cloud L2 Sellers Presentation - 2022-Feb-25.PPTX

1. Roger Kasten
WW Storage & Storage Flash Technical Enablement Mgr.
Roger.Kasten@us.ibm.com
FlashSystem 7300
Midrange Enterprise
Seller enablement
Feb 25, 2022

2. Performance
and Efficiency
Built for
the future
Resilience
IBM FlashSystem 7300
Four key messages
Cloud
Enabled

3. Common reasons why mid-
size clients often experience
storage related issues
Fluctuating heavy mixed workloads
Storage from multiple vendors
Isolated islands of data
No consistent approach to the cloud
No persistent container solution
Insufficient number of skilled personnel
Inconsistent cost and performance

4. Complete peace of mind with IBM FlashWatch
Extensive cloud support
High availability
End-to-end NVMe with SCM
Best-in-class data reduction with guarantees
No cost migration
Enterprise class warranty support & endurance

5. Extensive OpenShift and Container Storage Interface support

6. Ansible enhances Spectrum
Virtualize in hybrid cloud
environments
Ansible is a radically simple IT
automation engine.
It was designed for multi-tier deployments
since Day one.
It uses no agents and no additional custom
security infrastructure.

7. Spectrum Virtualize Ansible Modules – R1.7
Complete Ansible Modules available for 2022
https://galaxy.ansible.com/ibm/spectrum_virtualize
Under EMBARGO until February 8, 2022 – IBM Sellers and BPs only
• ibm_svc_auth - Generates an authentication token for a user on IBM Spectrum Virtualize Family storage system
• ibm_svc_host - Manages hosts on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_hostcluster - Manages host cluster on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_info - Collects information on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_initial_setup - Manages initial setup configuration on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_manage_callhome - Manages configuration of call home feature on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_manage_consistgrp_flashcopy - Manages FlashCopy consistency groups on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_manage_cv - Manages the change volume in remote copy replication on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_manage_flashcopy - Manages FlashCopy mappings on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_manage_mirrored_volume - Manages mirrored volumes on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_manage_migration - Manages volume migration between clusters on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_manage_ownershipgroup - Manages ownership groups on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_manage_replication - Manages remote copy replication on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_manage_replicationgroup - Manages remote copy consistency group on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_manage_sra - Manages 'support remote assistance' configuration on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_manage_user - Manages user on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_manage_usergroup - Manages user groups on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_manage_volume - Manages standard volumes on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_manage_volumegroup - Manages volume groups on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_mdisk - Manages MDisks for IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_mdiskgrp - Manages pools for IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_start_stop_flashcopy - Starts or stops FlashCopy mapping and consistency groups on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_start_stop_replication - Starts or stops remote copy relationship or group on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svc_vol_map - Manages volume mapping for IBM Spectrum Virtualize system
• ibm_svcinfo_command - Runs svcinfo CLI command on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system over SSH session
• ibm_svctask_command - Runs svctask CLI command(s) on IBM Spectrum Virtualize system over SSH session
New
New
New
New
New
New

8. Add Spectrum Protect Plus to the opportunity
• Extreme ease of use
• Low RPOs and RTOs
• VROs and GROs
• Protect the business
• Rich hypervisor integration
• Support non-virtualized systems
• Automation for both backup and recovery
• Integrate with cloud and object storage
• Enable storage efficiency capabilities
• Built on top of RESTful APIs
• Most importantly; be priced fairly
• Provide a return on the investment

9. Spectrum Virtualize
and Storage Insights
unlock the value of
Hybrid Cloud environments

10. On-Premises & Public Cloud Consistency
Rapid Innovation Hybrid Integration Investment Leverage Management & Compliance
• Easily incorporate OpenShift
• Easily add IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud
• Easily enable Storage administrators to monitor their hybrid
multi-cloud storage infrastructure with IBM Storage Insights
• Take advantage of IBM FlashSystem Cyber Vault blueprint
Simplify management, ease workload mobility, speed Disaster Recovery
Cyber Vault
Blueprint
Automation

11. Bringing consistent cloud access to over 500 different systems
VMware turns one
physical server into
many virtual servers
Spectrum Virtualize turns
many arrays (over 500) into
one consistent environment

12. FlashSystem 5015 FlashSystem 5035 FlashSytem 5200 FlashSystem 7300
Encryption (Local and server based keys)
Clustering (Multiple I/O groups)
HyperSwap (Active / active access)
Data Reduction Pools (Hardware assisted compression)
DRP (Software only)
NVMe-oF Host Connections
External Storage Virtualization (>500 Supported Arrays)
FCMs (NVMe with compression & encryption) & NVMe/SCM drives
Storage Class Memory (ultra low latency drives)
Safeguarded Copy – delivering immutable copies
SAN Volume Controller
FlashSystem 9500/R
Spectrum Virtualize Across The Family
Storage Insights (AI Predictive Analytics and Proactive Monitoring)
Metro/Global Mirror (Remote copy)
Easy Tier (Automated hot/cold extent movement)
Local and cloud snapshots
VMware & Container Integration
3-Site Data Copies
Data Migration (from >500 supported arrays)
Multi-tenancy
Distributed RAID 1, 5 & 6
Volume Mobility for non-disruptive Data Migration across FlashSystem and SVC
DRAID 1 and 6

13. Specs You Will Want To Know

14. FlashSystem
5015
FlashSystem
5035
FlashSystem
5200
FlashSystem
7300
FlashSystem
9200
FlashSystem
9200R
All-Flash and/or Hybrid AF ✓ - H ✓ AF ✓ - H ✓ AF ✓ - H ✓ AF ✓ - H ✓ AF ✓ - H ✘ AF ✓ - H ✘
Max cache per control enclosure 64GB 64GB 512GB 1.5TB 3.0TB 3.0TB x 2
Host adapter slots per control enc. 2 2 4 6 12 12 x 2
Storage Class Memory support No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
NVMe SSDs and IBM FCMs No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
NVMe-oF support No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
SAS SSDs and SAS HDDs ✓ and ✓ ✓ and ✓ ✓ and ✓ ✓ and ✓ ✓ and ✘ ✓ and ✘
Support for SAS devices Yes – Control & Exp. Yes – Control & Exp. Yes – Expansion Yes – Expansion Yes – Expansion Yes – Expansion
Max physical capacity raw
in 2U control enclosure
720TB 720TB 460TB 921.6TB 1843.2TB**** 1843.2TB**** x 2
Max usable effective with DRAID
in 1U, 2U or 4U control enclosure
573TB Up to 2.8PB*
1PB**
Or up to 2.3PB*
2.3PB**
Or up to 4.6PB*
2.3PB** / 4.5PB***
Or up to 9.2PB*
2.3PB**/4.5PB*** x 2
Or up to 9.2PB* x 2
Maximum capacity with clustering NA 32PB (2-way) 32PB (2-way) 32PB (2-way) 32PB (2-way) 32PB (2-way)
Data Reduction None Software DRP
FCM3 (no impact)
DRP (Hdw assist)
FCM3 (no impact)
DRP (Hdw assist)
FCM3 (no impact)
DRP (Hdw assist)
FCM3 (no impact)
DRP (Hdw assist)
Installation and support Customer set-up Customer set-up Customer set-up
Customer set-up with
Storage Expert Care options
IBM install, w/ storage
expert care options
IBM install, w/ storage
expert care options
Support for CSI and cloud Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Quick Comparison of FlashSystem Family
All-Flash Only
All-Flash and Hybrid
* With 5:1 data reduction via DRP ** With 3:1 data reduction via FCM
*** With 3:1 data reduction via FCM later in 2022
**** Raw capacity, later in 2022

15. IBM FlashSystem 7300
Dual Active-Active Array Controllers with 24 dual-ported NVMe Flash bays
• Up to 1.5TB of cache per system
• Two 10-core Cascade Lake
CPUs per controller
• 40-cores per system
• Up to 3.5M IOPS and 50GB/s per system
• Ability to cluster multiple systems
• Up to 12 Storage Class Memory (SCM) drives to accelerate workloads
• Up to 24 NVMe FCM3 with hardware Compression and Encryption
• Up to 24 NVMe industry standard SSDs
• Ability to intermix all three drive types within the control enclosure
• FlashSystem 7300 delivers 99.9999% uptime

16. IBM FlashSystem 7300 - Rear
First two Interface
Card Slots
Tech Port USB Ports (2) 2KW PSU (2)
Third Card Slot
Optional SAS Expansion
• Up to six host adapters cards per system
1 2 3
1
2
3

17. FlashSystem 7300 Onboard Ethernet ports
Port Speed Function
1 10 GbE Management IP, Service IP, Host IO
2 10 GbE Secondary Management IP, Host IO
3 10 GbE Host IO
4 10 GbE Host IO
Technician 1 GbE
Technician Port – DHCP/DNS for direct attach
service management
Tech 1 2 3 4
4 3 2 1 Tech

18. Adapter Supported Protocols Supported Optics Ports
32Gb Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel
FC-NVMe
32Gb SW SFP
32Gb LW SFP
4
12G SAS SAS Expansion mini-HD 2
25Gb iWARP Ethernet
iSCSI
Cluster/hyperswap over iWARP
(RPQ only)
10Gb RJ45
SFP+
SFP28 and more*
2
25Gb RoCE Ethernet
iSCSI
NVMe/RDMA
10Gb RJ45
SFP+
SFP28 and more*
2
100Gb RoCE Ethernet
NVMe/RDMA
iSCSI**
QSFP28 MPO
QSFP28 LC
100Gb DAC and more*
2
FlashSystem 7300 Adapter Options

19. Supported Adapter Cards
Number of Cards
per Controller
Ports per
Card
Protocol
0 – 3 4
16G Fibre Channel
Supports NVMe-oF
0 – 3 4
32Gb Fibre Channel
Supports NVMe-oF
0 – 3 2 100Gb Ethernet RoCEv2
0 – 3 2 25Gb Ethernet (iWarp)
0 – 3 2 25Gb Ethernet (RoCEv2)
1 2 12Gb SAS Expansion

20. USER
KERNEL
HARDWARE
RDMA
NVMe/FC
18Q4
NVMe/RoCE
22Q1
New NVMe-oF transport over Ethernet network
Low Latency, High throughput, Low CPU utilization
Zero Copy
Kernel Bypass Protocol
Application Application
Buffer Buffer
New
NVMe RDMA

21. Location Adapter
Slot 1
Empty… Or
4-Port 32Gb Fibre Channel
2-Port 25Gb Ethernet iWARP
2-Port 25Gb Ethernet RoCE
2-Port 100 Ethernet RoCE
Slot 2
Empty… Or
4-Port 32Gb Fibre Channel
2-Port 25Gb Ethernet iWARP
2-Port 25Gb Ethernet RoCE
2-Port 100Gb Ethernet RoCE
Slot 3
Empty… Or
4-Port 32Gb Fibre Channel
2-Port 25Gb Ethernet iWARP
2-Port 25Gb Ethernet RoCE
2-Port 100Gb Ethernet RoCE
2-Port SAS Expansion
Max Ports Per
Enclosure
24 x 32Gb Fibre Channel
12 x Ethernet + 4 on board
FlashSystem 7300 Adapter Plug in Rules
PCIe Gen 3x16 HBAs
Node
Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3
Node canister pairs must have the same adapter config, fill from 1-3 for host, SAS in slot 3 only

22. FS7300 Adapter Recommendations
Slot # and
maximum
cards per
Enclosure
Host Adapter
Can add
SAS
Expansion
for
additional
scale out?
Ports /
Node
Ports /
Enclosure
System
Bandwidth
Technical Recommendations
0 - onboard
only
None Yes 0 4x10GbE - Not recommended - iSCSI only
1 / 2
4 port Fibre Channel
Or…
2 port Ethernet
Yes 4 8 50%
Recommended for < 12 drives and modest
IOPS requirements
2 / 4
4-port FC
Or…
2 port Ethernet
Yes 8 16 100%
Recommended for high IOPs workloads and
systems with >12 drives or remote
copy/HyperSwap with low host port count.
Should be used with memory upgrade 1 or 2
3 / 6
4-port FC
Or…
2 port Ethernet
No 12 24 100%
Recommended for remote copy /HyperSwap
configs with higher port count host attach.
Should be used with memory upgrade 1 or 2

23. FS7300 Memory Plug In Rules
Node canister pairs must have the same Memory config
Base
256GB
33% Memory Bandwidth
Upgrade 1
768GB
100% Memory Bandwidth
Upgrade 2
1536GB
100% Memory Bandwidth

24. FS7300 Memory Options
Option
Dimms
/Node
Memory /
Node
Memory /
Enclosure
Memory
Bandwidth
Recommendations
Base 4x32 128 GiB 256 GiB 33%
Base config, recommended for < 12 drives and
1 Adapter with modest IOPS requirements
Upgrade 1 12x32 384 GiB 768 GiB 100%
Recommended for IOPs/latency use cases and
DRP/Deduplication workloads
Upgrade 2 24x32 768 GiB 1536 GiB 100%
Recommended for cache heavy I/O workloads, and
DRP/Deduplication workloads

25. FlashSystem 7300 Family Software Features & Licensing
Software Features
FlashSystem Model
4657 – 924 & U7D
Data Reduction Pool
(compression/dedupe)
DRP / Dedupe Included
System wide encryption Data at Rest
DRAID
DRAID 6 recommended
DRAID 1
DRAID 5 (RPQ-only)
Dynamic RAID expansion Yes – 1 to 12 drives at a time
External Virtualization Per SCU
VVols Yes
Hyperswap Yes
Flash Copy Included
Remote Copy Included
Easy Tier Included
Thin Provisioning Included
Volume Mirroring Included
Software Features
FlashSystem Model
4657 – 924 & U7D
T10Diff Yes
16,000 Vdisks Yes
Encryption for external
virtualized storage
Yes
IP Quorum Yes
IP Replication Yes
Cloud Snapshot Yes
SRA Yes
iSER Host support
• RoCE
• iWARP
with 25Gb HBA
NVMe/RDMA over Ethernet with 100Gb HBA

26. Expanding IBM Storage Expert Care
Warranty
Basic
5200, 7300
Advanced
5200,7300,9500
Premium
7300, 9500
IBM Spectrum Virtualize fixes,
updates and new releases
1 year Yes Yes Yes
Guidance on installation, usage and
configuration
Yes Yes Yes
Automated ticket management and
alerting
Yes Yes Yes
Use of Storage Insights for
collaborative problem resolution
Yes Yes Yes
Predictive issue alerting Yes Yes
Storage Insights Pro entitlement Yes
IBM Installation
Standard
with 9500
Additional paid
service
Additional paid
service
Additional paid
service for 7300
Remote code upgrades (2x year) *** Yes
Dedicated Technical Account
Manager (TAM)
Yes
30 minutes Severity 1/2 response Yes
Hardware service / parts
replacement
9x5 NBD* or
24x7 Same day**
9x5 NBD,
IBM on-site
24x7 Same day,
IBM on-site
24x7 Same day,
IBM on-site
* Next business day, parts only for FS5200, FS7300
** Same day, IBM on-site for FS9500
*** On-site available as additional paid service
Simple to plan
Configure system and support
in one tool
Up-front and predictable pricing
Fixed percentage of system
cost
Simple to choose
Which tier?
Basic, Advanced or Premium
And for how long?
1-5 years

27. Flash and Hard Disk Drive Info
FlashCore Module 3, as well as support for industry
standard NVMe SSDs
12Gb SAS Drives - 10K supported (on 7300)
Nearline SAS (on 7300), Tier 1 SSD, Tier 0 SSD
No 15K drives
Up to 12 Storage Class Memory Devices (max drive
size = 1.6TB)
Support for
simultaneous
use of SCM,
FCM3 and
NVMe SSDs

28. A quick word about Flash devices
used with FlashSystem 7300
Type of Flash
Protocol
Physical Size
Capacities
Differentiator
Think EASY TIER
FlashSystem 7300 FlashSystem 7300 FlashSystem 7300 FlashSystem 7300
SAS SSD
3D NAND
Serial Attached SCSI
2.5”
1.92TB – 30TB
None
NVMe SSD
3D NAND
NVMe
2.5”
800GB – 30.72TB
None
FlashCore
Module
3D NAND
NVMe
2.5”
4.8TB – 38.4TB
Hardware Comp
and Encryption
SCM SSD
Kioxia XL-FLASH
NVMe
2.5”
1.6TB
Ultra low Latency

29. FlashSystem 7300 supported NVMe drives
Capacity Protocol Type Notes
4.8 TB NVMe Flash - FCM3 Effective capacity = 21.9 TB
9.6 TB NVMe Flash - FCM3 Effective capacity = 28.8 TB
19.2 TB NVMe Flash - FCM3 Effective capacity = 57.6 TB
38.4 TB NVMe Flash - FCM3 Effective capacity = 115.2 TB
1.92 TB NVMe Flash - SSD
3.84 TB NVMe Flash - SSD
7.68 TB NVMe Flash - SSD
15.36 TB NVMe Flash - SSD
30.72 TB NVMe Flash - SSD
1.6 TB NVMe
Storage Class
Memory
60 Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD)

30. FlashSystem 7300 supported SAS SSDs and HDDs
Capacity Protocol Type Notes
800 GB SAS FLASH - SSD
1.92 TB SAS FLASH - SSD
3.84 GB SAS FLASH - SSD
7.68 TB SAS FLASH - SSD
15.36 TB SAS FLASH - SSD
30.72TB SAS FLASH – SSD
1.2 TB SAS Hard Disk Drive 10K rpm
1.8 TB SAS Hard Disk Drive 10K rpm
2.4 TB SAS Hard Disk Drive 10K rpm
6 TB NL-SAS Hard Disk Drive
8 TB NL-SAS Hard Disk Drive
10 TB NL-SAS Hard Disk Drive
12 TB NL-SAS Hard Disk Drive
14 TB NL-SAS Hard Disk Drive
16 TB NL-SAS Hard Disk Drive
18 TB NL-SAS Hard Disk Drive

31. Scale up expansion
2U 3.5” x 12 SAS enclosure
2U 2.5” x 24 SAS enclosure
5U 3.5” x 92 SAS enclosure

32. FlashSystem 7300 24 drives
24 drives
24 drives
24 drives
24 drives
24 drives
24 drives
24 drives
24 drives
24 drives
24 drives
__________
264 drives
x4 (cluster)
----------------
1056 drives
All 2U SFF
Enclosures
FlashSystem 7300
92 drives
92 drives
24 drives
24 drives
24 drives
24 drives
24 drives
24 drives
24 drives
__________
352 drives
x4 (cluster)
----------------
1408 drives
Combo 5U+2U
Enclosures
FlashSystem 7300 scale-up expansion limits
92 drives
92 drives
92 drives
92 drives
24 drives
FlashSystem 7300
__________
392 drives
x4 (cluster)
----------------
1568 drives
All 5U
Enclosures
FlashSystem 7300 24 drives
12 drives
12 drives
12 drives
12 drives
12 drives
12 drives
12 drives
12 drives
12 drives
12 drives
__________
144 drives
x4 (cluster)
----------------
576 drives
All 2U LFF
Enclosures

33. DRAID flexibility removes pain
points and simplifies growth
Growth

34. Things You Should Know

35. IBM Cyber Vault: How It Works
FLASHSYSTEM
Production
Secure
Recovery
Environment
CYBER VAULT SOLUTION
Virtual Machine Environment
QRadar Guardium
Recovery Copy
Secure
Operational
Air Gap
Analysi
s &
Scan
Forensics
&
Diagnostic
s
Test &
Validat
e
Validated Restore
ARCHIVE
Physical
Air
Gap

36. Cyber Resiliency to the Cloud
Remote Mirror
Data
Replication
Safeguarded Copy on Azure can protect cloud-hosted data
and data from on-premises storage
Replicate operational data to Microsoft Azure
Create protected Safeguarded Copy backups
Provides even greater separation from potential on-premises
threats
On-Prem FlashSystem
SV4PC on Azure
Secure
Recovery
Environment
Cyber Vault on Azure
Forensics &
Diagnostics
Services
Testing & Validation
Services
Analysis & Scanning
Services

37. High Availability With
IBM HyperSwap
Up to 100% Uptime solves
a real client pain point
• Extreme availability
• Completely redundant
• Continuous data access
• Move data without disruption
• Enables 3-way replication (with SVC)
• Eliminate costs
Migrate applications
Storage Pool 1 Storage Pool 2
Site 1
Host server
Site 2
Host server
Mirroring
between
I/O groups
Volumes are
synchronized

38. Next-Gen Storage Insights
and Storage Insights Pro
Numerous benefits for customers
Non-disruptive upgrades
Speed – even faster
Scalability – numeric

39. Fabric monitoring is part of SI and SI Pro

40. New Storage Insights Capabilities
Q4 2021 update of IBM Storage Insights and IBM® Storage Insights Pro
What's new in IBM Storage Insights - IBM Documentation
New
Under EMBARGO until February 8, 2022 – IBM Sellers and BPs only
What’s New IBM Storage Insights IBM Storage Insights Pro
Support for monitoring VMware hosts and
virtual machines ✓ ✓
Monitoring capacity that is protected by
Safeguarded Copy ✓ ✓
Monitoring enhancements for IBM
Spectrum Virtualize ✓
More views of your capacity ✓
The upgrade process for data collectors
just got smarter ✓ ✓

41. IBM Storage Insights resolves multiple client pain points
Monitoring and management made easy with cloud-based AI
• Monitor all storage systems, including storage with Spectrum
Virtualize for Public Cloud, from across multiple datacenters
on a single pane of glass
• Improve the health of a client’s Infrastructure with
predictive alerts that include guidance to mitigate risks
• Quickly find and fix issues with visual pointers to systems
that require immediate attention
• Automatically send capacity and performance reports to
multiple stakeholders at any frequency a client chooses
• IBM is now part of your operational team, maintaining
Storage Insights on your behalf 24x7

42. Likely competitors
FlashSystem
7300
Dell
PowerStore 1000
Pure
//X70
NetApp
A320
HPE
Alletra 6000
Virtualize others Yes No No Very limited No
NVMe SSDs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, but limited
FlashCore Modules Yes No No No No
Up to 3:1 compression
with no performance
penalty
Yes - FCMs No No No No
AI-based “policy-free”
automated tiering
Yes No No No No
Supports SCM drives Yes Yes No No No
Able to cluster “N-way” 4* 4 0 12 (block) 4
* 4-way clustering is accomplished via RPQ

43. Contacts and Links
FlashSystem 7300 Contacts
Subject Matter Experts: Matt Key
Byron Grossnickle
Marketing: James Gallegos
Chris Saul
Offering Management: Matt Smith
Bob Moon
Michelle Tidwell
IBM Sales Leaders: Ian Shave
Michael Flynt
Shelly Howrigon
Tech Sales Leaders: Todd Walls
Channel Sales: Kena Scott
Enablement: Roger Kasten
FlashSystem 7300 related links:
FlashSystem Entry Enterprise: Seismic
FlashSystem High-end Enterprise: Seismic
FlashSystem Family Overview: Seismic
SAN Volume Controller: Seismic
Spectrum Virtualize Overview: Seismic
Storage Insights and Control: Seismic
Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud: Seismic
SAP HANA GTM Sales play: Seismic
Cybersecurity and Protection Play: Seismic
AI and Big Data GTM Play: Seismic
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