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# 4 VSM 6 Hardware Configuration Planning

This chapter provides an overview of configuration planning considerations.

## 4.1 VSM 6 Configuration Options

VSM 6 consists of a base unit and optional capacity upgrades.

### 4.1.1 VSM 6 Base Configuration

The base unit is a VSM 6 in its minimum configuration, including:

- A standard Sun Rack II cabinet, Model 1242

- Depending on country, two VLE50HZ-POWER-Z or two VLE60HZ-POWER-Z power Power Distribution Units (PDUs)

- Two Sun SPARC T4-2 servers in a specific configuration and factory pre-configured for VSM 6

- Two disk shelves, in a specific configuration depending on date of manufacture:

  - For VSM 6 units built starting in November 2013, the base unit has two Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE2-24C disk shelves. Each DE2-24C disk shelf has three 73GB Flash HDs and 21 4TB SAS HDD drives, representing 400TB approximate user capacity (configured, with 4:1 compression)

  - For VSM 6 units built prior to November 2013, the base unit has two Sun J4410 disk shelves, each with three 73GB Flash HDs and 21 3TB SAS HDD drives, representing 300TB approximate user capacity (configured, with 4:1 compression)

### 4.1.2 Storage Capacity Upgrade

Storage capacity upgrades are either base capacity upgrades that are factory-built when the base unit is assembled, or field capacity upgrades that are installed in the field.

A storage capacity upgrade kit is packaged as two disk shelves. Up to three upgrade kits can be installed in a VSM 6 base unit, for a total of four, six, or eight disk shelves in the unit.

Note: The capacity upgrade must utilize the same disk shelf product that is used in the base configuration. You cannot mix Oracle DE2-24C and Sun J4410 disk shelves in a VSM 6.

#### 4.1.2.1 Capacity Upgrade for VSM 6 with Oracle DE2-24C Disk Shelves

For a VSM 6 with Oracle DE2-24C disk shelves, a capacity upgrade kit has two Oracle DE2-24C disk shelves, each containing 24 4TB SAS HDD drives, representing 400TB approximate user capacity (configured, with 4:1 compression).

Total approximate user capacity (configured, with 4:1 compression) for a base unit with one, two, or three capacity upgrade kits installed is as follows:

- VSM 6 with four Oracle DE2-24C disk shelves: 800TB

- VSM 6 with six Oracle DE2-24C disk shelves: 1200TB

- VSM 6 with eight Oracle DE2-24C disk shelves: 1600TB

#### 4.1.2.2 Capacity Upgrade for VSM 6 with Sun J4410 Disk Shelves

For a VSM 6 with Sun J4410 disk shelves, a capacity upgrade kit has two Sun J4410 disk shelves, each containing 24 3TB SAS HDD drives, representing 300TB approximate user capacity (configured, with 4:1 compression).

Total approximate user capacity (configured, with 4:1 compression) for a base unit with one, two, or three capacity upgrade kits installed is as follows:

- VSM 6 with four Sun J4410 disk shelves: 600TB

- VSM 6 with six Sun J4410 disk shelves: 900TB

- VSM 6 with six Sun J4410 disk shelves: 1200TB

### 4.1.3 FICON Upgrade

The FICON upgrade option may include up to eight Long Wave SFPs that can be used to replace some or all of the Short Wave SFPs in the VSM 6 VTSS's FICON HBAs. There are eight SFPs total in a VSM 6 VTSS. They can be all Long Wave, all Short Wave, or mixed to balance Long and Short Wave SFPs between servers.

## 4.2 Configuration Planning Overview

Designing an optimized VSM 6 system to meet specific customer requirements requires close collaboration between Oracle personnel and key customer decision makers who are involved with selecting and implementing the system. Planning for more complex system implementations may require consultation with the Oracle Advanced Customer Services (ACS) group.

Configuration planning activities, tasks, and participants include:

### 4.2.1 Key High-Level Activities

1. Define customer requirements.

2. Assess budgetary constraints.

3. Design an optimized VSM 6 system based on defined requirements and constraints.

### 4.2.2 Key Sub-Tasks

1. See the VSM 6 Planning Spreadsheet for more detailed configuration information and a sample configuration to use for reference during the planning process. The spreadsheet is available to the account team from Oracle VSM Support.

2. Estimate capacity requirements and propose a system configuration.

3. Create a high-level conceptual diagram of the proposed VSM 6 system configuration.

4. Create a detailed engineering diagram of the proposed VSM 6 system configuration.

5. Present the VSM 6 system physical and functional configuration plans to key decision makers.

### 4.2.3 Key Participants

- Customer: network administrator, data center manager

- Oracle: account representative, systems support specialist, technical support specialist, systems engineer