Implementing VersaStack with Cisco ACI Multi-Pod and IBM HyperSwap for High Availability
By Jaswinder Singh Saini, Jimmy John, Jordan Fincher, Lee J Cockrell, Nitin D Thorve, Sreeni Edula & Vasfi Gucer
- Release Date: 2020-02-12
- Genre: Computers
Description
The IBM HyperSwap® high availability (HA) function allows business continuity in a hardware failure, power failure, connectivity failure, or disasters, such as fire or flooding. It is available on the IBM SAN Volume Controller and IBM FlashSystem products. This IBM Redbooks publication covers the preferred practices for implementing Cisco VersaStack with IBM HyperSwap. The following are some of the topics covered in this book:
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure to showcase Cisco's ACI with Nexus 9Ks
Cisco Fabric Interconnects and Unified Computing System (UCS) management capabilities
Cisco Multilayer Director Switch (MDS) to showcase fabric channel connectivity
Overall IBM HyperSwap solution architecture
Differences between HyperSwap and Metro Mirroring, Volume Mirroring, and Stretch Cluster
Multisite IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) deployment to showcase HyperSwap configuration and capabilities
This book is intended for pre-sales and post-sales technical support professionals and storage administrators who are tasked with deploying a VersaStack solution with IBM HyperSwap.