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Abstract
NVMe-over-Fabrics on InfiniBand networks makes the Spectrum Scale “SAN Mode” available to HPC and AI clusters. This deployment model, which is popular in enterprise Fibre Channel SAN networks, does not require any Spectrum Scale NSD servers as all application nodes can directly access all block storage volumes over the fabric. This guide shows how to use the NetApp EF600 storage system in a Spectrum Scale “SAN Mode” setup, using NVMe-over-Fabrics on InfiniBand.
This Planning and Implementation Guide is intended for sales and technical sales specialists, solution architects, and storage administrators who want to deploy NVMe-over-Fabrics storage solutions like the NetApp EF600 with IBM Spectrum Scale. The paper will be most useful for technical professionals who have a working knowledge of high-performance storage systems.
Table of Contents
Overview
Spectrum Scale Architectures
NetApp EF600 Overview
EF600 and InfiniBand Fabric Topologies
NetApp EF600 Storage Configuration
NVMe Configuration on the Linux Hosts
Spectrum Scale “SAN Mode” Configuration
Managing NAND Flash: Over-Provisioning and TRIM Support
Capacity Sizing
Performance Sizing
Lenovo Professional Services
Appendix: Conversion of Decimal and Binary Units
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