Ease of Management

Simplicity is fundamental to the XIV system, literally transforming the experience of storage administrators by reducing the effort of managing and monitoring storage resources. This simplicity is made possible through IBM XIV's true system virtualization, easy to use GUI and CLI, and powerful self-healing.

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XIV volume distribution	XIV load balancing	XIV capacity scaling

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IBM XIV management software keeps system complexities transparent, provides built-in virtualization that automates most tasks, and offers an easy GUI that makes routine user tasks straightforward.

• Built-in virtualization- The system is fully virtualized, with any assignment of physical resources (such as disks or modules) to logical entities (such as volumes) taking place automatically and perfectly
• Powerful management tools - The system's friendly and intuitive GUI makes administrative tasks easy for IT personnel in just a few clicks. Its powerful command line interface (CLI) tool facilitates the writing of complex scripts needed for high-level system administration and integration with hosts and applications