PowerMax and VMAX All Flash Solutions Design (PowerMax and VMAX All Flash Management Tools) Flashcards
What are factory tools for configuring PMax and VMAX?
SymmWin and Simplified Symmwin
Where do factory tools run on PMax and VMAX?
run on management module control station (MMCS)
What are factory tools used for on PMax and VMAX?
used to create initial configuration
access authorized to Dell employees
What are end-user tools for configuring PMax and VMAX?
Solutions Enabler
CLI
Unisphere
GUI
Unisphere 360
What do HTTPS requests do for end user tools?
allows GET, PUT, POST, and DELETE data commands
What can be viewed on the Unisphere GUI?
capacity information
performance detail
health status
storage group compliance
replication activities
What is SYMCLI?
Symmetrix Command Line Interface
What does Solutions Enabler do?
provides the interface between the Storage Management Initiative (SMI) and the arrays
allows storage management and control from interfaces from multivendors
What is Mainframe Enabler?
used to monitor and manage PMax and VMAX mainframe environments
What is a REST API?
allows users to access diagnostic, performance, and configuration data and to perform provisioning operations on an array
Where can you perform REST API commands?
can be performed in any programming language that supports standard REST clients
What is the Unisphere Server?
where the Unisphere instance is running
can be either standalone on a host or embeddd in the array itself as a GuestOS
What is SYMAPI?
Symmetrix Application Programming Interface
provides an access mechanism for managing arrays
What is SMAPI used for?
can be used to develop storage management applications
How does SYMAPI work?
SYMCLI commands are built on top of SYMAP library functions which uses systems calls that generate low level IO SCSI commands
What is Solutions Enabler?
comprehensive command set for managing VMAX and PowerMax
Where does Solutions Enabler live?
on a locally attached host
invoked from the local host to make configuration changes to a locally connected or an RDF-linked array
What is the Managment Server?
customer provided host that is locally attached to a PowerMax or VMAX AF array
management software including Solutions Enabler must be installed on the host
What is ECOM SMI-S Provider?
ECOM service and SMI-S Provider paired together to implement an SMI-compliant interface
What is ECOM?
EMC Common Object Manager
enables communication and common services for applications
What is SMI-S?
storage management initiative specification
standardization of storage management and its related technologies to increase interoperability
What is SIL?
Symmetrix Interface Layer
processes the API and invokes one or more syscalls to fulfill requests
What are HBAs?
provide ports for connectivity from the host to the array
What do management servers use to communicate with the array?
Gatekeeper (GK) devices
sit virtually inside array
What are the characteristics of GKs?
can be any volume accessible to the host
are usually configured as smaller devices
What is the recommendation when configuring GKs for PowerMax?
configure 6 or more dedicated GKs per management host
to avoid using same devices used by application IO
What is Solutions Enabler on remote host configuration?
SE supports clients/servers configuration for servers that are not directly attached to array
client communicates to the SMAPI server over TCP/IP
What is Solutions Enabler eManagement configuration?
eManagment runs as a GuestOS in a VM running on the array
How do eManagement instances run on PowerMax?
run on the Fibre Channel FA emulation
eliminates need for a separate management host
What does eManagement not provide?
does not provide a direct command line interface for admins that want to use the command line of Solutions Enabler
does however run a client/server mechanism by which this can be achieved
How does a user gain access to the client/server mechanism in eManagement?
done w/ the vApp Manager for eManagement
vApp Manager configured as a server which runs required daemons and provides SYMAPI server access for Solutions Enabler
How is on-array access achieved on Solutions Enabler?
through the container services on the MMCS desktop
What is Unisphere on a Local Host configuration?
Unisphere installed on a server running Solutions Enabler attached to array
What is Unisphere on a Remote Host configuration?
Unisphere installed on a server that is connected to the SYMAPI server
What does Unisphere 360 provide?
single centralized monitoring of up to 200 enrolled PowerMAX/VMAX systems
