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PowerMax and VMAX All Flash Solutions Design (PowerMax and VMAX All Flash Management Tools) Flashcards

1
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What are factory tools for configuring PMax and VMAX?

A

SymmWin and Simplified Symmwin

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Where do factory tools run on PMax and VMAX?

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run on management module control station (MMCS)

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What are factory tools used for on PMax and VMAX?

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used to create initial configuration

access authorized to Dell employees

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What are end-user tools for configuring PMax and VMAX?

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Solutions Enabler
CLI
Unisphere
GUI
Unisphere 360

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5
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What do HTTPS requests do for end user tools?

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allows GET, PUT, POST, and DELETE data commands

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6
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What can be viewed on the Unisphere GUI?

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capacity information
performance detail
health status
storage group compliance
replication activities

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What is SYMCLI?

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Symmetrix Command Line Interface

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8
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What does Solutions Enabler do?

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provides the interface between the Storage Management Initiative (SMI) and the arrays

allows storage management and control from interfaces from multivendors

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9
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What is Mainframe Enabler?

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used to monitor and manage PMax and VMAX mainframe environments

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10
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What is a REST API?

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allows users to access diagnostic, performance, and configuration data and to perform provisioning operations on an array

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Where can you perform REST API commands?

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can be performed in any programming language that supports standard REST clients

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What is the Unisphere Server?

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where the Unisphere instance is running

can be either standalone on a host or embeddd in the array itself as a GuestOS

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What is SYMAPI?

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Symmetrix Application Programming Interface

provides an access mechanism for managing arrays

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14
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What is SMAPI used for?

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can be used to develop storage management applications

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How does SYMAPI work?

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SYMCLI commands are built on top of SYMAP library functions which uses systems calls that generate low level IO SCSI commands

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16
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What is Solutions Enabler?

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comprehensive command set for managing VMAX and PowerMax

17
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Where does Solutions Enabler live?

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on a locally attached host

invoked from the local host to make configuration changes to a locally connected or an RDF-linked array

18
Q

What is the Managment Server?

A

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

19
Q

What is ECOM SMI-S Provider?

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ECOM service and SMI-S Provider paired together to implement an SMI-compliant interface

20
Q

What is ECOM?

A

EMC Common Object Manager

enables communication and common services for applications

21
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What is SMI-S?

A

storage management initiative specification

standardization of storage management and its related technologies to increase interoperability

22
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What is SIL?

A

Symmetrix Interface Layer

processes the API and invokes one or more syscalls to fulfill requests

23
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What are HBAs?

A

provide ports for connectivity from the host to the array

24
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What do management servers use to communicate with the array?

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Gatekeeper (GK) devices

sit virtually inside array

25
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What are the characteristics of GKs?

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can be any volume accessible to the host

are usually configured as smaller devices

26
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What is the recommendation when configuring GKs for PowerMax?

A

configure 6 or more dedicated GKs per management host

to avoid using same devices used by application IO

27
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What is Solutions Enabler on remote host configuration?

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SE supports clients/servers configuration for servers that are not directly attached to array

client communicates to the SMAPI server over TCP/IP

28
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What is Solutions Enabler eManagement configuration?

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eManagment runs as a GuestOS in a VM running on the array

29
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How do eManagement instances run on PowerMax?

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run on the Fibre Channel FA emulation

eliminates need for a separate management host

30
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What does eManagement not provide?

A

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

31
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How does a user gain access to the client/server mechanism in eManagement?

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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

32
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How is on-array access achieved on Solutions Enabler?

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through the container services on the MMCS desktop

33
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What is Unisphere on a Local Host configuration?

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Unisphere installed on a server running Solutions Enabler attached to array

34
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What is Unisphere on a Remote Host configuration?

A

Unisphere installed on a server that is connected to the SYMAPI server

35
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What does Unisphere 360 provide?

A

single centralized monitoring of up to 200 enrolled PowerMAX/VMAX systems

Dell PowerMax and VMAX Family Solutions Design 2023 (34 decks)

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