Unity Whitepapers Flashcards
What are the first 4 drives in Unity?
system drives
What are system drives used for in Unity?
contain copies of data used by the OS
What are the limitations for Unity system drives?
can be used in Pools for user data
cannot be used as traditional hot spare for non-system drive
What is the minimum number of drives in a Unity XT?
5
How are system drives configured in Unity XT?
RAID 1/0 (2+2)
How many lanes are on the 12Gb SAS ports in Unity XT?
4-lane configuration
What is the front-end connectivity on Unity XT 380SPs?
2x CNA ports
What are the connectivity options for the CNA ports on Unity 380?
16/8/4GB FC
10GbE Optical SFP/TwinAx/1GbE
What is specific about CNA optical connectivity for Unity 380?
full iSCSI offload - relieves SP
What does Unity 380 XT have for management connectivity?
1GbE BaseT management port
1GbE service port
can be customized to match environment MTU
Where is the DPE connected to on Unity 380 XT ?
Bus 0
What is the M.2 drive used for in Unity SPs?
serves as backup device in the event of SP failure
memory contents of SP’s cache are written to Mi2 so it can be recovered once SP is restored
also holds boot image to run OS
What happens if their’s an SP and M.2 failure?
cache data can be recovered from the peer SP
How many cooling module failures can Unity XT SP handle?
single cooling module fault out of 5 per SP
if second module fails the SP will save cache content and shutdown to prevent overheating
What is the BBU in Unity XT?
provides power to SP if cabinet power is lost
What is something that is in addition to Unity XT 480 and higher SP models?
optional 4 port mezz card
25GbE Optical/10GbE BaseT
How is the DPE connected on Unity XT 480 and higher?
Bus 99
How is the first expansion port connected on Unity XT 480?
Bus 0
What are power supply options on Unity XT?
DC - 380/480
AC - all models
What are the DAE options on Unity XT?
25-Drive 2U DAE using 2.5” drives
15-Drive 3U DAE using 3.5” drives
80-Drive 3U DAE using 2.5” drives
What are the capacity options on UnityVSA?
10,25,50,350TBs
What is specific about Unity file data?
can make unified pool - don’t need to separate it out
What is required in Unity before creating a file system?
creation of a NAS Server
What is the makeup of a NAS Server in Unity?
each is logically separate - clients of one NAS can’t access data on another
What is true about link aggregation in Unity?
same speed
same duplex settings
same MTU size
When is link aggregation not supported on Unity?
not supported for iSCSI since multipathing is used for block access
What is fail safe networking (FSN) in Unity?
extends link failover into the network by supporting switch level redundancy
What is the relationship between link aggregation and FSN?
FSN provides extra layer of protection - link aggregation protects against port failure - FSN protects against full switch failure
What is the range of file system size in Unity?
3GBs - 256TBs
What do all thin file systems in Unity have regardless of size?
1.5GB reserved for metadata
all file systems in Unity thin by default - can make thick if want to
What is the default block size in Unity XT file systems?
8KB
What are the quota limits in Unity XT?
Soft limit (GB)
*Grace period (time)
*Hard limit (GB)
when soft limit is reached timer begins - if enough space isn’t reclaimed before timer runs out no new storage can be written to file system
What is 2 way vs 3 way NDMP?
2 way = file system backup that transfers data over FC directly to backup device - must use FC switch in between
3 way = file system backup that transfers backup data over network
What is MetroSync on Dell Unity XT?
ability to create remote synchronous replication sessions for file storage resources
NAS Servers
file systems
VMWare NFS datastores
What version of Unity doesn’t support synchronous replication?
UnityVSA (b/c it doesn’t have FC connectivity - synchronous replication based off first FC port on Unity)
What are the features of MetroSync on UnityXT?
snapshot replication
snapshot schedule replication
cabinet level failover
asynchronous replication to a third site
What is the benefit of snapshot schedule replication?
ensures destination system has same snapshot schedules applied as the source system in case of failover
What is cabinet level failover?
single command to initiate a simultaneous failover of all synchronously replicated NAS Servers and their associated file systems in parallel
should only be used when source system goes down
What can’t synchronous replication be used for in Unity XT?
local replication of file systems within same array
When is asynchronous replication used in Unity XT?
transporting data over long distances
replicate file resources locally between pools
How is asynchronous replication supported on Unity XT?
for file and block workloads and every model
What types of asynchronous replication are available on Unity XT?
one directional
fan-out
cascade
mixed
What is one-directional replication?
single resource replicating to a single destination resource
A →B
What is fan-out replication?
single resource replicating to up to four different destination systems
A →B and A →C
What is cascade replication?
single resource replicating to second system and from there replicating to a third system
A →B →C