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Question about Using ECC 6.1 with VMAX for Masking without SMC
Hello
I have the following Questions regarding ECC 6.1
Checking the Installation Guide : 1) for Enginuity 5875 for VMAX , the minimum required Version is 6.1.9 ( UB 9 ) , right ?
2) How can I use the ECC ( witout Running the SMC from ECC gui to do Masking and Zoning ) as done before on DMX4 ? is that Possible ? how ?
as I read
" The Ionix ControlCenter Console (UB9 or later) provides tolerance-only support for Enginuity 5875 on Symmetrix VMAX series.
Active management of VMAX systems at Enginuity 5875 and above must be done through integrated launch of Symmetrix
Management Console (SMC). StorageScope and Performance Manager are fully functional. "
Or is there any other way to do so ??
3) Any other Softwares can make that ?
4) What is the minimum Physical Memory ( Available ) RAM needed for ECC with the Webconsole for windows ?
Kindly Advise
Thanks and Regards
seamuscoffey
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April 30th, 2012 23:00
Hi,
1) Correct - Only UB9 and above support the discovery of VMAX/5875 arrays.
2) You have to use SMC in order to carry out configuration/masking changes etc on VMAX arrays. These type of operations are not possible via ControlCenter (i.e. tolerance-only support as per the Support Matrix statement).
3) Solutions Enabler SYMCLI can also be used to manage VMAX arrays.
4) The minimum recommended memory for the Web Console on Windows is 128 MB; minimum CPU speed is 500 MHZ. Please see the EMC Ionix ControlCenter 6.1 Performance and Scalability Guidelines document on Powerlink for more details.
Regards,
Seamus Coffey
EMC Customer Support Services (CSS)
SamiEMC
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May 2nd, 2012 03:00
Thanks Seamus
So no way that I can use ECC anymore for Zoning without the SMC Launching , right ?
seamuscoffey
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May 2nd, 2012 04:00
Correct - masking for VMAX arrays only via SMC and Solutions Enabler.
SamiEMC
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May 2nd, 2012 04:00
yes ok but for Masking
SMC is a must , right ?
seamuscoffey
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May 2nd, 2012 04:00
Hi,
The zoning wizard is initiated from the SAN fabric level within ControlCenter - not at the array level.
Regards,
Seamus