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Hello Team, How to configure new VMAX array. Please let me know step by step process.
1. EMC Steps
2, Storage Admin Steps
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Hello Team, How to configure new VMAX array. Please let me know step by step process.
1. EMC Steps
2, Storage Admin Steps
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JimmyNyhan
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April 27th, 2015 04:00
A lot will depend on whether is a vamx3 100k, 200k or 400, or a previous generation VMAX 10k, 20k, or 40K.
However in both cases you will probably need to create a masking View.
A masking view will have three elements,
Ports (the ports of the arrays)
Initiators (HBA wwns of the Hosts you are connecting) and
storage groups(actual devices on the array).
When combing storage, initiators and ports in the same masking view you will have access to the storage between the array and the host.
I'd recommend using the GUI Unsphere for vmax as a tool to manage the storage. You can do it through command line also but both the command line and unisphere GUI operate the same except for the GUI and the command line differences.
In the case of a vmax3 the vmax is essentially plug and play with a very short time frame to get to first IO.
In the case of previous generations i.e. vmax2 or 10k, 20k and 40k there is a bit more work, as you would have to create gatekeepers to allow for an interface line Unisphere to be able to communicate and you would also have to consider how you want to lay out the backend, this is already done for you in VMAX3,