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July 17th, 2011 22:00

SRDF (vmax to dmx4)

Hi,

SRDF possible from VMAX to DMX4 ?

the product details as given below

Product Model                        : DMX4-24

Microcode Version (Number)           : 5773 (168D0000)

Microcode Registered Build           : 1

Microcode Patch Level                : 141

Product Model                        : VMAX-1

Microcode Version (Number)           : 5874 (16F20000)

Microcode Registered Build           : 32

Microcode Patch Level                : 242

thanks & regards

38 Posts

July 17th, 2011 22:00

Hi,

Yes 5773 to 5874 SRDF is possible.

See Knowledgebase article emc211857 for more information.

At your code levels it would be recommended to update.

Steve

38 Posts

July 17th, 2011 22:00

Hi,

Fair enough, it may not be clear but my understanding of "Full Support" is bidirectional with the functionality of the lower code.

Steve

155 Posts

July 17th, 2011 22:00

Steve,

my clarification was whether VMAX-1 (5874) to  (DMX4-24 (5773) possible?

859 Posts

July 18th, 2011 02:00

Possible.

regards,

Saurabh Rohilla

44 Posts

July 18th, 2011 05:00

It is possible. I have the same configuration..

--Shubh

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July 18th, 2011 06:00

Venkat Vijay wrote:

Hi Wishtober,,

SRDF replication is possible only if both Symmetrix have same Enginuity Microcode level

where did you get that from ? I replicate from 71 to 73 , 73 to 74, 71 to 74

51 Posts

July 18th, 2011 06:00

Hi Wishtober,,

SRDF replication is possible only if both Symmetrix have same Enginuity Microcode level, but On the EMC support Matrix SRDF is possible if DMX has 5773 and VMAX have 5874. So for your question the answer is YES, Symmetrix Remote Data Facility Replication is Possible ...

R22 volumes must reside in a Symmetrix VMAX system running Enginuity version 5874

or higher. The R11 and R21 volumes can reside in a Symmetrix DMX system running Enginuity

version 5773.

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20.4K Posts

July 18th, 2011 07:00

that table does not have anything that talks about SRDF compatibility between different enginuity versions. I have SRDF/S that works with the version i mentioned above. I just want to make sure people who read this thread don't get confused by statements that SRDF only works between same code revision.

51 Posts

July 18th, 2011 07:00

Dynamox you are right

I got this info on SRDF Product Guide.

I am talking about SRDF/Synchronous.

please find the attached table. It shows the SRDF group support .

SRDF.bmp

62 Posts

July 18th, 2011 23:00

Hi,

I have the same configurations and SRDF/S working fine in both directions.

root@chdwhr2_DR-/usr/symcli/bin> symcfg list

                                S Y M M E T R I X

                                       Mcode    Cache      Num Phys  Num Symm
    SymmID       Attachment  Model     Version  Size (MB)  Devices   Devices

    000290104080 Local       DMX4-24   5773      262144       288     11570
    000290103889 Remote      DMX4-24   5773      262144         0     11582
    000292601733 Remote      VMAX-1    5874      240640         0     11126

root@chdwhr2_DR-/usr/symcli/bin> symcfg -sid 1733 -ra all list -switched

Symmetrix ID: 000292601733

            S Y M M E T R I X    R D F    D I R E C T O R S


           Local                Group                       Remote
    --------------------   ------------------  ---------------------------------
    Ident  Symb RA Grp     Type    Name        SymmID       Ident  Symb  RA Grp
    ------ ---- --------   ------- ----------  ------------ ------ ---- --------

    RF-5F  05F    5 (04)   Dynamic RdfGrp5_MF  000290103889 RF-7D  07D    5 (04)
                  6 (05)   Dynamic RdfGrp6_OS  000290103889 RF-7D  07D    6 (05)

    RF-6F  06F    5 (04)   Dynamic RdfGrp5_MF  000290103889 RF-10D 10D    5 (04)
                  6 (05)   Dynamic RdfGrp6_OS  000290103889 RF-10D 10D    6 (05)

    RF-11F 11F    5 (04)   Dynamic RdfGrp5_MF  000290103889 RF-8D  08D    5 (04)
                  6 (05)   Dynamic RdfGrp6_OS  000290103889 RF-8D  08D    6 (05)

    RF-12F 12F    5 (04)   Dynamic RdfGrp5_MF  000290103889 RF-9D  09D    5 (04)
                  6 (05)   Dynamic RdfGrp6_OS  000290103889 RF-9D  09D    6 (05)

    RF-7H  07H    6 (05)   Dynamic RdfGrp6_OS  000290103889 RF-4C  04C    6 (05)
                  5 (04)   Dynamic RdfGrp5_MF  000290103889 RF-4C  04C    5 (04)

    RF-8H  08H    5 (04)   Dynamic RdfGrp5_MF  000290103889 RF-13C 13C    5 (04)
                  6 (05)   Dynamic RdfGrp6_OS  000290103889 RF-13C 13C    6 (05)

    RF-9H  09H    5 (04)   Dynamic RdfGrp5_MF  000290103889 RF-4D  04D    5 (04)
                  6 (05)   Dynamic RdfGrp6_OS  000290103889 RF-4D  04D    6 (05)

    RF-10H 10H    5 (04)   Dynamic RdfGrp5_MF  000290103889 RF-13D 13D    5 (04)
                  6 (05)   Dynamic RdfGrp6_OS  000290103889 RF-13D 13D    6 (05)

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August 28th, 2011 18:00

R22 concept looks strange to me. why any one keep BOTH R2 devicestargets on the same array.?

859 Posts

August 29th, 2011 01:00

SRDF/S and SRDF/A are supported between different enginuity also. SRDF from older Enginuity (like 5671) to newer enginuity may not give you complete SRDF solution but you should be able to perform data migration using SRDF.

regards,

Saurabh

859 Posts

August 29th, 2011 01:00

R22 devices are a form of concurrent RDF device. They have two R2 relationships, only one of which can be active at a time. The main purpose of R22 devices is their use in SRDF/Star configurations.
They make Star more resilient and easier to reconfigure after a failure.They can also be used in cascaded SRDF configurations when the R1 site fails and production is moved to the remote site.

regards,

Saurabh Rohilla

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