Instead of just listing the latest (v8.1) I provided a search URL that also returns some of the older file simulators in case you need them also (as far back as v5.6).
Sorry, I'm not certain I understand the question. It is fundamentally an OS (DART/VNX OE for File) running in a Virtual Machine booting from a virtual disk with one or more network adapter. Internally it then binds everything to logical constructs such as vNICs to data mover interface(s) and emulates the captive block array (can NOT directly access block features) to ultimately provide the storage pools for file that you otherwise with a physical (Unified) Array provision manually. At this point, from a feature perspective, you have a platform to test (almost) all of the file (but not block) features offered by a physical array.
I've basically just defined a virtual appliance which are becoming popular. While the VNX/Celerra (file) Simulators and Isilon's Virtual Clusters are provided for test/dev only and aren't meant for production environments, there are exceptions such as our RecoverPoint Virtual Appliance.
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November 26th, 2013 00:00
Instead of just listing the latest (v8.1) I provided a search URL that also returns some of the older file simulators in case you need them also (as far back as v5.6).
https://support.emc.com/search/?resource=ST&AlloftheseWrds=file%20simulator&AnyoftheseWrds=vnx%20celerra&SearchWithin=true&adv=y
As for the documentation, here are the relevant Installation and Configuration Guides:
https://support.emc.com/search/?resource=DOC_LIB&AlloftheseWrds=file%20simulator&AnyoftheseWrds=vnx%20celerra&SearchWithin=true&adv=y
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December 6th, 2013 20:00
Sorry, I'm not certain I understand the question. It is fundamentally an OS (DART/VNX OE for File) running in a Virtual Machine booting from a virtual disk with one or more network adapter. Internally it then binds everything to logical constructs such as vNICs to data mover interface(s) and emulates the captive block array (can NOT directly access block features) to ultimately provide the storage pools for file that you otherwise with a physical (Unified) Array provision manually. At this point, from a feature perspective, you have a platform to test (almost) all of the file (but not block) features offered by a physical array.
I've basically just defined a virtual appliance which are becoming popular. While the VNX/Celerra (file) Simulators and Isilon's Virtual Clusters are provided for test/dev only and aren't meant for production environments, there are exceptions such as our RecoverPoint Virtual Appliance.