Dell EMC VMAX All Flash Product Guide VMAX 250F, 450F, 850F, 950F with HYPERMAX OS

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Preface

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Purpose

This document introduces the features of the VMAX All Flash 250F, 450F, 850F, 950F arrays running HYPERMAX OS 5977.

Audience

This document is intended for use by customers and Dell EMC representatives.

Related documentation

The following documentation portfolios contain documents related to the hardware platform and manuals needed to manage your software and storage system configuration. Also listed are documents for external components that interact with the VMAX All Flash array.

Hardware platform documents:

Dell EMC VMAX All Flash Site Planning Guide for VMAX 250F, 450F, 850F, 950F with HYPERMAX OS: Provides planning information regarding the purchase and installation of a VMAX 250F, 450F, 850F, 950F with HYPERMAX OS.

Dell EMC VMAX Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections: Describes the best practices to assure fault-tolerant power to a VMAX3 Family array or VMAX All Flash array.
Dell EMC VMAX Power-down/Power-up Procedure: Describes how to power-down and power-up a VMAX3 Family array or VMAX All Flash array.
Dell EMC VMAX Securing Kit Installation Guide: Describes how to install the securing kit on a VMAX3 Family array or VMAX All Flash array.
E-Lab™ Interoperability Navigator (ELN): Provides a web-based interoperability and solution search portal. You can find the ELN at https://elabnavigator.EMC.com.

Unisphere documents:

EMC Unisphere for VMAX Release Notes: Describes new features and any known limitations for Unisphere for VMAX.
EMC Unisphere for VMAX Installation Guide: Provides installation instructions for Unisphere for VMAX.
EMC Unisphere for VMAX Online Help: Describes the Unisphere for VMAX concepts and functions.
EMC Unisphere for VMAX Performance Viewer Installation Guide: Provides installation instructions for Unisphere for VMAX Performance Viewer.
EMC Unisphere for VMAX Database Storage Analyzer Online Help: Describes the Unisphere for VMAX Database Storage Analyzer concepts and functions.
EMC Unisphere 360 for VMAX Release Notes: Describes new features and any known limitations for Unisphere 360 for VMAX.
EMC Unisphere 360 for VMAX Installation Guide: Provides installation instructions for Unisphere 360 for VMAX.
EMC Unisphere 360 for VMAX Online Help: Describes the Unisphere 360 for VMAX concepts and functions.

Solutions Enabler documents:

Dell EMC Solutions Enabler, VSS Provider, and SMI-S Provider Release Notes: Describes new features and any known limitations.
Dell EMC Solutions Enabler Installation and Configuration Guide: Provides host-specific installation instructions.
Dell EMC Solutions Enabler CLI Reference Guide: Documents the SYMCLI commands, daemons, error codes and option file parameters provided with the Solutions Enabler man pages.
Dell EMC Solutions Enabler Array Controls and Management CLI User Guide: Describes how to configure array control, management, and migration operations using SYMCLI commands for arrays running HYPERMAX OS and PowerMaxOS.
Dell EMC Solutions Enabler Array Controls and Management CLI User Guide: Describes how to configure array control, management, and migration operations using SYMCLI commands for arrays running Enginuity.
Dell EMC Solutions Enabler SRDF Family CLI User Guide: Describes how to configure and manage SRDF environments using SYMCLI commands.
Dell EMC Solutions Enabler SRDF Family State Tables Guide: Describes the applicable pair states for various SRDF operations.
SRDF Interfamily Connectivity Information: Defines the versions of PowerMaxOS, HYPERMAX OS and Enginuity that can make up valid SRDF replication and SRDF/Metro configurations, and can participate in Non-Disruptive Migration (NDM).
Dell EMC SRDF Introduction: Provides an overview of SRDF, its uses, configurations, and terminology.
Dell EMC Solutions Enabler TimeFinder SnapVX CLI User Guide: Describes how to configure and manage TimeFinder SnapVX environments using SYMCLI commands.
Dell EMC Solutions Enabler TimeFinder Family (Mirror, Clone, Snap, VP Snap) Version 8.2 and higher CLI User Guide: Describes how to configure and manage TimeFinder Mirror, Clone, Snap, VP Snap environments for Enginuity and HYPERMAX OS using SYMCLI commands.
Dell EMC Solutions Enabler SRM CLI User Guide: Provides Storage Resource Management (SRM) information that is related to various data objects and data handling facilities.
Dell EMC SRDF/Metro vWitness Configuration Guide: Describes how to install, configure, and manage SRDF/Metro using vWitness.
Dell EMC Events and Alerts for PowerMax and VMAX User Guide: Documents the SYMAPI daemon messages, asynchronous errors and message events, SYMCLI return codes, and how to configure event logging.

Embedded NAS (eNAS) documents:

EMC VMAX Embedded NAS Release Notes: Describes the new features and identify any known functionality restrictions and performance issues that may exist in the current version.
EMC VMAX Embedded NAS Quick Start Guide: Describes how to configure eNAS on a VMAX3 or VMAX All Flash storage system.
EMC VMAX Embedded NAS File Auto Recovery with SRDF/S: Describes how to install and use EMC File Auto Recovery with SRDF/S.
Dell EMC PowerMax eNAS CLI Reference Guide: A reference for command-line users and script programmers that provides the syntax, error codes, and parameters of all eNAS commands.

PowerProtect Storage Direct documents:

Dell EMC PowerProtect Storage Direct Solutions Guide: Provides Storage Direct information that is related to various data objects and data handling facilities.
Dell EMC File System Agent Installation and Administration Guide: Shows how to install, configure, and manage the Storage Direct File System Agent.
Dell EMC Database Application Agent Installation and Administration Guide: Shows how to install, configure, and manage the Storage Direct Database Application Agent.
Dell EMC Microsoft Application Agent Installation and Administration Guide: Shows how to install, configure, and manage the Storage Direct Microsoft Application Agent.

NOTE ProtectPoint has been renamed to Storage Direct and it is included in PowerProtect, Data Protection Suite for Apps, or Data Protection Suite Enterprise Software Edition.

Mainframe Enablers documents:

Dell EMC Mainframe Enablers Installation and Customization Guide: Describes how to install and configure Mainframe Enablers software.
Dell EMC Mainframe Enablers Release Notes: Describes new features and any known limitations.
Dell EMC Mainframe Enablers Message Guide: Describes the status, warning, and error messages generated by Mainframe Enablers software.
Dell EMC Mainframe Enablers ResourcePak Base for z/OS Product Guide: Describes how to configure VMAX system control and management using the EMC Symmetrix Control Facility (EMCSCF).
Dell EMC Mainframe Enablers AutoSwap for z/OS Product Guide: Describes how to use AutoSwap to perform automatic workload swaps between VMAX systems when the software detects a planned or unplanned outage.
Dell EMC Mainframe Enablers Consistency Groups for z/OS Product Guide: Describes how to use Consistency Groups for z/OS (ConGroup) to ensure the consistency of data remotely copied by SRDF in the event of a rolling disaster.
Dell EMC Mainframe Enablers SRDF Host Component for z/OS Product Guide: Describes how to use SRDF Host Component to control and monitor remote data replication processes.
Dell EMC Mainframe Enablers TimeFinder SnapVX and zDP Product Guide: Describes how to use TimeFinder SnapVX and zDP to create and manage space-efficient targetless snaps.
Dell EMC Mainframe Enablers TimeFinder/Clone Mainframe Snap Facility Product Guide: Describes how to use TimeFinder/Clone, TimeFinder/Snap, and TimeFinder/CG to control and monitor local data replication processes.
Dell EMC Mainframe Enablers TimeFinder/Mirror for z/OS Product Guide: Describes how to use TimeFinder/Mirror to create Business Continuance Volumes (BCVs) which can then be established, split, reestablished and restored from the source logical volumes for backup, restore, decision support, or application testing.
Dell EMC Mainframe Enablers TimeFinder Utility for z/OS Product Guide: Describes how to use the TimeFinder Utility to condition volumes and devices.

Geographically Dispersed Disaster Recovery (GDDR) documents:

Dell EMC GDDR for SRDF/S with ConGroup Product Guide: Describes how to use Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart (GDDR) to automate business recovery following both planned outages and disaster situations.
Dell EMC GDDR for SRDF/S with AutoSwap Product Guide: Describes how to use Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart (GDDR) to automate business recovery following both planned outages and disaster situations.
Dell EMC GDDR for SRDF/Star Product Guide: Describes how to use Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart (GDDR) to automate business recovery following both planned outages and disaster situations.
Dell EMC GDDR for SRDF/Star with AutoSwap Product Guide: Describes how to use Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart (GDDR) to automate business recovery following both planned outages and disaster situations.
Dell EMC GDDR for SRDF/SQAR with AutoSwap Product Guide: Describes how to use Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart (GDDR) to automate business recovery following both planned outages and disaster situations.
Dell EMC GDDR for SRDF/A Product Guide: Describes how to use Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart (GDDR) to automate business recovery following both planned outages and disaster situations.
Dell EMC GDDR Message Guide: Describes the status, warning, and error messages generated by GDDR.
Dell EMC GDDR Release Notes: Describes new features and any known limitations.
Dell EMC GDDR for Star-A Product Guide: Describes the basic concepts of Dell EMC Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart (GDDR), how to install it, and how to implement its major features and facilities.

z/OS Migrator documents:

Dell EMC z/OS Migrator Product Guide: Describes how to use z/OS Migrator to perform volume mirror and migrator functions as well as logical migration functions.
Dell EMC z/OS Migrator Message Guide: Describes the status, warning, and error messages generated by z/OS Migrator.
Dell EMC z/OS Migrator Release Notes: Describes new features and any known limitations.

z/TPF documents:

Dell EMC ResourcePak for z/TPF Product Guide: Describes how to configure VMAX system control and management in the z/TPF operating environment.
Dell EMC SRDF Controls for z/TPF Product Guide: Describes how to perform remote replication operations in the z/TPF operating environment.
Dell EMC TimeFinder Controls for z/TPF Product Guide: Describes how to perform local replication operations in the z/TPF operating environment.
Dell EMC z/TPF Suite Release Notes: Describes new features and any known limitations.

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