Post on 01-Nov-2014
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SYMMETRIX DMX-3 & 4
ByRajesh Para
EMC Storage Arrays
Symmetrix 3 & 4
DMX3/4 Scalability
DMX-3 & 4 Hardware Layout
System Bay
Storage Bay
Director Layout
Architecture
Terminology
Few Commands need to know before we proceed1) SYMCFG2) SYMCONFIGURE3) SYMDEV4) SYMDISK5) SYMMASK6) SYMMASKDB
Discover and Verify(symcfg discover)• Build, Update and verify the SYMAPI database
Listing Attached Symmetrix (symcfg list)
Environment Data
List All Directors
List All Disks (symdisk list)
Physical disk drive details
Data Protection and Sparing
Hot spare Info
PROVISIONING
1) Device Creation2) Mapping3) Masking
Symmetrix Logical Volumes
Volume Geometry
Symmetrix Device Types
1) Standard Devices (Thick Devices)2) GateKeeper Devices3) Meta Devices4) BCV Devices5) SRDF Devices6) Dynamic RDF Devices7) Virtual Devices8) Save Devices9) Thin Devices10) Data Devices
Data Protection Options
Device Configuration
Symconfigure Architecture
Symconfigure (cont..)
Different input methods to Symconfigure
Identify Free Space in Physical Disks
Creating New Devices
Device Creation Examples- RAID5 and RAID6
And now the device is created Actually
Listing Devices
Device Details
Device Details (cont..)
Device Details (cont..)
Device Groups
Device Group Examples
Meta Devices
Data Layout in Meta Devices
Creating Meta Devices
Expanding Meta Devices
Removing Members and Dissolving Meta Devices
PROVISIONING
2) Mapping
Verify the connectivity
Front End Port Characteristics
Setting Front-End Port Flags
Heterogeneous Env
Mapping
Mapping Requirements
Mapping-Identify Free Devices
Mapping-Identify Available Channel Address
Mapping Device to Port
Displaying Device Mapping
PROVISIONING
3) Masking
Why Masking?
Add Deviced to Masking DataBase
Dynamic Addressing
Check The Masking
Virtual Provisioning
Virtual Provisioning
Host or Application View
Over Subscription
Virtual Provisioning - Components
Thin Device (TDEV)
Data Device
Thin Pool
Implementing Virtual Provisioning
Creating Thin Device
Display Thin Devices
Creating Data Device
Display Data Devices
Creating Thin Pools
Add Data Devices to Thin Pool
Display Thin Pool
Display Pool Info
Bind TDEV to Thin Pool
Display TDEVs – Bound Devices
Thin Pool After adding DATA devices and TDEVs