EMC SYMMETRIX

Introduction to EMC Symmetrix DMX & VMAX. Tier 1 Storage Benefits.
Introduction of architecture of EMC DMX and VMAX along with differences.
DMX Generations, Directors concept, Director Pairing (Rule 17), XCM, Hypers, SLVs (Symmetrix logical volumes).
VMAX Generations, Engines, Even-Odd directors, ISS (Intelligent Storage System), Functions of BE ports, FE ports, Global Cache.
VMAX connectivity rules to connect BE to Switches, FE to Host considering Odd-Even Directors\ Odd-Even LCC.
Introduction of .Bin file along with the prerequisite and precautions to manage .Bin file.
Enguinity Software, Versions, Disk supported, Types of RAID supported in VMAX, Cache vaulting, VMAX devices (STD /TDEV/BCV/VDEV), Gatekeeper Devices.
Different types of VMAX Access (SYMCLI & Unisphere for VMAX), Solution enablers, VMAX Services.
Storage Provisioning (Lun Creation and assignment), META Luns, Stripped Meta Lun, Concatenated Meta Lun. Performance comparison. 4 Way Meta/8Way Meta/16 Way Meta.
Local Replication, Time finder, time finder clone , time finder mirror, time finder snap, snap pool. BCV volume to handle replica data.
SRDF and Storage Virtualization.
Introduction to VPLEX , Local, Metro, GEO.