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.