EMC XtremIO – Welcome to Vblock
Vblock Specialized System for Extreme Applications This Vblock as the name suggests is VCE’s solution targeted at Extreme Applications such as VDI and High performance database applications. Using the XtremIO […]
EMC VMAX – Data Device (TDAT) Draining From A Thin Pool
Draining of a Data Device (TDAT) from a VMAX Thin Pool is a non-disruptive activity, meaning TDAT’s can be removed from a Thin Pool without the need to unbind any […]
EMC VMAX – Access Control Logix (ACLX) Gatekeeper Mapping
Access Control Logix (ACLX) gatekeeper mapping is required for initial device masking configuration on the VMAX via the Administration host and also required for the Control Station when using a […]
CISCO MDS – Verifying VNX & VMAX Connectivity
Somtimes you may have encountered an issue where a VNX/VMAX front-end port gets cabled to the wrong MDS Switch Port that you had designed for and in fact the port […]
EMC VNX&VMAX – Updating EMULEX HBA Firmware On LINUX
Firstly download the latest version from the EMC-approved section of the Emulex website for EMC VNX/VMAX: http://www.emulex.com/downloads/oem-qualified/emc/ In this example we are downloading the Emulex LPe16002 Firmware and BootCode version […]
EMC VNX: Rockies Systems Unexpected Reboot After ~80 Days
Great to hear a non-disruptive upgrade fix has has been made available for this issue. Background The issue is addressed in EMC KB175619 Essentially after approximately 80 Days of runtime […]
EMC VNX – New Shutdown Options
Note: Please ensure to reference official EMC documentation before proceeding and ensure your system health checks are passed before completing a shutdown. A new feature with the release of VNX […]
EMC VNX – Changing Storage Processor IP & NAME
This is a guideline on how to change the VNX Storage Processor IP and Name via Navicli. Navicli does not require a reboot of the SP after changing the SP […]
EMC VNX 7500 – 48GB Memory Configuration
Offered with 05.32 release (INYO) is an expanded memory option on the VNX7500 model. This larger memory option allows for a memory upgrade from 24Gig to 48Gig per Service Processor. […]
VMware VAAI XCOPY Primitive with VNX OE Release 32
UPDATE: The issue outlined below with code level R32 has now been fixed. This issue is addressed in VNX OE for Block 05.32.000.5.209 (Inyo MR1 SP3). This was covered in […]
EMC VNX – Second Generation (Rockies)
“32 Cores firing MCx Technology” “Leverage cores and scale them – core scaling to achieve the million IOPS” “Amdahl’s law 80% scaling” “Up to 1.1 million IOPS (I/Os per second) […]
EMC VNX Terminology
Here I have compiled a list of the most commonly used VNX Terms and a brief description of each. Term: Definition SP: Storage Processor – provides access to all external hosts and the file side of VNX. SP A: Storage processor A – Generic term for the first storage processor in VNX for block. SP B: Storage processor B – […]
EMC VNXe – Configuring E-Mail Alerts Via SMTP
The VNXe can send E-mail alerts of system events to a specified IP address when it encounters alerts or error conditions. View and Configure SMTP Server Settings In order to […]
EMC VNX – POOL PERFORMANCE PLANNING
In this post I will give a guideline on how to calculate the required drive count for a VNX Pool based on Throughput performance (IOPS). This is only a Rough-Order-of […]
EMC VNX – Replacing a Failed Disk and Updating Firmware
Replacing a Disk in a VNX is quite a simple task if the correct procedure is followed (Discover the failed drive BED naviseccli -h SP_IP faults -list). In this post […]
EMC RecoverPoint – Updated FC Port Labeling on RP Gen5 Server
This is one that caught us by surprise! As per previous blog Post “EMC RecoverPoint Architecture and Basic Concepts” this is the port configuration as per the initial release of […]
EMC VNX – Managing Data Mover (Blade) Relationships
Today I had a VNX Data Mover (Blade) slic issue where the failover relationships were not as they should be. The following commands are very useful for checking the relationships […]
EMC RecoverPoint Journal and Replica Volume – Performance Considerations
In this post I will detail some considerations for RecoverPoint Journal and Replica Volumes from a Performance Perspective. This will give you some insight into the workings and designs that […]
EMC VNX – LUN MIGRATION
This post is a result of having to migrate Cisco UCS Blade boot LUNs between Raid Groups. Both the source and destination were Classic LUNs – RAID Group LUN (FLARE […]
EMC RecoverPoint Considerations for Journal sizing – Protection Windows
A very important consideration is the capacity sizing of your RecoverPoint journals which is done on a per Consistency Group basis. This will dicatate the level of failback allowed (Protection Window) on a per CG configuration. The JV must have the correct performance characteristics in order to handle the total write performance of the LUN(s) being protected (next blog). They […]
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