Virtualization & Storage
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This is the second part in the series on configuring the VNXe via command line. Here I will detail the Steps involved in creating both NFS and iSCSI datastores. The configuration steps outlined in Part2 will be the following: LACP Configuration Create the Network Interface for NFS NFS Shared Folder Server Configuration Create NFS datastores Creating iSCSI Interfaces/Nodes/Datastores LACP Configuration Link […]
This is the first in a series of blog posts on configuring VNXe using the command line. All the configurations here will be performed using “uemcli” which can be downloaded here . If you prefer to use the GUI interface then Henri has a very good series of blog posts here. The following scripts defined here are very useful if […]
Here I will detail the steps involved in upgrading the OE for file and block on the VNX. Using the Unisphere Service Manager is the recommended method of upgrade. The […]
EMC ‘FAST Cache’ technology gives a performance enhancement to the VNX Storage Array by adding FLASH drives as a Secondary Cache, working hand-in-hand with DRAM Cache and enhancing overall Storage […]
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