Cisco UCS Director Support for EMC Symmetrix VMAX and VMAX3
VMAX and VMAX3 Reports
EMC Solutions Enabler for VMAX Storage
- Windows-Based Solutions Enabler
- Installing and Configuring a Linux-Based Solutions Enabler
Adding an EMC VMAX Account
VMAX Management

EMC Symmetrix VMAX and VMAX3

Cisco UCS Director Support for EMC Symmetrix VMAX and VMAX3

Cisco UCS Director supports EMC Symmetrix VMAX and EMC Symmetrix VMAX3. Specific information on supported models, supported software, and supported management interfaces can be found in the Cisco UCS Director Compatibility Matrix for this release.

Cisco UCS Director connects to EMC VMAX using a supported EMC Solutions Enabler.

VMAX and VMAX3 Reports

Cisco UCS Director provides you with a view into the managed VMAX and VMAX3 storage systems. Some of these reports do not update automatically. You must click Refresh to view updated information.

VMAX Summary Reports

You can see at a glance the following VMAX summary reports:

System capacity—Free vs. used (GB) pie chart
System overview—Symmetrix version ID, Enginuity build version, model, Solutions Enabler IP address, and number of engines, directors, thin devices, data devices, director ports, and disks.
Storage—Total capacity, used capacity, and free capacity

VMAX Component and Feature Reports

You can access reports and create VMAX components, such as devices, views, pools, and groups. You can drill down to view details for each component and feature, including the following:

Thin Pools—Name.
Data Devices—Device count, capacity (GB), emulation, configuration, and disk group. Note: This device is not used in VMAX3.
Regular Devices—Device count, disk group, emulation, configuration, capacity type, capacity. Note: This device is not used in VMAX3.
Thin Devices—Device count, capacity (GB), emulation, bind to thin pool (on or off), and option to preallocate 100 percent.
Meta Devices—Device type, select regular or thin device, meta type, select member device. Note: This device is not used in VMAX3.
Initiator Groups—Group type (standard or cascaded), group name, type (iSCSI, FCP), and initiator name. Consistent logical unit number (LUN) can be set to on or off.
Storage Groups—Storage group, storage group count, volume count, masking view, storage capacity, isparent/isccild, parent storage, child storage, masking view, FAST managed, SRP, SLO, workload type.
Port Groups—Group name and director port selection (all, none, or selected).
Masking Views—View name, storage group selection, host LUN ID (specified or autogenerated), initiator group selection, and port group selection.
Fast SRP— Has Associated Disk Group, Storage Group Demand, and SLO Demand Report as drilldown reports.
Fast SLO—This report contains a 'Rename' action that renames the SLO name. Has FAST SLO workload report as a drilldown report
Tiers—Tier name, tier type, emulation, target protection, number of ports and directors, technology, disk location, and type.
FAST Policies—Policy name, tiers, number of tiers, number of storage groups, and emulation. Note: This object is not used in VMAX3.

VMAX Systems Reports

The read-only VMAX systems reports include the following information:

Front-End Directors—Symmetrix ID, director module, status, type, identification, and number of ports, directors, mapped volumes, and engine ID.
Back-End Directors—Symmetrix ID, director module, status, type, identification, and number of ports, directors, mapped volumes, and engine ID.
Director Ports—Director module, type, port, port ID, maximum speed, node WWN, and ACLX option for each port.
Disk Groups—Disk group name, technology, disk location, disks, total capacity, used capacity, free capacity, tags.
Features—Name, type, capacity (GB), and Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) drive capacity (GB).
Licenses—Feature name, license type, and capacity type.
Initiators—Initiator group, Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) enablement, user port name, user node name, initiator, type, iSCSI name, common serial number, SPC2 protocol, SCSI support, environment, volume set addressing, and other data.
Memory—Slot number and capacity.

EMC Solutions Enabler for VMAX Storage

To communicate with VMAX, Cisco UCS Director uses the EMC Solutions Enabler (SE). You must install a supported Windows-based or Linux-based EMC SE before you add your VMAX or VMAX3 storage system to Cisco UCS Director.

Windows-Based Solutions Enabler
Installing and Configuring a Linux-Based Solutions Enabler

Windows-Based Solutions Enabler

Guidelines for SSHD Server Configuration

To set up an SSHD server, we recommend that you install Cygwin version 1.7.27, and use the SSH daemon on the host. Cygwin provides a Linux-like environment on Microsoft Windows. See Installing a Cygwin Package for information on downloading Cygwin and additional information about the SSHD server.

After you install the SSHD server on the Windows-based SE, modify the Path variable under System Variables to include the Solutions Enabler bin folder so that whoever uses SSH to get into the Windows SE can immediately run VMAX commands. After you install and configure the SSHD server, set up the new default paths to enable the user-installed software to override the system software.

Installing a Cygwin Package

Ensure that you install the packages fir Cygwin version 1.7.27 on a Windows-based host.

Step 1	Download the Cygwin executable from http://www.cygwin.com/.
Step 2	While installing the Cygwin package on the package selection screen, select the openssh and openssl packages to install.

Configuring the SSHD Server

Step 1

Navigate to the C:\<Cygwin-Install-Dir> directory, open the Cygwin.bat in edit mode using any editor and add the following line: set CYGWIN=binmode ntsec

The following example shows the Cygwin.bat file contents after adding the line above:

@echo off
            C:
            chdir C:\<Cygwin-Install-Dir>\bin
            set CYGWIN=binmode ntsec
            bash --login -i

Step 2

Configure the SSHD service by running the C:\<Cygwin-Install-Dir>\Cygwin.bat file in a command prompt and enter the following command: $ ssh-host-config.

Answer the following questions:

Question	Recommended Response
Should privilege separation be used? <yes/no>	Select yes.
New local account 'sshd'? <yes/no>	Select yes.
Do you want to install sshd as a service? <yes/no>	Select no if SSHD is already installed as a service, otherwise select yes.
Enter the value of CYGWIN for the deamon: [ ] binmode ntsec	Enter the value as binmode ntsec
Do you want to use a different name? (yes/no)	Select yes.
Enter the new username: <new-username>	Enter the new username.
Reenter: <new-username>	Renter the new username.
Replace cloupia with new-username ? (yes/no)	Select yes.
Please enter the password: <password>	Enter the password for this account.
Reenter: <password>	Reenter the password for this account.

Configuring System Environment Variables

Step 1	Right-click the Computer icon and select Properties.
Step 2	If you don't have a computer icon on your desktop: Click the Start button. Right-click the Computer option in the Start menu. Select Properties.
Step 3	Click Advanced System Settings.
Step 4	Under the Advanced tab, select Environment Variables.
Step 5	Under System Variables select the Path variable and append the following two binary paths: c:\Program Files\EMC\SYMCLI\bin;c:\<Cygwin-Install-Dir>\bin Refer to the following example: Variable Name: Path Variable Value: <Existing Folders Path>;c:\Program Files\EMC\SYMCLI\bin;c:\cygwin 64\bin
Step 6	Add the following new System Variable name: CYGWIN and the following Variable Value: binmode tty ntsec

Starting the Cygwin SSHD Service

Step 1	Start the Cygwin SSHD service manually under Window Services.
Step 2	Configure the service to start automatically on every boot.

Verifying SSH Access

Before You Begin

Ensure that you can run the SYMCLI commands without providing the absolute path at the command prompt. You can verify SSH access using any SSH client.

Step 1	Access a different machine that has an SSH client running and execute the following command: ssh<USERNAME>@<host-ipaddress> 'date' or ssh-1<USERNAME>@<host-ipaddress> 'date' Example: For example, execute ssh -l pjohn@host-ipaddress 'date'
Step 2	When the command prompts you, enter the password. After you enter the correct password, the command returns the accurate date.

Installing and Configuring a Linux-Based Solutions Enabler

Note

You can add libraries and legacy libraries, such as glibc, to the VM.

You need gatekeepers to serve as Raw Device Mappings (RDMs). Allow 6,000 to 8,000 mappings for each RDM.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. Create the base Linux image for the VM you will use.

2. Assign a few gatekeepers as RDMs.

3. Reboot the Linux VM.

4. From the EMC Powerlink site, download the EMC Solutions Enabler package for Linux and the Services Management Application System (SMAS) package se7310-Linux-i386-ni.tar.gz.

5. Using SCP, transfer the tar file to your VM.

6. At a command prompt, enter the following command to decompress the tar file: [root@smc ~]# tar xzvf se7310-Linux-i386-ni.tar.gz

7. Install the EMC Solutions Enabler by entering the following command: [root@smc ~]# ./se7310_install.sh -install]

8. Verify that the emc/symcli bin folder is in the Linux path, with this directory structure: <symcli path>/bin. An example is: /opt/emc/symcli/bin.

9. To connect to the VMAX device from Cisco UCS Director, you must update the PATH variable with the SYMCLI binary dir by updating the .bashrc file for the user that logs in to VMAX.

DETAILED STEPS

Step 1

Create the base Linux image for the VM you will use.

For the base Linux image, you can use an SMC or SPA servers that run CentOS, version 5.7 x86, or x86_64. For an SMC server, allow 20 GB of space. For an SPA server, allow at least 120 GB.

Step 2

Assign a few gatekeepers as RDMs.

Step 3

Reboot the Linux VM.

Step 4

From the EMC Powerlink site, download the EMC Solutions Enabler package for Linux and the Services Management Application System (SMAS) package se7310-Linux-i386-ni.tar.gz.

Note

See the Cisco UCS Director Compatibility Matrix to identify which version to download and install.

Use MD5 Checksum 9809ac14ed8bfcc19789d7d5671d6015.

Step 5

Using SCP, transfer the tar file to your VM.

Step 6

At a command prompt, enter the following command to decompress the tar file: [root@smc ~]# tar xzvf se7310-Linux-i386-ni.tar.gz

Step 7

Install the EMC Solutions Enabler by entering the following command: [root@smc ~]# ./se7310_install.sh -install]

Step 8

Verify that the emc/symcli bin folder is in the Linux path, with this directory structure: <symcli path>/bin. An example is: /opt/emc/symcli/bin.

Step 9

To connect to the VMAX device from Cisco UCS Director, you must update the PATH variable with the SYMCLI binary dir by updating the .bashrc file for the user that logs in to VMAX.

Log in to the Solutions Enabler machine with the credentials that Cisco UCS Director will use.
Edit.bashrc using your editor of choice; for example, vi.bashrc
Add the following line to the .bashrc file:
```
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:<symcli binary path>/bin
```
Save the file and exit.

Adding an EMC VMAX Account

Before You Begin

You must install an EMC VMAX Solutions Enabler on a Linux or Windows Virtual Machine (VM).

Note

If you have Solutions Enabler 8.0 installed, when adding an EMC VMAX account, all Symmetrix device names are padded with a zero. This may cause issues with rollback operations for tasks that were executed against an older version of Solutions Enabler.

Step 1

Choose Administration > Physical Accounts.

Step 2

On the Physical Accounts page, click Physical Accounts.

Step 3

Click Add.

Step 4

On the Add Account screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Pod drop-down list	Choose a Pod for this account.
Category drop-down list	Choose Storage.
Account Type drop-down list	Choose EMC VMAX .

Step 5

Click Submit.

Step 6

In the second Add Account dialog box, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Account Name field	A unique name for the account.
Description field	The account description.
Server Address field	The Solution Enabler IP address for the VMAX device.
Use Credential Policy check box	Check this box if you want to use a credential policy for this account rather than enter the username and password information manually.
Credential Policy drop-down list	If you checked Use Credential Policy, choose the credential policy that you want to use from this drop-down list. This field is only displayed if you choose to use a credential policy.
User ID field	The user ID that this account uses to access the VMAX or VMAX3 storage system. This user ID must be a valid account in the storage system. This field is not displayed if you chose to use a credential policy.
Password field	The password associated with the user ID. This field is not displayed if you chose to use a credential policy.
Transport Type drop-down list	Choose SSH.
Port field	The port number. The default port is 22.
Symmetrix id field	The Symmetrix ID can be manually entered or selected from a drop-down box that is shown if the Discover Symmetrix Arrays check box is selected.
Discover Symmetrix Arrays check box	If this box is checked, selection of the Symmetrix id can be done from the drop-down list that is shown.
Symmetrix id field	The ID of the Symmetrix array. If you checked Discover Symmetrix Arrays, this field becomes a drop-down list of the available arrays.
Contact field	The contact's email address.
Location field	The location for this account.

Step 7

Click Submit.

Cisco UCS Director tests the connection to the EMC Symmetrix VMAX or VMAX3 storage system. If that test is successful, it adds the VMAX account and discovers all infrastructure elements in the storage system that are associated with that account. This discovery process and inventory collection cycle takes few minutes to complete.

VMAX Management

In a Cisco UCS Director EMC VMAX account, you manage the following pools, groups, devices, and views:

Thin pools—Create or delete, expand, bind or unbind, and view details
Devices—data devices, thin devices, regular devices, BCV devices, and meta devices
Initiator groups—Create or delete, rename, add or remove initiator, replace initiator, set override flags, and view details
Storage groups—Create or delete, rename, add or remove device, associate/disassociate FAST policy, and view details
Port groups—Create or delete, rename, add or remove port, and view details
Masking views—Create or delete, rename, and view details

Thin Devices
Thin Pools
BCV Devices
Data Devices
Regular Devices
Meta Devices
Initiator Groups
Storage Tiers
Storage Groups
Fully Automated Storage Tiering
Port Groups
Masking Views
VMAX Properties File

Thin Devices

The maximum size of a VMAX thin device (TDEV) is approximately 240 GB.

Note

If you want to create a TDEV greater than this size, combine TDEVs to form a meta device. Each TDEV can be part of only one meta device.

There is no rename action for a TDEV. The device name is unique and remains the same even if the TDEV becomes a meta device and vice versa.

Creating a Thin Device

Creating a Thin Device

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to create a thin device.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Thin Devices.

Step 7

Click Create.

Step 8

On the Create Thin Device screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Device Count field	The thin device count.
Emulation drop-down list	Choose the emulation type for the thin device.
Capacity Type field	Select GB, MB, or Cylinder.
Capacity field	Number of GB, MB, or Cylinders.

Step 9

Click Submit.

What to Do Next

You can select a device and click View Details to see the drill-down report.

Thin Pools

An EMC VMAX thin pool is a collection of data devices that provide storage capacity for thin devices. A new thin pool requires a unique name.

Creating A Thin Pool
Binding Thin Devices to a Thin Pool
Unbinding a Thin Devices from a Thin Pool

Creating A Thin Pool

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to create the thin pool.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Thin Pools.
Step 7	Click Create.
Step 8	On the Create Thin Pool screen, enter a name in the Thin Pool Name field and click Submit.

Binding Thin Devices to a Thin Pool

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account with the thin pool where you want to bind thin devices.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Thin Pools.

Step 7

Click Bind.

Step 8

On the Bind Symmetrix Device screen, complete the following fields:

Name

Description

Select Thin Devices select list

Check the box for the thin devices that you want to bind.

Pre Allocate All check box

Check this box if you want to pre-allocate all thin devices.

Capacity Type field

Select the capacity unit in GB, MB, or Cylinder.

This field is only available if you checked Pre Allocate All.

Pre Allocate Size field

The pre-allocation size in GB, MB, or Cylinders.

Note

The Pre Allocate Size option is not available for Symmetric CLI version 8.0, it is only available for version 7.6.1.0.

This field is only available if you checked Pre Allocate All.

Step 9

Click Submit.

Unbinding a Thin Devices from a Thin Pool

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account with the thin pool where you want to unbind thin devices.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Thin Pools.

Step 7

Click UnBind.

Step 8

On the UnBind Thin Device from Thin Pool screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Select Thin Devices select list	Check the box for the thin devices that you want to unbind.
Force check box	Forces unbinding of the selected thin devices.

Step 9

Click Submit.

BCV Devices

A business continuity volume (BCV) is a symmetrix device with special attributes. A BCV device can function either as an additional mirror or as a separate host addresable volume.

Creating a BCV Device

Creating a BCV Device

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to create the BCV device.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click BCV Devices.

Step 7

Click Create.

Step 8

On the Create BCV Device screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Device Count field	The BCV device count.
Emulation drop-down list	Choose the emulation type for the BCV device.
Configuration drop-down list	Choose the configuration for the BCV device.
Capacity Type field	Select GB, MB, or Cylinder.
Capacity field	Number of GB, MB, or Cylinders.

Step 9

Click Submit.

Data Devices

Data devices provide the physical space that is used by thin pools on a VMAX system.

Creating a Data Device

Creating a Data Device

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to create a data device.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Data Devices.

Step 7

Click Create.

Step 8

On the Create Data Device screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Device Count field	The data device count.
Disk Group field	The disk group name.
Emulation drop-down list	Choose the emulation type for the data device.
Configuration field	Choose the configuration for the data device.
Capacity Type field	Choose the capacity unit in GB, MB, or Cylinder.
Capacity field	The capacity in GB, MB, or Cylinders.

Step 9

Click Submit.

Regular Devices

The maximum size of a VMAX regular device is approximately 240 GB.

Note

If you want to create a regular device greater than this size, combine regular devices to form a meta device. Each regular device can be part of only one meta device.

There is no rename action for a regular device. The device name is unique and remains the same even if the regular device becomes a meta device and vice versa.

Creating a Regular Device

Creating a Regular Device

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to create a regular device.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Regular Devices.

Step 7

Click Create.

Step 8

On the Create Regular Device scrreen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Device Count field	The regular device count.
Disk Group select button	Select the Disk Group
Emulation drop-down list	Choose the emulation type for the regular device.
Configuration drop-down	Choose the configuration.
Capacity Type field	Choose GB, MB, or Cylinder.
Capacity	Number of GB, MB, or Cylinders.

Step 9

Click Submit.

Meta Devices

A meta device enables you to aggregate thin devices or regular devices to increase the device size.

You can create a meta device with a thin device as the head and create other thin devices as members, or you can create a meta device with a regular device as the head and create other regular devices as members. The total meta device size is the combination of the head size and all the member device sizes.

Note

There is no delete action for a meta device. Removing all of the members from a meta device results in a thin device.

Meta Member Devices
Creating a Meta Device
Adding a Member Device to a Meta Device
Removing a Member Device from a Meta Device
Dissolving a Meta Device
Adding a Member Device to a Meta Device (Striped Configuration)

Meta Member Devices

A meta member device (also referred to as a Meta LUN) is a LUN that is composed of several elements (LUNs). Meta member devices are similar to private LUNs. A meta member device is used by the system and is not available directly to any host. For example, you cannot place a meta member device into a storage group.

The following are the supported types of meta member devices:

Concatenated Meta LUN—Creates a larger LUN from several smaller LUNs. This member device is recommended when performance is not a high priority.
Striped Meta LUN—Creates a higher performance LUN. For example, you might want to use this type of LUN for a large file system or a database.

Creating a Meta Device

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to create a meta device.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Meta Devices.

Step 7

Click Create Meta.

Step 8

On the Create Meta Devicescreen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Select Device Type drop-down list	Choose the types of devices that you want to add to the meta device. These device combinations can include the following: Thin devices only Regular devices only BCV devices and thin devices (BCV+TDEV) BCV and regular devices (BCV+R) The other fields that display on this screen depend upon which types of devices you choose.
Select Thin Device field	If you chose to include thin devices only, choose the devices you want to add to the meta device.
Select Regular Device field	If you chose to include regular devices only, choose the devices you want to add to the meta device.
Select BCV Thin Device field	If you chose BCV+TDV, choose the devices you want to add to the meta device.
Select BCV Regular Device field	If you chose BCV+R, choose the devices you want to add to the meta device.
Select Meta Type drop-down list	Choose the type of meta device you want to create.
Select Member Device(s) field	Choose the device or devices to include in the meta device.

Step 9

Click Submit.

Adding a Member Device to a Meta Device

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a meta device.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Meta Devices.
Step 7	Click the row with the meta device to which you want to add a member device.
Step 8	Click Add Device to Meta.
Step 9	On the Add Device to Meta screen, choose the device that you want to add and click Submit.

Removing a Member Device from a Meta Device

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a meta device.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Meta Devices.
Step 7	Click the row with the meta device from which you want to remove a member device.
Step 8	Click Remove Device from Meta.
Step 9	On the Remove Device from Meta screen, choose the device that you want to remove from the meta device and click Submit.

Dissolving a Meta Device

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a meta device.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Meta Devices.
Step 7	Click the row with the meta device that you want to dissolve.
Step 8	Click Dissolve.
Step 9	Click Submit.

Adding a Member Device to a Meta Device (Striped Configuration)

If the meta device has a striped configuration, you need to complete two additional fields in the configuration.

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a meta device.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Meta Devices.

Step 7

Click the row with the striped meta device to which you want to add a member device.

Step 8

Click Add Device to Meta.

Step 9

On the Add Device to Meta screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Select Member Device(s) field	Choose the member device(s) that you want to add to the meta device.
Protect Data check box	Check this box if you want to enable data protection on the devices.
Select BCV Meta Devicefield	Choose a BCV meta device head node for the meta device.

Step 10

Click Submit.

Initiator Groups

A VMAX initiator group is a collection of host bus adapters (HBAs) that work together. Initiator groups that contain other initiator groups are known as cascaded initiator groups.

Creating an Initiator Group

Creating an Initiator Group

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to add an initiator group.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Initiator Group.

Step 7

Click Create.

Step 8

On the Create Initiator Group screen, do the following:

From the Initiator Group Type drop-down list, choose one of the following initiator group types:
- Standard—if the initiator group will contain initiators. This is the default option.
- Cascaded—if the initiator group will contain other initiator groups.
In the Initiator Group Name field, enter a unique name for the initiator gorup.

If you chose to create a standard initiator group, complete the following fields:

Name

Description

Initiator Type drop-down list

Choose one of the following:

iSCSI
FCP

iSCSI is the default initiator type.

Initiator Name field

A unique name for the initiator.

Consistent LUN check box

Check this box if you want to use a consistent LUN. Unchecked is the default.

If you chose to create a cascaded initiator group, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Select Parent Initiator Group field	Choose the parent initiator group from the list.
Select Child Initiator Group field	Choose a child initiator group from the list.

Click Submit.

Storage Tiers

Tiered storage allows you to assign different categories of data to different types of storage media to reduce your total storage cost and maintenance.

Creating a Storage Tier
Adding a Thin Pool to a Storage Tier
Removing a Thin Pool from a Storage Tier
Adding a Disk Group to a Storage Tier
Renaming a Storage Tier
Deleting a Storage Tier

Creating a Storage Tier

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to create a storage tier.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Storage Tiers.

Step 7

Click Create.

Step 8

On the Create Storage Tier screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Storage Tier Name field	A unique name for the storage tier.
Storage Tier Type drop-down list	Choose one of the following tier types: Disk Group Provisioned Virtual Provisioned
Include Type drop-down list	Choose one of the following include types: Static Dynamic
Configuration Type drop-down list	Choose one of the following configuration types: RAID-1 RAID-5 (3+1) RAID-5 (7+1) RAID-6(6+2) RAID-6(14+2)
Select Technology drop-down list	Choose one of the following: EFD FC SATA
Select Disk Group field	Choose a disk group.
Bind to Thin Pool field	Choose the thin pool where you want to bind the storage tier. This option is only available if you chose Virtual Provisioned as the Storage Tier Type.
Externally Provisioned check box	Check this box if you want to be able to externally provison the storage tier. This option is only available if you chose Virtual Provisioned as the Storage Tier Type.

Step 9

Click Submit.

Adding a Thin Pool to a Storage Tier

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update the storage tier.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Storage Tiers.
Step 7	Click the row with the storage tier that you want to update.
Step 8	Click Add Thin Pool.
Step 9	On the Add Thin Pool to Storage Tier screen, choose the thin pool that you want to add and click Submit.

Removing a Thin Pool from a Storage Tier

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update the storage tier.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Storage Tiers.
Step 7	Click the row with the storage tier that you want to update.
Step 8	Click Remove Thin Pool.
Step 9	On the Remove Thin Pool screen, choose the thin pool that you want to remove and click Submit.

Adding a Disk Group to a Storage Tier

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update the storage tier.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Storage Tiers.

Step 7

Click the row with the storage tier that you want to update.

Step 8

Click Add Disk Group.

Step 9

On the Add Disk Group dialog box, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Select Disk Group field	Choose a disk group to be added to the storage tier.
Propogate check box	If checked, propagates changes to all storage tiers.

Step 10

Click Submit.

Renaming a Storage Tier

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update the storage tier.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Storage Tiers.
Step 7	Click the row with the storage tier that you want to rename.
Step 8	Click Rename.
Step 9	On the Rename Storage Tier screen, enter the new name for the storage tier and click Submit.

Deleting a Storage Tier

You can force the deletion of a storage tier, even if that tier includes disk groups and thin pools.

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account that contains the storage tier you want to delete.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Storage Tiers.
Step 7	Click the row with the storage tier that you want to delete.
Step 8	Click Delete.
Step 9	On the Delete Storage Tier screen, check the Force box if you want to delete the storage tier even if it includes thin pools and disk groups, and then click Submit.

Storage Groups

A VMAX storage group is a collection of Symmetrix logical volumes that are used by an application, a server, or a collection of servers.

Storage groups present storage to hosts and are also used for FAST policies.

In Cisco UCS Director, you can create VMAX storage groups that are either Empty or Cascaded. A cascaded group contains other storage groups. You can contain a cascaded storage group within a masking view to present storage resources to an entire cluster.

Creating an Empty Storage Group
Creating a Cascaded Storage Group
Deleting a Storage Group
Renaming a Storage Group
Adding a Device to a Storage Group
Removing a Device from a Storage Group
Removing a Child Storage Group from a Cascaded Storage Group
FAST Configuration for Storage Groups on VMAX3

Creating an Empty Storage Group

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to create a storage group.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Storage Groups.

Step 7

Click Create.

Step 8

On the Create Storage Group screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Storage Group Type drop-down list	Choose the default option Empty Storage Group.
Storage Group Name field	A unituq name for the storage group.
Storage Resource Pool field	Select FAST SRP to associate to storage group. This field is required for VMAX3 storage groups.
Storage Level Objective field	Select SLO to associate to storage group. This field is required for VMAX3 storage groups.

Step 9

Click Submit.

Creating a Cascaded Storage Group

Before You Begin

Create a parent storage group and one or more child storage groups.

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to create a storage group.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Storage Groups.

Step 7

Click Create.

Step 8

On the Create Storage Group screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Storage Group Type drop-down list	Choose Cascaded Storage Group.
Select Parent Storage Group field	The parent storage group.
Child Storage Group field	The child storage group.

Step 9

Click Submit.

What to Do Next

Add devices and associate FAST policies with the storage group.

Deleting a Storage Group

You can force the deletion of a storage group, even if that group includes devices.

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to delete a storage group.
Step 5	Click Delete.
Step 6	On the Delete Storage Group dialog box, check the Force box if you want to delete the storage tier even if it includes devices, and then click Submit.

Renaming a Storage Group

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a storage group.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Storage Groups.
Step 7	Click Rename.
Step 8	In the Rename Storage Group dialog box, enter a unique name for the storage group and click Submit.

Adding a Device to a Storage Group

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a storage group.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Storage Groups.

Step 7

Click the row with the storage group that you want to update.

Step 8

Click Add Device.

Step 9

On the Add Devices to Storage Group screen, complete the following fields:

Name

Description

Device Type drop-down list

Choose one of the following options:

Thin Device
Regular Device—not available for VMAX3 storage groups

Select Devices field

Choose one or more devices to add to the storage group.

Host LUN ID field

If you do not specify a host LUN ID, it is auto generated in HEXA.

Step 10

Click Submit.

Removing a Device from a Storage Group

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a storage group.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Storage Groups.
Step 7	Clck the row with the storage group that you want to update.
Step 8	Click Remove Device.
Step 9	On the Remove Device screen, choose the device that you want to remove from the storage groupa and click Submit.

Removing a Child Storage Group from a Cascaded Storage Group

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a storage group.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Storage Groups.
Step 7	Click the row with the cascaded storage group that you want to update.
Step 8	Click Remove Storage Group.
Step 9	On the Remove Child Storage from Parent Storage screen, choose the child storage group that you wan tto remove and click Submit.

FAST Configuration for Storage Groups on VMAX3

Associating a FAST Policy with a Storage Group

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a storage group.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Storage Groups.

Step 7

Click the row with the storage group that you want to update.

Step 8

ClickAssociate FAST Policy.

Step 9

On the Associate FAST Policy to Storage Group screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Select FAST Policy field	Choose the FAST policy that you want to associate with the storage group.
Storage Group Priority field	Set the priority for the storage group. The valid range for the priority is from 1 to 3.

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Step 10

Click Submit.

Disassociating a FAST Policy from a Storage Group

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a storage group.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Storage Groups.
Step 7	Click the row with the storage group that you want to update.
Step 8	Click Disassociate FAST Policy.
Step 9	Click Submit.

Reassociating a FAST Policy with a Storage Group

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a storage group.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Storage Groups.
Step 7	Click the row with the storage group that you want to update.
Step 8	Click Reassociate FAST Policy.
Step 9	On the Reassociate FAST Policy to Storage Group screen, choose the FAST policy that you want to reassociate with the storage group and click Submit.

Modifying the FAST Storage Group Priority

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a storage group.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Storage Groups.
Step 7	Click the row with the storage group that you want to update.
Step 8	Click Modify Fast Priority.
Step 9	On the Modify FAST Storage Group Priority dialog box, choose the new FAST priority for the storage group and click Submit. The valid range for the priority is from 1 to 3.

Modifying FAST Settings for a Storage Group

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a storage group.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Storage Groups.

Step 7

Click the row with the storage group that you want to update.

Step 8

Click Modify Fast Settings.

Step 9

On the Modify FAST Settings screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Storage Resource Pool	Select a new storage resource pool for the storage group.
Service Level Objective	Select the new service level objective for the storage group.

Step 10

Click Submit.

Fully Automated Storage Tiering

Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) automatically moves data between storage tiers. For example, FAST can do the following:

Move very active data to high-performance storage tiers
Move inactive data to low-cost, high-capacity storage tiers

FAST policies dictate how the performance and cost are optimized for the associated storage tier while the automation of FAST means that your storage system has no added management constraints compared with slower and more expensive systems. A FAST system always monitors and identifies the current activity levels of your data and moves the active data and inactive data to the most appropriate storage tier (according to your policies).

FAST Policies
FAST Controllers
FAST Status

FAST Policies

A FAST policy is a set of tier usage rules that you can apply to your storage groups. A FAST policy can include up to three tiers and assigns an upper usage limit for each tier. The usage limit specifies the maximum percentage of the storage group that the FAST controller can allocate to a particular tier. Policy settings allow you to control and manage automated activity.

Creating a FAST Policy
Adding Storage Tiers to a FAST Policy
Removing Storage Tiers from a FAST Policy
Modifying the Maximum Storage Group Capacity for a Storage Tier in a FAST Policy
Renaming a FAST Policy

Creating a FAST Policy

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to create a FAST policy.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Fast Policies.

Step 7

Click Create.

Step 8

On the Create FAST Policy screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Fast Policy Name field	A unique name for the FAST policy.
Storage Tier Name field	Choose up to three storage tiers that you want to associate with this FAST policy.
Max Storage Group Capacity of Tier (%) field	Specify the maximum percentage of the storage group that the FAST controller can allocate to the storage tier The valid range is from 1 to 100, as a percentage of the total storage group capacity.

Step 9

Click Submit.

Adding Storage Tiers to a FAST Policy

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a FAST policy.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Fast Policies.

Step 7

Click the row with the FAST policy that you want to update.

Step 8

Click Add Storage Tiers.

Step 9

On the Add Storage Tiers to Fast Policy screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Select Storage Tier field	Choose the storage tier that you want to associate with this FAST policy.
Max Storage Group Capacity of Tier (%) field	Specify the maximum percentage of the storage group that the FAST controller can allocate to the storage tier The valid range is from 1 to 100, as a percentage of the total storage group capacity.

Step 10

Click Submit.

Removing Storage Tiers from a FAST Policy

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a FAST policy.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Fast Policies.
Step 7	Click the row with the FAST policy that you want to update.
Step 8	Click Remove Storage Tiers.
Step 9	On the Remove Storage Tiers From Fast Policy screen, choose the storage tier that you want to remove and click Submit.

Modifying the Maximum Storage Group Capacity for a Storage Tier in a FAST Policy

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a FAST policy.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Fast Policies.

Step 7

Click the row with the FAST policy that you want to update.

Step 8

Click Modify Storage Tiers.

Step 9

On the Modify Storage Tiers in a Fast Policy screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Select Storage Tier field	Choose the storage tier that you want to modify.
Max Storage Group Capacity of Tier (%) field	Change the maximum percentage of the storage group that the FAST controller can allocate to the storage tier The valid range is from 1 to 100, as a percentage of the total storage group capacity.

Step 10

Click Submit.

Renaming a FAST Policy

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update a FAST policy.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Fast Policies.
Step 7	Click the row with the FAST policy that you want to rename.
Step 8	Click Rename.
Step 9	On the Rename FAST Policy screen, enter the new FAST policy name and click Submit.

FAST Controllers

FAST can be configured to operate in the following modes:

AUTO_APPROVE mode—Configuration change plans are generated and executed at the beginning of each inclusion device movement window based on the defined policy.
USER_APPROVE mode—Configuration change plans are generated but not executed until they have been approved by a user. All change plans and data movements must be explicitly approved prior to being executed.

Modifying FAST Controller Settings

Modifying FAST Controller Settings

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to modify the FAST controller settings.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click FAST Controller.

Step 7

Click Modify FAST Controller Setting.

Step 8

On the Modify FAST Controller Setting screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Data Movement Approval Mode drop-down list	Choose one of the following to determine how data movements will be approved: USER_APPROVE AUTO APPROVE USER APPROVE is the default setting.
Max Simultaneous Device Moves field	The number of maximum simultaneous device moves permitted. The valid range is 2 to 32.
Max Devices Moves Per Dayy field	The number of maximum simultaneous device moves permitted per day. The valid range is 2 to 200.
Min Initial Workload Period (hrs) field	The minimum initial workload period (in hours). The valid range is 2 to the current value.
Workload Analysis Period (hrs) field	The workload analysis period (in hours). The valid range is 2 to 672.
Swap Not Visible Devices drop-down list	Choose one of the following: Enable—Permits the FAST controller to use configured but unmasked/unapped devices that are not visible to the host for FAST swaps. Disable—FAST swaps can only happen between devices that belong to storage groups that are associated with a FAST policy.
Allow Only Swap drop-down list	Choose one of the following: Enable the ability to swap only devices. Disable
FAST VP Data Movement Mode drop-down list	Choose to enable or disable (None) the FAST VP Data Movement Mode. Auto is the default mode.
FAST VP Data Relocation Rate field	The FAST VP Data Relocation Rate value. The valid range is 1 to 10.
Thin Pool Reserved Capacity (%) field	The Thin Pool Reserved Capacity (%) ) value. The valid range is 1 to 80.
VP Allocation By FAST policy field	Choose the Thin Pool Reserved Capacity (%) value. The default value is Enabled.
FAST VP Time to Compress (Days) field	The FAST VP Time to Compress (Days) value. The valid range is from 40 to 400 days or never.
FAST VP Compression Rate field	The FAST VP Time to Compress (Days) value. The valid range is from 1 to 10.

Step 9

Click Submit.

FAST Status

The FAST Status allows to you modify the FAST state of your storage tiers. You can choose one of the following types:

Disk Group Provisioned
Virtual Group Provisioned

Modifying the FAST State
Renaming the FAST Service Level Objective

Modifying the FAST State

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to modify the FAST state.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click FAST Status.

Step 7

Click Modify FAST State.

Step 8

On the Modify VMAX FAST State screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
FAST Type drop-down list	Choose the desired FAST Type to change the state.
Enable check box	If checked, enables the FAST state.

Step 9

Click Submit.

Renaming the FAST Service Level Objective

Step 1	Choose Physical > Storage.
Step 2	On the Storage page, choose the pod.
Step 3	On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.
Step 4	Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to update the FAST SLO.
Step 5	Click View Details.
Step 6	Click Fast Policies.
Step 7	Click FAST SLO.
Step 8	Click Rename.
Step 9	On the Rename FAST SLO Name screen, enter a new SLO name and click Submit.

Port Groups

A VMAX port group is a collection of front-end ports.

Creating a Port Group

Creating a Port Group

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to create a port group.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Port Groups.

Step 7

Click Create.

Step 8

On the Create Port Group screen, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Port Group Name field	The port group name.
Select Port Group Name pop-up	Select the port(s) you want to include in the port group.
Select Items field	Chose the director port for the port group.

Step 9

Click Submit.

Masking Views

VMAX designates three types of auto-provisioning groups: storage groups, port groups, and initiator groups. These three groups work together as a masking view.

The masking view ensures that the target initiators in an initiator group can access the target storage resources in a storage group by means of the target ports in a port group.

Masking views are also useful for making changes to how the storage is presented. Changes to groups that belong to a masking view, such as adding a device or port, are automatically reflected in the masking view.

Creating a Masking View

Creating a Masking View

Before You Begin

You must create a storage group, initiator group, host LUN, and port group.

You must also attach devices to the storage group.

Step 1

Choose Physical > Storage.

Step 2

On the Storage page, choose the pod.

Step 3

On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts.

Step 4

Click the row with the EMC VMAX account where you want to create a port group.

Step 5

Click View Details.

Step 6

Click Masking Views.

Step 7

Click Create.

Step 8

On the Create Masking Views screen, complete the following fields:

Name

Description

Masking View Name field

A unique name for the masking view.

Select Storage Group Name field

Choose the storage group you want to include in the masking view.

Host LUN ID field

The host LUN ID for the storage group.

Note

If you do not specify a LUN ID, the Host LUN ID is autogenerated.

Select Initiator Group Name field

Choose the initiator group you want to include in the masking view.

Select Port Group Namefield

Choose the port group you want to include in the masking view.

Step 9

Click Submit.

VMAX Properties File

You can configure certain parameters in the VMAX properties file (vmax.properties), which is located in the /opt/infra/inframgr folder.

Action or Task Retry Parameters

By default, the VMAX properties file is configured to automatically resubmit a service request or action if a workflow fails because too many tasks or actions are being executed simultaneously. This configuration reduces the level of user intervention required in this scenario.

Parameter

Description

Default Value

emc.vmax.retryMessages

The error message that displays if a workflow fails because too many tasks or actions are being executed simultaneously. If this error message is captured for a task or action, that task or action is automatically re-executed.

Default Error Message:

The SYMAPI database file is already locked by another process

Note

To include nore than one message, enter comma-separated messages.

emc.vmax.maxIterationCount

The maximum number of attempts to be made if the VMAX response contains the message specified in the retryMessages property.

Default value: 20

emc.vmax.sleepTime

The time (in ms) that the retry operation waits before it connects to the VMAX device to execute the command.

Default value: 30000 ms (30 sec)

VMAX Sym Device Inventory Collection

By default, Cisco UCS Director collects the sym device inventory for every 500 devices. You can change this default in the VMAX properties file.

Parameter	Description	Default Value
emc.vmax.inventory.symdev.count	The number of VMAX devices for which inventory is collected. This parameter can be useful to reduce the inventory time required if the VMAX system has a large number of sym devices.	Default value: 500

Editing the VMAX Properties File

Editing the VMAX Properties File

Step 1	In a terminal, log in to Cisco UCS Director with root credentials.
Step 2	Type `cd /opt/infra/inframgr` and press `Enter`.
Step 3	Type `vi vmax.properties` and press `Enter`.
Step 4	Change the desired property and save the file. Your configuration changes are applied immediately.

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Creating a Thin Device

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Creating A Thin Pool

Binding Thin Devices to a Thin Pool

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BCV Devices

Creating a BCV Device

Data Devices

Creating a Data Device

Regular Devices

Creating a Regular Device

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Meta Member Devices

Creating a Meta Device

Adding a Member Device to a Meta Device

Removing a Member Device from a Meta Device

Dissolving a Meta Device

Adding a Member Device to a Meta Device (Striped Configuration)

Initiator Groups

Creating an Initiator Group

Storage Tiers

Creating a Storage Tier

Adding a Thin Pool to a Storage Tier

Removing a Thin Pool from a Storage Tier

Adding a Disk Group to a Storage Tier

Renaming a Storage Tier

Deleting a Storage Tier

Storage Groups

Creating an Empty Storage Group

Creating a Cascaded Storage Group

Deleting a Storage Group

Renaming a Storage Group

Adding a Device to a Storage Group

Removing a Device from a Storage Group

Removing a Child Storage Group from a Cascaded Storage Group

Associating a FAST Policy with a Storage Group

Disassociating a FAST Policy from a Storage Group

Reassociating a FAST Policy with a Storage Group

Modifying the FAST Storage Group Priority

Modifying FAST Settings for a Storage Group

Fully Automated Storage Tiering

FAST Policies

Creating a FAST Policy

Adding Storage Tiers to a FAST Policy

Removing Storage Tiers from a FAST Policy

Modifying the Maximum Storage Group Capacity for a Storage Tier in a FAST Policy

Renaming a FAST Policy

FAST Controllers

Modifying FAST Controller Settings

FAST Status

Modifying the FAST State

Renaming the FAST Service Level Objective

Port Groups

Creating a Port Group

Masking Views

Creating a Masking View

VMAX Properties File

Action or Task Retry Parameters

VMAX Sym Device Inventory Collection