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EMC Symmetrix: VCMDB and ACLX

March 29, 2010 By Devang Panchigar Leave a Comment

If you work with EMC Symmetrix systems, you know the importance of VCMDB. Introduced with Symmetrix 4.0 and used in every generation after that, VCMDB stands for Volume Control Manager Database). Also in the latest generation of systems the VCM device is at times also referenced as VCM Gatekeeper.

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: 6 cylinder, 96 cylinder, Access Control Logix, Access Logix Clariion, ACLX, channels, DMX, dmx-3, dmx-4, DMX2, EMC Symmetrix, ESN Manager, Fibre, fibrepath, HBA, Host, hypers, Ionix Control Center, iSCSI, SFS Volumes, SMC, solutions enabler, splits, SYMAPI, Symcli, Symmetrix File System, V-Max, VCM, VCM Edit Director Flag, VCM Gatekeeper, vcmdb, Volume Control Manager Database, Volume Logix

EMC Symmetrix: Bin File

March 22, 2010 By Devang Panchigar 2 Comments

EMC Symmetrix BIN file, largely an unknown topic in the storage industry and practically there is no available information related to it. This post is just an attempt to shed some light as to what a BIN file is, how it works, what’s in it and why is it essential with the Enginuity code.

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: back end, Bin File, binary file, bus, CKD, Directors, dmx-4, Drives, e-lab navigator, ECC, EMC, Engines, Enginuity Code, ESCON, FC, FICON, flags, front end, gbe, IML, IMPL, Ionix, loop, memory, osd, Ports, rf, Serial Number, Slots, SMC, solutions enabler, SRDF, SYMAPI, Symcli, Symmetrix, Symmetrix Management Console, V-Max, Volumes, VPN

EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 and Symmetrix V-Max: Basic Differences

July 7, 2009 By Devang Panchigar 1 Comment

In this post we will cover some important aspects / properties / characteristics / differences between the EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 and EMC Symmetrix V-Max. It seems like a lot of users are searching on blog posts about this information. From a high level, I have tried to cover the differences in terms of performance and [...]

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: 5772, 5773, 5874, cache, Differences, Directors, dmx-4, Drives, EMC, Engines, FAST, performance, solutions enabler, SRDF, Symmetrix, Symmetrix Management Console, V-Max

EMC Symmetrix V-Max: Enginuity 5874

July 1, 2009 By Devang Panchigar Leave a Comment

EMC Symmetrix V-Max systems were introduced back in the month of April 2009. With this new generation of Symmetrix came a new name V-Max and a new Enginuity family of microcode 5874.

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: 5874, dmx-4, dynamic provisioning, EMC Symmetrix, Enginuity, microcode, provisioning, raid virtual architecture, solutions enabler, SRDF, Symmetrix Management Console, V-Max, virtual lun

EMC Symmetrix: VCMDB and ACLX

EMC Symmetrix: Bin File

EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 and Symmetrix V-Max: Basic Differences

EMC Symmetrix V-Max: Enginuity 5874

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