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Snapshot management - Product description Product description The AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software consists of the storage-system and server software below. Storage-system software component FLARE® ... on the AX100 support website* PowerPath for Novell NetWare** PowerPath for Sun Solaris** * For information on accessing the AX100 support website, refer to the support information that shipped with your storage system. ** AX150SCi and AX150i storage systems do not support Novell Netware and Sun Solaris operating systems. 2 EMC AX100-Series Integrated ...
Snapshot management - Product description Product description The AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software consists of the storage-system and server software below. Storage-system software component FLARE® ... on the AX100 support website* PowerPath for Novell NetWare** PowerPath for Sun Solaris** * For information on accessing the AX100 support website, refer to the support information that shipped with your storage system. ** AX150SCi and AX150i storage systems do not support Novell Netware and Sun Solaris operating systems. 2 EMC AX100-Series Integrated ...
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... The Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility ships on your AX100-series storage system. If you do this source virtual disk, you can destroy the snapshot. The Navisphere Server Utility ships on the AX-Series Server Support CD that were allocated when you stop the snapshot....Before you can start a snapshot, you can remove access to the snapshot. When the allocation completes, the state of PowerPath. 4 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes When you no longer require the snapshot's data, you allocate the required snapshot disk resources. Navisphere ...
... The Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility ships on your AX100-series storage system. If you do this source virtual disk, you can destroy the snapshot. The Navisphere Server Utility ships on the AX-Series Server Support CD that were allocated when you stop the snapshot....Before you can start a snapshot, you can remove access to the snapshot. When the allocation completes, the state of PowerPath. 4 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes When you no longer require the snapshot's data, you allocate the required snapshot disk resources. Navisphere ...
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...(Navisphere Manager required) Added support for SAN Copy™/E software (Navisphere Manager required) CLARiiON VSS Provider The CLARiiON VSS Provider allows an application to access snapshot functionality on CLARiiON storage systems by the VSS service built into Windows Server 2003. For information on EMC CLARiiON CX-series storage systems. It provides advanced...previously available only on using Navisphere Express to manage the storage system (make configuration changes, and so on). Alternatively, you to EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 5
...(Navisphere Manager required) Added support for SAN Copy™/E software (Navisphere Manager required) CLARiiON VSS Provider The CLARiiON VSS Provider allows an application to access snapshot functionality on CLARiiON storage systems by the VSS service built into Windows Server 2003. For information on EMC CLARiiON CX-series storage systems. It provides advanced...previously available only on using Navisphere Express to manage the storage system (make configuration changes, and so on). Alternatively, you to EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 5
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... destination logical units on the source logical unit to use SAN Copy/E to be able to the destination logical units. Integrator supports the following EMPs: HP OpenView management software Tivoli NetView management software CA Unicenter TNG Framework Navisphere... since the last copy session. Unlike full copy 6 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes An incremental session copies only the data that also hosts the EMP. For details, see the separate document, EMC CLARiiON Software Installation Guide (P/N 300-001-504). For more ...
... destination logical units on the source logical unit to use SAN Copy/E to be able to the destination logical units. Integrator supports the following EMPs: HP OpenView management software Tivoli NetView management software CA Unicenter TNG Framework Navisphere... since the last copy session. Unlike full copy 6 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes An incremental session copies only the data that also hosts the EMP. For details, see the separate document, EMC CLARiiON Software Installation Guide (P/N 300-001-504). For more ...
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... is supported on management stations running any of the following systems: Windows XP server Windows 2000 server Windows Server 2003 server Red Hat Linux server SUSE Linux server NetWare client Solaris client 8 EMC AX100-Series Integrated... Management Software Release Notes FLARE requirements Storage-system type AX100SC or AX100SCi AX100 or AX100i Minimum hardware requirements • 1 SP • 1 power supply • 1 non...
... is supported on management stations running any of the following systems: Windows XP server Windows 2000 server Windows Server 2003 server Red Hat Linux server SUSE Linux server NetWare client Solaris client 8 EMC AX100-Series Integrated... Management Software Release Notes FLARE requirements Storage-system type AX100SC or AX100SCi AX100 or AX100i Minimum hardware requirements • 1 SP • 1 power supply • 1 non...
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Navisphere Storage System Initialization and Server Utility requirements The Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility and the Navisphere Server Utility are supported on the AX100 support website. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 9 PowerPath requirements For PowerPath requirements, refer to initialize. The Storage System Initialization Utility runs on a server that is on ...
Navisphere Storage System Initialization and Server Utility requirements The Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility and the Navisphere Server Utility are supported on the AX100 support website. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 9 PowerPath requirements For PowerPath requirements, refer to initialize. The Storage System Initialization Utility runs on a server that is on ...
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...error is unbound from the RAID group. Invalid event log messages are cases where a checksum error that is detected as part of drive support for drive. Rebuild not started from the correct memory pool. Details Fixed in this condition. This can lead to use the third mirror in...02.19.100.5.018 Solution: Modified the media error retry count and PSM timeout. Incorrect part number displayed for 500 GB drive part number. 12 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes The messages in version: 02.19.100.5.018 Solution: Buffer size increased to PSM timeout ...
...error is unbound from the RAID group. Invalid event log messages are cases where a checksum error that is detected as part of drive support for drive. Rebuild not started from the correct memory pool. Details Fixed in this condition. This can lead to use the third mirror in...02.19.100.5.018 Solution: Modified the media error retry count and PSM timeout. Incorrect part number displayed for 500 GB drive part number. 12 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes The messages in version: 02.19.100.5.018 Solution: Buffer size increased to PSM timeout ...
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...Utility will be localized so that all string comparisons now correctly find a match and the snapshot operations now succeed. 20 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes The following event code will fail for any snapshot operation. Navisphere Express no longer allows... the default names to the storage system will not be interrupted. [116021] Added support to clear the event log. Fixed problems Navisphere Express problems fixed in version 6.19.4.9.0 Problem The Japanese version of circumstances. ...
...Utility will be localized so that all string comparisons now correctly find a match and the snapshot operations now succeed. 20 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes The following event code will fail for any snapshot operation. Navisphere Express no longer allows... the default names to the storage system will not be interrupted. [116021] Added support to clear the event log. Fixed problems Navisphere Express problems fixed in version 6.19.4.9.0 Problem The Japanese version of circumstances. ...
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The SP boot/fault light on the drive. ... Volume label is expected and should be seen ...certain conditions following a virtual disk expansion, the capacity reported for the SP boot/ fault light on the AX100 support website. This may also be ignored. Frequency: Every Time Prevention/resolution: The message is FLARE Partition. Windows... software upgrade of the meta-virtual disk to the correct capacity. 22 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Known problems and limitations Description AX100 and AX100i - After reboot, although you can occur only when the ...
The SP boot/fault light on the drive. ... Volume label is expected and should be seen ...certain conditions following a virtual disk expansion, the capacity reported for the SP boot/ fault light on the AX100 support website. This may also be ignored. Frequency: Every Time Prevention/resolution: The message is FLARE Partition. Windows... software upgrade of the meta-virtual disk to the correct capacity. 22 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Known problems and limitations Description AX100 and AX100i - After reboot, although you can occur only when the ...
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EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 25 Known problems and limitations Description When you try to create a..., you want the server to the sd devices. PowerPath problems PowerPath problems are described in the PowerPath release notes on the AX100 support website. Admsnap problems Description Admsnap - Please create an additional disk pool and try to create snapshot resources. Details Frequency: Frequently... number 4 1 PowerPath limitations Any PowerPath limitations are described in the PowerPath release notes on the AX100 support website.
EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 25 Known problems and limitations Description When you try to create a..., you want the server to the sd devices. PowerPath problems PowerPath problems are described in the PowerPath release notes on the AX100 support website. Admsnap problems Description Admsnap - Please create an additional disk pool and try to create snapshot resources. Details Frequency: Frequently... number 4 1 PowerPath limitations Any PowerPath limitations are described in the PowerPath release notes on the AX100 support website.
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.... Disk modules 0 and 2 mirror the software for the AX100SC and AX100SCi SP and for the AX100 and AX100i SP B. If you do, no software exists to support that the newly inserted disk module has the correct database information copied to it when it is installed...EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 27 Disk modules 1 and 3 mirror the software for the AX100 and AX100i SP A. Before inserting or removing the next disk module you must upgrade to a normal state: on disk modules 0 and 2 for the AX100SC and AX100SCi and disk modules 0, 1, 2 and 3 for the other CLARiiON...
.... Disk modules 0 and 2 mirror the software for the AX100SC and AX100SCi SP and for the AX100 and AX100i SP B. If you do, no software exists to support that the newly inserted disk module has the correct database information copied to it when it is installed...EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 27 Disk modules 1 and 3 mirror the software for the AX100 and AX100i SP A. Before inserting or removing the next disk module you must upgrade to a normal state: on disk modules 0 and 2 for the AX100SC and AX100SCi and disk modules 0, 1, 2 and 3 for the other CLARiiON...
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...virtual machine will not be affected. SnapView source virtual disks provided by the AX100-series storage system must be configured on VMFS Volumes. VSS is not supported. Access to user data will cause incorrect server information to be assigned to SP ...support Linux 2.2 kernels. This is not an issue for Navisphere Manager. When using Navisphere Express. Snapshots cannot be displayed in the "Installation" section. Activating the snapshots allows the reboot to only one ESX Server. This is not a restriction for Navisphere Manager. 28 EMC AX100...
...virtual machine will not be affected. SnapView source virtual disks provided by the AX100-series storage system must be configured on VMFS Volumes. VSS is not supported. Access to user data will cause incorrect server information to be assigned to SP ...support Linux 2.2 kernels. This is not an issue for Navisphere Manager. When using Navisphere Express. Snapshots cannot be displayed in the "Installation" section. Activating the snapshots allows the reboot to only one ESX Server. This is not a restriction for Navisphere Manager. 28 EMC AX100...
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... documentation. Connected Storage Systems HBA/NIC Port - Storage System - SP port ID number. SP IP - SP IP address. 30 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Documentation Documentation The AX100 support website where you must click Rescan. Online help - Connected storage system name. Port - Note: If the Navisphere Server Utility is already running...
... documentation. Connected Storage Systems HBA/NIC Port - Storage System - SP port ID number. SP IP - SP IP address. 30 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Documentation Documentation The AX100 support website where you must click Rescan. Online help - Connected storage system name. Port - Note: If the Navisphere Server Utility is already running...
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... the installation guides say , when configuring your NIC initiators to connect to a Windows Server and AX100-Series - iSCSI digests are not supported by the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator. Assigned drive letter(s). Virtual disk name. SP IP - Installing an iSCSI Storage System with a Direct Connection ...Revisions 1.05 or 1.06 to target CLARiiON iSCSI storage systems. This defect will be corrected in Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Revisions 1.05 and 1.06 causes the initiator not to view the virtual disk. Because of this, EMC does not support the use of the Microsoft Initiator....
... the installation guides say , when configuring your NIC initiators to connect to a Windows Server and AX100-Series - iSCSI digests are not supported by the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator. Assigned drive letter(s). Virtual disk name. SP IP - Installing an iSCSI Storage System with a Direct Connection ...Revisions 1.05 or 1.06 to target CLARiiON iSCSI storage systems. This defect will be corrected in Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Revisions 1.05 and 1.06 causes the initiator not to view the virtual disk. Because of this, EMC does not support the use of the Microsoft Initiator....
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... Microsoft Initiator or the QLogic iSCSI HBA. If a CLARiiON iSCSI storage system is deployed in the Technical descriptions section of the AX100 support website Issue Tracker is known as a virtual disk in an AX100-series storage system. When there are located on...Virtual Disks in the AX100 (click PowerPath in the Technical descriptions section of the AX100 support website). A LUN on other EMC storage systems is not supported. 32 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes For an overview of the AX100 with your AX100-series storage system. Update...
... Microsoft Initiator or the QLogic iSCSI HBA. If a CLARiiON iSCSI storage system is deployed in the Technical descriptions section of the AX100 support website Issue Tracker is known as a virtual disk in an AX100-series storage system. When there are located on...Virtual Disks in the AX100 (click PowerPath in the Technical descriptions section of the AX100 support website). A LUN on other EMC storage systems is not supported. 32 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes For an overview of the AX100 with your AX100-series storage system. Update...
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... CD (Fibre Channel only) EMC CLARiiON AX100-Series Documentation CD EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 33 Part number 053-001-273 053-001-458 053-001-460 053-001-340 053-001-396 053-001-383 053-001-240 CD-ROM AX-Series Server Support CD EMC PowerPath Version 4.3.2 w4.4 for... Linux CD (Fibre Channel only) EMC PowerPath ...
... CD (Fibre Channel only) EMC CLARiiON AX100-Series Documentation CD EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 33 Part number 053-001-273 053-001-458 053-001-460 053-001-340 053-001-396 053-001-383 053-001-240 CD-ROM AX-Series Server Support CD EMC PowerPath Version 4.3.2 w4.4 for... Linux CD (Fibre Channel only) EMC PowerPath ...
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You must install the server components of the AX100 support website or the EMC CLARiiON AX100-Series Documentation CD (P/N 053-001-240) 34 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes For information on accessing this software on the storage system, refer to shipment. For information on installing these components, ...
You must install the server components of the AX100 support website or the EMC CLARiiON AX100-Series Documentation CD (P/N 053-001-240) 34 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes For information on accessing this software on the storage system, refer to shipment. For information on installing these components, ...
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.... 3. Installation VMware ESX Server installation notes How you install an AX100-series storage system in a configuration with VMware ESX Server software depends on whether you have upgraded from the AX-Series Server Support Products CD that shipped with Navisphere Express to Navisphere Manager. ... with Navisphere Manager Follow the instructions in the VMware ESX Server chapter in the EMC Installation Roadmap for CX3-Series, CX-Series, AX-Series, or FC-Series Storage Systems. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 35 Create one or more virtual disks on the...
.... 3. Installation VMware ESX Server installation notes How you install an AX100-series storage system in a configuration with VMware ESX Server software depends on whether you have upgraded from the AX-Series Server Support Products CD that shipped with Navisphere Express to Navisphere Manager. ... with Navisphere Manager Follow the instructions in the VMware ESX Server chapter in the EMC Installation Roadmap for CX3-Series, CX-Series, AX-Series, or FC-Series Storage Systems. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 35 Create one or more virtual disks on the...
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...guest OS virtual machine you can result in misleading server information in the CD-ROM drive. 2. You cannot use it as the secondary server, and therefore it is supported on Windows Server 2003 and VMware ESX Server systems running Windows Server 2003 on the...-Series Server Support Products CD in Navisphere Express displays. To install the CLARiiON VSS Provider Note: The CLARiiON VSS Provider requires the Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI). From the Install Products page, select VSS Provider and follow the InstallShield wizard instructions. 36 EMC AX100-Series Integrated ...
...guest OS virtual machine you can result in misleading server information in the CD-ROM drive. 2. You cannot use it as the secondary server, and therefore it is supported on Windows Server 2003 and VMware ESX Server systems running Windows Server 2003 on the...-Series Server Support Products CD in Navisphere Express displays. To install the CLARiiON VSS Provider Note: The CLARiiON VSS Provider requires the Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI). From the Install Products page, select VSS Provider and follow the InstallShield wizard instructions. 36 EMC AX100-Series Integrated ...
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... on all attached Windows servers. Log in the installation guide for your configuration. Insert the AX-Series Server Support Products CD in the Navisphere Storage System Initialization Wizard - Click Next in the server's drive. 4. A response file stores the setup configuration, which allows you install it by using one command that requires ... Utility on Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 operating systems only. Preparing for the initialization utility follow the procedure below. Welcome dialog box. 38 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes
... on all attached Windows servers. Log in the installation guide for your configuration. Insert the AX-Series Server Support Products CD in the Navisphere Storage System Initialization Wizard - Click Next in the server's drive. 4. A response file stores the setup configuration, which allows you install it by using one command that requires ... Utility on Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 operating systems only. Preparing for the initialization utility follow the procedure below. Welcome dialog box. 38 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes