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Welcome to the Ask the Expert Discussion following our Redefine Possible announcement for VMAX.

VMAX 3 is the industry’s first data services platform purpose built for hybrid clouds. It delivers the agility and economics of the cloud with the power and trust VMAX is known for. From Service Level Objective Provisioning, to direct backup to DataDomain and an open converged platform, ask all your questions about the capabilities of the new VMAX3 is here!

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Nancy Houlihan joined EMC in 2000 and is the Director of Product Management for VMAX Platforms in the Enterprise & Mid-Range Systems Division. Nancy leads a team responsible for maintaining the current VMAX platforms as well identifying requirements for future platforms and developing the accompanying product roadmap and go-to-market strategy. Prior to joining EMC, Nancy held positions in sales and engineering at technology companies including IBM, AT&T, and EDS. Nancy is an alumni of the University of Notre Dame. Go Irish!

Frank Nicolo grew up in the northeast (USA); Throughout his career Frank has been based on the east coast in high tech positions working for DEC, DG, EMC; west coast with Apple Computer for several years. Frank launched the first enterprise flash drives on DMX-4 in 2008, as well as the original VMAX arrays, and the VMAX 10K, 20K, 40K models.

Paul Lorusso grew up and still lives in the Boston area and has worked for a number of High Tech companies including Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq Computer Corporation, Hewlett Packard, and most recently EMC Corporation. He has extensive experience in Design Engineering, Engineering Management, Program Mangement and Product Management, primarily in the server and storage arenas. He holds a BSME from Northeastern University and an MBA from Babson College.

Brian Sullivan is a consultant product manager within the VMAX business unit, focused on next-generation platform requirements. Brian first joined EMC in 1993 as a hardware design engineer. He rejoined EMC in 2012, after 16 years at Intel. Brian has over 20 years experience leading product strategy, definition, and launch of technology-based products for Enterprise, Communications, and Embedded Markets.

Tom O'Neill has been at EMC for 15 years and has worked on a large number of software products over that time. Tom currently works on VMAX and is primarily focused on the software running on the next generation platform. Other areas Tom works in include packaging, electronic licensing and internal ecosystem.

Among the other products I've worked on during my time at EMC include Replication Manager/AppSync, RecoverPoint, Networker, Invista/VPLEX, PowerPath and ProSphere.

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RobertoAraujo1 · Answer

This discussion is open for questions. We look forward to a lively and informative event. Best regards, Roberto

Anonymous User · Answer

Hi Team, I want to know 'how Hypermax OS is different than the earlier OE/OS' (what extra does it have to offer to users/customers) ? Thanks Rakesh

Anonymous User · Answer

Thank You for answering it. Thanks Rakesh

PaulDLorusso · Answer

Hi Alexander, For VMAX3 we have gone to Native SAS 6Gbs BE. Best, Paul

alkhvo · Answer

Hello Expert Team!

What about back-end at VMAX3? Is it still FC? Or there are 4x6 Gbit SAS lines like at VNX?

As far as I know there were SAS drives at VMAX 10/20/40k, but also there was small converter SAS-to-FC on each drive because of FC back-end.

And one more question.

Does it support Unishpere for VMAX only? What about legacy SMC?

Regards, Alexander.

alkhvo · Answer

You wrote: The initial release of DVM allows Front and Back End Cores to be pooled together to insure overloaded ports receive as many resources as they require to keep the array running optimally.

Does it mean that any front-end port can be serviced by any Core any CPU? Are there no any "hard binding" betwenn ports and cpu`s?

Where can I find more information about DVM?

Thanks.

Anonymous User · Answer

Hi Tom, Is it (Unisphere) with new architecture or some more features got added and what is the version, if existing ones ? Thanx Rakesh

RRR · Answer

so how many 6 Gb lanes in each SAS connection? As Alkhvo asked and stated, the VNX has a 4 lane 6 Gb SAS connection, so the BE ports on the storage processors can handle 4 x 6 = 24 Gbps. How about the VMAX3?

Gabriel_Saint · Answer

Hi.

Can I reuse somehow my old VMAXes by virtualizing them under a new VMAX3?

What about other vendors systems, can they be virtualized under VMAX3 and integrated on the service levels provision system ?

Thanks!

RRR · Answer

I would assume that just about any 'old' storage array van be virtualized, right?

Gabriel_Saint · Answer

Well, I assume the support will be restricted to a limited list of devices, due to testing limitations. 'Any old storage array' is... a lot ;-)

PaulDLorusso · Answer

Hi, VMAX3 has implemented the same BE approach as described below for VNX. Best, Paul

PaulDLorusso · Answer

Hi, Your question is essentially around FTS support. This is not available at GA, and is targeted for future release. Best, Paul

alkhvo · Answer

is vmax3 engine and vnx8000 storage processor the same? If so, vmax3 engine takes less units at cabinet. Is it still 8 engines maximum for one system? what is the maximum drives limit? How many drive enclosures sharing the same sas bus at the maximum configuration of vmax3 (max disk enclosures at daisy chained sas bus)?

IS it it still using heavy SPS batteries?

was SRDF technology modified? Can one sync DMX4 and vmax3 via SRDF?

is there still maximum 4 mirror positions for 1 device?

does new uni sphere for vmax still require gate keepers devs for controlling vmax3?

Sorry for the rain of questions, hope somedoby answer at least half of them)

regards, Alexander

PaulDLorusso · Answer

Alkhvo,

Many of the questions you ask can be found as outlined in the VMAX3 Specification sheet to which I am providing a link. We still use SPS, but are not using Lead Acid and have moved to LiON batteries which are considerably lighter. VMAX 400K expands to 8 engines—please review the Spec Sheet.

http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/specification-sheet/h13217-vmax3-ss.pdf

Regards,

Paul

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