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VNX 5200 Enablers
Hi all. We got the 2x VNX 5200's installed and turned on and running.
However, none of the features are working.
I located a bunch of CD's with the following enablers on them, but I don't know what to do with these files.
How does one go about "loading" these enablers onto the array to activate the features?
CompressionEnabler-01.01.5.008-fleet64_free.ena
DeduplicationEnabler-01.01.5.001-armada64_free.ena
EMC_VEE_PACK_WIN32_4_8_5.EXE
EMC_VEE_PACK_X64_4_8_5.EXE
FASTCacheEnabler-01.01.5.008-fleet64_free.ena
FASTEnabler-01.01.5.008-fleet64_free.ena
MirrorViewEnabler-01.01.5.002-xpfree.ena
MVAEnabler-01.01.5.002-xpfree.ena
QoSManagerEnabler-01.01.5.001-xpfree.ena
SnapViewEnabler-01.01.5.002-xpfree.ena
ThinProvisioning-01.01.5.008-fleet64_free.ena
VNXSnapshot-01.01.5.001.ena
Rainer_EMC
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July 15th, 2015 09:00
https://support.emc.com/search/?text=VNX%20how%20install%20enabler&resource=SOL
pchassang
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July 15th, 2015 09:00
Hi Usao,
If you purchased full features pack with your VNX. You have right to install them.
You need USM (Unisphere Service Manager) to install enablers.
You need two times, first with FAST features
second with other enablers
You can find USM on EMC support site.
Follow instruction, and if you are partner download "EMC Solve Desktop" and generate procedure.
Hope i help you.
Pascal
usao
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July 15th, 2015 10:00
I downloaded the Unisphere Service Manager, and then registered the arrays.
There seems to be an option where you can place both VNX arrays in a single Domain where I assume that management tasks are centralized? Is that a good idea (placing both VNX in a single domain)?
What are the pros/cons of doing that?
victory_is_mine
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July 15th, 2015 13:00
Why do you need to install FAST enablers separately?
usao
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July 15th, 2015 14:00
Got all the enabler files loaded to the array successfully.
As for FAST, we don't even have any SSD drives, just a single tray of 900GB SAS drives.
We may not need all the enablers, but since they gave them to us, might as well enable everything we got.
dynamox
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July 15th, 2015 15:00
certain enablers consume cache.
dynamox
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July 15th, 2015 18:00
as far as your question about placing both arrays in one domain, i don't see why not. It sure simplifies the management, you don't have to jump from one Unisphere GUI to other, much easier to configure MirrorView/SANCopy.
Rainer_EMC
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July 16th, 2015 01:00
Yes – so it makes sense to NOT install enabler that you wont use right now
brettesinclair
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July 16th, 2015 05:00
Without and flash and only 1 type of disk architecture inthe array, there's no real point in installing the FAST enablers.
gvaidman
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July 19th, 2015 18:00
>> Without and flash and only 1 type of disk architecture inthe array, there's no real point in installing the FAST enablers.
This is not entirely true. Even with a single tier of storage in your pool, FAST VP will relocate hot slices across your pool to reduce hot spots. See https://www.emc.com/collateral/software/white-papers/h10938-vnx-best-practices-wp.pdf page 20: "Enable FAST VP on a pool, even if the pool only contains a single tier, to provide ongoing load balancing of LUNs across available drives based on slice temperature."
brettesinclair
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July 20th, 2015 01:00
Fair point, I agree. But I don't really recall seeing much data move intra-tier on a single tier pool unless it's after an expansion and subsequent rebalance. Won't hurt though