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placement. VASA offers the ability for vSphere administrators to complement their
use of plugins and other tools to track how VMAX devices hosting VMFS volume are
configured to meet performance and availability needs.
eNAS management interface
eNAS block and file storage is managed using the Unisphere for VMAX File Dashboard.
Link and launch enables you to run the block and file management GUI within the same
session.
The configuration wizard helps you create storage groups (automatically provisioned
to the Data Movers) quickly and easily. Creating a storage group creates a storage
pool in Unisphere for VNX that can be used for file level provisioning tasks.
ViPR suite
The EMC ViPR
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Suite delivers storage automation and management insights across
multi-vendor storage. It helps to improve efficiency and optimize storage resources,
while meeting service levels. The ViPR Suite provides self-service access to speed
service delivery, reducing dependencies on IT, and providing an easy to use cloud
experience.
ViPR Controller
ViPR Controller provides a single control plane for heterogeneous storage systems.
ViPR makes a multi-vendor storage environment look like one virtual array.
ViPR uses software adapters that connect to the underlying arrays. ViPR exposes the
APIs so any vendor, partner, or customer can build new adapters to add new arrays.
This creates an extensible “plug and play” storage environment that can automatically
connect to, discover and map arrays, hosts, and SAN fabrics.
ViPR enables the software-defined data center by helping users:
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Automate storage for multi-vendor block and file storage environments (control
plane, or ViPR Controller)
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Manage and analyze data objects (ViPR Object and HDFS Services) to create a
unified pool of data across file shares and commodity servers
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Create scalable, dynamic, commodity-based block storage (ViPR Block Service)
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Manage multiple data centers in different locations with single sign-on data access
from any data center
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Protect against data center failures using active-active functionality to replicate
data between geographically dispersed data centers
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Integrate with VMware and Microsoft compute stacks
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Migrate non-ViPR volumes into the ViPR environment (ViPR Migration Services
Host Migration Utility)
For ViPR Controller requirements, refer to the EMC ViPR Controller Support Matrix on
the EMC Online Support website.
ViPR Storage Resource Management
EMC ViPR SRM provides comprehensive monitoring, reporting, and analysis for
heterogeneous block, file, and virtualized storage environments.
Management Interfaces
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