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BOOT FROM SAN SUPPORT
NDM supports hosts that boot directly from the VMAX. The host boot BIOS must be updated to point to the target volume so that when
the host is rebooted at a later date it will find the volume containing the operating system. For details on boot drive configuration please
refer to the vendor specific HBA management guide or BIOS guides.
Please refer to one of the Dell
EMC’s host connectivity guides for more additional information regarding Boot from SAN configuration
guidelines.
RECOGNIZING THE NDM RDF GROUP
The RDF group created for NDM between two arrays can be identified by its label. The label follows the format of M_XXXXYYYY,
where ‘XXXX’ is the last four digits of the lower numbered VMAX and ‘YYYY’ is the last four digits of the higher numbered VMAX. This
group will be used for all NDM migrations between the two arrays.
In this example, the arrays are 000197800129 and 000195703184, making the NDM RDF group label M_01293184. Unisphere will
detect and use best available RDF ports for the NDM RDF group.
Note: The NDM RDF group should not be removed or relabeled. Doing either will cause NDM operations to fail.
Figure 2. NDM RDF Group
SETTING UP MULTIPE NDM RELATIONSHIPS
Multiple environment setup operations can be performed for a single source array, provided that a different target array is specified for
each migration environment. All NDM RDF groups on a source or target array can be in use simultaneously, for concurrent migrations
to, or from, an array.
For example, a single VMAX3 or All Flash target array can have multiple NDM RDF groups, each connected to one of four different
source VMAX arrays. This means that the VMAX3 array can be the target of migrations from each of those four VMAX arrays.
Likewise, a single VMAX source array can have multiple NDM RDF groups, each connected to one of four different target VMAX3 or All
Flash arrays. This means that the VMAX array can be the source of migrations to each of those four VMAX3 or All Flash arrays.
When migrations are completed, separate environment remove operations are required for each array pair. The environment remove
operation removes the NDM RDF group between the two arrays, provided that no devices on either array have an RDF mirror in the
NDM RDF group.
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