Express makes it easy to manage ETERNUS Disk storage systems using ETERNUS functions such as Snapshots, Cloning or Remote copies.
Multiple storage management
Multiple ETERNUS Disk storage systems can be managed and monitored with 1 console. In addition, FibreCAT SX Disk storage system can be monitored.
Construction of the ETERNUS Disk storage system
ETERNUS SF Express provides a storage construction feature for ETERNUS Disk storage system. You can create RAID Groups and LUNs, and assign LUNs to server with a simple operation.
Health and status overview
The internal configurations of Disk storage systems, such as volumes and RAID groups are displayed in a list, so that they can easily be checked. Besides, the integrated management of multiple storage systems makes it easy to detect any error occurrence even if you do not pay attention to each individual storage system.
Advanced Copy setting wizard
Using a wizard makes it easier to set up Advanced Copy to hardware. This setting should be done before using Advanced Copy functions of the ETERNUS Disk storage system.
Advanced Copy functions
Advanced Copy functions offered by ETERNUS Disk storage systems can be set with ease by using the Express Web GUI.
Also, using the command line interface for Express enables a series of copy operations, so that the above functions are available for purposes of making scripts to work together with other programs and executing copy periodically using an OS scheduler.
Types of Advanced Copy are as follows.
Advanced Copy
Clone copy (EC)
Clone copy (OPC)
Clone copy (Quick OPC)
Snapshot copy (SnapOPC+)
Remote Advanced Copy
Remote Copy (REC)
Synchronous mode
Consistency mode
Stack mode
Note
A maximum of 8 snapshot copy sessions can be processed simultaneously.
When processing 9 or more snapshot sessions simultaneously or when executing clone copy or remote copy, option products are required. In addition, Advanced Copy License for ETERNUS Disk storage system is also required.
Performance management
The use of the GUI makes it possible to display in a graph the 24-hour performance information of the ETERNUS Disk storage system.
In addition, the command line operation makes it possible to output 1-hour or 24-hour performance information of the ETERNUS Disk storage system into a CSV file.
