1.2.3 New Functions of Storage Cruiser

The following device can be used from version 16.8.

ETERNUS DX S5 series, ETERNUS AF S3 series
The following functions can be used with this device. The support level is "A".
- Fault monitoring (receiving and analyzing SNMP Traps, monitoring polling with SNMP, and obtaining the device status)
- Linkage through management window
- Performance management
ETERNUS AX/HX series, ETERNUS AB/HB series
The following function can be used with this device. The support level is "E".
- Fault monitoring (receiving and analyzing SNMP Traps, monitoring polling with ping)
- Linkage through management window
VMware vSphere 7
The following function can be used with this device. The support level is "C".
- Fault monitoring (monitoring polling with VMware dedicated protocol, and obtaining the device status)

Refer to "Support Levels" in the Storage Cruiser Operation Guide for details.
Refer to the Event Guide for information on the event traps notified from the device.

Point

To manage the following storage devices, the Program Urgent Fix that makes their storage devices available must be applied to the manager program of this software.
- ETERNUS DX60 S5/DX100 S5/DX200 S5, DX900 S5, ETERNUS AF150 S3/AF250 S3
- ETERNUS AX/HX series, ETERNUS AB/HB series
To manage VMware vSphere 7, the Program Urgent Fix that makes its server node available must be applied to the manager program of this software.

1.2.3.1.2 Compatibility with New Functions of ETERNUS Disk Storage Systems

The following functions that have been added to the ETERNUS DX60 S5 can be executed from Storage Cruiser:

Expanding the maximum capacity of the Thin Provisioning Pool to 2 PB
Managing the FC-CA board that responds to a 16 Gbps port transfer speed

The following functions that have been added to the ETERNUS DX S5 series (excluding the ETERNUS DX60 S5) and the ETERNUS AF S3 series can be executed from Storage Cruiser:

Setting, releasing, or displaying Extreme Cache (for the ETERNUS DX500 S5/DX600 S5/DX900 S5 only)
Setting and displaying the Deduplication/Compression of the Thin Provisioning Pool (excluding the ETERNUS DX900 S5)
Setting and displaying the Compression of the Thin Provisioning Pool (for the ETERNUS DX900 S5 only)

Expanding the maximum capacity of the Thin Provisioning Pool and Tier Pool to the following capacity

Storage Device Name	Maximum Capacity of Thin Provisioning Pool and Tier Pool
ETERNUS DX100 S5	4 PB
ETERNUS DX200 S5	6 PB
ETERNUS DX500 S5	16 PB
ETERNUS DX600 S5	24 PB
ETERNUS DX900 S5	128 PB
ETERNUS AF150 S3	4 PB
ETERNUS AF250 S3	6 PB
ETERNUS AF650 S3	24 PB

Displaying the Deduplication/Compression performance information of the Thin Provisioning Volume (excluding the ETERNUS DX900 S5)
Displaying the Compression performance information of the Thin Provisioning Volume (for the ETERNUS DX900 S5 only)
Changing the line speed of the REC path (if at least one of the REC connection storage devices is the ETERNUS DX100 S5/DX200 S5, DX500 S5/DX600 S5/DX900 S5, the ETERNUS AF150 S3/AF250 S3, AF650 S3)

The following functions added to the ETERNUS DX S5 series (excluding the ETERNUS DX60 S5 and ETERNUS DX100 S5), ETERNUS DX8900 S4, and ETERNUS AF S3 series (excluding the ETERNUS AF150 S3) whose firmware version is V11L40 or later can be operated from Storage Cruiser.

Displaying the GC remaining size of Thin Provisioning Pools enabled with Deduplication or Compression
Displaying the alarm status of Thin Provisioning Pools enabled with Deduplication or Compression
Displaying the alarm status of Container Volumes
Improving the Unaligned I/O rate of the performance information to the effective value
Supporting Storage Cluster settings in Veeam environments

Point

To use the functions added to the ETERNUS DX S5 series (excluding the ETERNUS DX60 S5 and ETERNUS DX100 S5), ETERNUS DX8900 S4, and ETERNUS AF S3 series (excluding the ETERNUS AF150 S3) whose firmware version is V11L40 or later, the Program Urgent Fix that supports the firmware version must be applied to the manager program of this software.

1.2.3.1.3 Expanding Event Messages Related to Threshold Monitoring Alarms

From version 16.8, the following information can be added and displayed in event messages related to the threshold monitoring alarms of the ETERNUS DX S5 series, ETERNUS DX8900 S4, and ETERNUS AF S3 series.

Additional Information That Can Be Displayed	Remarks
Volume number (Decimal notation)	-
Volume name	-
RAID group number (Decimal notation)	-
RAID group name	-
CE number (Decimal notation)	Displayed only for the ETERNUS DX900 S5 and ETERNUS DX8900 S4.
CE name	Displayed only for the ETERNUS DX900 S5 and ETERNUS DX8900 S4.
CM number (Decimal notation)	-
CM name	-

For the added display format of the above information, refer to "Performance Management Traps" in the Event Guide.
For the setting method to add and display the above information, refer to "perf.conf Parameter" in the Storage Cruiser Operation Guide.

Point

To use the above function, the manager program of this software must be applied with the Program Urgent Fix that supports adding information to event messages related to the Threshold Monitoring Alarms.