ETERNUS SF Express V16.9 / Storage Cruiser V16.9 / AdvancedCopy Manager V16.9 Release Notes

1.4.3 New Functions of Storage Cruiser

1.4.3.1 New Functions Available With Standard License

1.4.3.1.1 Support of New Devices

The following devices can be used from version 16.6.

• ETERNUS DX500 S4/DX600 S4, ETERNUS AF S2 series

  The following functions can be used with the ETERNUS DX500 S4/DX600 S4, ETERNUS AF S2 series. 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

• NetApp AFF A series

  The following functions can be used with the NetApp AFF A series. The support level is "E".

  • Fault monitoring (receiving and analyzing SNMP Traps and monitoring polling with ping)

• Brocade G610

  The following functions can be used with the Brocade G610. 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

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.

1.4.3.1.2 Compatibility with New Functions of ETERNUS Disk Storage Systems

The following operations can be performed for the Non-disruptive Storage Migration functions that are added to the ETERNUS DX S4/S3 series, ETERNUS AF All-Flash Arrays, and the ETERNUS DX200F.

• Displaying information of the volumes that are used for the Non-disruptive Storage Migration

• Displaying performance information of the volumes that are used for the Non-disruptive Migration

• Monitoring the threshold of the volumes that are used for the Non-disruptive Migration

• Setting and displaying access paths

• Displaying performance information of the FC-Initiator port

Note

In this product, the External Drive or the External RAID Group that is used for the Non-disruptive Storage Migration cannot be displayed.

Storage Cruiser can manage the ETERNUS DX S4 series and the ETERNUS AF S2 series that have the following component:

• FC-CA board that responds to a 32 Gbps port transfer speed

Storage Cruiser can manage the ETERNUS DX60 S4 that has the following component:

• SAS-CA board that responds to a 12 Gbps port transfer speed

Point

To perform the operations or use the functions described in this section, the firmware version of the target storage device must be V10L80 or later.

1.4.3.1.3 Expanding the Number of Allocable Volumes for Affinity/LUN Groups

For the ETERNUS DX S4/S3 series, the ETERNUS AF All-Flash Arrays, and the ETERNUS DX200F, affinity/LUN groups can be allocated with up to 4,096 volumes.

Due to this, a maximum of 4,096 LUNs that belong to the affinity/LUN groups are displayed on the Affinity/LUN Group Details screen of Web Console. In addition, a maximum of eight concatenated affinity group numbers that the LUNs belong to are also displayed.

Point

• To use this function, the firmware version of the target storage device must be V10L80 or later.

• The host affinity which Affinity/LUN groups that have 513 or more volumes is associated can be set in a Storage Cluster configuration of a BS2000 environment.

• The affinity groups for the BS2000 can be modified.

1.4.3.2 New Functions Available With Storage Cluster Option License

1.4.3.2.1 Supported Platform Expansion for Storage Cluster Controller

In addition to Windows supported by version 16.5 or earlier, Storage Cluster Controller can be configured in servers running the following OSs:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (for Intel64)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (for Intel64)

• Oracle Solaris 11

• Oracle Solaris 10

Refer to "Operating Environment of Storage Cruiser's Agent" in the Installation and Setup Guide for information on a list of OSs where Storage Cluster Controller can operate.