1.6.3 New Functions of Storage Cruiser

The following functions can be used with the ETERNUS AF series. The support level is "A".

Fault monitoring (receiving and analyzing SNMP Traps, monitoring polling with ping, 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.

1.6.3.1.2 Compatibility with New Functions of ETERNUS Disk Storage System

Storage Cruiser can manage the ETERNUS DX100 S3/DX200 S3 and the ETERNUS DX200F that have the following component:

Port type 10G Base-T iSCSI

Storage Cruiser can manage the ETERNUS DX500 S3/DX600 S3, DX8700 S3/DX8900 S3 that have the following component:

FC port 16G-CA(4port)

Storage Cruiser can use the following function that is added in the ETERNUS DX100 S3/DX200 S3:

Expanding the maximum number of volumes that can be created in the storage device
The ETERNUS DX100 S3 can use a maximum of 4096 volumes and the ETERNUS DX200 S3 can use a maximum of 8192 volumes.

Storage Cruiser can use the following function that is added in the ETERNUS DX200 S3:

Model updating to the ETERNUS DX500 S3

Storage Cruiser can use the following function that is added in the ETERNUS DX500 S3/DX600 S3:

Expanding the number of hosts that can be connected to the device

Storage Cruiser can use the following functions that are added in the ETERNUS DX S3 series (excluding DX60 S3):

Displaying Read Intensive SSDs (RI SSD)
Creating RAID groups, Thin Provisioning pools, and Tier pools that are composed of RI SSDs

Storage Cruiser can use the following function that is added in the ETERNUS DX200 S3, DX500 S3/DX600 S3 and the ETERNUS DX200F:

Deduplication and compression of data on a virtual volume

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To use the above functions, the firmware version of the target storage device must be V10L60 or later.

1.6.3.1.3 Automatic Update of Status of Components in Storage Device

If the components mounted on the ETERNUS DX S3 series and the ETERNUS DX200F fail/recover, Storage Cruiser updates the device component status automatically.
With this function, you do not need to perform the Reload Conf. operation with the Web Console.

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To use the above function, the firmware version of the target storage device must be V10L60 or later.

1.6.3.1.4 Displaying of Port Link Status

The link status of the following ports mounted on the ETERNUS DX S3 series and the ETERNUS DX200F can be displayed:

FC port
iSCSI port
SAS port
FCoE port

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To use the above function, the firmware version of the target storage device must be V10L60 or later.

1.6.3.1.5 Deleting RAID Groups That Constitute Tier Pool

The function to delete RAID groups that constitute a Tier pool is supported. This function makes it possible to reduce the total capacity of a Tier pool without deleting the Tier pool.

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To use this structure, the firmware version of the target storage device must be V10L60 or later. Refer to "Deletion of RAID Groups in One Layer Tier Pool" in the Storage Cruiser Operation Guide for details.

1.6.3.2 New Functions Available With Optimization Option License

1.6.3.2.1 Automatic Update of Information for Automated Storage Tiering

Storage Cruiser automatically updates the evaluation/relocation status of the access status data for Automated Storage Tiering.
With this function, you do not need to perform the Status Update operation for the relocation target volume when performing the following operations with the Web Console:

Stopping the relocation process that is currently running
Deleting the evaluation result (when deleting the evaluation result without executing a relocation)

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Refer to "Start/Stop Relocation" and "Confirm Evaluation Result/Relocation Information and Delete Evaluation Result" in the Web Console Guide for information on each operation procedure.

1.6.3.2.2 Expanding Total Value of Used Capacity for Evaluable Tier Pools

For Tier pools of the ETERNUS DX S3 series (excluding DX60 S3), the total value of the evaluable used capacity can be expanded from 1 PB to a maximum of 6 PB in the same time period.

1.6.3.2.3 Adding Capacity Unit That Can Be Used for Minimum Required Capacity of Sub-pools

The petabyte unit value can be specified in the setting item Minimum Required Capacity for the sub-pool of the Tier pool.

1.6.3.2.4 Deleting RAID Groups That Constitute Tier Pool

The function to delete RAID groups that constitute a Tier pool is supported. This function makes it possible to reduce the total capacity or the number of tiers of a Tier pool without deleting the Tier pool.

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To use this structure, the firmware version of the target storage device must be V10L60 or later. Refer to "Deletion of RAID Groups" in the Storage Cruiser Operation Guide for Optimization Function for details.

1.6.3.3 New Functions Available With Storage Cluster Option License

1.6.3.3.1 Expansion of Supported Configuration

The following configurations are available with the Storage Cluster function:

iSCSI host interface
Automatic Failover through the REC path of the iSCSI port

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To use this structure, the firmware version of the target storage device must be V10L60 or later. Refer to "Storage Cluster Function" in the Storage Cruiser Operation Guide for details.