HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 for EMC® VMAX® All Flash and EMC® VMAX3™ Family Release Notes REVISION 02
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CONTENTS
Tables
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Chapter 1
Revision History
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Revision history...............................................................................................8
Chapter 2
VMAX All Flash Product Description
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Product description....................................................................................... 10
Chapter 3
VMAX All Flash New and Changed Features
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New features................................................................................................. 12 Platform and infrastructure.............................................................. 12 HYPERMAX OS data services............................................................ 13 Management software......................................................................13 Security............................................................................................14 Serviceability................................................................................... 14 Embedded NAS................................................................................ 14 Changed features.......................................................................................... 14
Chapter 4
VMAX3 Product Description
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Product Description.......................................................................................16
Chapter 5
VMAX3 New and Changed Features
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New features................................................................................................. 18 Platform and infrastructure ..............................................................18 HYPERMAX OS data services............................................................ 19 Management software......................................................................22 Serviceability................................................................................... 23 Changed features.......................................................................................... 24 HYPERMAX OS data services............................................................ 24 Management software......................................................................26 Serviceability................................................................................... 26 ProtectPoint..................................................................................... 27 Embedded NAS................................................................................ 28
Chapter 6
Support Deprecation
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Support deprecation .....................................................................................30
Chapter 7
Fixed Issues
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Base functionality......................................................................................... 32 Enhancement................................................................................................ 36 Fibre channel................................................................................................ 36 Mainframe.....................................................................................................37 Online configuration change......................................................................... 38 HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 for EMC VMAX All Flash and EMC VMAX3 Family Release Notes
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CONTENTS
Open replicator............................................................................................. 38 Open systems............................................................................................... 39 SRDF family................................................................................................... 39 SRDF/A..........................................................................................................41 SymmWin......................................................................................................41 TimeFinder-SnapVX....................................................................................... 41 Virtual provisioning....................................................................................... 42
Chapter 8
Known Issues and Limitations
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Known issues ............................................................................................... 44 Limitations.................................................................................................... 44 Platform and infrastructure.............................................................. 44 HYPERMAX OS data services............................................................ 45 Management software......................................................................50 Serviceability................................................................................... 50 ProtectPoint..................................................................................... 51 Security............................................................................................51 Legacy limitations............................................................................ 51
Chapter 9
Hardware and Firmware
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Hardware and firmware support.................................................................... 54
Chapter 10
Additional Resources
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Additional resources..................................................................................... 56
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TABLES
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51
Revision history............................................................................................................... 8 V-Brick details .............................................................................................................. 12 Flash upgrade pack details............................................................................................ 12 HYPERMAX OS data services ......................................................................................... 13 Embedded Management ............................................................................................... 13 Unisphere 360 for VMAX ............................................................................................... 13 Security......................................................................................................................... 14 Serviceability.................................................................................................................14 Embedded NAS..............................................................................................................14 VMAX3 Family engines ..................................................................................................18 VMAX3 Platform and Configuration support for CKD ...................................................... 18 Extent table size increase ............................................................................................. 19 Group ID Number increase............................................................................................. 19 Mainframe CKD support................................................................................................. 19 IBM High Performance FICON enhancements................................................................. 19 IBM zHyperWrite enhancements.................................................................................... 20 Metadata efficiency ...................................................................................................... 20 Mobility Safe ID with ALUA ............................................................................................ 20 Non-disruptive software upgrade .................................................................................. 20 Non-disruptive software downgrade.............................................................................. 20 TimeFinder SnapVX........................................................................................................21 Symmetrix Remote Data Facility..................................................................................... 21 Compatible Native Flash................................................................................................ 21 Concurrent Copy............................................................................................................ 21 Virtual Volumes............................................................................................................. 22 Transaction Processing Facility ..................................................................................... 22 Scalability of management software.............................................................................. 22 Mainframe Enabler........................................................................................................ 22 Unisphere 360...............................................................................................................23 Internal IP Network........................................................................................................ 23 Managed File Transfer ...................................................................................................23 FAST.X Incorporation......................................................................................................24 SRDF enhancements...................................................................................................... 24 SRDF/A Multi-Cycle Mode.............................................................................................. 24 SRDF/S.......................................................................................................................... 25 SRDF/Metro................................................................................................................... 25 SRDF N-X support ..........................................................................................................25 SRDF N-X topology support matrix..................................................................................25 Service Level management ........................................................................................... 26 Pre-configuration of the VMAX3 Family arrays................................................................ 26 ProtectPoint...................................................................................................................27 Embedded NAS..............................................................................................................28 Deprecated support....................................................................................................... 30 Dynamic Virtual Matrix limitation................................................................................... 44 VMAX engine serviceability limitations.......................................................................... 44 VMAX performance improvement limitation................................................................... 44 VMAX3 Hypervisor limitation..........................................................................................45 SRDF/A limitation ......................................................................................................... 45 SRDF/Metro limitations..................................................................................................45 SRDF N-X support limitations......................................................................................... 47 Data compression limitations........................................................................................ 47 HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 for EMC VMAX All Flash and EMC VMAX3 Family Release Notes
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SRDF features not available........................................................................................... 47 Open Replicator limitation............................................................................................. 48 Online addition of DX emulation limitation ....................................................................48 FAST.X limitation............................................................................................................49 Online device expansion limitation................................................................................49 Metadata efficiency limitation........................................................................................49 Mainframe CKD support................................................................................................. 49 Mobility Safe ID with ALUA.............................................................................................50 Embedded management limitations.............................................................................. 50 Simplified SymmWin limitation......................................................................................50 Dual Management Module Control Station limitations................................................... 50 ProtectPoint limitation................................................................................................... 51 Data at Rest Encryption limitation.................................................................................. 51 Legacy limitations .........................................................................................................51
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CHAPTER 1 Revision History
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Revision history.......................................................................................................8
Revision History
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Revision History
Revision history Table 1 Revision history
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Revision
Date
Description
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April 4, 2016
First release of EMC HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 for the VMAX All Flash and VMAX3 Family.
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April 8, 2016
Second release of EMC HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 for the VMAX All Flash and VMAX3 Family, includes additional mainframe updates.
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CHAPTER 2 VMAX All Flash Product Description
This section includes the following topic: l
Product description............................................................................................... 10
VMAX All Flash Product Description
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VMAX All Flash Product Description
Product description Learn about the VMAX All Flash arrays: 450F, 450FX, 850F, 850FX. VMAX All Flash HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 provides advanced data services for all mission-critical applications with VMAX All Flash. These data services address the new requirements of the modern data center while continuing to provide reliability and availability, making it the ideal platform for open system and mainframe environments. The VMAX All Flash is purpose-built to easily manage high-demand, heavy-transaction workloads while storing petabytes of vital data. For more detailed product information, reference the documents listed in Additional Resources on page 56.
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CHAPTER 3 VMAX All Flash New and Changed Features
This section includes the following topics: l l
New features......................................................................................................... 12 Changed features.................................................................................................. 14
VMAX All Flash New and Changed Features
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VMAX All Flash New and Changed Features
New features Learn about the new features introduced in HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784. Features are categorized per area: l
Platform and infrastructure on page 12
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HYPERMAX OS data services on page 13
l
Management software on page 13
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Security on page 14
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Serviceability on page 14
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Embedded NAS on page 14
Platform and infrastructure For more detailed product information, reference the documents listed in Additional Resources on page 56. Table 2 V-Brick details
Area
Feature
Description
Platform and Infrastructure
V-Brick details
The VMAX All Flash hardware infrastructure for the 450F, 450FX, 850F, 850FX is designed around the V-Brick. Each V-Brick consists of: l
1 x engine, 2 x DAEs, and 1 capacity pack
l
Each engine can be configured with 1 TB or 2 TB cache
l
All engines must have the same cache types
l
Capacity is increased by adding 13 TB Flash Capacity Packs.
l
450F and 450FX systems can be configured with 1 to 4 vBricks
l
850F and 850FX systems can be configured with 1 to 8 vBricks
For information on platform and configuration support for CKD, reference Platform and infrastructure on page 18.
Table 3 Flash upgrade pack details
Area
Feature
Description
Platform and Infrastructure
Flash upgrade pack details
Multiple increments of Flash Capacity Packs can be added to a V-Brick. The following Flash upgrade packs are available:
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13 TBµ (960 GB drives)
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26 TBµ (1.9 TB drives)
l
53 TBµ (3.84 TB drives)
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VMAX All Flash New and Changed Features
HYPERMAX OS data services Table 4 HYPERMAX OS data services
Area
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
VMAX All Flash supports the following data services: l
Virtual Volumes (VVols)
l
SnapVX
l
Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF)
l
SRDF/Metro
l
CloudArray
l
AppSync
l
ViPR
l
ProtectPoint
l
Open Replicator
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 currently supports mainframe, open systems and IBM i. For more detailed HYPERMAX OS data services information and VMAX All Flash software options, reference HYPERMAX OS data services on page 19 and the EMC VMAX All Flash Product Guide for VMAX 450F, 450FX , 850F, 850FX with HYPERMAX OS .
Management software Table 5 Embedded Management
Area
Description
Management software
Embedded Management (eManagement) is available for VMAX All Flash arrays running HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784. Pre-installed in the factory, eManagement enables customers to further simplify management, reduce cost, and increase availability by running management software directly on storage systems. eManagement supports Unisphere for VMAX, Solutions Enabler, SMI-S without the requirement of a separate server.
Table 6 Unisphere 360 for VMAX
Area
Description
Management software
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 adds support for Unisphere 360 for VMAX. Unisphere 360 is an on-premises management solution that provides a single management view across VMAX storage systems. Refer to Table 29 on page 23 for more details.
HYPERMAX OS data services
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Security Table 7 Security
Area
Description
Security
VMAX All Flash supports Data at Rest Encryption (D@RE). D@RE provides hardware-based, on array, back-end encryption using I/O modules to encrypt and decrypt data written to the disk drives.
Serviceability Table 8 Serviceability
Area
Description
Serviceability
The VMAX All Flash arrays are custom-built and pre-configured with the following features: l
Virtual provisioning which includes: n
Data devices (TDAT)
n
Virtual provisioning pool
n
Disk group (RAID 5, RAID 6)
l
Embedded NAS (eNAS)
l
SRDF (hardware aspects are pre-configured)
l
ProtectPoint (hardware aspects are pre-configured)
l
eManagement
l
D@RE
l
Mainframe (FICON host attachment and CKD device support)
Embedded NAS Table 9 Embedded NAS
Area
Description
Embedded NAS
eNAS is fully integrated into the VMAX All Flash platform. eNAS provides flexible and secure multi-protocol file sharing (NFS 2.0, 3.0,4.0/4.1), CIFS/SMB 3.0) and multiple file server identities (CIFS and NFS serves). For more detailed eNAS information, reference Table 42 on page 28.
Changed features There are no changed features in this release.
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CHAPTER 4 VMAX3 Product Description
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Product Description...............................................................................................16
VMAX3 Product Description
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VMAX3 Product Description
Product Description Learn about the VMAX3 Family of arrays: 100K, 200K, 400K. VMAX3 Family VMAX3 arrays running HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 support mainframe-only, open systems-only, and mixed mainframe/open systems environments. The VMAX3 platform provides the following new performance, scale, and density features: l
16 Gb/s FICON (16/8/4 Gb)
l
T10-DIF protection for CKD data in cache and on disk
l
64k CKD devices
The VMAX3 also provides alignment and support for IBM enhancements. This compatibility ensures that the VMAX3 can handle the most demanding and missioncritical mainframe environments while exploiting the latest IBM z Systems capabilities. For more detailed product information, reference the documents listed in Additional Resources on page 56. Note
For information on HYPERMAX OS releases 5977.498.472, 5977.596.583, and 5977.691.684 reference the EMC VMAX3 Family with HYPERMAX OS 5977, Release Level HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684 Release Notes.
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CHAPTER 5 VMAX3 New and Changed Features
This section includes the following topics: l l
New features......................................................................................................... 18 Changed features.................................................................................................. 24
VMAX3 New and Changed Features
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VMAX3 New and Changed Features
New features Learn about the new features introduced in HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 . Features are categorized per area: l
Platform and infrastructure on page 18
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HYPERMAX OS data services on page 19
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Management software on page 22
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Serviceability on page 23
Platform and infrastructure For more detailed product information, reference the documents listed in Additional Resources on page 56. Table 10 VMAX3 Family engines
Area
Feature
Description
Platform and Infrastructure
VMAX3 Family engines
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 supports: l
32 FICON front-end ports per engine
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16 Gb/s FICON front-end I/O modules using FICON emulation, which also supports 4 Gb/s and 8 Gb/s link speeds
l
Improved FICON performance by utilizing the VMAX3 multi-thread, multi-core architecture
l
960 GB and 1,920 GB high-capacity Enterprise Flash Drives (EFD)
Table 11 VMAX3 Platform and Configuration support for CKD
Area
Feature
Description
Platform and Infrastructure
VMAX3 The VMAX3 support for CKD is pre-configured and includes: Platform and l 16 GB FICON (16/8/4 Gb) / CKD support for VMAX 100K, 200K, 400K that provides: Configuration n support for CKD Forward Error Correction (FEC) Note
Reference Salesforce Article 480568 for FEC implementation
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n
Query Host Access (QHA) Channel Command Word (CCW)
n
Read Diagnostic Parameter CCW support
l
T10-DIF protection for CKD data in cache and on disk
l
64k CKD devices
l
Mainframe CKD support – 3380 & 3390
l
SymmWin support of CKD configurations
l
FICON online core mappings
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HYPERMAX OS data services For more detailed product information, reference the documents listed in Additional Resources on page 56. Table 12 Extent table size increase
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
Extent table size increase
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 increases the extent table size, providing the following benefits: l
Increased concurrent I/Os to a single device
l
Improved FICON performance
l
Increased capacity
Table 13 Group ID Number increase
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
Group ID Number increase
A Group ID Number (GIDN) is a host identifier that associates an active path group with a logical partition (LPAR). For HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 and later, the number of supported GIDN is increased from 256 to 512 per system. Table 14 Mainframe CKD support
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
Mainframe CKD HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 introduces Mainframe CKD support to the VMAX3. This feature support supports the ability to: l
Locate FBA and CKD TDATs in the same drive but assigning them to different pools
l
Locate FBA and CKD pools in the same Storage Resource Pool (SRP)
l
Convert between FBA and CKD back-end TDATs devices
Table 15 IBM High Performance FICON enhancements
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
IBM High Performance FICON enhancement
VMAX3 provides full IBM High Performance FICON (zHPF) support which includes: l
List prefetch and bi-directional support
l
QSAM/BSAM access method support
l
Single and multi track support
l
Format writes
HYPERMAX OS data services
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Table 16 IBM zHyperWrite enhancements
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
IBM zHyperWrite enhancement
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 supports the new IBM zHyperWrite enhancement which improves the DB2 log write response time in Metro Mirror (Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC) synchronous) environments that are Hyperswap enabled. Table 17 Metadata efficiency
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
Metadata efficiency
Metadata efficiency is improved in HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 by changing the format of the directors local memory structures and reducing the system cache consumption. Table 18 Mobility Safe ID with ALUA
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
Mobility Safe ID with ALUA
This feature provides universally unique virtual volume identifiers. Mobility Safe ID increases the number of supported devices and improves the ability to migrate devices throughout a customer's environment. ALUA is a SCSI 3 feature which allows a storage device to indicate to a host which paths are preferred.
Table 19 Non-disruptive software upgrade
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
Non-disruptive software upgrade
This feature enables the customer to non-disruptively upgrade from HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684 to HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784. Customers running HYPERMAX OS 5977.596.583 must upgrade to HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684 prior to upgrading to HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784. To enable Mainframe support, a non-disruptive software upgrade is available for existing VMAX3 arrays installed at HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684. For VMAX3 arrays installed at HYPERMAX OS 5977.596.583 and earlier, contact your EMC representative for details.
Table 20 Non-disruptive software downgrade
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
Non-disruptive software downgrade
This feature enables the customer to non-disruptively downgrade from HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 to HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684. Downgrade limitations apply, contact your EMC representative for details.
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Table 21 TimeFinder SnapVX
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
TimeFinder SnapVX
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 provides SnapVX support for CKD including emulation support for TimeFinder/Clone, TimeFinder/Mirror, and TimeFinder/Snap. SnapVX enhancements include: l
Replication Data Pointers (RDP) space alert
l
RDP space allocation
l
SnapVX terminate unlink option
Table 22 Symmetrix Remote Data Facility
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
Symmetrix Remote Data Facility
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 includes the following SRDF capabilities for Mainframe environments: l
SRDF/S - Synchronous mode of remote replication
l
SRDF/A - Asynchronous mode of remote replication
l
Concurrent SRDF and Cascading SRDF Support
l
Adaptive Copy Disk mode
l
3 site and 4 site configuration and STAR support
l
IBM Metro Mirror and Global Copy (formerly PPRC synchronous and PPRC EXtended DIstance)
Table 23 Compatible Native Flash
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
Compatible Native Flash
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 provides Flashcopy support for CKD devices. Support includes: l
Dataset level Flashcopy
l
Full Volume Incremental Flashcopy
l
Remote Pair Flashcopy in combination with Metro Mirror (only available for VMAX3 arrays running HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 or later).
Table 24 Concurrent Copy
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
Concurrent Copy
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 provides support for Concurrent Copy.
HYPERMAX OS data services
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Table 25 Virtual Volumes
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
Virtual Volumes
VMAX3 arrays running HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 support VVols. VVols simplify management and provisioning in virtualized environments by allowing the storage management process control at the virtual machine (VM) level, rather than at the LUN level. This finer level of control allows VMware and cloud administrators to assign specific storage attributes to each VM according to its performance and storage requirements. Table 26 Transaction Processing Facility
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
Transaction Processing Facility
Transaction Processing Facility (z/TPF) is an IBM Mainframe Operating system characterized by high-volume transaction rates with significant communications content, z/TPF is available on VMAX3 arrays running HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784. The EMC Product Suite for z/TPF consists of: l
TimeFinder Controls for z/TPF
l
SRDF Controls for z/TPF
l
ResourcePak for z/TPF
Management software For more detailed product information, reference the documents listed in Additional Resources on page 56. Table 27 Scalability of management software
Area
Feature
Description
Management software
Scalability of management software
VMAX3 arrays running HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784, adds support for the following VMAX software management products: l
Mainframe Enabler V8.0
l
Unisphere 360
Refer to Table 28 on page 22 and Table 29 on page 23 for more details.
Table 28 Mainframe Enabler
Area
Feature
Description
Management software
Mainframe Enabler
Mainframe Enabler v8.0 allows you to monitor and manage a VMAX3 array running HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784. The following components are distributed and installed as a single package:
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ResourcePak Base for z/OS
l
SRDF Host Component for z/OS
l
EMC Consistency Groups for z/OS
l
AutoSwap for z/OS
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Table 28 Mainframe Enabler
Area
Feature
Description l
TimeFinder SnapVX
l
TimeFinder/Clone Mainframe Snap Facility
l
TimeFinder/Mirror for z/OS
l
TimeFinder Utility
Additional management software includes: l
z/TPF v8.0 Replication Suite
l
GDDR v5.0
Table 29 Unisphere 360
Area
Feature
Description
Management software
Unisphere 360
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 introduces Unisphere 360 which provides the ability to display: l
All arrays from each enrolled Unisphere instance in one place
l
Five high level health or performance metrics that include:
l
n
Compliance data
n
Performance health score
n
Capacity health score
n
Input/Output operations per second (IOPS)
n
Throughput
Compliance scores for all enrolled arrays
Serviceability For more detailed product information, reference the documents listed in Additional Resources on page 56. Table 30 Internal IP Network
Area
Feature
Description
Serviceability
Internal IP Network
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 provides a custom address range to avoid a network address conflict within customer data centers.
Table 31 Managed File Transfer
Area
Feature
Description
Serviceability
Managed File Transfer
Managed File Transfer (MFT) improves the file transfer capability for HYPERMAX OS code bundles, enabling automated code updates.
Serviceability
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Changed features Learn about the changed features for HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784. Features are categorized per area: l
HYPERMAX OS data services on page 24
l
Management software on page 26
l
Serviceability on page 26
l
ProtectPoint on page 27
l
Embedded NAS on page 28
HYPERMAX OS data services For more detailed product information, reference the documents listed in Additional Resources on page 56. Table 32 FAST.X Incorporation
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
FAST.X Incorporation
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 introduces FAST.X Incorporation, a hybrid of encapsulation and external provisioning mode; it provides the ability to instantly import an existing external dataset, in-place as FAST.X capacity, into any Storage Resource Pool (SRP). Table 33 SRDF enhancements
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
SRDF enhancements
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 includes the following SRDF enhancements: l
Mainframe remote replication support
l
Lower response times
l
Increased number of ports/groups per SRDF director
l
16 Gb/s front-end I/O modules are supported for SRDF functionality
Table 34 SRDF/A Multi-Cycle Mode
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
SRDF/A MultiCycle Mode
SRDF/A Multi-Cycle Mode (MCM) provides shorter and more predictable Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and allows more than two delta sets to exist on the source array between VMAX3 arrays running HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784. For more information, reference the EMC Solutions Enabler SRDF CLI Guide.
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Table 35 SRDF/S
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
SRDF/S
SRDF/S performance has been enhanced in HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 by utilizing data flow parallelism to improve application response times. Table 36 SRDF/Metro
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
SRDF/Metro
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 provides SRDF/Metro support for: l
FAST.X devices
l
vSphere API for Array Integration (VAAI) support for unmap and write same
l
SCSI 2 and SCSI 3 Cluster
l
iSCSI (limited support)
l
Boot from SAN (limited support)
l
New host and Multipath I/O (MPIO) for mainly AIX and Solaris
Reference the EMC Support Matrix (ESM) for more information on iSCSI, Boot from SAN, and Host/MPIO additions.
Table 37 SRDF N-X support
Area
Feature
Description
HYPERMAX OS data services
SRDF N-X
SRDF N-X support enables replication to/from existing VMAX arrays with 5876 Enginuity to/ from VMAX3 arrays with HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 and supports CKD, FBA and thick/thin devices. Reference Table 38 on page 25 SRDF N-X topology support matrix for more information. For previous HYPERMAX OS 5977 releases, reference the EMC VMAX3 Family with HYPERMAX OS 5977, Release Level HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684 Release Notes. Table 38 SRDF N-X topology support matrix
HYPERMAX OS 5977 version
Enginuity 5876 version (with required N-X fixes) 2-Site & 3-Site SRDF (Concurrent, Cascaded, and Star)
SRDF/Metro
SRDF/SQAR
5977.811.784
5876.288.195
5876.288.195 (SRDF/Metro Witness Only)
5876.288.195
5977.691.684
5876.286.194
5876.286.194 (SRDF/Metro Witness Only)
N/A
5977.596.583
5876.272.177
N/A
N/A
HYPERMAX OS data services
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Note l
EMC recommends running the latest version of Enginuity, the Enginuity versions shown are the minimum versions required for each SRDF configuration with the required N-X fixes. Contact your EMC representative for more information.
l
VMAX arrays running Enginuity 5876 with CKD zBoost feature require additional RDF fixes to connect to HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784.
l
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 supports CKD only.
Management software For more detailed product information, reference the documents listed in Additional Resources on page 56. Table 39 Service Level management
Area
Feature
Description
Management software
Service Level management
Service Level (SL) management for HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 has been enhanced to provide the ability to: l
Plan n
l
Provision n
l
l
FAST hinting for SQL server
Mainframe (FICON) support including CKD support
Monitor n
Unisphere 360
n
Exclude SL windows
Manage n
Non-disruptive migration
n
IPS packaging
n
Infrastructure updates
Serviceability For more detailed product information, reference the documents listed in Additional Resources on page 56. Table 40 Pre-configuration of the VMAX3 Family arrays
Area
Feature
Description
Serviceability
Preconfiguration of the VMAX3 Family arrays
For HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 factory pre-configuration now includes: l
The arrays are also custom-built and pre-configured with the following features: l
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Mainframe (FICON host attachment and CKD device support)
DATA devices (TDATs)
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Table 40 Pre-configuration of the VMAX3 Family arrays
Area
Feature
Description l
Data pools
l
Disk groups
l
Storage Resource Pool (one by default is pre-configured)
l
Service Levels: n
Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze* (open system)
n
Diamond, Bronze* (CKD device)
l
eNAS
l
SRDF (hardware aspects are pre-configured)
l
FAST.X & ProtectPoint (hardware aspects are pre-configured)
l
eManagement
l
D@RE
l
FCoE & iSCSI
Note
Optimized is the default Service Level setting. Note
* For HYPERMAX OS 5977.596.583 and later, Bronze SL no longer requires 7.2K drives.
ProtectPoint For more detailed product information, reference the documents listed in Additional Resources on page 56. Table 41 ProtectPoint
Area
Feature
Description
ProtectPoint
ProtectPoint
On storage arrays running HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784, ProtectPoint adds the capability to accelerate the data recovery process by using a differential restore to perform a full restore of the protected data. Note
The Data Domain backup appliances must be running Data Domain OS 5.7.1 or later.
ProtectPoint
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VMAX3 New and Changed Features
Embedded NAS For more detailed product information, reference the documents listed in Additional Resources on page 56. Table 42 Embedded NAS
Area
Feature
Embedded NAS
Embedded NAS HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 validates eNAS on all HYPERMAX OS code and supports:
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Description
l
512 TB Capacity per Data Mover (applies to VMAX 200K, 400K and active Data Movers only)
l
VMAX 400K with up to 8 Data Movers (requires a minimum of 4 engines)
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This section includes the following topic: l
Support deprecation .............................................................................................30
Support Deprecation
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Support Deprecation
Support deprecation Learn about features that are not supported in HYPERMAX OS 5977. Table 43 Deprecated support
Type
Description
HYPERMAX OS
Device types
Removed: Thick device types are now superseded by thin device types. HYPERMAX OS Improvement: Thin device types reduce cost, improve capacity utilization, 5977.250.189 and simplify storage management. Removed: The functionality within Vault to consume Symmetrix device numbers. Note
Vault still exists, only the functionality mentioned above has been removed. Removed: The functionality within Symmetrix File System to consume Symmetrix device numbers. Note
Symmetrix File System still exists, only the functionality mentioned above has been removed. Device attributes
Removed: Fixed Block Architecture Metas Removed: Multiple local mirrors Removed: Legacy IBM i models (2107 emulations for VMAX 20K and 40K)
Other functionality
Removed: Permacache Removed: SymmIP Removed: VLUN (v2) Removed: Priority Quality of Service (QoS)
SRDF
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Adaptive Copy Write Pending Note: Disk mode is still supported
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CHAPTER 7 Fixed Issues
This section includes the following topics: l l l l l l l l l l l l
Base functionality................................................................................................. 32 Enhancement........................................................................................................ 36 Fibre channel........................................................................................................ 36 Mainframe.............................................................................................................37 Online configuration change................................................................................. 38 Open replicator..................................................................................................... 38 Open systems....................................................................................................... 39 SRDF family........................................................................................................... 39 SRDF/A..................................................................................................................41 SymmWin..............................................................................................................41 TimeFinder-SnapVX............................................................................................... 41 Virtual provisioning............................................................................................... 42
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Fixed Issues
Base functionality Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
69049624, 75832678
81400
During a Vault restore, drives may log “wrong disk - mismatch in Potential Data serial number” (error DD10) and drop Not Ready (Error 100B). The Unavailability problem is triggered by the HYPERMAX OS when incorrectly clears the drive World Wide Name (WWN) from the back-end director drive WWN table.
Knowledge base article
197961
Errors: DD10, 100B 70721164
84375
During a Link Control Card (LCC) firmware upgrade, BC2B.5E and BC2B.4C errors may be logged when an activation reset is performed on each expander. This fix ensures that link issues do not occur during the firmware load and provides enhanced debug reporting information for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) related events.
No Impact
N/A
Potential Data Unavailability
N/A
Special Conditions: LCC firmware upgrade Errors: BC2B.5E, BC2B.4C 70859338, 73342530, 74092948, 74208500, 74935450, 75287782, 75544700, 76081772, 76171580, 76447346, 76483988, 76551432
84568
72335418
83903
When a Fibre Channel director times out a host write I/O, it posts a 7810.44 error and leaves a lost slot lock on one of the tracks. This will prevent other Fibre Channel directors accessing the track and posting xx3C.07 errors.
Errors: 7810.44 , xx3C.07
There may be a race condition between threads that can lead to an No Impact exception (0EFF) when tracing a host-initiated abort (AB3E) or reset (013D) at the same time that the oldest I/O on the device is releasing its resources after the I/O is completed. This is a very rare condition.
N/A
Errors: 0EFF, AB3E, 013D 72595010, 77034420
85931
During a Meta Data repository expansion, a repository hash table corruption may cause a director to become unresponsive.
Potential Data Unavailability
N/A
Potential Data Unavailability
199552
Errors: BE3E.EA, BE10.E6, BE10.F9, BE1D.1D, 02F2.01 70822272, 72774142, 74564844
84008
A heap data integrity issue, occurring on a port of the host director, may cause hosts to be unable to connect to that port.
Special conditions: This may occur during link bounce or connection lost/re-establishment events.
Error: 01F2.03
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Fixed Issues
Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
72063528, 73899796, 74629424, 76061480, 76581922
84411
Pre-fetch used a non-standard lock holder that could not be freed by Potential Data the scrubbing mechanism. In this rare situation, a slot was incorrectly Unavailability left locked and it had to be manually unlocked.
Knowledge base article
N/A
Special conditions: A slot is only left locked if a Fibre Channel director fails while in the process of updating the pre-fetch indication on a track. This is very rare.
Exposed environment: Open Systems Errors: 8810.34, 283C.07 73752498, 77430382
84646
Pool rebalancing performance is slower than expected when a pool is Potential less than 50% utilized. Performance Issue
N/A
73899796, 75360316
85644
A data unavailable event may occur when an online device upgrade activity fails to expand the memory heap to accommodate the new device meta data and the director is power cycled before the memory heap expansion problem is addressed. This is an extremely rare event.
Potential Data Unavailability
N/A
74662666, 75287310, 75308480
86363
Under certain overlapping I/O profiles there could be performance degradation and long response times due to contention.
Potential Performance Issue
N/A
75375958
85943
Under rare circumstances Syscall 920B_2C that is used to collect Potential Data statistics form the Infrastructure Manager (IM) director may cause the Unavailability Data Services Emulation (EDS) director to become unavailable.
N/A
Errors: 0EFF, 93FF 75266576, 76046324, 76746402, 76881320
86583
75585230
86223
75658172, 76562442
86214
After a system restart, an internal heap corruption exposed by an initiator may lead to the Fibre Channel director port becoming unreceptive to further initiator logins.
Potential Data Unavailability
N/A
The SYMCLI command "symdev -sid -devs free -all" may fail with the error "One or more arguments are invalid." when stuck local replication sessions are present on the device.
Potential Application Failure
N/A
An 0EFF.FF page fault causes Fibre Channel director slices to perform an exception initialization process. This causes ports to go offline for a short period before coming back online.
Potential Data Unavailability
N/A
Potential Performance Issue
N/A
Errors: 01F2.02, AB38, D023
Errors: 0EFF, 0320.06, 0320.11, 4020.64 76027824
86432
iSCSI (Solutions Enabler) director slices may become unavailable if there are more than 10 TCP connections and syscall 9235 is issued by STP, causing a buffer overrun.
Special conditions: An environment where the number of iSCSI connections exceeds 10 (excluding internal connections with addresses 172.16.0.x and 172.17.0.x). Errors: 2A.0DFF.FF, 2A.01F2.0A Base functionality
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Fixed Issues
Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
75946208
86904
During a director, System Interface Board (SIB) or memory Potential Data replacement or a memory upgrade, another director board in the Unavailability system could become unavailable due to a SymmWin hourly scheduled task that checks the status of the door LED. When the task executes during the memory copyback step, it can cause an exception reset which results in the director becoming unavailable due to being in memory copyback state.
Knowledge base article
N/A
Error: 93FFs 76258716
86677
After replacement, a flash I/O module may not sync up and continues Potential Data to show as not ready. Unavailability
N/A
76146894, 76808874
86833
In an environment upgraded from HYPERMAX OS 5977.498.472 to 5977.596.583 online, and then to 5977.961.684, uninitialized pipelines will be present causing Storage vMotion failures. This results in logging 5f10.e0 and 5f3e.e0 error messages.
Potential Data Unavailability
N/A
No Impact
N/A
Errors: 5f10.e0, 5f3e.e0. 76532452
86932
This fix prevents CC3E.00 errors from logging excessively on Fibre Channel directors when a F1 Compare Write command fails during the compare phase.
Error: CC3E.00 77706910
20017769
During an online configuration change SymmWin may fail to merge the existing Thin Devices (TDEV) with the new TDEV. The problem is exposed by having TDEV and FTS devices in the configuration.
Potential Data Unavailability
N/A
76615356
87173
Drive Hard Resets could occur when issuing an ACC command to a Potential Data spindle. The command could leave ports in Pending-Discovery for the Unavailability spindle which could prevent IO to drives, leading to 0113, and 283C errors.
N/A
Exposed Environment: SAS back-end Errors: 0113, 283C, CD23, BC2B 76646696
86918
The scrubbing mechanism for metadata involved in logical replication Potential Data has been enhanced to prevent the need for director reboots. Unavailability
N/A
76634696
86952
After a Director replacement or a Flash SLIC replacement, the VMAX3 system may fail to synchronize the Flash SLICs if there are flash pages where all file system (FS) mirrors are invalid.
Potential Data Unavailability
N/A
76757410, 76909196, 77142750, 77191882, 77235520, 77240550, 77248004, 77265102, 77315162,
87413
The Hitachi Sunset Cove Plus solid-state drive (SSD) firmware may trigger cyclic redundancy check (CRC) errors on RAID parity tracks when writing IZERO tracks.
Potential Data Loss/Data Unavailability
N/A
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Note
This fix requires fix 87673.
Errors: 282C.11, CD23.26, AD2C.94
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Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
Knowledge base article
87673
When a drive drops Write Disable (WD) it may leave a stuck RAID Queue entry.
Potential Data Unavailability
N/A
Potential Data Unavailability
N/A
Potential Data Unavailability
N/A
Performing a virtual storage platform (VSP) migration from an Hitachi Potential Data Data System (HDS) to a VMAX3 array results in incorrect VMAX3 serial Unavailability number and device World Wide Identifiers (WWIDs) being discovered. This in turn prevents the customer from initiating the migration.
N/A
77343450, 77718854, 77918830 496357SYM
Error: B9.AD10.0C errors 76419128
87019
The front-end director may log 2A.0EFF.FF causing GuestOS (eNAS) to reboot. An internal scrubbing mechanism may trigger a page fault exception on the front-end director when freeing a stale device lock.
Error: 2A.0EFF.FF 76935736, 77685390, 77706910
87275
93FF.FF errors are logged on the Fibre Channel directors during a Fat boot sequence, when the host sends a LUN reset to a device that has a group reservation but no Persistent Group Reservation (PGR), and the stack overflows when trying to read the reservation; or if the reservation has been transferred to another Fibre Channel director in the group.
Error: 93FF.FF 76911692
87115
Special conditions: Only occurs when port settings SPC2 and OS2007 are turned off. 76993252, 77310836
87202
The online engine upgrade activity may take many hours to complete. Potential Data The SymmWin script may get stuck at the step Unavailability monitor_md_mirrors_add_process that is rebalancing the Metadata File System.
N/A
6461268
87683
After enabling the following Solutions Enabler counters the SE director may log a 0EFF error and become unavailable due. This is caused by syscall 9235_21.
Potential Data Unavailability
N/A
Potential Application Failure
N/A
Solutions Enabler counters: storstpd:dmn_se_tcp_metrics = Enabled storstpd:dmn_se_nw_metrics = Enabled storstpd:dmn_se_nwi_metrics = Enabled storstpd:dmn_re_sg_metrics = Enabled storstpd:dmn_re_nwc_metrics = Enabled
Error: 0EFF 74428918, 75869960, 76506298
85086
After upgrading Solutions Enabler from V8.0.3 to V8.1, if the syscall 920B_44 returns enough data to fill more than one syscall buffer,
Base functionality
35
Fixed Issues
Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
Knowledge base article
then the storstpd service might terminate unexpectedly with an ACCESS_VIOLATION exception. 71033978
83900
The fix adds the EMC internal inline command, Potential 8C,,,DFOS,SCRB,INOD,FIXE, to delete Distributed Flash Object System Maintenance (DFOS) objects that are no longer valid for the current configuration. Issue
N/A
Error: BE3E.E2 73161528
84738
This fix resolves an issue where the SymmWin memory replacement script may cause a director to become unavailable when the step "Read_Impl_From_Flash" is issued.
Potential Data Unavailability
N/A
Enhancement Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
Knowledge base article
72754540
84247
This fix improves the incremental clone copy time by reducing the time taken to create the precopy clone session and activate the clone session.
Potential Performance Issue
N/A
Knowledge base article
Fibre channel Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
76813332, 77995954, 78122778
87240
Multiple Fibre Channel directors may become unavailable when the Response Time Profiler switched on while a writesame unmap workload is running.
Potential Data N/A Unavailability
Errors: 2A.0EFF.FF
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Fixed Issues
Mainframe Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
Knowledge base article
58553770
430047
In a Mainframe environment, when checking for EMC Compatible Potential Data 172686 Extended (XRC) records in a cache slot, the FICON director might report Unavailability 00FF.FF errors, causing the director to reset and the host to become disconnected.
Special conditions: XRC is not configured and the host is sending the 0XA5 command for a track where record 1 has a DL=0.
Exposed environment: Mainframe FICON directors, Enginuity 5876.159.102 and later.
Errors: 00FF.FF, A2.00FF.FF 62518440, 65856576, 65970148
446073
In a Mainframe environment, a host terminating a Concurrent Copy session with an extremely large number of side file entries can result in a longer than normal time to remove the session, which can result in directors becoming unavailable.
Potential Data 186576 Unavailability
Note
Fix 85537 is released under the internal OPT 486671.
Special Conditions: This issue occurs in environments with heavy sidefile usage.
Exposed environment: Concurrent Copy in a Mainframe environment.
Errors: C81C,03 B210.02, B210.03, 1729.10, 1729.30 70480438
473650
In a Mainframe environment, when issuing an SRDF Host Component (SRDF-HC) CREATEPAIR SUSPEND command, the new SRDF R1 mirror, which is intentionally left Not Ready (NR), is not marked as having been made NR by the user. This can result in 0475 errors being reported for the affected device.
Potential Data 201009 Unavailability
Error: 0475 497074SYM
87899
A Mainframe heavy I/O load may trigger 6817 and 4B17 errors on the FICON directors due to a buffer credit handling problem.
Errors: 6817, 4B17
Potential Performance Issue
N/A
IOS050I CHANNEL DETECTED ERROR IOS051I INTERFACE TIMEOUT DETECTED IOS051I INTERFACE TIMEOUT DETECTED IOS071I MISSING CHANNEL AND DEVICE END
Mainframe
37
Fixed Issues
Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
Knowledge base article
497732SYM
87954
A Mainframe heavy I/O load may trigger EC2A errors on the FICON directors due to a buffer management issue which can result in a temporary, non-fatal shortage of internal buffers which can reduce performance.
Potential Performance Issue
N/A
Error: EC2A
Online configuration change Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
Knowledge base article
77040466
87269
When an online configuration change is run to add Fibre Channel emulation SLIC bifurcated I/O modules to previously unpopulated slots (2 or 8), Receiver Status correctable errors are logged.
Potential Maintenance Issue
N/A
Error: CE3E.04 74044398, 74141380, 74902958, 75417968, 75957192
84858
73278452, 77202546, 77202596, 77202754, 77706910, 77726394
86043
When drives are added to an existing DAE, the ports on the secondary Potential Data N/A DS slice might not get enabled, leading to the drive not entering a Unavailability ready state if the primary DS becomes unavailable and a dual initiator failover operation begins.
Errors: 283C, 283E, 0113 The SymmWin QuickCacheVolsAdd script may fail if an online engine add was previously performed on the VMAX3 array without fix 86043 installed.
Potential Data N/A Unavailability
Error: F4EF.40
Open replicator Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
Knowledge base article
69110684, 69111744
82129
This fix prevents 27CE, E410, and 013C errors from being logged during a configuration change in an Open Replicator for VMAX (ORS) environment.
No Impact
198393
Errors: 27CE, E410, 013C
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Fixed Issues
Open systems Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
Knowledge base article
73234396
84489
Some host initiators do not appear in the 'symaccess list logins' output, resulting in the inability to create a host in Unisphere or manually add the World Wide Names after earlier host creation.
No Impact
N/A
No Impact
N/A
Knowledge base article
Special conditions: Entries exceeded the 128 maximum limit in the login history table per director/port. 73457400
84527
The VMAX3 system incorrectly returns a good status when a reservation key is zero during a persistent reservation (PR) test on a Windows 2012 cluster.
Exposed environment: Two Windows 2012 R2 hosts that are used by SW Datacore SANsymphony-Vcluster (this works like a cluster using SCSI3 Persistent Reservation).
SRDF family Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
72863552
481309
In an SRDF environment, the D0 control commands may fail with D022.0D timeout errors. Without the fix the problem triggers when there is a large discrepancy in the director`s timer.
Potential Data 205400 Unavailability
Exposed environment: SRDF configured systems. Errors: D022.0D, D03E.25. 74661270, 76716168
85439
The user formats a device on the R1 system from a host that uses unmap/write-same. This causes the corresponding device on the R2 system to become fully allocated.
Potential Compatibility Issue
N/A
74043164, 74765020, 75419860
85003
The system may be unable to establish SRDF links in an SRDF configuration between VMAX V3 arrays running HYPERMAX OS 5977 and VMAX V2 arrays running Enginuity 5876 if the SRDF group contains more than 1365 (0x555 hex) devices.
Potential Data N/A Unavailability
74077030, 75221486
484905
In SRDF/S (Synchronous) mode, SRDF directors may become Potential temporarily unresponsive, impacting host I/O performance. This issue Performance may occur when SRDF is processing a write request and the write Issue pending (WP) is not set in the cache slots. Internally this is known as legal 2A2A condition.
N/A
Errors: 20CE.21, 05CE.11
Open systems
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Fixed Issues
Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
Knowledge base article
60753288, 74598332
85619
SRDF/A will not become consistent due to stuck invalid tracks on a device after being in adaptive copy disk mode. This is because cache counters have become out of sync with the devices' metadata due to corrupt mirror hints.
Potential Data N/A Unavailability
74681088, 76108732
85337
Execution of a Cascading SRDF operation between a R1 on a storage Potential Data N/A system running Enginuity 5786 and a R21 on a storage system Loss/Data running HYPERMAX OS 5977 may trigger meta data corruption xx10, Unavailability xx2E, 2A0C errors on the SRDF R21 devices when a NULL (empty) track is copied from the R1 device to the R21 device.
Errors: xx10, xx2E, 2A0C 72933354
86130
In an SRDF environment, when the status of an RDF device changes Potential Data N/A (for example, an R2 device becoming read/write enabled due to a Unavailability split command), the storage system issues a Unit Attention. If this occurs when a UNISYS Dorado host is starting up and bringing the path to the storage system online, the host generates a ABNORM error and fails to start.
74661270
85652
In an SRDF environment, the output from the A7,RASN inline command does not show all ports and all groups. This is due to the system incorrectly updating the information it holds on paths. This has the potential to cause problems when deleting groups as that action can cause paths that are still operational to be reset.
Potential Data N/A Loss
75465374
86071
In an SRDF environment, SRDF links between VMAX Family arrays and VMAX3 Family arrays would not re-establish after an SRDF link bounce.
Potential Data N/A Unavailability
75393004
86326
In an SRDF environment, if a SnapVX session fails for any reason, the device level status is set to "Fail". Subsequent termination of the failed SnapVX session does not clear up the failed status of the device. It requires manual intervention to reset the device failed status.
Potential Recovery Issue
N/A
76494398
86736
This fix improves the debug information for error codes 3D10.71 and 3D10.6E by adding device and failing information to the short trace output.
No Impact
N/A
Errors: 3D10.71, 3D10.6E 76918416
87189
In an SRDF environment, a VMAX3 system with a large Geometry Compatible Mode (GCM) device and a Logical Block Address (LBA) calculation set to more than a 32-bit value will result in the LBA being cut, and the R2 not being able to accept a write from the R1. Errors: 0533 (VMAX3 Family); 052F (VMAX Family).
Potential Data N/A Unavailability
Exposed environment: VMAX volumes having an odd number of cylinders of at least 2236963 (decimal) cylinder size connected to a VMAX3 GCM volume of equal size. 77054070, 77092680
40
87208
In an SRDF Metro environment, writing to devices that are larger than 0x111111 cylinders may occasionally result in data unavailability (errors 5ACD).
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Potential Data N/A Unavailability
Fixed Issues
SRDF/A Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
Knowledge base article
76405486
86667
In an SRDF environment, 00CA errors may log every hour if the SRDF/A No Impact cycle stops switching. This fix prevents these errors from logging excessively.
N/A
Problem summary
Impact
Knowledge base article
Potential Performance Issue
N/A
Knowledge base article
SymmWin Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
75641516
20017692 The SymmWin Disk Utility Monitor may issues Syscalls on the front end directors too frequently causing I/O latency (0F3E error). The fix reduces the frequency of the Syscalls and move their execution to the IM directors.
TimeFinder-SnapVX Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
73003672, 73786654, 73816332, 74951382, 75373206
483643
A VMAX3 system generates an error and can call home when the space allocated for Remote Data Pointer (RDP) data is 90%, 95%, and 100% used. This fix adds additional errors and call home events when RDP usage reaches 50%, 60%, 70%, and 80%.
Potential Data N/A Loss/Data Unavailability
Note
Fix 84253 is released under the internal OPT 489785 .
Errors: 28.0488.50, 28.0488.60, 28.0488.70, 28.0488.80 77116892
87296
In a TimeFinder environment, if an IFSC scan is run on stale data it may corrupt the Inode Allocator causing the SnapVX session to fail. This fix disables the IFSC scan from automatically fixing any issues found.
Potential Data N/A Loss/Data Unavailability
SRDF/A
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Fixed Issues
Virtual provisioning Service request number
Fix number/ OPT number
Problem summary
Impact
Knowledge base article
76099834
87200
FAST movement requests may be slower than expected.
Potential Performance Issue
N/A
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This section includes the following topics: l l
Known issues ....................................................................................................... 44 Limitations............................................................................................................ 44
Known Issues and Limitations
43
Known Issues and Limitations
Known issues There are no known issue in this release.
Limitations Learn about current limitations in HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784. For previously lifted limitations, reference the EMC VMAX3 Family with HYPERMAX OS 5977, Release Level HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684 Release Notes.
Platform and infrastructure Table 44 Dynamic Virtual Matrix limitation
Limitation
First affected release Affected platform
Diagnostic loopback is not supported.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.250.189
Limitation lifted
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Table 45 VMAX engine serviceability limitations
Limitation
First affected release Affected platform
Hardware replacement support plan:
HYPERMAX OS 5977.250.189
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
HYPERMAX OS 5977.250.189
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
FCoE or iSCSi protocols are not supported on the HYPERMAX OS same front end I/O module, a separate front end I/O 5977.691.684 module is needed for each protocol.
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
l
No script automated engine replacement
l
No script automated DAE replacement
l
Engineering will support a manual procedure when required
Online PDU replacement script is not supported (fly and fix workaround).
Limitation lifted
Table 46 VMAX performance improvement limitation
Limitation
First affected release Affected platform
Limitation lifted
FlashBoost does not support the disabling of asynchronous cache.
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Known Issues and Limitations
HYPERMAX OS data services Table 47 VMAX3 Hypervisor limitation
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform
Access restricted to EMC personnel.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.250.189
VMAX3 Family
Limitation lifted
Table 48 SRDF/A limitation
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform
It is not possible for a host read from the R1 device to receive its data from the remote SRDF/A R2 device when DSE has any deltas saved to disk and there is a dual-drive failure (R1 device local mirrors are unavailable).
HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
In Multi-Session Consistency (MSC) configuration the minimal cycle switch time settings should not be below 6 seconds. The default cycle switch time is 15 seconds.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Limitation lifted
Table 49 SRDF/Metro limitations
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform
SRDF/Metro configurations do not support Concurrent or Cascaded SRDF devices.
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VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Both the source (R1) and target (R2) arrays must be HYPERMAX OS running HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684 or later. 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Existing SRDF device pairs that participate in an SRDF mode of operation cannot be part of an SRDF/Metro configuration; SRDF device pairs that participate in an SRDF/Metro configuration cannot participate in any other SRDF mode of operation.
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VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
The R2 cannot be larger than the R1.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Devices cannot have Geometry Compatibility Mode HYPERMAX OS (GCM) set. 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Devices cannot have User Geometry set.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Open Replicator is not supported.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Devices cannot be Business Continuance Volumes (BCV).
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Devices cannot be used as the target (R2) devices when the SRDF devices are RW on the SRDF link
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Limitation lifted
HYPERMAX OS data services
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Table 49 SRDF/Metro limitations (continued)
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform
Limitation lifted
SRDF/Metro with Consistency with xCopy/ODX is not supported.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Online devices expansion is not supported.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
FAST.X is not supported.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
SCSI 2 and SCSI 3 Cluster are not supported, please reference the EMC Support Matrix (ESM) for more information.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
The only valid SRDF mode is active, this mode cannot be changed once the device pairs are in an SRDF/Metro configuration.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
The SRDF Consistency state cannot be changed once it is enabled for all SRDF devices.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Controlling devices in an SRDF group that contain a HYPERMAX OS mixture of source (R1) and target (R2)devices is not 5977.691.684 supported.
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
The SRDF pair bias device in an SRDF/Metro configuration can only be changed when the SRDF pair state is Active-Active or Active-Bias.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Consistency Group (CG) SRDF control and set operations are allowed on one SRDF group at a time.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
The symrecover command is not available with SRDF/Metro.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
SRDF/Metro does not support FCoE front-end capabilities.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
SRDF/Metro has limited iSCSI support. Please reference EMC Support Matrix (ESM) for more details on support hosts and clusters.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
SRDF/Metro does not support:
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VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
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VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
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CloudArray
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Mobility Safe ID with ALUA
VAAI commands are supported except for xCopy/ ODX.
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Table 49 SRDF/Metro limitations (continued)
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform
Microsoft Cluster with SRDF/Metro is not supported with non-uniform connection (without cross-connects).
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Limitation lifted
Table 50 SRDF N-X support limitations
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform
A VMAX array running Enginuity 5876 whose R1 has HYPERMAX OS RecoverPoint co-existence isn't supported when 5977.497.471 connected to the R2 of a VMAX3 array running HYPERMAX OS 5977.
VMAX3 Family
There is no support for EMC FAST coordination propagation between a VMAX3 array running HYPERMAX OS 5977, and a VMAX array running Enginuity 5876.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family
An update operation on the source (R1) side after a failover, where the target (R2) side is still operational to the hosts is not supported when the source (R1) side is running VMAX 10K, 20K, 40K with Enginuity 5876 code levels.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family
Remote Pair Flashcopy is not supported between a VMAX3 array running HYPERMAX OS 5977, and a VMAX array running Enginuity 5876.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
VMAX3 Family
Limitation lifted
Table 51 Data compression limitations
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform
Write Acceleration (WA) and/or FAST Write on Fibre Channel SRDF links require that software and hardware compression is disabled.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family
The online addition of an SRDF compression frontend I/O module is supported, with a limitation, if a copper port in a GigE SRDF 1 Gb/s front-end I/O module is configured. After a SymmWin script failure, it is necessary to manually reset the copper ports in order to activate hardware compression.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.596.583
VMAX3 Family
Limitation lifted
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
Table 52 SRDF features not available
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform
Limitation lifted
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VMAX3 Family
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
SNMP with GigE SRDF is not supported.
VMAX3 Family
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Table 52 SRDF features not available (continued)
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform
IPSec is not supported for SRDF functionality over GigE.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family
Limitation lifted
Table 53 Open Replicator limitation
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform
Limitation lifted
ORS pace is not supported.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
ORS multi-target is not supported.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
ORS push is not supported.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Interoperability with local replication and SRDF is not supported.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
ORS I/O may not be distributed evenly across ports.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
ORS I/O is not distributed evenly across participating Fibre Channel directors.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
The symsan command may return incomplete results HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471 on all flash arrays.
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
ORS may not protect against torn pages when doing a HYPERMAX OS hot pull with donor update. 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
The symrcopy pull from a larger device to a smaller device with or without the -force_copy option is not supported in HYPERMAX OS 5977.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
ORS may experience performance degradation on devices greater than 16 TB.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
ORS with Donor Updates may report a B514.06 error which may be ignored if the session completes.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
A single discovery of 512 concurrent sessions may result in a discovery error, separate the sessions into 2 or more files of less than 256 concurrent sessions per discovery.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
The symsan command may return the incorrect slice letter, the World Wide Name (WWN) reports correctly.
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VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
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Table 54 Online addition of DX emulation limitation
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform
The online addition of DX emulation is not supported in Solutions Enabler or Unisphere for VMAX.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.596.583
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
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Table 54 Online addition of DX emulation limitation
Table 55 FAST.X limitation
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform Limitation lifted
Data services are not supported with CloudArray.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family
Table 56 Online device expansion limitation
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform
Online device expansion:
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Celerra/NAS devices
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ProtectPoint external backup and restore devices
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Provides the ability to increase the device size only.
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Is not available if the devices are being replicated via SRDF, TimeFinder, ProtectPoint or ORS.
Limitation lifted
Table 57 Metadata efficiency limitation
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform Limitation lifted
Metadata efficiency is available for new installs with HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784 and later only.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Table 58 Mainframe CKD support
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform
Access to open systems FBA devices through a mainframe host adapter is not supported
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Compatible Extended (Extended Remote Copy (XRC)) is not supported.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Remote Pair Flashcopy is only available on VMAX3 arrays running HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Fujitsu CKD emulation support is not available.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Limitation lifted
HYPERMAX OS data services
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Table 59 Mobility Safe ID with ALUA
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform
FcoE is not supported with ALUA.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Limitation lifted
Management software Table 60 Embedded management limitations
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform Limitation lifted
Embedded management is available for new installs with HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684 and above.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
IPv6 is not supported.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684
VMAX3 Family
HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784
Serviceability Table 61 Simplified SymmWin limitation
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform Limitation lifted
Simplified SymmWin is the only interface to run replacement scripts.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.250.189
VMAX3 Family And VMAX All Flash
Table 62 Dual Management Module Control Station limitations
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform Limitation lifted
MMCS failover is triggered manually after EMC Customer Service has determined that the primary MMCS is not functioning.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.250.189
VMAX3 Family And VMAX All Flash
The secondary MMCS can only run maintenance that affects the primary. If the primary MMCS is not functioning it needs to be replaced.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.250.189
VMAX3 Family And VMAX All Flash
The MMCSs location is fixed on engine 1 with the primary located on side A and the secondary onside B.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.250.189
VMAX3 Family And VMAX All Flash
Action scripts can only run on the primary MMCS.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.250.189
VMAX3 Family And VMAX All Flash
A failed procedure can only be recovered on the MMCS it failed on.
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VMAX3 Family And VMAX All Flash
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ProtectPoint Table 63 ProtectPoint limitation
Limitation
First affected release
Affected platform Limitation lifted
The maximum number of eDisks per engine is 2,048.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.497.471
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
Security Table 64 Data at Rest Encryption limitation
Limitation
First affected release
Affected Platform
Existing VMAX3 arrays do not support a non-disruptive HYPERMAX OS online upgrade of D@RE, an upgrade license is available 5977.596.583 for existing arrays that wish to re-install with D@RE enabled.
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
External key manager is not supported.
VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash
HYPERMAX OS 5977.596.583
Limitation lifted
Legacy limitations Table 65 Legacy limitations
Feature name
Limitation
Affected VMAX Platform Limitation lifted
ACLX
The Access Control Logix (ACLX) device has a default HYPERMAX OS factory configuration setting of a maximum of one port per 5977.250.189 Fibre Channel director to prevent device discovery unavailability with some operating systems; this can cause excessive device discovery completion times and/or device inaccessibility. You can change the default setting to make the device accessible on a different port.
Script support
There is a system limitation of two concurrent upgrade procedures (Solution Enabler's Configuration Manager allows customers to run a maximum of two concurrent upgrade procedures).
HYPERMAX OS 5977.250.189
FA statistics
lptask_time, management_time, and link_port_time are always reported as zero.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.250.189
Data Services Emulation
The HYPERMAX OS Data Services emulation I/O statistics for read miss KBs are always reported as zero.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.250.189
Device allocation
The device-per-pool allocated capacity may revert to zero for inactive devices.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.250.189
ProtectPoint
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Table 65 Legacy limitations (continued)
Feature name
Limitation
Microsoft 2012 (Win8) ODX Support
Due to the increase in track size (from 64K to 128K) in HYPERMAX OS VMAX3 Family arrays, Windows 2012 issues ODX extents 5977.497.471 that do not align on these boundaries. As a result, offload copies are failing with a check condition resulting in the host being forced to perform a software copy. As a result, you may experience a longer then expected time for the copy request to complete.
16 Gb/s Fibre Channel I/O module
Ports on the 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel front-end I/O module may take longer than expected to recover if a link bounce occurs during active I/O. This issue may occur if the I/O module is running any of its supported speeds (4, 8, 16 Gb/s) and applies to SRDF and host I/O traffic.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.250.189
SymmWin
SymmWin times out after 5 minutes when the number of Solutions Enabler configuration change requests are beyond system processing capabilities.
HYPERMAX OS 5977.596.583
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Hardware and firmware support Learn about the hardware and firmware supported in HYPERMAX OS 5977.811.784. Hardware For detailed hardware information reference SolVe desktop. SolVe Desktop
Provides links to documentation, procedures for common tasks, and connectivity information for 2-site and 3-site SRDF configurations. To download the SolVe Desktop tool, go to EMC Online Support at https://support.EMC.com and search for SolVe Desktop. Download the SolVe Desktop and load the VMAX All Flash, VMAX3 Family, VMAX, and DMX procedure generator. Note
You need to authenticate (authorize) your SolVe Desktop. After it is installed, familiarize yourself with the information under Help tab.
Firmware For detailed information about the latest firmware updates reference EMC® VMAX3™ Family HYPERMAX OS Operating Environment ReadMe for Firmware Packs Release Level 5977 available on https://support.EMC.com.
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Additional Resources
Additional resources You can use these resources to find more information about this product, get support and provide feedback. Related Documentation VMAX3 platform l
EMC VMAX3 Family Product Guide for VMAX 100K, VMAX 200K, VMAX 400K with HYPERMAX OS
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EMC VMAX3 Family Site Planning Guide for VMAX 100K, VMAX 200K, VMAX 400K with HYPERMAX OS
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EMC VMAX Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections
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EMC VMAX Power-down/Power-up Procedure
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EMC VMAX Securing Kit Installation Guide
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EMC Unpacking Guide for VMAX3 Family and VMAX All Flash arrays
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EMC VMAX3 Family Security Configuration Guide or VMAX 100K, VMAX 200K, VMAX 400K with HYPERMAX OS
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EMC VMAX All Flash Product Guide for VMAX 450F, 450FX , 850F, 850FX with HYPERMAX OS
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EMC VMAX All Flash Site Planning Guide for VMAX 450F, 450FX , 850F, 850FX with HYPERMAX OS
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EMC Unisphere for VMAX Release Notes
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EMC Unisphere for VMAX Installation Guide
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EMC Unisphere for VMAX Online Help
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EMC Unisphere for VMAX Performance Viewer Online Help
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EMC Unisphere for VMAX Performance Viewer Installation Guide
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EMC Unisphere for VMAX REST API Concepts and Programmer's Guide
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EMC Unisphere for VMAX Database Storage Analyzer Online Help
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EMC Unisphere 360 for VMAX Release Notes
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EMC Unisphere 360 for VMAX Online Help
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EMC Unisphere 360 for VMAX Installation Guide
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EMC Solutions Enabler, VSS Provider, and SMI-S Provider Release Notes
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EMC Solutions Enabler Installation and Configuration Guide
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EMC Solutions Enabler CLI Command Reference
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EMC Solutions Enabler Array Controls and Management CLI User Guide
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EMC Solutions Enabler SRDF Family CLI User Guide
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EMC Solutions Enabler TimeFinder Family (Mirror, Clone, Snap, VP Snap) CLI User Guide
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EMC Solutions Enabler SRM CLI User Guide
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EMC SRDF/Cluster Enabler Plug-in Product Guide
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EMC SRDF/TimeFinder Manager for IBM i Product Guide
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EMC Mainframe Enablers Installation and Customization Guide
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EMC Mainframe Enablers Release Notes
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EMC Mainframe Enablers Message Guide
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EMC Mainframe Enablers ResourcePak Base for z/OS Product Guide
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EMC Mainframe Enablers AutoSwap for z/OS Product Guide
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EMC Mainframe Enablers Consistency Groups for z/OS Product Guide
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EMC Mainframe Enablers SRDF Host Component for z/OS Product Guide
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EMC Mainframe Enablers TimeFinder SnapVX Product Guide
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EMC Mainframe Enablers TimeFinder/Clone Mainframe Snap Facility Product Guide
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EMC Mainframe Enablers TimeFinder/Mirror for z/OS Product Guide
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EMC Mainframe Enablers TimeFinder Utility for z/OS Product Guide
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EMC GDDR for SRDF/S with ConGroup Product Guide
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EMC GDDR for SRDF/S with AutoSwap Product Guide
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EMC GDDR for SRDF/Star Product Guide
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EMC GDDR for SRDF/Star with AutoSwap Product Guide
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EMC GDDR for SRDF/SQAR with AutoSwap Product Guide
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EMC GDDR for SRDF/A Product Guide
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EMC GDDR Message Guide
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EMC GDDR Release Notes
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EMC z/OS Migrator Product Guide
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EMC z/OS Migrator Message Guide
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EMC z/OS Migrator Release Notes
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EMC ResourcePak for z/TPF Product Guide
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EMC SRDF Controls for z/TPF Product Guide
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EMC TimeFinder Controls for z/TPF Product Guide
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EMC z/TPF Suite Release Notes
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EMC VMAX Embedded NAS Release Notes
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EMC VMAX Embedded NAS Quick Start Guide
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EMC VMAX Embedded NAS File Auto Recovery with SRDF/S
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ProtectPoint l
EMC ProtectPoint Implementation Guide
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EMC ProtectPoint Solutions Guide
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EMC ProtectPoint File System Agent Command Reference
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EMC ProtectPoint Release Notes
EMC VMAX Family Viewer
Illustrates system hardware, incrementally scalable system configurations, and available host connectivity offered for VMAX arrays. E-Lab™ Interoperability Navigator (ELN)
Provides a web-based interoperability and solution search portal. You can find the ELN at https://elabnavigator.EMC.com. SolVe Desktop
Provides links to documentation, procedures for common tasks, and connectivity information for 2-site and 3-site SRDF configurations. To download the SolVe Desktop tool, go to EMC Online Support at https://support.EMC.com and search for SolVe Desktop. Download the SolVe Desktop and load the VMAX All Flash, VMAX3 Family, VMAX, and DMX procedure generator. Note
You need to authenticate (authorize) your SolVe Desktop. After it is installed, familiarize yourself with the information under Help tab. Where to find product documentation l
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https://community.emc.com/community/products/vmax
Your comments Your suggestions will help us continue to improve the accuracy, organization, and overall quality of our content. Send your opinions of this document to:
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Support by Product — EMC offers consolidated, product-specific information on the Web at: https://support.EMC.com/products The Support by Product web pages offer quick links to Documentation, White Papers, Advisories (such as frequently used Knowledgebase articles), and Downloads, as well as more dynamic content, such as presentations, discussion, relevant Customer Support Forum entries, and a link to EMC Live Chat.
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EMC Live Chat — Open a Chat or instant message session with an EMC Support Engineer.
eLicensing support To activate your entitlements and obtain your VMAX3 Family, VMAX All Flash, or VMAX 10K, 20K, 40K Family license files, visit the Service Center at https://support.EMC.com, as directed on your License Authorization Code (LAC) letter emailed to you. For help with missing or incorrect entitlements after activation (that is, expected functionality remains unavailable because it is not licensed), contact your EMC Account Representative or Authorized Reseller. For help with any errors applying license files through Solutions Enabler, contact the EMC Customer Support Center. If you are missing an LAC letter, or require further instructions on activating your licenses through Online Support, contact EMC's worldwide Licensing team at
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