1. Have you worked on replication technology on symmetrix like SRDF and Time Fin der?

Ans : I do not have a hands on experience, but have knowledge about it 2. How do you manage symmetrix? symmcli or ECC? Ans : symcli 3. What is Architectural difference between legacy symmetrix with current DMX? Ans: If we differenctiate in DMX-4 vs the current V-MAX, the main difference wou ld be the virtual matrix architecture used in VMAX rather than the traditional D irect matrix architecture used in legacy DMXs. Others are the specification diff erences, and the supported Solutions Enabler and SMC versions 4. What are mirror positions in DMX? Ans: Mirror position are actually data structures that point to a location of a mirror of the data and status of each track 5. Whats the command to create meta? Ans : form meta from 0ED4, config=striped,stripe_size=1920; add dev xxxx:xxxx to meta 0ED4; 6. In SRDF what is the difference between suspend and split? Ans : Suspend means we are pausing the process of data copy for time being and w e can resume the process later on. Split means we are breaking the relationship between R1 and R2 devices, on ce we split R1 and R2, we cant resume the copy. 7. What is frontend and backend speed of DMX 3 and DMX 4? Ans DMX-3 Frontend: 4GBPS Backend: 1GBPS DMX-4 Frontend: 4GBPS Backend: 1GBPS 8. Does symsnap occupy mirror position? Ans Every BCV Occupies a mirror position 9. How do you check lock on symmetrix? Ans : symcfg -sid xxxx -lockn all list 10. Is navicli agent compulsory for Integrating any host with CLARiiON array? Ans : Not mandatory 11. How would you know if there is a failed disc in DMX/ Symm. Whats the command ? Ans : symdisk -sid xxxx -failed list 12. If I have a Symm RDF query output and the device status is consistent, is th eir SRDF/s? Ans : No, its not SRDF/S, it should be SRDF/A Following are the status of the devices:SRDF/A = Consistent SRDF Adaptive copy mode = synchronized