E20-517 : Symmetrix Solutions Specialist VMAX - To assign devices symaccess is used (symmask no longer used as their is n o masking).

No support for heterogenous host types. HBA flags supported. 1. Create intiator group: symaccess -sid 1234 -type initiator -wwn xxxxx -name initgroupname create 2. Create storage group: symaccess -sid 1234 -type storage devs 0021 -name storagegroupname create 3. Create port group: symaccess -sid 1234 -type port -dirport 7E:1 -name portgroupname create 4. Backup/Restore configuration of groups symaccess -sid 1234 -f backupfilename backup/restore

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VMAX Devices =============== 1. 1 physical drive = 1024 LUN max. 2. Metavolume (Concatenated/stripped)= min2 and max 256 LUN, upto 60TB size(redu ces host visible devices not host supported logical devices) 3. Device Masking/Mapping: a) Auto-provisioning Groups: Allows masking/mapping based on initiator,port and storage group b) Dynamic Host addressing: intiator group basis Thin Pool --------1. Replication supported 2. not supported on devices with CKD emulation 3. Cannot have mixed RAID devices