DATA S H E E T

EMC Symmetrix Storage

Management Solution

Simplify EMC Symmetrix storage management

Data centers have significantly grown in capacity and complexity, but organizations are under
intense pressure to manage that growth and complexity with fewer resources. IT organizations
require a solution that simplifies storage management, is easy to use, and reduces the amount
of effort to plan, provision, and monitor storage resources.

Data centers are at a crossroad. It is not a one-to-one relationship between physical resources and
capacity growth. Growth has to be accommodated by virtualizing and sharing resources. As data
centers continue to embrace virtualization, management tools are required to tier, consolidate, and
scale physical resources.

With EMC® Symmetrix® Management Console (SMC), the provisioning of storage resources takes
less time and effort, is simple and easy to accomplish, and maximizes utilization of the physical
resources.

EMC Symmetrix Management Console (SMC)

EMC Symmetrix Management Console (SMC) is an intuitive, browser-based graphical interface
for managing multiple Symmetrix V-Max™ and DMX systems. It is hosted on a small server and
is accessed via a web browser. Because of its lightweight architecture, SMC is an ideal graphical
The Big Picture complement to the SYMCLI (Symmetrix command-line interface).

• Reduce the amount of time and effort At a high level, SMC provides the overall storage provisioning functions and also provides the ability
to provision storage and replication in to view, monitor, and report on Symmetrix arrays. It provides an efficient view of all Symmetrix
complex data center environments
resources consolidated in a single console view.
• Manage more storage configurations in
virtual data center environments with
fewer resources
• Simplify day-to-day management with
ease-of-use features
• Forecast and plan system upgrades and
consolidation with automated performance
monitoring and trending
• Reduce total cost of ownership (TCO)

SMC managing multiple Symmetrix arrays

SMC benefits
• Simplify Management in the Virtual Data Center: Key characteristics of the virtual data center are
the ability to tier, consolidate, and rapidly provision resources. SMC provides the framework to easily
manage storage resources and provide the ability to quickly adapt to changes in the virtual data
center. Specifically, SMC simplifies the provisioning procedures of the following features, dramatically
increasing the productivity of the storage administrators.
– Virtual Provisioning enables users to reduce cost and improve capacity utilization. Virtual
Provisioning enables users to present a large amount of capacity to a host and then consume
space only as needed from a shared pool. SMC provides the management functions to create
Thin Pools, expand Thin Pools to accommodate growth, and non-disruptively shrink Thin Pools
as needed. Additionally, SMC helps in monitoring the utilization of these Thin Pools.
– Virtual LUN technology non-disruptively moves data between tiers, spanning different drive and
RAID types, without impacting business continuity. Organizations can respond more easily to
changing business requirements when using tiered storage in the array without disrupting local
or remote replication. SMC provides the ability to provision VLUN technology through the use
of wizards.

Software-based Tiering Capabilities

Symmetrix Management Console and

Symmetrix Performance Analyzer
Cache Symmetrix Symmetrix Virtual LUN Virtual
Partitioning Optimizer Priority Controls Technology Provisioning

Platform-based Tiering

Tier 0 Tier 1 Tier 2

Gen 2 Flash Drives, FC, SATA,

combine high performance and low cost

SMC simplifies the management in the virtual data center

– Auto-provisioning Groups help provision storage more easily, reducing labor and risk of error,
for consolidated and virtual environments by managing many server-storage links at once. SMC
provides the ability to create Auto-provisioning Groups through the use of wizards.
– Dynamic Cache Partitioning segregates memory resources on a Symmetrix array into as many
as eight partitions for different virtual servers or clusters. Partitions can expand and contract
according to policies in order to maximize cache utilization while isolating workloads among
applications. SMC provides the ability to establish cache partitions, analyze cache partitions in
demonstration mode, and monitor cache partitions.
– Symmetrix Priority Controls help manage multiple application workloads by setting priority
levels for device groups, allowing higher-priority applications to have faster response times than
lower-priority applications. SMC has the ability to provision priority controls.

• Actively monitor storage resource utilization: SMC provides the ability to view the utilization of
drives and pools in an array, as well as the ability to monitor replication and quality of service (QoS)
parameters as IOs and cache are used.
• Ease of Use: Features such as templates, wizards, task menus, and device filters simplify manage-
ment and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) in the virtual data center. SMC wizards streamline the
provisioning process for Auto-provisioning Groups, Virtual LUN technology, and SRDF® replication.
With the wizard capability, the time-to-provision and errors are minimized when provisioning
storage resources.

Migration Wizard simplifies process for provisioning VLUN technology

• Robust Information and System Security: SMC provides multiple levels of secure access to specific
hosts and users. SMC provides role-based user authentication and detailed auditing to protect
critical information from malicious activity. SMC also enables users to manage Symmetrix access
controls that authenticate and restrict host control of Symmetrix devices. SMC supports iSCSI
CHAP secrets and RADIUS server settings to provide additional authentication and authorization
capabilities.
 EMC Symmetrix Performance Analyzer (SPA)
EMC Symmetrix Performance Analyzer (SPA) is a graphical performance monitoring and trending tool
that helps in long-term planning and decisions, including system upgrades and consolidation. SPA is
add-on functionality that is launched from the SMC. SPA has the following benefits:

• Simplifies analysis of Symmetrix performance trends

• Provides intuitive application monitoring

• Adds new intelligence to manage at the application level by providing the ability to monitor
Composite Groups, pools (Data, SNAP and DSE), and masking groups

EMC Global Services for the IT lifecycle

EMC Global Services delivers results to our customers throughout the IT lifecycle: Plan, Build, Manage,
and Support. Strategic information and storage consulting services from EMC Consulting help compa-
nies achieve the maximum value from their information, at the lowest total cost, at every point in the
information lifecycle. EMC Technology Solutions professionals deliver product-specific point solutions
in addition to comprehensive custom planning, design, implementation, and integration services for
EMC technology—everything from consolidation of your current resources to a transformation of your
environment to achieve information lifecycle management. EMC Customer Service—six-time winner
of the SSPA STAR Award for outstanding mission-critical support—helps you keep your information
available 24/7 with an array of services available whenever, wherever, and however you need them.
Our eServices capabilities and remote support offerings mean support is just a call or click away. And,
EMC Education Services drives the value of your investment with a comprehensive training and certifi-
cation program that assesses your current knowledge, develops and delivers a personalized training
plan and curriculum, and finally, validates your knowledge and expertise through certification exams.

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