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IBM Spectrum Control and IBM Storage Insights Pro Support for Dell EMC

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Abstract

Support of Dell EMC with IBM Storage Insights Pro and IBM Spectrum Control 5.4 (all versions).

Content

Dell EMC devices were tested with the following devices:

Supported Devices Provisioning Performance Monitoring
Dell EMC Unity Hybrid (Unity 300 / 400 / 500 / 600) 1
Dell EMC Unity All Flash (Unity 300F / 400F / 500F / 600F) 1
 
No
Yes 2

Device Configuration:

  • When you add a Dell EMC Unity device, IBM Storage Insights and IBM Spectrum Control collects data by connecting directly to the device.

Dell EMC devices were tested with the following SMI-S provider levels:

Provider  Supported Devices Provisioning Performance Monitoring
EMC Solutions Enabler v8.4 
EMC Solutions Enabler v8.3 
 
   
 VMAX3 Series 5
VMAX2 Series 5
VMAX 5		 No Yes
EMC VNXe 2 Operating Environment (OE) level 3.0 and above
 VNXe3200
VNXe1600		 No No
EMC SMI-S Provider v4.6 and Solutions Enabler v7.6
 
VNX2 Series 6, 7
VNX1 Series 6, 7

Symmetrix
VMAX2 Series
VMAX1 Series 3
 
 No Yes 4

 
Device Configuration:

  • When you add a Dell EMC VMAX, VNX, or VNXe, IBM Spectrum Control and IBM Storage Insights collects data by using the Dell EMC SMI-S Provider or Dell EMC Solutions Enabler.
  • When you add other supported Dell EMC devices, IBM Spectrum Control and IBM Storage Insights collects data by using an SMI-S 1.2 agent.

  
Tips:

  • Provisioning functions are not supported.
  • Storage system data is probed and collected once every 24 hours, unless probe schedule is not daily, for example a weekly probe.
  • For key concepts related to non-IBM storage like Dell EMC devices, check out  Key concepts: IBM Spectrum Control support for non-IBM storage.
  • Newer firmware levels are also supported. For IBM Spectrum Control, an upgrade to a later version might be required, particularly for new functions. IBM Storage Insights is automatically upgraded.  If any problems occur when using newer firmware levels, open a support case. IBM Support will investigate the problem and attempt to resolve it. You can open cases for IBM Spectrum Control or IBM Storage Insights at  https://www.ibm.com/mysupport.

 
Limitations and considerations

  • Storage Insights supports monitoring a single storage device managed by EMC Solutions Enabler / SMIS Provider.  Storage Insights does not correctly handle multiple storage devices managed by EMC Solutions Enabler.
  • The interop namespace for all Dell EMC devices is /interop.
  • Review the EMC Support Issues listed in the "Limitations and known issues for IBM Spectrum Control", for example:   5.4.3 Limitations and Known Issues for IBM Spectrum Control.
  • 1 Virtual Volumes (VVols) are not yet supported and will be ignored while monitoring the device.
  • 2 VNXe Series 1 models (3100, 3150 and 3300) are not supported.
  • 3 Reports of thin provisioned storage have not been tested.
  • 4 Refer to the known performance management and limitations documented for certain EMC SMI-S Provider 4.x / Solutions Enabler 7.x levels. 
  • 5 VMAX Embedded NAS (eNAS) is not supported. 
  • 6 EMC VNX Unified is not supported.
  • 7 It is recommended to use EMC SMI-S Provider 4.6.2.9 (stand-alone SMI-S Provider, downloaded from EMC support site) for VNX Series devices.

Learn more about IBM Spectrum Control

IBM Spectrum Control is an on-premises storage management, monitoring, and reporting solution for storage systems, hypervisors, servers, fabrics, and switches.

Learn more about IBM Storage Insights

IBM Storage Insights is a complementary offering to IBM Spectrum Control. It's an off-premises, IBM Cloud service that provides cognitive support capabilities, monitoring, and reporting for storage systems.

  • For detailed information about the capabilities of IBM Storage Insights, see IBM Knowledge Center.
  • For a complete list of the storage systems that are supported by IBM Storage Insights, see  Supported resources.

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Modified date:
22 February 2022

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