PowerMaxOS 10 Overview Video Transcript
Introduction
“Providing storage security, host and app security, and admin security, PowerMax is a secure NVMe
platform.”
PowerMax D@RE
Secure embedded key-managed advanced AES 256-bit encryption.
“PowerMax D@RE provides secure data at rest. All data is encrypted on the array. All data services are
provided with no compromises.”
FIPS 140-2 validated self-encrypting drives.
“Secure embedded or advanced encryption and self-encrypting drives assures regulatory compliance.”
PowerMax 2500
Rotating to show the front and back of the PowerMax 2500 rack, the following information is listed:
• Maximum system capacity of 8 Pbe of all flash, NVMe storage
• Up to 64 front-end ports per system. Also provides FICON support for mainframe and SKD
compression
• Scaling up to 4 nodes
PowerMax 8500
Rotating to show the front and back of the PowerMax 8500 rack, the following information is listed:
• Maximum system capacity of 18 Pbe of all flash, NVMe storage
• Up to 256 front-end ports per system
• Massive scaling up to 16 nodes per system
• Maximum system = two 42U racks
Scale Out Nodes
Nodes connected to other nodes through Dynamic Fabric.
“The node and fabric attached Dynamic Media Enclosure support the scale out architecture.”
Flexible RAID
Two node pairs connected to a series of disks in flexible RAID groups.
“Flexible RAID provides more granular capacity and configuration options with fewer nodes. It reduces
RAID overhead and provides universal spare space. It provides more capacity with fewer drives. Flexible
RAID enables single drive additions after creating the initial RAID group which provides more high-
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capacity drive options. It ensures enterprise availability by providing single and dual drive failure
resiliency and faster rebuilds.”
“OS10 is at the core of PowerMax performance with:”
• Integrated file services
o Containerized micro services 64-bit design
o File-level retention
o Multi-Node scale-out with active/active access
o Scalable to 16 nodes
• 64 Terabyte file system
o NFS and SMB
o Traditional and transactional
• Global Namespace
o Single view of file assets
o Scaling across nodes
• Fully Unified Management
o Unisphere 10 integration
o Scaling across nodes
• and integrated data services
o Snaps and SRDF
o Service levels, DRR, D@RE
Guest OS
“The Guest OS provides many features and benefits.”
• Ease of deployment & upgrade
• Faster and modular
• Standardized error reporting
• Serviceability and manageability
• vApp Manager: configuration and management for guest instances
• Standardize logging
• Flexibility for adding, removing, and scaling applications
Dynamic Fabric
Nodes connected by Dynamic Fabrics
“Dynamic Fabric is at the core of the system, connecting nodes and Dynamic Media Enclosures.
Performance is insured by allowing any node to connect to any drive which improves inter-node
communications. PowerMax OS10 utilizes dual cast to mirror cache rights.”
“The flexibility of PowerMaxOS 10 allows you to independently scale compute and storage. Drives can
also be balanced across nodes.”
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“Resiliency is provided by the increased fault isolation and secure firmware updates. Serviceability is
enhanced with active optical cables that provide cleaner cable fan in.”
SmartFabric Storage Software (SFSS)
“Dell SmartFabric Storage Software simplifies the management stack providing end-to-end automated
and integrated NVMe TCP management with auto discovery of servers and storage. Simplified transition
to NVMe TCP by automatically deploying, managing and optimizing SmartFabric Storage Software
accelerates options for customer adoption and many fibre channel like capabilities.”
• End point registration service
• End point query service
• Zone service
• Access controls
• Asynchronous event requests
• Asynchronous event notifications
PowerMax Management Interfaces
“PowerMaxOS 10 supports the following software components that provide management capabilities
and application protection:”
Unisphere + Solutions Enabler 10.0 (Embedded or External)
• CloudIQ
• REST API
o SRM
o EMC Storage Analytics v4.5
o AppSync
o Openstack
o Ansible
• Sync CLI
Resources
“Refer to these tools and resources for assistance while supporting the system.”
• Dell Online Support
• Symmipedia
• SolVe Desktop/SolVe Online
• Central Manager
• Simplified Symmwin
• eLicense Download
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