Kenn,  1) grab SMC from here  Home  >  Support  >  Software Downloads and Licensing  > Downloads S  > Symmetrix Management Console (SMC)  2) best practice is to zone one HBA to FAs from different directors. For example let's say i have one engine Vmax.   symcfg list -sid 12 -FA ALLSymmetrix ID: 0000000123           S Y M M E T R I X    F I B R E   D I R E C T O R S    Dir    Port  WWN               ACLX     Volume Set   Pnt to P                                   Enabled  Addressing    FA-7E   0    5000097208222918  Yes      No           Yes    FA-7E   1    5000097208222919  Yes      No           Yes    FA-8E   0    500009720822291C  Yes      No           Yes    FA-8E   1    500009720822291D  Yes      No           Yes    FA-7F   0    5000097208222958  Yes      No           Yes    FA-7F   1    5000097208222959  Yes      No           Yes    FA-8F   0    500009720822295C  Yes      No           Yes    FA-8F   1    500009720822295D  Yes      No           Yes    FA-7G   0    5000097208222998  Yes      No           Yes    FA-7G   1    5000097208222999  Yes      No           Yes    FA-8G   0    500009720822299C  Yes      No           Yes    FA-8G   1    500009720822299D  Yes      No           Yes  as you can see i have front end director 7 and 8. So when i will zone my host i will zone HBA1 to 7E:0 and 8E0 and HBA2 to 7G:0 and 8G:0. If you have multiple engines you will want to zone to multiple engines to give you even more redundancy.  3) First thing is to zone a management host to your FAs, the host will automatically detect the ACLX device. Solutions enabler will use this device to communication to Vmax, you can later on add more gatekeepers.  I would recommend you download Solutions Enabler 7.1 documentation library and start looking through VMax virtual provisioning ..etc. Come back with more questions [IMAGE]
Hello,  I am at a customer that has a few new VMAX's that they want me to assist on getting setup.  My background is Clariion based but i am looking forward to getting my hands on this new equipment.  I have a brand new VMAX that is not in production that i can mess with and need to get it up and running.  They mainly want me to get Sym Performance Analyzer installed and create gatekeeper lun's.  I have a new W2008 64bit server with SE 7.1 installed.  Here are a few questions i have.  1     Where can i find Symmetrix management Console 7.1?  I cant seem to locate it on powerlink.  2     Do i only need to zone the server HBA's to (1) FA port only?  3     How do i use symcli?  i cant seem to find the correct path to run any commands.  and does it need to be zoned before i can use it?  From what i am reading, the steps are to  Install SMC 7.1 Install SE 7.1 Install SPA  I dont know if i need to have the gatekeeper lun's created first?  any help is appreciated  I am sure i will have more questions to come:)  Thanks
New to VMAX, need some assistance