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This appendix provides an example walkthrough of the SRDF/Metro Metro DR interface with Unisphere for PowerMax 10.x.
The following operations are covered in the examples to follow:
Creation of a new Metro DR environment via the Unisphere Protection Wizard:
In this section, we will use the Metro DR Protection Wizard in Unisphere to protect a Storage Group and create the associated devices, storage groups, environment, and associated Metro and DR configurations.
Note: Metro Metro DR requires the use of a witness configuration; may use either an array based or virtual witness (vWitness). The following documents are available which contain setup instructions:
Prior to starting the Unisphere Metro DR Protection Wizard, SRDF Connectivity should exist between all arrays in the configuration.
Unisphere for PowerMax will automatically create the required SRDF groups for the actual Metro/DR configuration. Users can OPT to create SRDF groups in advance should they wish to control the numbering, however the wizard will endevaour to choose matching SRDF groups for easier troubleshooting and maintenance.
Once the configuration is complete Users can add additional SRDF ports to the configured SRDF groups for high bandwidth applications should they need to.