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As an alternative to installing Unisphere on a separate host configured by the user, Unisphere is available in a virtual appliance format through version 9.2. The Unisphere for PowerMax virtual appliance (henceforth known as the Unisphere Virtual Appliance or Unisphere vApp) is easy to manage. It is preconfigured, centralized, and can be configured to be highly available. The Unisphere Virtual Appliance is a virtual machine that provides all the basic components that are required to manage a PowerMax environment.
Note: There is no Unisphere for PowerMax virtual appliance for version 10.x. It is deprecated. Unisphere for PowerMax must be deployed on a physical or virtual host.
The latest virtual appliance for Unisphere for PowerMax 9.2 includes:
Also, the Unisphere vApp also includes a browser-based configuration tool, called the Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance Configuration Manager. Figure 76 shows the interface for eManagement. This web interface offers the following configuration tasks not available in SMC or from the virtual appliance directly:
See the Dell Unisphere for PowerMax installation Guide available on the Dell support site for a detailed description of the virtual appliance.
The Unisphere virtual appliance simplifies and accelerates the process to deploy Unisphere quickly and securely in an enterprise environment.