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PowerMax customers can take advantage of simplified array management using embedded Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax. Unisphere for PowerMax is an HTML5 based management interface that allows IT managers to maximize productivity by dramatically reducing the time required to provision, manage, and monitor PowerMax data storage assets.
Embedded Unisphere enables customers to simplify management, reduce cost, and increase availability by running PowerMax management software directly on the array. Embedded management (eManagement) is configured in the factory to ensure minimal setup time on site. The feature runs as a container on a director, eliminating the need for a customer to allocate their own equipment to manage their arrays. Aside from Unisphere, other key elements of the eManagement data service include Solutions Enabler, Database Storage Analyzer, REST API and SMI-S management software.
Unisphere for PowerMax delivers the simplification, flexibility, and automation that are key requirements to accelerate the transformation to the all-flash data center. For customers who frequently build up and tear down storage configurations, Unisphere for PowerMax makes reconfiguring the array even easier by reducing the number of steps required to delete and repurpose volumes. With PowerMax, storage provisioning to a host or virtual machine is performed with a simple four-step process using the default Diamond class storage service level. This ensures all applications will receive sub-ms response times. Using Unisphere for PowerMax, a customer can set up a multi-site SRDF configurations in a matter of minutes. In addition, Unisphere for PowerMax provides a full REST API, enabling customers to fully automate the delivery, monitoring, and protection of storage services from their enterprise storage. REST API also enables organizations to integrate their PowerMax storage with their own DevOps environment or with third-party tools.
Embedded Unisphere for PowerMax is a great way to manage a single PowerMax array; however, for customers who need to view and manage their entire data center, Dell Technologies provides Unisphere 360. Unisphere 360 aggregates and monitors up to 200 PowerMax, VMAX All Flash, and legacy VMAX arrays across a single data center. This solution is a great option for customers running multiple PowerMax and VMAX All Flash arrays with embedded management (eManagement) who are looking for ways to facilitate better insights across their entire data center. Unisphere 360 provides storage administrators the ability to view site-level health reports for every PowerMax and legacy system VMAX or coordinate compliance to code levels and other infrastructure maintenance requirements. Customers can leverage the simplification of PowerMax management at data center scale.
Embedded Unisphere and Database Storage Analyzer are available on every PowerMax array as they are included in the Essentials and zEssentials software packages. Unisphere 360 is included in the Pro and zPro software packages or can be ordered with the Essentials and zEssentials software packages. Unisphere 360 does not run in an embedded environment and requires additional customer-supplied server hardware.