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Velocity, Viewlets, ViPR, Virtual Matrix, Virtual Matrix Architecture, Virtual Provisioning, Virtualize Everything, Compromise Nothing, Virtuent, VMAX, VMAXe, VNX, VNXe, Voyence, VPLEX, VSAM-Assist, VSAM I/O PLUS, VSET, VSPEX, Watch4net, WebXtender, xPression, xPresso, Xtrem, XtremCache, XtremSF, XtremSW, XtremIO, YottaYotta, Zero-Friction Enterprise Storage. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. UnityVSA Installation and Theory of Operation ‹#› This course covers an overview of the release of the UnityVSA Software Defined Storage solution, and the specific features and functions it supports. Details about the licensing and support model are presented. Procedures for deploying the UnityVSA OVA file in an ESXi environment, performing the initialization and initial UnityVSA setup, creating a NAS Server, creating UNIX and Windows File Systems and Shares, and creating iSCSI Block Storage are all discussed and demonstrated. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. UnityVSA Installation and Theory of Operation 2 This course is segmented into six distinct topics. First is a product overview. The following five topics provide demonstrations for deployment and initialization, initial setup and storage provisioning. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. UnityVSA Installation and Theory of Operation 3 This module focuses on the rationale for the release of UnityVSA, its benefits, the system configuration and the specific features and functions it supports. The module also describes the product offerings and licensing model, and explains the system limits based on the license with larger capacity. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. UnityVSA Installation and Theory of Operation 4 Unity Virtualized Storage Appliance (VSA) is a software defined storage platform running on general purpose hardware. UnityVSA is deployed on a VMware ESXi hypervisor. The UnityVSA can coexist with and provide storage to applications running on the same server hardware. Multiple VSA instances can be deployed on a single server. The UnityVSA is a Unified Array, providing both Block (iSCSI), File (NFS & SMB/CIFS), and VVols in one integrated platform. A consistent look and feel across the Unity platform is made possible using HTML5 Unisphere. A consistent Unity feature set and data services such as Unified Snapshots and Replication are available with the UnityVSA. UnityVSA is a low cost deployment solution, ideal for testing application features and functionalities and training new storage administrators. The solution is also a suitable software defined storage solution for Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO) deployments when the amount of employees does not justify the use of a dedicated storage array. Service providers can benefit from the deployment of multiple VSAs for multiple clients, offering multi-tenancy storage instances. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. UnityVSA Installation and Theory of Operation 5 The virtualized Unity models are the replacement for the VNXe1600 systems. The Unity storage software stack, running on a purpose built hardware, is virtualized and encapsulated into an OVA file which can be deployed in an ESXi host. Reliable block storage is provided to the UnityVSA via a RAID card associated with the hypervisor and host hardware (Direct Attached Storage) or via an external RAID protected Storage array (EMC arrays or 3rd party storage arrays). RAID protection is provided at the physical level – UnityVSA adds no RAID protection on top of the virtual disks. Storage is provisioned to the UnityVSA via Fibre Channel/iSCSI (block) or NFS (File). VMware vSphere datastores are built from file systems (NFS) or LUNs (VMFS) provisioned by the backend. vDisks for the UnityVSA are created from the provisioned ESXi datastores. UnityVSA storage pools can then be provisioned from the vDisks. And Unity storage resources (Block, File and VMware datastores) can be provisioned to hosts using the storage pools. UnityVSA provisions Block storage to hosts only using the iSCSI protocol. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. UnityVSA Installation and Theory of Operation 6 There are two product offerings for the UnityVSA: Community, and Professional. The Community Edition is intended for non-production environments such as test, development, and training. In the Community Edition all the UnityVSA features are available, it is completely free and there is no expiration date associated with it. The capacity limit is 4TB. The support is based on a EMC monitored Community forum where users can access, post questions and participate in discussions. The Professional edition is recommended for production use. The Professional Edition has all features available with a subscription valid for one year. The edition comes in three flavors of supported storage capacity: 10, 25, and 50 TB. The Professional edition comes with EMC Enhanced support, including the configuration of ESRS/ConnectEMC, and available phone assistance to troubleshoot and fix failures with the virtual system, There are capacity upgrades available for the Professional subscription licenses. These only extend the capacity but not the subscription period. • 10 TB to 25 TB upgrade path license • 10 TB to 50 TB upgrade path license • 25 TB to 50 TB upgrade path license Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. UnityVSA Installation and Theory of Operation 7 1 Any paid licenses can be installed non-disruptively. Limits will scale accordingly with the installed license (up to the supported maximums). The licenses have a minimum code requirement – a newer license cannot be installed on an older version of code. For the virtual systems, the license keys are based on the system’s UUID (Universally Unique Identifier). These keys, which are included in the License (.lic) files can be obtained through the ‘Get License Online’ link in the Unisphere Licenses page of the Initial Configuration wizard or License Management page in the Settings window. The user must provide the virtual system UUID to the Electronic Licensing Management System (ELMS) and the license authorization code (LAC) ID to download the license file locally. The license file must then be transferred