Wednesday, November 10, 2021

PowerMax: embedded Unisphere with Solution Enabler

Just finish setup of PowerMax and decide to use the embedded Unisphere instead of installing one.  Besides, you can use it as SE server too.  You will need to complete the steps below.  Same info can be found in "Dell EMC PowerMax and VMAX All Flash: Embedded Management"  or 

1) Add the Solution Enabler client IP and user to the Nethost settings (don't remove the default ones)


2) Have support to check the certificate matching the FQDN of the management port if there is issue
3) Make sure SYMAPI server daemon is running.  If it is not running, engage support to start the daemon.  Unfortunately, there are restriction on what you can do on the embedded Unisphere.  
4) Make sure Solutions Enabler Base Configuration > Use Access ID, set this value to ANY.  Again, you need support to dial in to make the change.


5) Edit netcfg in SYMAPI directory in the SE Client.  Add the entry of both management IP and primary IP first.  In the case below, if you manage two PowerMax, you can add the 2nd site to netcfg file.  
SITEAEMGMT Ordered TCPIP FQDN 10.1.1.2 2707 SECURE
SITEAEMGMT Ordered TCPIP FQDN 10.1.1.3 2707 SECURE
SITEBEMGMT Ordered TCPIP FQDN 10.2.1.2 2707 SECURE
SITEBEMGMT Ordered TCPIP FQDN 10.2.1.3 2707 SECURE

If you need to manage only one PowerMax, you can setup the env var.  If you need to manage multiple PowerMax, create a batch file for site A and another one for site B.

set SYMCLI_CONNECT=SITEAEMGMT
set SYMCLI_CONNECT_TYPE=REMOTE
symcli -def
symcfg list