SPM adapter for EMC® Symmetrix® VMAX®: Matrix support for automation of EMC storage operations via the HP Storage Provisioning Manager

Technical white paper | SPM Adapter for EMC Symmetrix VMAX

Summary

The HP Matrix Operating Environment includes the HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) adapter for EMC Symmetrix

VMAX storage. SPM is a bundled solution for managing storage provisioning within the Matrix Operating Environment. SPM

provides out-of-the-box support for selected HP storage solutions and can be extended to other storage (including third

party storage) via custom SPM adapters. This enables support for automated storage operations in a broader range of

customer environments. Without such adapters, SPM cannot automate storage operations (but does provide a mechanism

for “unmanaged” storage to be manually specified and automatically matched to logical server storage requests).

The SPM adapter for EMC Symmetrix VMAX storage supports storage operations for discovering arrays and reading pool and

volume information, creating and deleting volumes, growing volumes, and performing volume presentations to a given host

using the FC interface. This enables SPM to import EMC storage pools into the storage catalog which can be used to fulfill

storage requests for logical servers. Using Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration, logical servers can be created

automatically from a service template, including the ability to perform volume creation (if on-demand provisioning is

enabled) and LUN presentation through SPM, using the SPM adapter for EMC Symmetrix VMAX.

For more information

Detailed information regarding Matrix Operating Environment and the HP Storage Provisioning Manager is available at

hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs.

Documentation includes:

• HP Matrix Operating Environment Infrastructure Orchestration User Guide

• HP Matrix Operating Environment Logical Server Management User Guide

• HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) User Guide

• Faster Storage Provisioning in the Matrix Operating Environment: use of the HP Storage Provisioning Manager storage

catalog with controlled storage operations white paper

• HP Matrix Operating Environment and HP Storage Provisioning Manager support for port groups: Storage controller port

load balancing using SPM white paper

Information regarding the EMC Solution Enabler and SMI-S Provider can be found at powerlink.emc.com

Glossary

Adapter

HP SPM adapter for EMC Symmetrix VMAX

ACLX

Access Control Logix

Insight Management

Matrix OE

Matrix Operating Environment

SPM

Storage Provisioning Manager

WWN

World Wide Name

LUN

Logical Unit Number

VSA

Volume Set Addressing