Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
VPLEX
HP, Oracle (Sun),
Microsoft, Linux, IBM
Oracle, VMware, Microsoft
Brocade,
Cisco
Brocade,
Cisco
HP, Oracle (Sun), Hitachi, HP (3PAR), IBM, EMC
Figure 3. Configuration highlights
Metro node conforms to established world wide naming (WWN) guidelines that can be used for zoning. It also supports Dell
EMC storage and arrays from other storage vendors, such as HDS, HP, and IBM. metro node provides storage federation for
operating systems and applications that support clustered file systems, including both physical and virtual server environments
with VMware, ESX, and Microsoft Hyper-V. The network fabrics from Brocade and Cisco are supported in metro node.
See the Dell EMC Simple Support Matrix, available at http://elabnavigator.EMC.com under the Simple Support Matrix tab.
Management interfaces
In a metro node Metro configuration, both clusters can be managed from either management server.
Inside metro node clusters, management traffic traverses a TCP/IP based private management network.
In a metro node Metro configuration, the management traffic between the clusters is secured through https protocol.
Web-based GUI
Metro node web-based user interface (UI) provides an easy-to-use point-and-click management interface.
The following figures show the screen to claim storage:
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Introducing metro node