Vsphere 5.5 with clariion cx4-120 and vnx5200

[pazzoide76]

Hello,

I have little experience with storage EMC  and I would have a couple of questions about the use of vSphere 5.5 with CLARiiON CX4 storage 120 and vnx5200.

Both the storage are connected fiber channel.

I have to update my infrastructure to vSphere 4.1 to vSphere 5.5.

My infrastructure is composed of 3 servers DELL, one CLARiiON CX4 120 and a EMC2 VNX5200.

First I saw that the Clariion CX4 storage 120 does not support VAAI with vSphere 5.5 while the storage vnx5200 supports it.

So, since I want to use archiving VAAI on VNX 5200 and I can not use it on the Clariion CX4 (as VAAI is not supported with vSphere 5.5).

I like I do?

I leave the failover mode to 1 for the CLARiiON CX4 120 and I configure the failover mode 4 for vnx5200?

It is correct to use the round robin for multipath for vnx5200?

I will use multipath vmware.

It makes sense to set iops from 1000 to 1 as per article vmwarehttp://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=206935... ?

If I leave the failovermode 1 for clariion CX4-120 emc and then as multipath should I choose MRU is a solution supported by EMC in vSphere 5.5?

Thank you

Greetings

[virtualg_uk]

If your VNX 5200 is running Flare 28.5 patch 704 or later then AULA (Failover mode 4) is your best option. Please see here for further clarification https://community.emc.com/message/598465

Ensure that your SATP is set to  VMW_SATP_ALUA_CX

Personally, I would leave your IOPS setting to 1000 (default) unless you see performance issues or an EMC advisory for your VNX 5200 suggests otherwise.

I would also leave your PSP to Round Robin but this depends on your own requirements. There is also in-depth information on the link I posted above.

[pazzoide76]

Thank you for your answer.

Regarding the VNX it is fully understood.

The VNX and clarioon are connected to the same vSphere cluster.

My question is how do I configure the clarriion CX4?

thank you

Greetings

[IgorAbzalov]

You can use VAAI with VNX5200 and disable it only for CX4-120 by removing VAAI rules only for CX-120.

I use failover mode 4 for CX4-120, as best and recommended option.

[IgorAbzalov]

What is Symantec VxDMP 7.0 and how it is licensed? If i want CX4-120 with vSphere 6.0U2 - i must have it, isn't it?