To manage the Symmetrix/VMAX3 storage systems you install the software product "Solutions Enabler" (SYMAPI) on one or more external SYMAPI servers according to the instructions of EMC. For management purposes, EMC requires a Management Server with "Solutions Enabler" or "Unisphere for VMAX". This calls for FC connections to the storage systems and the configured gatekeeper devices, as well as a LAN connection to SHC-OSD (BS2000).
See the section “Embedding of SYMAPI”.
Take note of section “Version combinatorics of SHC-OSD and SYMAPI”.
The components for the SYMAPI server are supplied by EMC. Further information on installing SYMAPI can be found in the EMC Release Notes.
The SYMAPI client is integrated into SHC-OSD.
Information on configuring multiple SYMAPI servers is provided in section “Multiple SYMAPI servers (Symmetrix/VMAX3)”.