Dell PowerStore 1200T Using the Common Event Enabler 8.x on Windows Platforms - Page 73
Unity and VNX CEPA Information, CEPA concepts, CEPA restrictions and limitations
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B Unity and VNX CEPA Information This section contains CEPA-specific information for Dell Unity and VNX systems. Topics: • CEPA concepts • CEPA restrictions and limitations • Overview of the cepp.conf file • Create the cepp.conf file • Edit the cepp.conf file • Assign rights in Windows Server • Assign rights for third-party applications • Start the CEPA facility • Verify the CEPA status • Stop the CEPA facility • Display the CEPA facility properties • Display the CEPA facility statistics • Display detailed information for a CEPA pool CEPA concepts The VNX and Unity systems are responsible for: ● Creating event notifications (event and its associated context) ● Sending the event package into the CEPA pool The CEPA pool is responsible for: ● Maintaining a topology and state mapping of all consumer applications ● Delivering event type and associated event metadata through the CEPA API CEPA restrictions and limitations The following are known CEPA limitations at the time of publication. CEPA servers CEPA pools Configuration file FTP protocol Each NAS Server should specify a CEPA pool consisting of a minimum of two CEPA servers. In Dell systems: ● For pre-events, you can define only one CEPA pool. ● For post-events and post-error events, you can define up to three CEPA pools. For VNX systems, you must manually create the cepp.conf file before using CEPA. Create the cepp.conf file provides details. For Dell Unity systems, use Unisphere to create and manage Events Publishing details for a NAS server. CEPA is only for the clients that run either the SMB/CIFS or NFS protocol. If the FTP protocol is used to move or modify files, no events are processed or published for the files. NOTE: Configuring and Managing CIFS on VNX provides more information on configuring the CIFS protocol on a VNX. Configuring Hosts to Access SMB File Systems provides more information on configuring the SMB protocol on a Unity system. Unity and VNX CEPA Information 73