Dell PowerStore 5200T EMC PowerStore Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 3 - Page 8

Functional Area Support SupportAssist Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Feature Description Capturing of data and logs for specific time interval. Enhanced auto-licensing feature to include use of Secure Connect Gateway. Added support for vVols over NVMe/FC. Minimized the VASA provider downtime to reduce the failover time for a PowerStore appliance. Adding VM datastore awareness to PowerStore Manager. Documentation of defined vVol-related system limits for each appliance model and scalability improvements for vVol-related objects. Automated the rescan of paths on VMware ESXi hosts during volume/volume group migration. PowerStore supports VMware SRM 8.3 and snapshot protection for vVol-based VMs using VMware storage policies. Migration of vVol-based VM from one appliance to another appliance. Summary of Benefits Significantly reduces support time and leads to quicker resolution. Provides logs for a specific time rather than having to work with large log files. Use of Secure Connect Gateway tunnel for auto-licensing when no internet connection is available, along with providing an extension to the trial period. Extends the performance benefits of NVMe/FC to vVols. The VASA provider downtime during a failover has been minimized, which reduces the time it takes for a failover to complete. This feature enhances the end-to-end VMware visibility in PowerStore Manager. PowerStore Manager now displays the associated datastores and volumes for each VM. Significant increase in vVol-related system limits, which increases the variety of customer use-cases and implementation flexibility. Eliminates the time and effort it takes to perform a manual rescan of paths on VMware ESXi hosts during volumes/volume group migration. Provides customers the ability to leverage SRM for replicating vVol-based VMs. Eliminates the time and effort it takes to manually migrate individual vVols associated with a VM from one appliance to another appliance. Manually migrating individual vVols can become time consuming when multiple VMs are being migrated. Changed Features The following features have been changed in this release. Functional Area Discovery Feature Description When discovering a PowerStore appliance with a direct connection you must plug the cable into the service port on Node B. In previous releases direct discovery was connected to the PowerStore appliance through the service port on Node A. Summary of Benefits Improves CPU and Memory management. 8 Changed Features