EMC AX100 Release Notes - Page 3

Product description FLARE Operating Environment software FLARE Operating Environment (OE) software controls the operation of the AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i disk-array storage systems. AX100SC and AX100SCi storage systems ship with a complete copy of FLARE OE software installed on the first and third disk modules (disk modules 0 and 2). These disk modules store mirrored copies of the software for the AX100SC and AX100SCi storage processor (SP). AX100 and AX100i storage systems ship with a complete copy of FLARE OE software installed on the first four disk modules (disk modules 0 through 3). Disk modules 0 and 2 store mirrored copies of the software for SP A, and disks 1 and 3 store mirrored copies of the software for SP B. When you power up the storage system, each SP boots and executes FLARE OE software. Shared storage control Shared storage control software allows only the server(s) assigned to a virtual disk to access the virtual disk. Navisphere Express EMC Navisphere Express is a storage-system-based management utility for configuring and managing AX100-series storage systems. This product provides the following functionality: Š Storage configuration and allocation Š Event management Each AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i storage system ships from the factory with Navisphere Express installed. Snapshot management software The snapshot management software is a storage-system-based software application that lets you create a point-in-time copy - a snapshot - of a virtual disk; that is, you determine when the snapshot starts. A secondary server can then access and use the snapshot for backup purposes or as a base for temporary operations on the copy of the production data without changing the source data on the virtual disk. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 3