EMC AX100 Release Notes - Page 4

Product description Before you can start a snapshot, you allocate the required snapshot disk resources. When the allocation completes, the state of the snapshot transitions to Ready, which means you can start the snapshot on the source server and then access the snapshot on the secondary server. When you no longer require the snapshot's data, you can remove access to the snapshot. Only after you do this can you stop the snapshot. When you stop a snapshot, the point-in-time copy ends and the snapshot disk resources are freed for other snapshots to use. If you do not want to start another snapshot for this source virtual disk, you can destroy the snapshot. Destroying the snapshot frees and deallocates the snapshot disk resources that were allocated when you prepared the snapshot. Each AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i storage system ships from the factory with snapshot management software installed. Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility The EMC Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility runs on your management station or attached server. It discovers uninitialized AX100-series storage systems, lets you assign IP addresses to the SPs on the same subnet, and set up security for these storage systems. The Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility ships on the AX-Series Server Support CD that is supplied with the storage system. Navisphere Server Utility The EMC Navisphere Server Utility runs on each server connected to your AX100-series storage system. This utility lets you register the server with your AX100-series storage system. It also allows you to use snapshots on your servers. It lets you start, stop, access or remove a snapshot. The Navisphere Server Utility ships on the AX-Series Server Support CD that is supplied with the storage system. PowerPath software PowerPath path management software manages the paths between a Windows, Linux, NetWare, or Solaris server and virtual disks in the storage system. It transfers I/O to a working path if one path fails and provides load balancing to distribute the I/O load equally among paths. The PowerPath software ships on the PowerPath CDs that are supplied with the storage system. Always go to the support website for the latest version of PowerPath. 4 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes