Dell EMC Celerra/VNX (NAS) and eNAS Storage Systems

EMC Celerra/VNX and eNAS storage systems are NAS file servers that provide NAS functionality through one or several Data Movers and a Control Station. As part of routine discovery, when the embedded EMC Celerra SMI-S Provider is encountered, an EMC CIM Object Manager software instance is created. The SMI-S Provider is interrogated to discover any storage entities that it is managing. Once discovered, the storage entities are modeled in BMC Discovery.

Prerequisites for EMC Celerra/VNX (NAS) Models

• Host credentials for the Control Station host on which the Celerra SMI-S Provider is running.

• WBEM credentials for Control Station host. The WBEM account needs to be created with, at least, Operator privileges:

  1. Go to EMC Unisphere web site installed on the control station https://<ip-adress-of-control-station>/
  2. Select All Systems > Domains, and from the Users task list, click Manage Global Users.
  3. In the Global User Management dialog, click Add.
  4. In Storage Domain Role, choose Operator and click OK to add the new user.

  Note: These credentials should be entered as WBEM credentials for the IP address of the control station.

• Network access on a WBEM port (5988 for http, 5989 for https) from the Discovery server to the Control Station.

The EMC SMI-S Provider is installed by default when the base NAS software is installed in the directory /celerra/wbem on the Control Station. However it is possible that the SMI-S Provider must be enabled on the Control Station. Refer to the Documentation Links for detailed information.

Prerequisites for eNAS Models

• WBEM credentials for eNAS Control Station host. These credentials should be entered as WBEM credentials for the IP address of the control station.
• Network access on a WBEM port (5989 for https) from the BMC Discovery server to the Control Station.

Note: No specific configuration of SSH credentials for eNAS Control Station host are required.

Supported Platforms

• EMC Celerra
• EMC VNX (NAS only)
• EMC eNAS

Discovered Storage Information

• EMC Celerra/VNX (NAS) and eNAS Storage Discovered Information

Vendor Specific Information

No known vendor specific information.

Limitations

No known limitations.

Documentation Links

• Enabling the Celerra SMI-S Provider