EMC Celerra CNS with CLARiiON Storage

DATA SHEET EMC Celerra CNS with CLARiiON Storage Reach new heights of availability and scalability with EMC Celerra Clustered Network Server (CNS) and CLARiiON storage Consolidating and sharing information The Big Picture Say goodbye to performance bottlenecks and security issues associated with file servers using general-purpose operating systems. Say Welcome to the EMCCelerra Clustered Network Server with CLARiiON storage, a dedicated network file server optimized for moving data across IP networks. Experience the sixth generation of innovative CLARiiON Fibre Channel RAID storage with best-in-class availability and data integrity protection, along with EMC s impressive I/O system design heritage and Celerra s industry-leading availability, scalability, performance, and ease of management. Consolidate all of your file servers into a centrally managed information storage system. Dynamically grow, share, and cost-effectively manage file systems with multiprotocol file access capabilities. Take advantage of simultaneous support for NFS and CIFS protocols. Let UNIX and Windows clients share the same files using appropriate locking mechanisms. Eliminate downtime, improve service to users, and protect vital data with the unsurpassed availability of the Celerra CNS with CLARiiON storage Centralize control and reduce operating costs by consolidating businesscritical data Simplify administration of large Windows 2000 file serving requirements with Celerra s consolidation features: Celerra Windows 2000 Native Mode Support, including LDAP and Kerberos, and Celerra Windows 2000 Management Integration

The Big Picture continued Connect enterprise-wide with concurrent multi-protocol support for NFS and CIFS Create fast network connections, increase flexibility, and meet high bandwidth requirements using industry-standard network access via Gigabit Ethernet and 10/100BaseT Enhance availability of your critical network links using industry-standard Link Aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad) or Port Trunking Re-deploy existing file servers as application servers Protect your investment in Novell NetWare applications and infrastructure with Celerra Novell Access Reduce time to market and support larger user communities by leveraging Celerra s unbeatable performance Avoid system downtime and corrupted data by protecting your NAS environment with Celerra s broad range information availability and integrity features Management flexibility to meet your operational needs Management and performance monitoring of Celerra CNS is accomplished in a variety of ways, depending on the preference and skill level of the administrator. 1. Celerra Web Manager is a Web-based graphical user interface that enables an administrator to manage the most common daily administrative tasks, including network and hardware configuration and management of Data Movers, file systems, and shares. For enterprise monitoring of Celerra CNS, Web Manager is launchable from the EMC ControlCenter management software suite. 2. An optional Windows 2000 application, Celerra Native Manager, simplifies the tasks of configuration, reconfiguration, ongoing operation, and observation with features like Targeted Views, simple navigation, rules-based automation, and configuration checkpointing and comparisons. 3. Snap-ins to the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) provide a Windows look and feel in managing the Celerra NS600; for example, a snap-in for managing Celerra NS600 shares and quotas. 4. Celerra Monitor lets you closely monitor specific performance characteristics of the Data Movers in the Celerra CNS cabinet and attached CLARiiON storage. Performance, configuration, statistics, logs, and summaries of past configurations of either system can be monitored using this tool. 5. A command line interface (CLI) for administrators preferring to work with UNIX-like commands. 6. EMC ControlCenter can discover, monitor, and launch Celerra CNS native management applications as part of an enterprise management infrastructure. System administrators can allocate disk space on a per-user, per-group and per-directory tree basis thanks to Celerra s extensive support of byte and block quotas. You can consolidate data from numerous scattered UNIX and Windows servers onto a reliable CLARiiON platform, then upgrade servers while avoiding data migrations. For users desiring to migrate business-critical data to Celerra CNS, EMC Services offers Celerra Data Migration Services (CDMS) for both on-demand and scheduled migration services for NFS and CIFS environments.

What makes up a Celerra CNS with CLARiiON storage system? Leading the industry in availability, performance, and scalability. The Celerra CNS provides a cluster of dedicated file servers (i.e., Data Movers) under a single point of control (i.e., the Control Station). Data Movers, a cluster of autonomous server elements, provide the front-end to the CLARiiON system and highly efficient channels between CLARiiON and the network. Using network technologies, heterogeneous clients concurrently access CLARiiON-based files via multiple file access and network protocols without going through a general-purpose server. Data Access in Real Time operating system (DART), optimized for high-performance network file access, offers multi-protocol support. This realtime, embedded operating system runs on the Data Movers to increase performance, simplify management, and scale linearly to accommodate large user communities. Control Stations provide system management, administration, configuration, service failover, and maintenance capabilities. CLARiiON Storage Systems offer best-in-class performance and high-availability mirrored cache disk storage for UNIX, Linux, Windows 2000, and Windows NT environments. Unequaled availability features With the EMC Celerra CNS, availability means non-stop file access. You get transparent dynamic failover to a hot standby Data Mover. Similarly, Control Station failover ensures continuous service even if a Control Station fails. Availability via replication Celerra CNS offers SnapSure for creating read-only copies of file systems. The snap copy enables backups and quick recovery of deleted files, and since the snap is not a mirror operation, you also save disk space and time. It even eases the burden on the system administrator by enabling users to recover their own files and directories from an older file system snapshot. Celerra Native Manager is an inuitive GUI-based application for managing and monitoring Celerra funtions.

For increased information protection, EMC Celerra Replicator creates an asynchronous point-in-time copy of a production file system on either a local or geographically remote Celerra system. Celerra Replicator utilizes standard IP-based networks for maintaining consistent replicas between two sites. Unlikely but... If a Data Mover fails, Celerra uses a metadata logging facility to recover within seconds or minutes. Other high-end file servers can take hours to reboot and recover large-capacity file systems. If the Control Station must reboot, the Control Station Guard prevents disruption of Data Mover functions. Celerra CNS means high availability, delivered with Data Mover and Control Station failover, hardware RAID protection, nondisruptive component replacement, full-system battery backup, and advanced volume management. Fail Safe Networking interfaces for failover of network ports Celerra can be configured to survive both internal and external failures, such as the failure of a switch or router. Fail Safe Networking allows Data Mover network ports to have a dedicated backup port on a separate network card take over in the event of a failure in either the primary adapter or an external switch or router. Network capabilities For network connections, Celerra CNS supports Gigabit Ethernet and 10/100BaseT. VLAN support allows network administrators more flexibility in creating logical work groups which, in turn, benefits overall network efficiency by localizing broadcast traffic at the work group level. Celerra supports NFSv2, v3, CIFS, and options for standards-based local and network backup. To eliminate any single points of failure, Celerra offers n+ 1 redundant load-sharing power supplies, battery backup, environmental controls, Auto-Call remote maintenance parameter monitoring, and redundant storage and network components. Celerra Clustered Network Servers can support UNIX and Windows systems simultaneously. NFS and CIFS clients can access the same CLARiiON data files with the use of appropriate locking mechanisms. SAN

CLARiiON technology and a unique approach to file server environments. Flexible, fast backup and disaster recovery EMC s proactive remote maintenance and support features mean the EMC Celerra CNS can provide multiple backup options, such as: EMC Data Manager (EDM ) for multi-protocol NDMP or network-based backup. Industry-standard Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP v1, v2, v3), for better-than-network speeds with no multi-protocol attribute concerns and no impact on existing network traffic. Consulting, implementation, and warranty services EMC s consultative and implementation services ensure superior performance and value. Post-warranty service offerings include 24 x 7 coverage, technical support, and service and maintenance contracts from a skilled and dedicated worldwide service organization. Scalability: capacity, connectivity, performance The Celerra CNS with CLARiiON storage system s capacity, connectivity, and performance features let you handle increased network data storage requirements without changing the underlying IT infrastructure. Scale up as capacity and performance requirements grow. The Celerra CNS with CLARiiON storage system s high capacity allows you to consolidate largescale, multiserver environments into a single system. Scalability means that... Celerra handles peak workloads easily. You can configure up to 14 Data Movers to increase capacity and performance*. Add network connections as you add Data Movers. There s no need to offload, reload, or copy data because Celerra allows dynamic file system growth. And, Celerra CNS with CLARiiON storage scales nondisruptively to multiple terabytes of disk capacity. Plus, you can add Data Movers to directly scale performance. Answering performance questions How do you address the multi-level performance issues of open environments? How can you move vast quantities of data to hundreds of users swiftly, simultaneously, and reliably? What about accelerating application responsiveness while raising productivity levels? Celerra answers performance questions with high system throughput, low latency, and efficient file locking mechanisms for resolving user contention of shared files. Software optimized for NFS and CIFS performance provides low latency and high throughput. Superior CLARiiON disk storage performance delivers best-in-class I/Os per second with mirrored write cache for ensuring data integrity.

Robust enterprise functionality Celerra s leading-edge features mean high value for enterprise-wide computing environments, with support for industry-standard network protocols, file access protocols, networks, and clients. Celerra uses its Fibre Channel Switched Fabric to enhance the connectivity of new and existing EMC-supported switched infrastructures. EMC s extensible architecture simplifies the incorporation of additional protocols as user requirements change. In addition to rapid, easy upgrades with EMC s modular architecture, the Celerra CNS supports a broad range of protocols, including: NFSv2, NFSv3, concurrently over TCP/IP and UDP/IP CIFS over TCP/IP FTP over TCP/IP NDMP v1, v2, v3 Group, user, and tree quotas for UNIX and NT file systems* For a complete list of supported protocols, consult the EMC Celerra/CX600 specification sheet. Management tools mean management accessibility Celerra provides simple, consolidated management of multiple terabytes of data using: Celerra Web Manager Celerra Native Manager Celerra Monitor A small number of device-specific UNIX-like commands Microsoft Management Console snap-ins EMC ControlCenter Telnet support Take the Next Step. Get more information about the EMC Celerra Clustered Network Server with CLARiiON storage NAS solution from your EMC sales representative or authorized EMC valueadded systems integrator today. Or visit our website at www.emc.com. XML support CIFS Auditing SNMP Management Information Base (MIB) II interface for integration with popular management tools, such as CA Unicenter, Tivoli, and HP OpenView * These provide both hard and soft quotas, user-based quotas based on User IDs (UIDs), and group quotas based on Group IDs (GIDs). Tree quotas are independent of user and group quotas. where information lives www.emc.com EMC Corporation Hopkinton Massachusetts 01748-9103 1-508-435-1000 In North America 1-800-424-3622, ext. 362 EMC 2, EMC, and CLARiiON are registered trademarks and Celerra, Celerra Replicator, SnapSure, and where information lives are trademarks of EMC Corporation. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 2002 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Produced in the USA. 12/02 C966.1 Data Sheet