The SAN Guy

Dell’s midrange.next

Dell EMC hasn’t really publicly talked about the launch of its next mid-range storage system, MidRange.next, but the wheels are turning.  It should be happening soon.

Timing is everything for me, and we just ordered a few new Unity XT arrays, unfortunately we needed them right now so I couldn’t wait.  I am excited about their future plans, however.

The Storage industry is closely monitoring as…

Storage Center OS 7.x CLI Reference Guide (SCOS)

Dell Storage Center OS 7 Command Line Reference Guide

This guide is meant to be a quick reference for SCOS commands, if you need to dive into the details of the available options for each command I’d recommend reviewing Dell’s complete and official CLI guide here.  You can also use the “-h” command to review command options from the CLI.

The SCOS CLI Utility is a Java application (JRE 1.6+) for…

Adding, modifying and viewing an ACL in the Isilon OneFS CLI

This is an overview and reference for the commands and syntax needed for adding and modifying an ACL on Isilon OneFS files and directories from the CLI.

Access Control Entries for the ACL

Note that a complete ACE list can be viewed by running “man chmod” from the CLI.  This is a list of the entries I used.

dir_gen_allRead,write and execute…

NetApp Solidfire CLI Command Line Reference

  Note that this CLI guide is meant to be a short “cheat sheet” reference to the Solidfire CLI.  For complete details on the options for each command you’ll want to log in to NetApp’s support site and review their latest CLI guide.

If you want to control your Solidfire array from the CLI you’ll need to install the CLI Tools before you get started.  For a Linux client, you must have Python 2.7.9+…

Below is a table of Isilon port usage and the OneFS services that use them.   Additional detail is available in the Isilon Security Configuration guide on Dell EMC’s support site.

Affected Services Port Service Protocol Connection Type FTP 20 ftp-data TCP, IPv4, IPv6 External, Outbound FTP 21 ftp TCP, IPv4, IPv6 External, Inbound SSH 22 ssh TCP, IPv4, IPv6 External,…

HP 3PAR CLI Reference Guide

This is a CLI command line reference guide for HP’s 3PAR OS, and is based on version 3.3.1. It is a complete list of commands and a description of their function, I’d recommend reviewing HP’s official support documentation for specific information on command line arguments and advanced functions of each command. This is designed to be a quick reference of the commands available for use.

Adapti…

Configuring a Brocade Switch for Access Gateway (AG) Mode

What is Access Gateway Mode?

Access Gateway mode is useful when you need to add more ports to your fabric without the additional complexity of using additional zoning configurations or additional domains.  It allows us to configure an F port as N port.

Other Useful Brocade related posts

FOS CLI Reference Guide Automating Config Zone Backups Scripting Alias and Zone Creation Switch Type Matrix

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EMC ViPR Controller CLI Reference

This is a comprehensive CLI command line reference guide for EMC’s ViPR Controller.  The commands in this list are based on Version 3.6.x.  This reference is designed to be an easy reference for quickly looking up a ViPR Controller CLI command and reviewing a description of it’s use, for additional detail on the syntax options for each command I recommend you download the latest CLI guide from…

A Roundup of Storage Startups

The enterprise storage market has been a hotbed of innovation and entrepreneurship in the last several years.  While the storage industry has consolidated with acquisitions (such as HP’s purchase of Nimble) or otherwise simply shutting down, there always seem to be new companies waiting in the wings to take over.

These latest new companies are hoping to prove that they have a new and better way…

ontap 9 cli reference

This is a comprehensive CLI command line reference guide for NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP.  The commands are based on Version 9.x.  It includes a list of commands for Autobalance, Cluster, Event, Job, LUN, Metrocluster, Network, QoS, Security, SnapLock, SnapMirror, Statistics, Storage, System, Volume, and Vcenter.  For complete documentation and additional options for each of these commands, I…