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September 2020

Dell EMC PowerMaxOS Release Notes

for Dell EMC PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
This document describes the new features, known issues, and limitations in PowerMaxOS.
Current Release Version: PowerMaxOS 5978.669.669

Topics:
• Revision history
• Product description
• New features
• Changed features
• Known issues
• Limitations
• Installation and upgrade considerations
• Where to get help

Revision history
This section provides a description of document changes.

Table 1. Revision history

Document revision Date Description
01 September 2020 Initial release

Product description
This section provides a description of PowerMax, VMAX All Flash, and PowerMaxOS. PowerMaxOS 5978.669.669.

PowerMax
PowerMax 2000 and 8000 deliver the following features:
● A high-performance NVMe backend delivering increased IOPS and lower latency
NVMe is a high-performance protocol that is designed for modern media. It was architected to take advantage of the
parallelism of modern CPUs and SSDs (and other next generation media) to overcome the limitations of storage protocols
designed for hard disk drives.
● Inline deduplication with increased compression
PowerMax platforms exhibit significantly improved data efficiency by using deduplication to reduce the number of duplicate
copies of identical data.
● Higher rack density
● Support for next-generation technologies such as storage class memory (SCM) and NVMe over Fabric (NVMe-oF)

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PowerMax 2000 supports Open Systems and IBM i and provides:
● 2.7 M IOPS 1
● 1 PBe capacity
● 64 Fibre Channel/iSCSI ports
● 1–2 Bricks
PowerMax 8000 supports Open Systems, IBM i, mainframe, and mixed open and mainframe systems and provides:
● 15 M IOPS 2
● 4 PBe capacity
● 256 Fibre Channel/FICON/iSCSI/FC-NVMe ports
● 1–8 Bricks

VMAX All Flash

VMAX All Flash arrays running PowerMaxOS 5978.669.669 have the same data services as All Flash arrays running HYPERMAX
OS 5977 but with additional enhancements that are available only with PowerMaxOS.
For open systems, VMAX All Flash arrays range in size from single up to two (250F), four (450F) or eight (850F/950F) V-Brick
systems. For mainframe, the VMAX 450F scales up to 4 zBricks (800 TBu per system) and the VMAX 850F/950F scales up to 8
zBricks (1.7 PBu per system). V-Bricks/zBricks and high capacity disk enclosures are consolidated in the same system bay,
providing a dramatic increase in floor tile density.
VMAX All Flash arrays are built on a scaleable architecture. Additional capacity is available as Flash Capacity Packs (open
systems arrays) and zCapacity Packs (mainframe arrays). Additional processing power is available as V-Bricks (open systems
arrays) and zBricks (mainframe arrays). VMAX All Flash arrays come fully preconfigured from the factory, significantly reducing
time to first I/O at installation.

NOTE: VMAX All Flash does not support deduplication or NVMe flash drives.

PowerMaxOS
PowerMaxOS is the software operating environment for PowerMax or VMAX All Flash arrays that are born on PowerMaxOS
5978.669.669 or are upgraded to PowerMaxOS 5978.669.669.

New features
This section provides information about new features in PowerMaxOS 5978.669.669.

Platform and infrastructure

Table 2. Platform infrastructure
Functional area Feature description
25 Gb Ethernet I/O PowerMaxOS 5978.669.669
module introduces front-end support for 25
GbE iSCSi enabling users to deploy
25 GbE networks as a data center
network backbone.
NOTE: This feature is supported
only on PowerMax 2000 and
8000 systems.
Summary of benefits
This feature makes iSCSi a real option for future growth and
scalability as throughput demands increase and enables users
to implement a lower cost SAN for converged and virtualized
workloads. iSCSI benefits include the ability to provision virtual
machines with iSCSI storage directly through virtual switches,
bypassing the management OS completely and reducing I/O
path overhead. 25 GbE SRDF is also supported.

1 Based on Dell EMC internal analysis of Random Read Hits Max IOs Per Second (within a single array) for the PowerMax
2000, July 2019.
2 Based on Dell EMC internal analysis of Random Read Hits Max IOs Per Second (within a single array on two floor tiles) for
the PowerMax 8000, July 2019.

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Table 2. Platform infrastructure (continued)
Functional area Feature description
vVols 2.0 iSCSI support vVols iSCSI support enables user
that run iSCSI to leverage vVols.
Remote replication using SRDF/A is
available on PowerMax
environments.
This feature requires embedded
VASA Provider.
Data services
Table 3. Data services
Functional area Feature description
SRDF/Metro Smart DR SRDF/Metro Smart DR enhances
SRDF/Metro (Active-Active) to
support Disaster Recovery (DR) site
configurations, which are high-
availability aware.
Snapshot policy Snapshot policies enable users to
request a stream of consistent
snapshots be taken for applications for recovery and other purposes.
according to user-defined schedules.
Cloud Mobility for The PowerMax array introduces an
PowerMax embedded cloud system that sends
snapshots to the cloud either on-
demand or based on user-defined
policies. The snapshots can also be
recovered back to the original
PowerMax array, or recovered
directly in the cloud for AWS. The
cloud solution is a feature of the
array and all user interactions use
the Unisphere for PowerMax
interface.
Security
Table 4. Security
Functional area Feature description
Security Technical Security Technical Implementation
Implementation Guides Guides (STIGs) define hardening
(STIG) compliance configuration requirements. STIGs
are maintained by the Defense
Information Systems Agency (DISA),
which produce STIGs for several
computing technologies, referred to
as assessment areas.
Summary of benefits
This feature enables ESXi servers connected to the PowerMax
array with iSCSI and provision vVols to their virtual machines.
It also provides flexibility, VASA Provider connectivity to the
PowerMax array can use SCSI over FC while the I/Os to the
vVols can utilize iSCSI.
Summary of benefits
This feature extends the high availability (HA) solution of
SRDF/Metro to the external arrays and supports the ability to
have Geo distance DR support for a device in Metro
configuration. SRDF/Metro Smart DR integrates SRDF/Metro
and SRDF/A enabling high-availability DR by closely coupling
the SRDF/A sessions on each side of the Metro pair to
replicate to a single DR device. The asynchronous replication
of data from either side of the SRDF/Metro pair to a tertiary
site enables Failover/Failback to the DR site while retaining
the Metro environment. SRDF/Metro Smart DR requires
PowerMaxOS 5978.669.669 and Solutions Enabler 9.2 running
on the three arrays with Witness configured.
The feature provides users with a fully automated and policy-
driven way of managing a series of snapshots that can be used
This feature provides users with the ability to move snapshots
off the storage system and on to the cloud in object format,
addressing long-term retention and data re-purposing uses
cases.
The objects are fully encrypted and compressed in-flight and
at rest. Users can browse the full catalogue of cloud
snapshots, including the ones the are on the cloud, through
Unisphere for PowerMax. The feature allows compliance
settings and alert functionality. All functionality is supported
using the Unisphere for PowerMax GUI or the REST API.
Summary of benefits
This feature, when configured, allows the PowerMax array to
meet Federal Approved Products List (APL) requirements.
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Table 4. Security (continued)
Functional area Feature description Summary of benefits

STIG hardening is designed for

PowerMax arrays that support
Federal Government accounts.
Arrays that do not support Federal
Government accounts are generally
not candidates for STIG hardening.
NOTE: STIG hardening assumes
that the entire environment has
been hardened to STIG
standards.

End-to-end efficient End-to-end efficient encryption This feature provides a higher level of security by encrypting
encryption enables the PowerMax array to apply data on the wire as its transferred from the host into the
data reduction on user data which array.
has been encrypted before being
sent to the array.

Array management
Table 5. Array management
Functional area Feature description Summary of benefits
Embedded VASA Embedded VASA Provider (VP) is The HA functionality enables users to seamlessly recover from
Provider High available for new PowerMax 2000 VP failures. VASA Provider 3.0 supports SRDF/A replication
Availability and PowerMax 8000 arrays running for VMware Virtual Volumes between two PowerMax arrays.
PowerMaxOS 5978.669.669
eliminating the need for a user to
manage it on a host . VP high
availability (HA) is offered as part of
embedded VP with two copies of VP
required on each array. Note: The
features is available only on new
arrays. Upgrades to existing
PowerMax arrays are not supported.

Mainframe
Table 6. Mainframe
Functional area Feature description
Support for IBM PowerMax (or VMAX) can be used
Transparent Cloud in an IBM Transparent Cloud Tiering
Tiering (TCT) environment to migrate DASD
files to, or retrieve them from, the
cloud with minimal CPU
requirements on the z/OS host.
Support for IBM Global Support has been added for IBM
Mirror Global Mirror.
Performance Monitor System Management Facility (SMF)
records in Performance Monitor.
Summary of benefits
The feature enables the PowerMax and VMAX All Flash arrays
to store and retrieve z/OS datasets in the cloud as part of the
z/OS System Managed Storage Hierarchical Storage
Management (DFSMShsm) or Independent Software Vendor
(ISV) data management tools.
Global Mirror enables long-distance replication that can be run
through Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS)
automation.
The Performance Monitor allows you to monitor and report
(through SMF) PowerMax or VMAX performance statistics.
Data written to SMF records at periodic intervals consists of
comprehensive snapshots of device and director-level
statistics.

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Table 6. Mainframe (continued)
Functional area Feature description Summary of benefits
Storage system health Health Check support in Symmetrix SCF can provide notifications of events that compromise data
checks Control Facility (SCF). availability or consistency. This includes error conditions in the
array that may affect the integrity of the data in a replication
environment.

For more information about new and changed features in Mainframe Enablers, see Mainframe Enablers 8.5 Release Notes.

Changed features
This section provides information about updated features and lifted limitations.

Updated features
The following features have been updated in PowerMaxOS 5978.669.669:

Embedded/Internal DARE
Table 7. Embedded/Internal DARE
Functional area Feature update description Summary of benefits
Embedded/Internal This feature replaces RSA eDPM KTP is based on an internal security toolkit offering, utilized by
DARE (embedded Data Protection Dell EMC Product lines, including PowerMax. It uses Open
Manager) with KTP (Key Trust Standards/Open Source OASIS KMIP for Key Management
Platform). communication protocol and provides an upward path to
incorporate protocol enhancements. It improves FIPS
Compliance. The FIPS-compliant Cryptography module is a
plug-in component in the tool kit.

Lifted limitations
The following limitations have been lifted in PowerMaxOS 5978.669.669:

Table 8. Dual Management Module Control Station limitations

Functional area Lifted limitation Affected platform
Dual Management MMCS failover is triggered manually after Dell EMC Customer PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Module Control Station Service has determined that the primary MMCS is not
functioning.

Table 9. SRDF lifted imitations

Functional area Lifted limitation Affected platform
SRDF SRDF/S, SRDF/A, and SRDF/Metro are not supported at any PowerMax
speed on the 32 Gb/s Fibre Channel module.
SRDF To replicate over SRDF with Fiber Channel, you need an PowerMax
additional 16 Gb/s module for the replication.

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Known issues
There are no known issues in this release.

Limitations
This section provides a list of limitations in PowerMaxOS 5978.669.669.

Platform and infrastructure

Table 10. Dynamic Virtual Matrix limitation

Functional area Limitation Affected platform
Dynamic Virtual Matrix Diagnostic loopback is not supported. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash

Table 11. Engine serviceability limitations

Functional area Limitation Affected platform
Engine serviceability Hardware replacement support plan: PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
● No script automated engine replacement
● No script automated DAE replacement
● Engineering will support a manual procedure when required

Engine serviceability Online PDU replacement script is not supported (Engineering PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
support a manual workaround).

Table 12. eNAS limitation

Functional area Limitation Affected Platform
eNAS eNAS Control Station might report a D002 error indicating PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
that a corrupted IO has been detected. For the eNAS-CS user,
it can be ignored if log information seems to be normal.

PowerProtect Storage Direct

Table 13. Storage Direct limitation

Functional area Limitation Affected platform
Storage Direct The maximum number of eDisks per engine is 2,048. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash

Data services

Table 14. Non-disruptive migration limitation

Functional area Limitation Affected platform
Non-disruptive Non-disruptive migration is not supported for the NVMe PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
migration protocol on the 32 Gb/s Fibre Channel module.

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Table 15. Online addition of DX emulation limitation
Functional area Limitation Affected platform
Online addition of DX The online addition of DX emulation is not supported in PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
emulation Solutions Enabler or Unisphere for PowerMax.

Table 16. SRDF/A limitation

Functional area Limitation Affected platform
SRDF/A It is not possible for a host read from the R1 device to receive PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
its data from the remote SRDF/A R2 device when DSE has
any deltas saved to disk and there is a dual-drive failure (R1
device local mirrors are unavailable).

Table 17. SRDF/Metro limitations

Functional area Limitation Affected platform
SRDF/Metro SRDF/Metro configurations do not support full Concurrent or PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Cascaded SRDF devices but SRDF/Metro devices allow the
addition of another SRDF/A mirror, resulting in Cascaded or
Concurrent configuration.
SRDF/Metro Both the source (R1) and target (R2) arrays must be running PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
HYPERMAX OS 5977.691.684 or later.
SRDF/Metro Existing SRDF device pairs that participate in an SRDF mode PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
of operation cannot be part of an SRDF/Metro configuration.
SRDF device pairs that participate in an SRDF/Metro
configuration cannot participate in any other SRDF mode of
operation, but devices can be moved from an SRDF/A group
into an SRDF/Metro group.
SRDF/Metro The R2 cannot be larger than the R1. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
SRDF/Metro Devices cannot have User Geometry set. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
SRDF/Metro Open Replicator is not supported. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
SRDF/Metro Devices cannot be Business Continuance Volumes (BCV). PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
SRDF/Metro Devices cannot be used as the target (R2) devices when the PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
SRDF devices are RW on the SRDF link with SyncInProg or
Active-Active or Active-Bias SRDF pair state.
SRDF/Metro SRDF/Metro with Consistency with ODX is not supported. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
SRDF/Metro The only valid SRDF mode is active, this mode cannot be PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
changed once the device pairs are in an SRDF/Metro
configuration.
SRDF/Metro The SRDF Consistency state cannot be changed once it is PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
enabled for all SRDF devices.
SRDF/Metro Controlling devices in an SRDF group that contain a mixture of PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
source (R1) and target (R2) devices is not supported.
SRDF/Metro The SRDF pair bias device in an SRDF/Metro configuration PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
can only be changed when the SRDF pair state is Active-
Active or Active-Bias.
SRDF/Metro Consistency Group (CG) SRDF control and set operations are PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
allowed on one SRDF group at a time.
SRDF/Metro The symrecover command is not available with SRDF/ PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Metro.
SRDF/Metro SRDF/Metro does not support FCoE front-end capabilities. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash

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Table 17. SRDF/Metro limitations (continued)
Functional area Limitation Affected platform
SRDF/Metro SRDF/Metro has limited iSCSI support. See the support matrix PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
at E-Lab Navigator for more details on support hosts and
clusters.
SRDF/Metro SRDF/Metro does not support: PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
● Mainframe CKD
● CloudArray
● Mobility Safe ID with ALUA in non-Solaris/MPxIO
environments

SRDF/Metro Microsoft Cluster with Native MPIO is not supported with PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
nonuniform connection (without cross-connects).

Table 18. Open Replicator limitations

Functional area Limitation Affected platform
Open Replicator ORS pace is not supported. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Open Replicator ORS push is not supported. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Open Replicator Interoperability with local replication is not supported. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Open Replicator The symsan command may return incomplete results on all PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
flash arrays.
Open Replicator ORS may not protect against torn pages when doing a hot pull PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
with donor update.
Open Replicator The symrcopy pull from a larger device to a smaller device PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
with or without the -force_copy option is not supported
in HYPERMAX OS 5977.
Open Replicator ORS may experience performance degradation on devices PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
greater than 16 TB.
Open Replicator ORS with Donor Updates might report a B514.06 error which PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
may be ignored if the session completes.
Open Replicator The symsan command may return the incorrect slice letter, PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
the World Wide Name (WWN) reports correctly.
Open Replicator Interoperability of ORS with SRDF/Metro, SRDF/STAR, or PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
with SRDF R2, R21, R11, R22 devices is not supported.
Open Replicator NDD with ORS sessions on R1 devices is blocked. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Open Replicator Interoperability with LREP and/or VAAI on the R1 devices PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
while ORS is in play is blocked.
Open Replicator SRDF restore, update R1, or failback is not allowed when the PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
ORS session exists on SRDF R1 devices.

Table 19. Metro DR limitation

Functional area Limitation Affected platform
Metro DR Devices cannot be expanded while in an active Metro DR VMAX All Flash
environment.
As a workaround, temporarily disable Metro DR, expand the R2
device, expand the Metro device from R1, and then re-enable
Metro DR. Replication remains active throughout the
procedure.

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Table 20. FAST.X limitation
Functional area Limitation Affected platform
FAST.X Data movement from a local Storage Resource Pool (SRP) VMAX All Flash
into FAST.X/CloudArray SRP is not supported.

Table 21. Online device expansion limitations

Functional area Limitation Affected platform
Online device expansion Online device expansion: PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
● Only applies to TDEVs with sufficient SRP capacity.
● Does not apply to the following external devices:
○ iSeries devices
○ Celerra/NAS devices
○ Storage Direct external backup and restore devices
● Provides the ability to increase the device size only.

Online device expansion Online device expansion is not available if the devices are PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
being replicated using Storage Direct or ORS.
Online device expansion Online device expansion with SRDF: No support for SRDF/ PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Star or non-disruptive migration.
Online device expansion Online device expansion is not available if the devices are PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
being replicated using TimeFinder/legacy emulations or for
replicated vVols.

Table 22. Mainframe CKD support limitations

Functional area Limitation Affected platform
Mainframe CKD support Compatible Extended (Extended Remote Copy (XRC)) is not PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
supported.
Mainframe CKD support Remote Pair FlashCopy was first introduced with 5876 and is PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
supported within the same code family, so 5876 to 5876, 5977
to 5977, and 5978 to 5978. Intermixing is not supported.
Mainframe CKD support Fujitsu CKD emulation support is not available. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash

Table 23. Transparent Cloud Tiering (TCT) support limitations

Functional area Limitation Affected platform
TCT support Use of TCT requires an RPQ. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash

Table 24. Global Mirror support limitations

Functional area Limitation Affected platform
TCT support Use of Global Mirror requires an RPQ. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash

Table 25. Mobility Safe ID with ALUA limitation

Functional area Limitation Affected platform
Mobility Safe ID with FCoE is not supported with ALUA. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
ALUA

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Serviceability

Table 26. Dual Management Module Control Station limitations

Functional area Limitation Affected platform
Dual Management The secondary MMCS can only run maintenance that affects PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Module Control Station the primary. If the primary MMCS is not functioning, it needs
to be replaced.
Dual Management The MMCSs locations are fixed on engine 1 with the primary PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Module Control Station located on side 1 and the secondary on side 2.
Dual Management Most action scripts can only run on the primary MMCS. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Module Control Station
Dual Management A failed procedure can only be recovered on the MMCS it PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Module Control Station failed on.

RecoverPoint

Table 27. RecoverPoint limitations

Functional area Limitation Affected Platform
RecoverPoint Gigabit ethernet is not supported. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
RecoverPoint RecoverPoint devices cannot be SRDF devices. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
RecoverPoint Legacy TimeFinder (TF/Mirror, TF/Clone, and TF/Snap) PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
operations are not allowed on RecoverPoint-tagged devices.
RecoverPoint Non-Disruptive Migration of RecoverPoint devices is not PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
supported.
RecoverPoint SRDF replication is not supported. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash

PowerPath

Table 28. PowerPath limitations

Functional area Limitation Affected Platform
PowerPath Reporting the Oracle instance name to the array is not PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
supported on AIX.
PowerPath The following PowerPath extended functionality over NVMe- PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
oF is not supported:
● host registration
● easier masking
● host performance reporting to the array
● various other extended data items supported for FC
connectivity

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Encryption

Table 29. Data at Rest Encryption limitations

Functional area Limitation Affected Platform
Data at Rest Encryption Existing VMAX All Flash arrays do not support a non-disruptive PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
online upgrade of D@RE; an upgrade license is available for
existing arrays that want to reinstall with D@RE enabled.
Data at Rest Encryption When connecting to IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
(SKLM) servers, VMAX array Key Management
Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) clients must belong to the
default "GENERIC" device group only. User-defined device
group names of "GENERIC" type are not supported.
Data at Rest Encryption Initiating certificate signing requests (CSRs) from the VMAX PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
MMCS module is not supported as part of obtaining Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI) credentials for Transport Layer Security
(TLS) authentication with KMIP servers.

Table 30. End-to-end Efficient Encryption limitations

Functional area Limitation Affected Platform
End-to-end Efficient End-to-end efficient encryption is available only through a PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Encryption Request for Product Quote (RPQ).
End-to-end Efficient D@RE using the internal key server is required on the PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Encryption PowerMax array.
End-to-end Efficient One additional I/O module in a front-end slot (2,3,8,9) for PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Encryption each director (that is, two for each engine) is required.
End-to-end Efficient Support for newly created devices with a new flag is required. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Encryption The device flag cannot be added to an existing device or
removed.
End-to-end Efficient Devices to be guarded must be in a storage group that is PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Encryption enabled for compression. In addition, compression cannot be
disabled.
End-to-end Efficient Guarded devices cannot be used with replication (SnapVX or PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Encryption SRDF).
End-to-end Efficient VMware vVols are not supported. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Encryption
End-to-end Efficient VPLEX devices are not supported. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Encryption
End-to-end Efficient Mixed CKD and FBA arrays are not supported. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Encryption
End-to-end Efficient Thales rekey is not supported. PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Encryption
End-to-end Efficient Engine adds are not supported on systems that have End-to- PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
Encryption end Efficient Encryption installed.

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OpenStack

Table 31. OpenStack limitation

Functional area Limitation Affected Platform
OpenStack PowerMaxOS 5978 does not support Workload. VMAX All VMAX All Flash
Flash arrays that have been upgraded to PowerMaxOS and
have existing volume types leveraging Workload (for example,
DSS, DSS_REP, OLTP, and OLTP_REP) will no longer
successfully perform certain operations on existing legacy
volumes, and the volume type will block new volume creations.
Before upgrading a VMAX All Flash array from HYPERMAX OS
5977 to PowerMaxOS 5978 in this scenario, consult with Dell
EMC Customer Service.

Legacy limitations

Table 32. Legacy limitations

Functional area Limitation Affected Platform
Data Services emulation The Data Services emulation I/O statistics for read miss KBs PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
are always reported as zero.
ACLX The Access Control Logix (ACLX) device has a default factory PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
configuration setting of a maximum of one port per Fibre
Channel director to prevent device discovery unavailability
with some operating systems. This configuration can cause
excessive device discovery completion times and/or device
inaccessibility.
You can change the default setting to make the device
accessible on a different port.

Script support There is a system limitation of two concurrent upgrade PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
procedures (Configuration Manager in Solutions Enabler
enables customers to run a maximum of two concurrent
upgrade procedures).
FA statistics management_time, and link_port_time are always reported as PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
zero.
Device allocation The device-per-pool allocated capacity may revert to zero for PowerMax and VMAX All Flash
inactive devices.

Installation and upgrade considerations

This section provides installation and upgrade considerations for PowerMaxOS 5978.669.669.
For more information about installing and upgrading, see the following resources:
● Dell EMC PowerMax Family Site Planning Guide
● Dell EMC Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections for PowerMax 2000, 8000 with PowerMaxOS
● Dell EMC VMAX All Flash Site Planning Guide for VMAX 250F, 450F, 850F, 950F with HYPERMAX OS
● Dell EMC VMAX Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections
● Dell EMC VMAX Power-down/Power-up Procedure
● Dell EMC VMAX Securing Kit Installation Guide
● Dell EMC VMAX and PowerMax Unpacking Guide
● Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax Installation Guide
● Dell EMC Unisphere 360 Installation Guide

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● Dell EMC Solutions Enabler Installation and Configuration Guide
● Dell EMC Mainframe Enablers Installation and Customization Guide

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Manifest
This section provides a list of manifest information for PowerMaxOS 5978.669.669.

Table 33. Manifest for PowerMaxOS 5978.669.669

Application Level
Build 5978-669-669.exe
Built On Sep 03, 2020 14:49:13
Installer Script Version 5978.2004
SymmWin 5978_669/5001
uCode Registered Build 5978_669/0001
Firmware Pack V.fw_pack_full_5978_200723_065825
Tools Guest V.9.2.0.929
McAfee xDAT V.9612
Chrome V.81.0.4044.138
Chat Server V.14.100
SGDB Agent V.10.23
SymCLI RT V.V9.2-2602-0.0
ConnectEMC V.5.04.18
SSCKeyClient V.3.3.0.0
EMCRemote V.7.15.02
SSC V.3.1.0.11
Remotely Anywhere V.3.00.33
PXE V.9.2.0.948
RSync V.1.4.0.0
EGCB V.1.132
MMCS Image V.MMCS0612
Firewall Configuration Tool V.2.2.3
Firewall Rules V.2.1.7
eNAS Guest V.8.1.15.24
DM Guest V.8.1.15.24
Management Guest V.9.2.0.1013
Cloud Guest V.9.2.0.843
VASA Guest V.9.2.0.905
Installer MD5 a801ade982920a5e1f0fea3d5c546081
Tools MD5 0f307c6c8e64fcaffd884c31147da640
eNAS MD5 798f94d631d23ec6a9aee052ec077191
DM MD5 0a55de33f92276397cbe2084851b0060
Management MD5 13518f6ebb4f874e02960cb0ecf4f93e
Image MD5 cd8309340cc20add6ce46ca484b01fa8
Cloud MD5 a75d3d839042fb9c31c643269e4a9d14
vasa MD5 9f06bffd4ecde55c8354db585a8689f5

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