SSMC 3.1 is now available for download from the from the software depot, this post will have a quick look at what’s new. The install process remains as before and I have covered this in detail previously. Firstly the SSMC 3.1 release supports 3PAR OS 3.3.1 and hence a number of the enhancements relate to the new functionality in 3.3.1.
Some of the key new features include:
Block Provisioning:
- Removes the option for the volume type TDVV (Thin Deduped Virtual Volume). This is now depreciated in 3.3.1 and become a property of a volume to enable dedupe. Covered previously in my dedupe deep dive.
- Support for compression, which also becomes a volume property available to SSD’s in 3.3.1
- Support for monster 15TB drives
File Persona:
- Ability to create FTP shares
- Support for POSIX security modes i.e. Linux based security permissions
Remote Copy:
- 3DC Peer Persistence configurations another 3.3.1 is added to SSMC as well as support for synchronous long distance setup
HPE 3PAR Storage Federation:
- Allows the creation of a compressed volumes on the target system
- Ability to schedule Peer Motion migrations
- Adds support for migrating from legacy HPE 3PAR F-Class,T-Class and non 3PAR system to 3PAR i.e. online import facility
System Reporter:
Lots of enhancements in this area –
- Ability to edit threshold alerts on systems running HPE 3PAR OS 3.3.1 and later
- Support for SSMC and SMTP server running IPv6
- Shows compression stats on capacity reports
- Space forecasting is available on system and CPG capacity
You can see the full list of enhancements here.
