So you just purchashed your brand new HUS-VM an you're cracking your head over why it cannot be discovered by HCS.

Fairly simple; the current version of HSC (7.3.1-01 on 11-Oct-2012) was GA released earlier than the HUS-VM. So although the code and logic was in HCS the key to unlock the managebility of HUS-VM was still at HDS headquarters in Santa Clara.

So to unlock that feature do the following:

Modify the "client.properties" file and add "client.discover.husvm=true". Save the file, restart HCS and you should be able to add your HUS-VM.

Cheers
Erwin

It may of no surprise that HDS has announced the all new HUS-VM consolidated block/file/object storage solution. The HUS-VM is fairly unique in he sense if closes the gap that existed since the introduction of the VSP and no new bridge between the AMS/HUS and VSP was available.

As you may know the previous generations of enterprise arrays al had a little brother. The USP had the HSC-55 and the USP-V had the USP-VM.

Some new and enhanced features:

Automatic Application Creation: Leverages your HDVM logical groups and application + business views are automatically generated based on the logical group structure you created.

VMWare ESX host discovery by using vCenter: This removes the need to connect to each ESX host separately. sames you time and provides a more resilient method of collecting this information.

New reports : Chargeback reports plus filesystem inventory reports. See for yourself.

On May 3rd 2011 HDS released new microcode for the VSP which has some really nice enhancements to extend the functionality of HDT (Hitachi Dynamic Tiering).

New gadgets are:

* Support for External Storage – A HDTiering tier may now be used on external volumes. This gives more configuration flexibility over multiple tiers. An external storage tier will be managed the same way as an internal SATA tier. Don't configure a HDT pool with both internal SATA and external storage.

On May 3rd 2011 Hitachi Data Systems announced the availability of support for VMWare's vStorage API with VAAI on the USP-V and USP-VM. The long awaited update that was already available on the VSP and AMS2000 series has now been included in USP-V and USP-VM microcode 60-08-01 and higher.

There has been quit some confusion around the use of fill words with the adoption of the 8G fibre-channel standard. Some admins have reported that they have problems connecting devices on this speed as well as numerous headaches in long-distance replication especially when DWDM/CWDM equipment is involved.

An ordered set is a transmission word used to perform control and signaling functions. There are 3 types of ordered sets defined:
1. Frame delimiters. These identify the start and end of frames.
2. Primitive signals. These are normally used to indicate events or actions (like IDLE)

So you've got everything calculated, done your due diligence on capacity, number of hosts/hba's. Made a best guess on IO profiles, installed and configured your hosts,switches, array etc and everything is running pretty smoothly.

You boss complements you on your work, users are pretty satisfied with response times and your management software hasn't reported any problems.