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Follow these guidelines before you create a mirror consistency group. |
Follow these guidelines before you create a mirror consistency group.
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Synchronous mirroring is not available on the EF600 or EF300 storage system. |
You create a consistency group in Unified Manager in the Create Mirrored Pairs wizard.
Meet the following requirements for Unified Manager:
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The Web Services Proxy service must be running.
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Unified Manager must be running on your local host through an HTTPS connection.
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Unified Manager must be showing valid SSL certificates for the storage array. You can accept a self-signed certificate or install your own security certificate using Unified Manager and navigating to Certificate › Certificate Management.
Also be sure to meet the following requirements for storage arrays:
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The two storage arrays must be discovered in Unified Manager.
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Each storage array must have two controllers.
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Each controller in both the primary array and secondary array must have an Ethernet management port configured and must be connected to your network.
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The storage arrays have a minimum firmware version of 7.84. (They can each run different OS versions.)
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You must know the password for the local and remote storage arrays.
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Your local and remote storage arrays are connected through a Fibre Channel fabric or iSCSI interface.