EMC Solutions Enabler – available as a vApp

EMC solutions enabler 7.1 is out and directly available as a vApp.

If you login to Powerlink (EMC partners, customers, employees) you can find it here:

Home > Support > Software Downloads and Licensing > Downloads S > Solutions Enabler

Here’s a screenshot of the download link. 

Personally, I’ve found the vApp package makes deploying solutions enabler (set of tools, public APIs used by many storage-related management tools) much easier.   Remember that if you are using a Symmetrix with Solutions Enabler that you can easily configure gatekeeper LUNs (small LUNs used for inband communication to the Symmetrix) using physical mode RDMs.

Comments

[Itzik Reich]

please make sure to set up the IP + username that will be used to query the SE appliance, so for an example, if you are using the SE for EMC Storage Viewer, you will install solution enabler (client) on the vCenter server and you will configure the SE appliancen NetHost to have the IP of the vCenter server And the username that is currently logged on to the vCenter (i normally configure all the sysadmins)

[naveen]

Hi guru,
i am from storage domain. last night i downloaded the vapp for EMC solution enabler & tried to run from vmware workstation 6.5 no luck.

can you please tell me can i run this vapp from vmware workstation ..?

[daniel]

Hi Chad,

will Solutions Enable also work with CX3?

Regards,

daniel