Auto-provisioning Groups: 

Simplifies provisioning of configurations with a large number of hosts by allowing the creation of initiator, port and storage groups. Auto-provisioning Groups is ESPECIALLY helpful in large, virtualized server environments that require the availability of many volumes to many host initiators and many storage ports. 

Dynamic configuration changes: 

Allows the dynamic configuration of BCV and SRDF device attributes. Decreases impact to hosts during BCV and SRDF set and clear operations. 

Concurrent configuration changes:

Provides the ABILITY run scripts concurrently instead of serially. 

New Management INTEGRATION:

New Management Integration features free up host resources and simplify Symmetrix system management by allowing you to:

• Load Symmetrix Management Console on the Service Processor.
• Attach the Service Processor to your network. 
• Open a browser window from any server in the network. 
• Manage the Symmetrix system from anywhere in your enterprise. 

SRDF Features:

SRDF Extended Distance Protection (SRDF/EDP), Add and remove dynamic devices to SRDF/A (consistency exempt), Two-mirror SRDF Enginuity Consistency Assist (ECA), SRDF/Star with R22 device protection, 250 SRDF group support ,etc.. 

TIERED storage optimization:

Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) — Reduces cost for performance, saves energy, and simplifies storage tier management by allowing the dynamic allocation of data across storage tiers, based on user defined POLICIES and on the changing performance requirements of the applications. 

Enhanced Virtual LUN technology: 

Provides the ability to non disruptively change disk and protection type of a logical volume, and allows the migration of open systems, mainframe, and IBM i volumes to unallocated storage, or to existing volume.

Virtual Provisioning: 

Simplifies storage management: 

Improves capacity utilization by allowing the allocation of more storage to than is physically consumed by a host at onset, and is allocated, as needed, from a shared pool. 

Automates pool re balancing: 

Allows users to nondisruptively balance workloads and extend thin pool capacity, in small increments if required, while maximizing performance and reducing total cost of ownership.

Auto-provisioning Groups: 

Simplifies provisioning of configurations with a large number of hosts by allowing the creation of initiator, port and storage groups. Auto-provisioning Groups is especially helpful in large, virtualized server environments that require the availability of many volumes to many host initiators and many storage ports. 

Dynamic configuration changes: 

Allows the dynamic configuration of BCV and SRDF device attributes. Decreases impact to hosts during BCV and SRDF set and clear operations. 

Concurrent configuration changes:

Provides the ability run scripts concurrently instead of serially. 

New Management Integration:

New Management Integration features free up host resources and simplify Symmetrix system management by allowing you to:

SRDF Features:

SRDF Extended Distance Protection (SRDF/EDP), Add and remove dynamic devices to SRDF/A (consistency exempt), Two-mirror SRDF Enginuity Consistency Assist (ECA), SRDF/Star with R22 device protection, 250 SRDF group support ,etc.. 

Tiered storage optimization:

Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) — Reduces cost for performance, saves energy, and simplifies storage tier management by allowing the dynamic allocation of data across storage tiers, based on user defined policies and on the changing performance requirements of the applications. 

Enhanced Virtual LUN technology: 

Provides the ability to non disruptively change disk and protection type of a logical volume, and allows the migration of open systems, mainframe, and IBM i volumes to unallocated storage, or to existing volume.

Virtual Provisioning: 

Simplifies storage management: 

Improves capacity utilization by allowing the allocation of more storage to than is physically consumed by a host at onset, and is allocated, as needed, from a shared pool. 

Automates pool re balancing: 

Allows users to nondisruptively balance workloads and extend thin pool capacity, in small increments if required, while maximizing performance and reducing total cost of ownership.