EMC VPLEX Management Overview

VPLEX provides two methods of management through the VPLEX Management Console. The
Management Console can be accessed through a command line interface (CLI) as well as a
graphical user interface (GUI). The CLI is accessed by connecting with SSH to the Management
Server and then entering the command vplexcli. This command causes the CLI to telnet to port
49500.
The GUI is accessed by pointing a browser at the Management Server IP using the https protocol.
The GUI is based on Flash and requires the client to have Adobe Flash installed.
Every time the Management Console is launched, it creates a session log in the /var/log/VPlex/cli/
directory. The log is created when launching the CLI as well as the GUI. This can be helpful in
determining which commands were run while a user was using VPLEX.

EMC VPLEX software architecture is object-oriented, with various types of objects defined with
specific attributes for each. The fundamental philosophy of the management infrastructure is
based on the idea of viewing, and potentially modifying, attributes of an object.

The VPLEX CLI is based on a tree structure similar to the structure of a Linux file system.
Fundamental to the VPLEX CLI, is the notion of “object context”, which is determined by the
current location or pwd within the directory tree of managed objects.
Many VPLEX CLI operations can be performed from the current context. However, some
commands may require the user to cd to a different directory before running the command

Useful Link

 VPLEX Architecture Deployment

EMC VPLEX 5.0 Architecture Guide

EMC VPLEX: ELEMENTS OF PERFORMANCE. AND TESTING BEST