Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 6.5 User Manual

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide Notes and Cautions Information in this document is subject to change with

 Battery Tasks Table 1-20. Battery Tasks Supported on the PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, PERC 6/I, PERC 6/I Modular, and CERC 6/I Controll

Back to Contents Page  Moving Physical and Virtual Disks from One System to Another Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User&ap

Moving the Disks  1. Turn off the system that the physical disks are being moved from.  2. If the receiving controller has a preexisting virtual

Back to Contents Page  Overview Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide What's New in this Release? Be

 Compatibility With Linux Utilities Installing Storage Management on system running a Linux operating system that has RAID Storage Management utilit

l PERC H800 Adapter, PERC H700 Adapter, PERC H700 Integrated, and PERC H700 Modular  Supported Non-RAID Controllers Storage Management supports th

Back to Contents Page  Quick Access to Storage Status and Tasks Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide This se

Storage Properties and Current Activity The Configuration/Information subtab displays information regarding a storage component. These properties in

Physical disk enclosures have temperature probes that warn you when the enclosure has exceeded an acceptable temperature range. For more information o

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Back to Contents Page  Storage Information and Global Tasks Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide Storage Pr

 Virtual Disk Specifications Table 1-24.VirtualDiskSpecificationsforthePERC5/E,PERC5/i,PERC6/E,PERC6/I,PERC6/IModular,andCERC6/I

4. Click Execute.  Enable/Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown By default, the operating system and server are turned off when the PowerVault 220S and P

 Storage Components For information on attached controllers, see the following topics: l Controller Properties and Tasks l Controllers Back to

Back to Contents Page  Understanding RAID Concepts Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide What Is RAID? Or

RAID provides different methods or RAID levels for organizing the disk storage. Some RAID levels maintain redundant data so that you can restore data

l Concatenates n disks as one large virtual disk with a capacity of n disks. l Data fills up the first disk before it is written to the second di

 Related Information: l Organizing Data Storage for Availability and Performance l Comparing RAID Level and Concatenation Performance l Contro

 RAID 5 Characteristics: l Groups n disks as one large virtual disk with a capacity of (n-1) disks. l Redundant information (parity) is alterna

RAID 6 Characteristics: l Groups n disks as one large virtual disk with a capacity of (n-2) disks. l Redundant information (parity) is alternately

l Requires as much parity information as standard RAID 5. l Data is striped across all spans. RAID 50 is more expensive in terms of disk space. 

RAID Level 10 (Striping over mirror sets) The RAB considers RAID Level 10 to be an implementation of RAID level 1. RAID 10 combines mirrored physical

Table 1-25. RAID Levels Supported by the PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, PERC 6/I Modular, and CERC 6/I Controllers  Read, Write, Cache and

 Related Information: l Organizing Data Storage for Availability and Performance l Comparing RAID Level and Concatenation Performance l Contr

No-RAID In Storage Management, a virtual disk of unknown metadata is considered a No- RAID volume. Storage Management does not support this type of

Back to Contents Page  Troubleshooting Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide Common Troubleshooting Procedur

On SCSI controllers, use the Rescan controller task to update information for the controller and attached devices. This operation may take a few minut

Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features If you do not have a suitable backup available, and if the failed disk is part of a v

l Virtual Disk Errors on Linux l Problems Associated With Using the Same Physical Disks for Both Redundant and Non-Redundant Virtual Disks  A Reb

A Virtual Disk of Minimum Size is Not Visible to Windows Disk Management If you create a virtual disk using the minimum allowable size in Storage Mana

l I/O Stops When a Redundant Channel Fails l A Task Menu Option is Not Displayed l A Corrupt Disk or Drive Message Suggests Running autocheck Du

be possible. The following describes each of these situations.  Alerts 2146 through 2150 Received during a Rebuild or while a Virtual Disk is Degrad

Storage Management May Delay Displaying Storage Devices After Reboot Storage Management requires time after a reboot to find and inventory all attache

l Enclosure Support For enclosure-supported tasks, see Enclosure and Backplane Features.  Controller Tasks Table 1-28. Controller Tasks Supported

Back to Contents Page  Virtual Disks Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide In order to implement RAID functio

l Space allocation when deleting and creating virtual disks on PERC 4/SC, 4/DC, 4e/DC, 4/Di, 4e/Si, and 4e/Di controllers—When you delete a virtual

l Maximum number of spans affects concatenation, RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60. l Maximum number of stripes affects RAID 0, RAID 5, RAID 50, RAID

l Virtual Disk Task: Delete l Reconfiguring/Migrating Virtual Disks l Physical Disk Properties and Tasks Reconfiguring/Migrating Virtual Disks

 Exceptions for Reconfiguring a Concatenated Virtual Disk on CERC SATA1.5/6ch and CERC SATA1.5/2s Controllers You can create a concatenated virtual

l I/O l Patrol Read Recovering a physical disk bad block depends on the RAID level and state of the virtual disk. If a virtual disk is redundant,

Normal/OK  Warning/Non-critical  Critical/Fatal For more information, see Storage Component Severity. Name This property displays the virtu

 Virtual Disk Tasks To execute a virtual disk drop-down menu task:  1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.  2. E

Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. Use the Reconfigure task to change the virtual disks properties. For example, you ca

Check Consistency  Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. Use the Check Consistency task to verify the accuracy of the re

Connector Tasks Table 1-30. Connector Tasks Supported by the PERC H800, PERC H700 Adapter, PERC H700 Integrated, and PERC H700 Modular Controllers 

 Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. Use the Cancel Rebuild task to cancel a rebuild while it is in progress.  Change

¡ Select RAID 0 for striping. This selection groups n disks together as one large virtual disk with a total capacity of n disks. Data is stored to th

 2. Review the Assign Dedicated Hot Spare section. A hot spare is an unused backup physical disk that can be used to rebuild data from a redundant vi

¡ Determining the mirror for the physical disks: The mirror is determined in a way that ensures maximum possible redundancy. The algorithm also trie

Connector 0 The Connector section of the screen displays the controller's connectors and the disks attached to each connector. Select the disks

2. The Size text box displays the default size of the virtual disk, depending upon the RAID configuration you selected. You can specify a different si

To successfully create a virtual disk, a minimum of two spans must exist at all times. Click Continue to return to Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard

 To Reconfigure a Virtual Disk (Changing the RAID Level and Size): Step 2 of 3  1. Select the new RAID level for the virtual disk—The available RAI

While the virtual disk displays a Resynching state, the Pause Check Consistency and Cancel Check Consistency tasks is available. Executing either of t

 2. Depending on the task you are initiating, click the following button when ready: ¡ Format ¡ Initialize ¡ Slow Initialize ¡ Fast Initia

 Virtual Disk Specifications Table 1-33. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC H800, PERC H700 Adapter, PERC H700 Integrated, and PERC H700 Modul

Virtual Disk Task: Rename  Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. Renaming a virtual disk enables you to change the virt

 5. Click Execute. Split Mirror  Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. Use the Split Mirror task to separate mirro

 To Unmirror: Click Unmirror. To exit without unmirroring, click Go Back To Virtual Disk Page.   To locate this task in Storage Management:  1.

 3. Select the Virtual Disks object.  4. Select Assign Dedicated Hot Spare or Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare from the Available Tasks drop-down m

 1. Review your changes. The source Physical Disk table displays details of the source physical disk. The destination Physical Disk table displays de

Table 1-35. Read, Write, and Cache Policy Supported by the PERC H800, PERC H700 Adapter, PERC H700 Integrated, and PERC H700 ModularControllers

 Battery Tasks Table 1-38.BatteryTasksSupportedontheSAS5/iR,SAS6/iR,andH200Controllers  Connector Tasks Table 1-39.ConnectorTask

 Virtual Disk Tasks Table 1-41.VirtualDiskTasksSupportedbytheSAS5/iR,SAS6/iR,andH200Controllers  Supported RAID Levels Table 1-42

 Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy Table 1-44. Read, Write, and Cache Policy Supported by the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers  Enc

Back to Contents Page  Supported Features Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide Supported Features on the PE

Supported Features on the PERC S100 and S300 Controllers This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure c

 Supported RAID Levels Table 1-50. RAID Levels Supported by the PERC S100 and S300 Controllers  Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy Table 1-5

Supported Features on the Non-RAID Controllers This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be atta

 Physical Disk Tasks Table 1-56. Physical Disk Tasks Supported on the Non-RAIDControllers  Virtual Disk Tasks Table 1-57. Virtual Disk Tasks S

Enclosure Support Table 1-58. Enclosure Support on the Non-RAIDControllers Enclosure and Backplane Features This section identifies the features

Table 1-62.BackplaneSupportforSmartThermalShutdown Shutdown and 21xS and 221S Storage MD1120 Storage MD1220 Smart Thermal Shutdown No Yes

Back to Contents Page  Determining the Health Status for Storage Components Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Gui

Health Status Rollup: All Physical Disks in a Virtual Disk are in Foreign State Table B-4. Health Status Rollup: All Physical Disks in a Virtual Di

Health Status Rollup: Unsupported Firmware Version Table B-8. Health Status Rollup: Unsupported Firmware Version (Enclosures Not Included) Health

Health Status Rollup: Lost Both Power Connections to the Enclosure Table B-13. Health Status Rollup: Lost Both Power Connections to the Enclosure 

 Battery Tasks Table 1-2.BatteryTasksSupportedbythePERC4/SC,4/DC,4/Di,4e/Si,4e/Di,4e/DC,and4/IMControllers  Connector Tasks Tabl

Back to Contents Page  Physical Disks Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide Physical disks reside within an e

l If you want to include the new disk in a virtual disk, see Virtual Disk Considerations for PERC 4/SC, 4/DC, 4e/DC, 4/Di, 4e/Si, 4e/Di, PERC 5/E, PE

Physical Disk Properties and Tasks Use this window to view information about physical disks and execute physical disk tasks.  Physical Disk Proper

Foreign—The physical disk has been moved from another controller and contains all or some portion of a virtual disk (foreign configuration). A physica

 Physical Disk Tasks To execute a physical disk task:  1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.  2. Expand a contr

Remove Dead Segments  Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. The Remove Dead Segments task recovers disk space that is c

Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. Use the Cancel Rebuild task to cancel a rebuild that is in progress. If you cancel a

 1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.  2. Expand a controller object.  3. Expand a Connector object.  4.

 To enable Revertible Hot Spare:  1. On the Change Controller Properties page, enable Revertible Hot Spare and Auto replace on predictive failure.

Back to Contents Page  RAID Controller Batteries Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide Battery Properties an

 Virtual Disk Specifications Table 1-6.VirtualDiskSpecificationsforthePERC4/SC,4/DC,4/Di,4e/Si,4e/Di,4e/DC,and4/IMControllers  Sup

 Battery Tasks To execute a drop-down menu battery task:  1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.  2. Expand a co

Drop-down Menu Battery Tasks: l Recondition Battery l Start Learn Cycle l Battery Delay Learn Cycle  Recondition Battery  Does my controller

Battery Delay Learn Cycle  Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. The controller firmware automatically initiates the bat

Back to Contents Page  BIOS Terminology Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide BIOS Terms and the PERC 4/SC,

Back to Contents Page  Connectors Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide Channel Redundancy and Thermal Shutd

 l Complete Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 2 of 4). In this step, you select the channels and the disks to be used by the virtual disk. T

l Enclosures and Backplanes Connector Properties and Tasks Use this window to view information about the connector and execute connector tasks. 

6. Click Execute.  Connector Components For information on attached components, see the following topic: l Enclosure and Backplane Properties an

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Back to Contents Page  Controllers Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide This section describes the controlle

Table 1-7.RAIDLevelsSupportedbythePERC4/SC,4/DC,4/Di,4e/Si,4e/Di,4e/DC,and4/IMControllers  Read, Write, and Disk Cache Policy Tabl

SAS RAID Controllers The following RAID controllers use Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology. l PERC 5/E l PERC 5/i Integrated l PERC 5/i Ad

 Read Policy  Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features The read policies indicate whether or not the controller should read

l Direct I/O—Specifies that reads are not buffered in cache memory. When using direct I/O, data is transferred to the controller cache and the host s

 1. Stop the clustering services on system B.  2. Turn off system B.  3. Create or delete the virtual disk on system A. For more information

Firmware/Driver Versions Use this window to view information about the controller firmware and drivers. For more information on firmware and drivers

For information on the controller, see the following topics: l Controllers l Controller Properties and Tasks  Controller Components For informa

NOTE: On some controllers, Storage Management may not be able to obtain the driver version. In this case, Storage Management displays Not Applicable.

 Controller Tasks To execute a controller task:  1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.  2. Select a controller

 3. Select the Information/Configuration subtab.  4. Select a report from the Select Report drop-down menu.  5. Click Execute.  Available

Quiet Alarm (Controller)  Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. Use the Quiet Alarm task to quiet the controller's

 Controller Tasks Table 1-10.ControllerTasksSupportedbytheCERCSATA1.5/2sandCERCSATA1.5/6chControllers  Battery Tasks Table 1-11.Bat

 Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. The Set Rebuild Rate task changes the controller's rebuild rate. During a re

To locate this task in Storage Management:  1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.  2. Select a controller object.

l If any foreign configurations locked using Local Key manager (LKM) are detected, the associated Encryption Key Identifier is displayed prompting yo

 To locate this task in Storage Management For SAS controllers with firmware version 6.1:  1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the control

 5. Click Execute.  6. On the Foreign Configuration Preview page, click Import/Recover. For controllers with firmware version 6.0 and earlier:

Table 6-5. Physical Disk Properties  Property  Definition Status These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component.

Set Background Initialization Rate  Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. The Set Background Initialization Rate task c

Set Check Consistency Rate  Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. The Set Check Consistency Rate task changes the amoun

 1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.  2. Select a controller object.  3. Select the Information/Configuratio

However, if the communication channel between any two enclosures is lost, the redundant path configuration is degraded and the health of the logical c

 Virtual Disk Tasks Table 1-14.VirtualDiskTasksSupportedbytheCERCSATA1.5/2sandCERCSATA1.5/6chControllers  Virtual Disk Specification

To set the Patrol Read mode: Click the radio button for the Patrol Read mode setting that you want to select: The possible settings are: l Auto—Set

Related Information: l Set Patrol Read Mode Change Controller Properties  Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. The

Manage Physical Disk Power Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. The Manage Physical Disk Power task allows you to manage

On an encryption-capable controller, the Manage Encryption Key task allows you to enable encryption in LKM mode. If you enable LKM, you can create an

A Passphrase must contain at least one numeral, one lowercase alphabet, one uppercase alphabet, and one non-alphanumeric character (except space.) 

 1. Click Storage to view the dash board.  2. Select View Check Consistency Report from the Select Report drop- down menu.  3. Click Execute.

Back to Contents Page  CacheCade Using Solid State Drives Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide Manage Cache

 Resizing the CacheCade To resize the CacheCade:  1. In the CacheCade(s) screen, go to the CacheCade that you want to resize and select Resize ... f

Back to Contents Page  Name This property displays the name of the CacheCade. The link enables you to access the physical disks that constitute the C

Back to Contents Page  Enclosures and Backplanes Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide Physical disks can be

 Supported RAID Levels Table 1-16.RAIDLevelsSupportedbytheCERCSATA1.5/2sandCERCSATA1.5/6chControllers  Read, Write, and Disk Cache Pol

Enclosure Power Supplies The enclosure's power supplies are displayed under the Power Supplies object in the tree view. You can select the Power

Changing the Mode on PowerVault 220S and PowerVault 221S Enclosures When toggling the bus configuration switch on a PowerVault 220S or PowerVault 22

l Physical Disks Enclosure and Backplane Properties and Tasks Use this window to view information about the enclosure or backplane and execute enc

 Enclosure Tasks To execute a drop-down menu enclosure task:  1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.  2. Expand

l The enclosure temperature has exceeded the warning threshold. l A power supply, fan, or enclosure management module (EMM) has failed. l The s

 Checking the Enclosure's Temperature  Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. To check the enclosure's tempera

3. Click Apply Changes. To exit and cancel your changes, click Go Back To Enclosure Information Page.  To locate this task in Storage Management:

View Slot Occupancy Report  Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features. The View Occupancy Slot Report task allows you to vi

Fan Properties Use this window to view information about the enclosure's fans. The fans are a component of the enclosure's cooling module

Temperature Probe Properties and Tasks  Does my enclosure support this feature? See Supported Features. Use this window to view information about

Supported Features on the PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, PERC 6/I Modular, and CERC 6/I Controllers This section identifies the controller-

 2. Expand a controller object.  3. Expand a Connector object.  4. Expand the enclosure object.  5. Select the Temperatures object. 

Back to Contents Page  Frequently Asked Questions Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide Why is a Rebuild not

Which Controllers do I Have? Each controller attached to the system is displayed under the Storage object in the tree view. In addition, the Storag

Back to Contents Page  Getting Started Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide Launching Storage Management 

User and Power User privileges allow you to view storage status, but not manage or configure storage. With User and Power User privileges, you can use

Availability and Performance, and Choosing RAID Levels and Concatenation. l Assign a hot spare to the virtual disk—When a virtual disk uses a redun

Back to Contents Page  Protecting Your Virtual Disk with a Hot Spare Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide U

 Considerations for Hot Spare Protection Policy l The dedicated hot spare protection policy is not applicable to SCSI, SAS/iR, PERC H200, and CERC S

l Considerations for RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60—If you have created a RAID 10 or RAID 50 virtual disk that does not fully consume its member physi

To ensure that the controller firmware always has a healthy physical disk as a global hot spare, do the following: l When removing a physical disk t