Dell PowerVault 3000i User Manual

www.dell.com | support.dell.comDell™ PowerVault™ Modular Disk 3000Systems Installation Guide

10 Hardware InstallationEach RAID controller module has at least one SAS In port connector that provides the direct connection to the host or node. A

Hardware Installation 11Single SAS In Port ConfigurationsFigure 2-1 through Figure 2-5 show supported nonredundant and redundant cabling configuration

12 Hardware InstallationFigure 2-2. Cabling Two Hosts With Nonredundant Data Pathssingle-HBA host serverRAID controller module 0RAID controller module

Hardware Installation 13Figure 2-3. Cabling a Two-Node Cluster (Single HBA, Nonredundant Data Paths From Each Node)single-HBA host serversingle-HBA ho

14 Hardware InstallationFigure 2-4 and Figure 2-5 show redundant, high-availability cabling configurations for one and two hosts. If any one path fail

Hardware Installation 15Dual SAS In Port ConfigurationsFigure 2-6 through Figure 2-12 show supported nonredundant and redundant cabling configurations

16 Hardware InstallationFigure 2-7 through Figure 2-10 show redundant, high-availability cabling configurations for one and two hosts. If any one path

Hardware Installation 17Figure 2-9. Cabling Two Hosts (With Dual-HBAs) Using Redundant Data Pathsdual-HBA host serverdual-HBA host serverRAID controll

18 Hardware InstallationFigure 2-10. Cabling Two Hosts (With Single-HBAs) Using Redundant Data Pathssingle-HBA host serversingle-HBA host serverRAID c

Hardware Installation 19Figure 2-11 through Figure 2-12 show redundant, two-node cluster configurations using a single RAID enclosure that is subseque

Notes and Notices NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either pot

20 Hardware InstallationFigure 2-12. Cabling a Two-Node Cluster (Dual HBA, Redundant Data Paths From Each Node)For a more detailed discussion of redun

Hardware Installation 21 NOTICE: MD1000 expansion enclosures that were connected to a PERC 5/E Adapter may contain Maxtor SAS hard disk drives, which

22 Hardware InstallationcUsing the MD Storage Manager, update the MD3000 RAID controller firmware to the latest version available on support.dell.com

Hardware Installation 23Expanding with New MD1000 EnclosuresPerform the following steps to attach new MD1000 expansion enclosures to the MD3000:1Befor

24 Hardware InstallationbTurn on the MD3000 and wait for the status LED to indicate that the unit is ready:• If the status LEDs light a solid amber, t

Software Installation 25Software InstallationThe PowerVault MD Documentation CD contains all documentation pertinent to MD3000 hardware and MD Storage

26 Software InstallationInstalling MD Storage ManagerThe MD Storage Manager software installation program allows you to select and install the storage

Software Installation 27cAfter you click Install, the Status screen shows the progress of the installation. When it shows that installation is complet

28 Software InstallationMD3000 arrays. For more information on alerts, the event monitor, and manually restarting the event monitor, see the MD Storag

Software Installation 291From the main menu, select Install MD3000 Storage Manager Software.The Installation Wizard appears. 2Click Next.3Accept the t

Contents 3Contents1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Manage

30 Software InstallationInstalling on Linux MD Storage Manager can be installed and used only on Linux distributions that utilize the RPM Package Mana

Software Installation 31The installation wizard appears.3Click Next.4Accept the terms of the License Agreement and click Next.5Select a type of instal

32 Software Installation11When the installation completes, click Done.12Return to the CD main menu and select View RDAC MPP Driver Installation Instru

Software Installation 338The Pre-Installation Summary screen appears, showing the installation destination, the required disk space, and the available

34 Software Installation2Click Next.3Accept the License Agreement and click Next.4Select the installation location or accept the default and click Nex

Software Installation 354To view another document, type 3 and press Enter. A second menu screen appears with the following selections:MD3000 Owner&apo

36 Software Installation

Post-Installation Tasks 37Post-Installation TasksBefore using the MD3000 storage array for the first time, you must complete a number of initial confi

38 Post-Installation Tasks4The name of the first storage array found appears beneath the title area of MD Storage Manager. To see a list of all storag

Post-Installation Tasks 39Set a storage array password.To restrict unauthorized access, MD Storage Manager asks for a password before changing the con

4 ContentsViewing the PowerVault MD Documentation CD Contents 33Installing the Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Documentation for Linux Sys

40 Post-Installation Tasks8Register the virtual disks and the disk groups with the hosts to allow activity between them.For a Linux host:• Use the hot

Post-Installation Tasks 419If you have purchased premium features, you can set them up at this point. Click Tools→ View/Enable Premium Features or Vie

42 Post-Installation Tasksyou can choose a load balance policy to determine which path is used to process I/O. Multiple options for setting the load b

Post-Installation Tasks 43round-robin with subset path selection policy is used to route I/O requests between paths with the same weight value. The le

44 Post-Installation Tasks5Edit the mpp.conf file to update the LoadBalancePolicy variable. Set the LoadBalancePolicy variable to 0 for round robin or

Post-Installation Tasks 458From the MPIO tab, select the load balance policy that you want to set for this virtual disk.Premium FeaturesPremium featur

46 Post-Installation Tasks• Storage Array Profile — The Storage Array Profile provides an overview of your storage array configuration, including firm

Uninstalling Software 47Uninstalling SoftwareThe following sections contain information on how to uninstall MD Storage Manager software from both host

48 Uninstalling Softwareused during installation, navigate to that directory before beginning the uninstall procedure.2In the installation directory,

Index 49IndexAalerts, 39Automatic Discovery, 37, 41Ccabling, 9enclosure, 10-20cluster hostsetting up, 28cluster nodereconfiguring, 28Ddisk group, 6, 4

Introduction 5IntroductionThis guide outlines the steps for configuring the Dell™ PowerVault™ Modular Disk 3000 (MD3000). This guide also covers insta

50 Indexreadme, 33, 35Recovery Guru, 45Resource CD, 26, 28, 34, 36SSnapshot, 45enhanced, 45Snapshot and Virtual Disk Copy, 45enhanced, 45Snapshot Virt

6 Introduction• Minimum display setting of 800 x 600 pixels with 256 colors (1024 x 768 pixels with 16-bit color recommended)Introduction to Storage A

Introduction 7You can provide an additional layer of data redundancy by creating hot spares in a disk group that has a RAID level other than 0. Hot sp

8 Introduction

Hardware Installation 9Hardware InstallationThis chapter provides guidelines for planning the physical configuration of your Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000