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Dell PowerVault MD3220i User Manual (268 pages)

Brand: Dell | Category: Disk arrays | Size: 6.78 MB |

English

Table of contents

Owner’s Manual

1

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

2

Contents

3

4 Contents

4

6 Configuration: About Your

6

8 Contents

8

10 Contents

10

12 Contents

12

16 Management: Installing

13

14 Contents

14

16 Contents

16

Contents 17

17

18 Contents

18

Introduction

19

Dell PowerVault MD3200i

20

Series Storage Array

20

Introduction 21

21

22 Introduction

22

Overview

23

Hardware Features

24

Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns

28

Power Indicator Codes

30

RAID Controller Modules

31

Battery Backup Unit

34

Cache Functions and Features

35

Write-Through Cache

36

Array Terms and Concepts

37

Physical Disk States

38

Virtual Disks and Disk Groups

39

RAID Levels

40

RAID Level Usage

41

Segment Size

42

Virtual Disk Operations

43

Media Verification

44

Cycle Time

44

Virtual Disk Operations Limit

44

Disk Group Operations

45

Disk Group Defragmentation

46

Disk Group Operations Limit

46

Disk Migration

48

Advanced Features

50

Host Types

51

Virtual Disk Recovery

53

Multi-Path Software

54

Load Balancing

55

Configuration: Overview

59

Enterprise Management Window

60

Array Management Window

61

Out-of-Band Management

63

Storage Arrays

64

Setting Up Your Storage Array

66

Locating Storage Arrays

67

Setting a Password

69

Password Guidelines

70

Removing Storage Arrays

71

Enabling Premium Features

72

Failover Alert Display

72

Configuring E-mail Alerts

74

Configuring SNMP Alerts

77

Battery Settings

78

Configuration: Using iSCSI

81

Creating CHAP Secrets

82

Initiator CHAP Secret

83

Target CHAP Secret

83

Statistics

89

90 Configuration: Using iSCSI

90

Configuration: Event Monitor

91

Configuring Host Access

93

Using the Mappings Tab

94

Removing Host Access

96

Managing Host Groups

96

Adding a Host to a Host Group

97

Removing a Host Group

98

Host Topology

98

I/O Data Path Protection

100

Virtual Disks

103

Creating Disk Groups

104

Locating a Disk Group

106

Creating Virtual Disks

106

Changing the I/O Type

112

Creating a Security Key

116

Changing a Security Key

117

Saving a Security Key

119

Erasing Secure Physical Disks

120

Hot Spares and Rebuild

123

Global Hot Spares

123

Hot Spare Operation

123

Hot Spare Drive Protection

123

Enclosure Loss Protection

124

Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping

126

Restricted Mappings

132

Disk Group

133

Storage Partitioning

136

Disk Group Expansion

137

Virtual Disk Expansion

138

Using Free Capacity

138

Using Unconfigured Capacity

138

Disk Group Migration

139

Import Disk Group

140

Storage Array Media Scan

141

Changing Media Scan Settings

142

Suspending the Media Scan

143

Snapshot Virtual Disks

145

Simple Path

146

Advanced Path

149

Snapshot Repository Capacity

156

Virtual Disk Copy

163

Creating a Virtual Disk Copy

166

Before you Begin

167

Create Copy Wizard

167

Failed RAID Controller Module

168

Copy Manager

169

Copying the Virtual Disk

169

Setting Copy Priority

170

Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy

171

Recopying a Virtual Disk

172

Recopying the Virtual Disk

173

Removing Copy Pairs

174

Configuration: Device Mapper

177

Multipath for Linux

177

Using DM Multipathing Devices

178

Ready For Use

182

Limitations and Known Issues

184

Troubleshooting

185

Packages

187

Firmware

188

EMM Firmware

194

Technology (SMART)

196

Management: Installing Array

197

Components

197

Front Bezel (Optional)

198

Hard Drives

199

Installing a Drive Blank

200

Removing a Hard Drive

200

Installing a Hard Drive

202

RAID Controller Module

205

Control Panel

215

Installing the Control Panel

216

Backplane

217

Installing the Backplane

220

Management: System Interfaces

223

Array Software

225

Storage Array Support Data

229

Event Log

231

Recovery Guru

232

Storage Array Profile

232

Finding Nodes

235

Using Go To

236

Condition

237

Locating a Physical Disk

240

SMrepassist Utility

243

Unidentified Devices

244

Software

246

Troubleshooting: Your Array

249

Management Modules

251

Troubleshooting Hard Drives

254

Connections

255

Conditions

257

Invalid Storage Array

257

ECC Errors

257

PCI Errors

258

Critical Conditions

258

Noncritical Conditions

258

Getting Help

259

260 Getting Help

260

Index 261

261

Index 262

262

Index 263

263

Index 264

264

Index 265

265

Index 266

266

Index 267

267

268 Index

268

Dell PowerVault MD3220i Owner's Manual (282 pages)

Brand: Dell | Category: Disk arrays | Size: 8.20 MB |

English

Table of contents

Owner’s Manual

1

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

2

Contents

3

4 Contents

4

6 Configuration: About Your

6

8 Contents

8

11 Configuration: Premium

10

12 Configuration: Premium

11

Feature—Virtual Disk Copy

11

12 Contents

12

14 Contents

14

16 Contents

16

18 Contents

18

Introduction

19

Series Storage Array

20

Introduction 21

21

22 Introduction

22

Overview

23

Hardware Features

24

Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns

28

RAID Controller Modules

31

Battery Backup Unit

34

Cache Functions and Features

35

Write-Through Cache

36

Array Terms and Concepts

37

Physical Disk States

38

Virtual Disks and Disk Groups

39

RAID Levels

40

RAID Level Usage

41

Segment Size

42

Virtual Disk Operations

43

Consistency Check

44

Media Verification

44

Cycle Time

44

Disk Group Operations

45

Disk Group Defragmentation

46

Disk Group Operations Limit

47

Disk Migration

48

Advanced Features

50

Host Types

51

Multi-Path Software

54

Virtual Disk Ownership

55

Load Balancing

56

Configuration: Overview

61

Enterprise Management Window

62

Array Management Window

63

Out-of-Band Management

65

Storage Arrays

66

Setting Up Your Storage Array

68

Locating Storage Arrays

69

Setting a Password

71

Password Guidelines

72

Removing Storage Arrays

73

Enabling Premium Features

74

Failover Alert Display

74

Configuring E-mail Alerts

76

Configuring SNMP Alerts

79

Battery Settings

80

Configuration: Using iSCSI

83

Creating CHAP Secrets

84

Initiator CHAP Secret

85

Target CHAP Secret

85

Statistics

91

92 Configuration: Using iSCSI

92

Configuration: Event Monitor

93

Configuring Host Access

95

Using the Mappings Tab

96

Removing Host Access

98

Managing Host Groups

98

Adding a Host to a Host Group

99

Removing a Host Group

100

Host Topology

100

I/O Data Path Protection

102

Virtual Disks

105

Creating Disk Groups

106

Locating a Disk Group

108

Creating Virtual Disks

108

Changing the I/O Type

114

Creating a Security Key

118

Changing a Security Key

119

Saving a Security Key

121

Validate Security Key

122

Erasing Secure Physical Disks

122

Hot Spares and Rebuild

125

Global Hot Spares

125

Hot Spare Operation

125

Enclosure Loss Protection

126

Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping

128

Restricted Mappings

136

Disk Group

137

Storage Partitioning

140

Disk Group Expansion

141

Virtual Disk Expansion

142

Using Free Capacity

142

Using Unconfigured Capacity

142

Disk Group Migration

143

Import Disk Group

144

Storage Array Media Scan

145

Changing Media Scan Settings

146

Suspending the Media Scan

147

Snapshot Virtual Disks

149

Simple Path

152

About the Simple Path

153

Advanced Path

156

Snapshot Repository Capacity

162

Capacity option is disabled

163

Snapshot Rollback

167

Starting a Snapshot Rollback

169

Resuming a Snapshot Rollback

170

Canceling a Snapshot Rollback

171

Virtual Disk Copy

173

Types of Virtual Disk Copies

174

Online Copy

175

Creating a Virtual Disk Copy

178

Create Copy Wizard

179

Failed Virtual Disk Copy

179

Failed RAID Controller Module

180

Copy Manager

180

Copying the Virtual Disk

180

Setting Copy Priority

182

Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy

183

Recopying a Virtual Disk

183

Re-Copying a Virtual Disk

185

Removing Copy Pairs

186

Configuration: Device Mapper

189

Multipath for Linux

189

Using DM Multipathing Devices

190

Ready For Use

194

Limitations and Known Issues

197

Troubleshooting

198

Packages

201

Firmware

202

EMM Firmware

208

Technology (SMART)

210

Management: Installing Array

211

Components

211

Front Bezel (Optional)

212

Hard Drives

213

Installing a Hard-Drive Blank

214

Removing a Hard Drive

214

Installing a Hard Drive

216

RAID Controller Module

219

Control Panel

229

Installing the Control Panel

230

Backplane

231

Installing the Backplane

234

Management: System Interfaces

237

Array Software

239

Storage Array Support Data

242

Event Log

244

Recovery Guru

245

Storage Array Profile

246

Finding Nodes

248

Using Go To

250

Condition

251

Locating a Physical Disk

253

SMrepassist Utility

257

Unidentified Devices

258

Software

260

Troubleshooting: Your Array

263

Management Modules

265

Troubleshooting Hard Drives

268

Connections

269

Conditions

271

Invalid Storage Array

271

ECC Errors

271

PCI Errors

272

Critical Conditions

272

Noncritical Conditions

272

Getting Help

273

274 Getting Help

274

Index 275

275

Index 276

276

Index 277

277

Index 278

278

Index 279

279

Index 280

280

Index 281

281

282 Index

282

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