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Dell PowerVault MD3600f User Manual (312 pages)

Brand: Dell | Category: Disk arrays | Size: 8.54 MB |

English

Table of contents

Owner’s Manual

1

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

2

Contents

3

4 Contents

4

6 Configuration: About

6

9 Configuration: Disk Groups

8

10 Contents

10

12 Contents

12

15 Management: Installing

14

16 Contents

16

18 Contents

18

Introduction

19

Series Storage Array

20

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–Back Cache

36

Write–Through Cache

36

Array Terms and Concepts

39

Physical Disks

40

Physical Disk States

40

Virtual Disks and Disk Groups

41

Virtual Disk States

42

RAID Levels

43

Segment Size

45

Virtual Disk Operations

45

Background Initialization

46

Foreground Initialization

46

Consistency Check

46

Media Verification

46

Cycle Time

47

Virtual Disk Operations Limit

47

Disk Group Operations

48

Disk Group Defragmentation

49

Disk Group Operations Limit

49

Disk Migration

51

Advanced Features

53

Host Types

54

Virtual Disk Recovery

56

Multi–Path Software

57

Load Balancing

58

Configuration: Overview

63

Enterprise Management Window

64

Array Management Window

65

Out-of-Band Management

67

Storage Arrays

68

Setting Up Your Storage Array

70

Locating Storage Arrays

71

Setting a Password

73

Password Guidelines

74

Removing Storage Arrays

75

Enabling Premium Features

76

Failover Alert Display

76

Configuring E–mail Alerts

79

Configuring SNMP Alerts

81

Battery Settings

83

Configuration: Event Monitor

85

Configuring Host Access

87

Using the Mappings Tab

88

Removing Host Access

90

Managing Host Groups

90

Creating a Host Group

91

Removing a Host Group

92

Host Topology

93

I/O Data Path Protection

94

Virtual Disks

99

Creating Disk Groups

100

Locating a Disk Group

102

Creating Virtual Disks

102

Changing the I/O Type

108

512 KB)

109

Creating a Security Key

112

Changing a Security Key

114

Saving a Security Key

115

Erasing Secure Physical Disks

117

Hot Spares and Rebuild

120

Global Hot Spares

120

Hot Spare Operation

120

Enclosure Loss Protection

121

(continued)

123

Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping

124

Restricted Mappings

130

Disk Group

131

Storage Partitioning

134

Disk Group Expansion

135

Virtual Disk Expansion

136

Using Free Capacity

136

Disk Group Migration

137

Import Disk Group

138

Storage Array Media Scan

139

Changing Media Scan Settings

140

Suspending the Media Scan

141

Snapshot Virtual Disks

143

Simple Path

144

About the Simple Path

145

Server Failover Clusters

146

Advanced Path

148

Snapshot Repository Capacity

154

Capacity option is disabled

155

PowerVault Modular Disk

157

Storage Manager online help

157

Virtual Disk Copy

161

Creating a Virtual Disk Copy

165

Create Copy Wizard

166

Failed Virtual Disk Copy

166

Failed RAID Controller Module

167

Copy Manager

167

Copying the Virtual Disk

168

Setting Copy Priority

169

Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy

170

Recopying a Virtual Disk

170

Recopying the Virtual Disk

172

Removing Copy Pairs

173

Remote Replication

177

Switch Cascading

182

Prerequisites

183

Replication Virtual Disks

184

Storage Array

184

Existing Disk Group

185

Creating a Remote Replication

186

Setting the Write Mode

187

Repository Virtual Disk

190

Viewing the Properties Pane

192

Virtual Disk

193

Virtual Disk Status Icons

194

Unsynchronized Virtual Disks

199

Resuming a Remote Replication

203

Configuration: Device Mapper

211

Multipath for Linux

211

Using DM Multipathing Devices

212

Ready for Use

216

Limitations and Known Issues

218

Troubleshooting

219

Management: Installing Array

221

Components

221

Front Bezel (Optional)

222

Hard Drives

223

Installing a Drive Blank

224

Removing a Hard Drive

224

Installing a Hard Drive

226

RAID Controller Module

229

Control Panel

239

1 control panel 2 release tab

240

Installing the Control Panel

241

Backplane

242

Installing the Backplane

245

Packages

247

Firmware

248

EMM Firmware

255

Technology (SMART)

256

Management: System Interfaces

261

Array Software

263

Storage Array Support Data

266

Event Log

269

Recovery Guru

270

Storage Array Profile

270

Finding Nodes

273

Using Go To

275

Condition

276

Locating a Physical Disk

279

SMrepassist Utility

281

Unidentified Devices

282

Software

285

Troubleshooting: Your Array

289

Management Modules

294

Troubleshooting Hard Drives

296

Connections

297

Conditions

300

PCI Errors

301

Critical Conditions

301

Noncritical Conditions

301

Getting Help

303

304 Getting Help

304

Index 305

305

Index 306

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Index 307

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Index 308

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Index 309

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Index 310

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Index 311

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312 Index

312

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