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Dell PowerVault MD3620f Owner's Manual (318 pages)

Brand: Dell | Category: Disk arrays | Size: 9.15 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 Configuration: Premium

10

11 Configuration: Premium

11

Upgrading to

12

14 Contents

14

15 Management: Firmware

15

16 Contents

16

18 Contents

18

20 Contents

20

Introduction

21

Series Storage Array

22

24 Introduction

24

Overview

25

Hardware Features

26

Hard–Drive Indicator Patterns

30

RAID Controller Modules

33

Battery Backup Unit

36

Cache Functions and Features

37

Write–Back Cache

38

Write–Through Cache

38

Array Terms and Concepts

41

Physical Disks

42

Physical Disk States

42

Virtual Disks and Disk Groups

43

Virtual Disk States

44

RAID Levels

45

Segment Size

47

Virtual Disk Operations

47

Background Initialization

48

Foreground Initialization

48

Consistency Check

48

Media Verification

48

Cycle Time

49

Virtual Disk Operations Limit

49

Disk Group Operations

50

Disk Group Defragmentation

51

Disk Group Operations Limit

51

Disk Migration

53

Advanced Features

55

Host Types

56

Virtual Disk Recovery

58

Multi-Path Software

59

Load Balancing

60

Configuration: Overview

65

Enterprise Management Window

66

Array Management Window

67

Out-of-Band Management

69

In-Band Management

69

Storage Arrays

70

Setting Up Your Storage Array

72

Locating Storage Arrays

73

Setting a Password

75

Password Guidelines

76

Removing Storage Arrays

77

Enabling Premium Features

78

Failover Alert Display

78

Configuring E–mail Alerts

81

Configuring SNMP Alerts

83

Battery Settings

85

Configuration: Event Monitor

87

Configuring Host Access

89

Using the Mappings Tab

90

Removing Host Access

92

Managing Host Groups

92

Creating a Host Group

93

Removing a Host Group

94

Host Topology

95

I/O Data Path Protection

96

Virtual Disks

101

Creating Disk Groups

102

Locating a Disk Group

104

Creating Virtual Disks

104

Changing the I/O Type

110

512 KB)

111

Creating a Security Key

114

Changing a Security Key

116

Saving a Security Key

117

Validate Security Key

118

Erasing Secure Physical Disks

119

Hot Spares and Rebuild

122

Global Hot Spares

122

Hot Spare Operation

122

Enclosure Loss Protection

123

Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping

125

Restricted Mappings

132

Disk Group

134

Storage Partitioning

137

Disk Group Expansion

138

Virtual Disk Expansion

139

Using Free Capacity

139

Disk Group Migration

140

Import Disk Group

141

Importing a Disk Group

142

Storage Array Media Scan

143

Suspending the Media Scan

144

Snapshot Virtual Disks

145

Simple Path

148

About the Simple Path

149

Advanced Path

152

Snapshot Repository Capacity

159

PowerVault Modular

162

Snapshot Rollback

164

Starting a Snapshot Rollback

166

Resuming a Snapshot Rollback

167

Canceling a Snapshot Rollback

168

Virtual Disk Copy

171

Types of Virtual Disk Copies

172

Online Copy

173

Creating a Virtual Disk Copy

176

Create Copy Wizard

177

Failed Virtual Disk Copy

177

Failed RAID Controller Module

178

Copy Manager

178

Copying the Virtual Disk

179

Setting Copy Priority

180

Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy

181

Recopying a Virtual Disk

181

Re-Copying a Virtual Disk

183

Removing Copy Pairs

184

Remote Replication

185

Switch Cascading

190

Prerequisites

191

Replication Virtual Disks

192

Storage Array

192

Existing Disk Group

193

Creating a Remote Replication

194

Setting the Write Mode

195

Repository Virtual Disk

198

Viewing the Properties Pane

200

Virtual Disk

201

Virtual Disk Status Icons

202

Unsynchronized Virtual Disks

207

Resuming a Remote Replication

211

Configuration: Device Mapper

219

Multipath for Linux

219

Using DM Multipathing Devices

220

Ready for Use

224

command

225

Limitations and Known Issues

227

Troubleshooting

228

Packages

229

Firmware

230

EMM Firmware

237

Technology (SMART)

238

Management: Installing Array

241

Components

241

Front Bezel (Optional)

242

Hard Drives

243

Installing a Hard-Drive Blank

244

Removing a Hard Drive

244

Installing a Hard Drive

246

RAID Controller Module

249

Control Panel

259

1 control panel 2 release tab

260

Installing the Control Panel

261

Backplane

262

Installing the Backplane

265

Management: System Interfaces

269

Array Software

271

Storage Array Support Data

274

Event Log

277

Recovery Guru

278

Storage Array Profile

278

Finding Nodes

281

Using Go To

283

Condition

284

Locating a Physical Disk

287

SMrepassist Utility

289

Unidentified Devices

290

Software

293

Troubleshooting: Your Array

295

Management Modules

300

Troubleshooting Hard Drives

302

Connections

303

Conditions

306

PCI Errors

307

Critical Conditions

307

Noncritical Conditions

307

Getting Help

309

Documentation Feedback

310

Index 311

311

Index 312

312

Index 313

313

Index 314

314

Index 315

315

Index 316

316

Index 317

317

318 Index

318

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