Dell EqualLogic Group Manager

Dell EqualLogic Group ManagerAdministrator’s GuidePS Series Firmware Version 8.1FS Series Firmware Version 4.0

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ContentsAbout This Manual. 18Audience. 18Related Documentation. 18Dell Online Services.18Dell EqualLogic Storage Solutions.18Dell Technical Support and Customer Service. 19Contacting Dell.191 About Group Manager. 20About GUI and CLI Access. 21Log In to the Group Manager GUI. 21Access the Command-Line Interface (CLI). 21About the Localized GUI.22About the End User License Agreement. 22Install the Group Manager GUI.22Show or Hide the Session Banner. 23Keyboard Shortcuts.23GUI Icons. 25Search for Volumes, Collections, Pools, Partners, and Members. 25About Online Help for Group Manager.26Install the Group Manager Online Help as a Local Resource.26Access Online Help. 26Localized Online Help.26Troubleshoot Online Help. 272 Architecture Fundamentals. 29About Groups. 33How Groups Work.34Group: Configuration Recommendations. 35About Storage Pools. 36Single-Pool Design.36Multiple-Pool Design. 36Storage Pool: Design Checklist.37Storage Pool: Design Examples.38About Volumes.38Volume Attributes. 41Volume Types.42About Volume Space Allocation.43About NAS Architecture.433

About NAS Clusters.46About NAS Controllers. 47About NAS Containers. 48About the NAS Reserve.483 Set Up the iSCSI SAN.504 Post-Setup Tasks. 51About the Group Date and Time.51Change or Delete an NTP Server. 51Change the Time Zone and Clock Time. 52About Session Idle Timeout. 52Change the Session Idle Timeout.52Set General GUI Policies. 53Set GUI Communication Policies. 53Set Alarm Policies. 53Display NAS Cluster Alarms.53Set Advanced Policies. 54Monitor Events. 54Monitor Audit Log Events.55About Event Notifications. 55About Email Notification. 56About Email Home. 57Configure syslog Notification. 58Enable or Disable the Display of INFO Event Messages. 595 Data Security. 606 About Group-Level Security. 61Enable or Disable GUI and CLI Access. 61Switch Administration Authentication Type. 61About Administration Accounts.62Types of Administration Accounts.62Differences Between Authentication Methods.64Administration Account Attributes. 65About Security Access Protocols.66Minimum Requirements for Administrative Access. 67Create a Local Administration Account.67Modify Local Administration Accounts. 68Delete Local Administration Accounts.68About RADIUS Accounts.69RADIUS Attributes for Administration Accounts. 694

About LDAP Authorization and Active Directory. 73Add an Active Directory Server. 74About Active Directory Groups. 77About Single Sign-On. 78Check Server and Single Sign-On Configuration. 78Use Single Sign-On to Log In to a PS Series Group.78Log Out of Group Manager Using Single Sign-On. 79Enable or Disable Single Sign-On.79About SNMP Access to the Group. 80About SNMP Authentication.80Add or Change SNMP Access to a Group.80Display SNMP Access to a Group.80About SNMP Traps. 80About VDS and VSS Authentication.82Display and Configure Windows Service Access to a Group. 82Add a VDS/VSS Access Control Policy. 83Modify a VDS/VSS Access Control Policy. 83Delete a VDS/VSS Access Control Policy. 83About IPsec. 83Types of Protected Traffic. 84IPsec Policies. 85Security Certificates. 86IPsec Security Parameters. 86IPsec Security Associations (SA). 86IPsec Pre-Shared Keys (PSKs). 86Examples of IPsec Configurations. 87IPsec Performance Considerations.104IPsec Configuration Limitations.105Protect Network Traffic with IPsec. 108About Dedicated Management Networks. 109Configure a Management Network. 110Display Management Network Information. 112Unconfigure a Management Network. 1127 About Volume-Level Security.114Connect Initiators to iSCSI Targets.114Access Control Methods. 115About Access Policies. 115Access Policies: Use Cases.116Create a New Access Policy.118Create a New Basic Access Point.118Modify or Delete a Basic Access Point.1195

Modify Access Policies and Basic Access Points by Volume. 119Associate Access Control Policies With Volumes.120Create an Access Policy Group.121Associate an Access Policy Group to a Volume. 121Manage Access Controls for VDS/VSS Access. 122Authenticate Initiators with CHAP. 123Display Local CHAP Accounts. 123Create a Local CHAP Account. 123Modify a Local CHAP Account.124Delete a Local CHAP Account. 124Configure CHAP for Initiator Authentication on Existing Volumes.125Configure CHAP for Initiator Authentication on New Volumes.125Configure CHAP Accounts on a RADIUS Authentication Server.125Configure Target Authentication.126About iSNS Servers. 126Prerequisites for Configuring an iSNS Server. 127Enable or Disable iSNS Discovery. 127Configure an iSNS Server in the Group. 127Modify an iSNS Server. 128Delete an iSNS server. 128Prevent Discovery of Unauthorized Targets. 128iSCSI Access Requirements.128Enable the iSCSI Discovery Filter. 129Disable the iSCSI Discovery Filter. 129About Multihost Access to Targets.129Allow or Disallow Multihost Volume Access.130About Snapshot Access Controls. 130About Multihost Snapshot Access. 130Allow or Disallow Multihost Snapshot Access. 131About NAS Container Security. 131Modify the File Security Style for a NAS Container.131Modify the UNIX Permissions for Windows Directories or Files.1328 PS Series Group Operations. 133About Group Network Configuration.133Modify the Group IP Address or Group Name.134Add a Member to an Existing Group. 134Set the RAID Policy and Pool for a New Member.135Prerequisites. 135Procedure. 136Convert a RAID Policy. 136Supported RAID Policy Conversions. 1366

RAID Sets.137Enable and Disable a Volume RAID Preference.138Prerequisites. 138Procedure. 138About Overriding Automatic Load Balancing. 139Shut Down a Group. 139Create an Empty Storage Pool. 140Create a Storage Pool from an Existing Member. 140Change a Storage Pool Name or Description. 141Merge Storage Pools. 141Delete a Storage Pool.141About Groupwide Volume Defaults. 142Modify Groupwide Volume Settings.142About Space Borrowing. 142Benefits of Space Borrowing. 143Displaying Space-Borrowing Information.143Using Space-Borrowing Information. 144About Compression of Snapshots and Replicas.145Compression Prerequisites. 146About Rehydration . 146About Compression Statistics.146Compression Statistics by Pool. 146Compression Statistics by Member. 146Compression Statistics by Volume. 147Member Compression States.147Enable Compression . 147Suspend Compression . 148Resume Compression .148View Compression Statistics by Pool. 148View Compression Statistics by Member.148View Compression Statistics by Volume. 149Compression Commands in the CLI. 1499 About Volumes.150Create a Volume. 150Modify a Volume Name or Description.150Modify a Volume Permission.151Modify a Volume Alias. 151Modify the Administrator for a Volume. 151About Smart Tags. 152Predefined Smart Tags. 152Using Smart Tags.1527

Set a Volume Offline or Online.154Delete a Volume.154About Volume Collections.155Create a Volume Collection.155Modify a Volume Collection. 155Delete a Volume Collection.156About Volume Folders. 156Volume Folder Configuration Considerations. 156Create a Volume Folder.157Display Volume Folders. 157Hide Volume Folders. 157Rename Volume Folders. 157Add and Remove Volumes from Folders.158Move Volumes Between Volume Folders. 158Delete Volume Folders.159About Restoring Deleted Volumes. 159Enable or Disable Volume Undelete. 160Display Deleted Volumes.160Restore Deleted Volumes. 160Purge Deleted Volumes.161About Changing the Reported Volume Size. 162Decrease the Reported Size of a Volume. 162Increase the Reported Size of a Volume.

Create an Empty Storage Pool.140 Create a Storage Pool from an Existing Member . Resume Normal Cluster Operation