Dell PowerVault MD 34XX/38XX Series Storage Arrays .
Dell PowerVault MD 34XX/38XX SeriesStorage ArraysAdministrator's Guide
Notes, Cautions, and WarningsNOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer.CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells youhow to avoid the problem.WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.Copyright 2014 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright andintellectual property laws. Dell and the Dell logo are trademarks of Dell Inc. in the United States and/or otherjurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.2014 - 02Rev. A01
Contents1 Introduction.15Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager . 15User Interface.15Enterprise Management Window. 16Inheriting The System Settings. 17Array Management Window.17Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Configuration Utility.18Other Information You May Need. 182 About Your MD Series Storage Array. 21Physical Disks, Virtual Disks, And Disk Groups. 21Physical Disks. 21Physical Disk States.21Virtual Disks And Disk Groups.22Virtual Disk States. 22Disk Pools. 23Thin Virtual Disks. 23RAID Levels. 23Maximum Physical Disk Support Limitations. 23RAID Level Usage. 24RAID 0. 24RAID 1.24RAID 5. 24RAID 6. 24RAID 10. 25Segment Size. 25Virtual Disk Operations. 25Virtual Disk Initialization. 25Consistency Check.25Media Verification.26Cycle Time.26Virtual Disk Operations Limit. 26Disk Group Operations. 26RAID Level Migration.26Segment Size Migration.27Virtual Disk Capacity Expansion.27Disk Group Expansion. 27Disk Group Defragmentation.27
Disk Group Operations Limit.27RAID Background Operations Priority.28Virtual Disk Migration And Disk Roaming.28Disk Migration.28Disk Roaming.29Host Server-To-Virtual Disk Mapping. 30Host Types.30Advanced Features.30Types Of Snapshot Functionality Supported. 30Snapshot Virtual Disks (Legacy).31Snapshot (Legacy) Repository Virtual Disk. 31Virtual Disk Copy.31Virtual Disk Recovery.32Using Snapshot And Virtual Disk Copy Together.32Multi-Path Software. 33Preferred And Alternate Controllers And Paths.33Virtual Disk Ownership. 33Load Balancing.34Monitoring System Performance. 34Interpreting Performance Monitor Data.35Viewing Real-time Graphical Performance Monitor Data.38Customizing the Performance Monitor Dashboard. 38Specifying Performance Metrics.39Viewing Real-time Textual Performance Monitor.40Saving Real-time Textual Performance Data. 41Starting and Stopping Background Performance Monitor. 41Viewing Information about the Current Background Performance Monitor Session.42Viewing Current Background Performance Monitor Data. 42Saving the Current Background Performance Monitor Data. 43Viewing Saved Background Performance Monitor Data. 43What are invalid objects in the Performance Monitor?. 443 Discovering And Managing Your Storage Array. 47Out-Of-Band Management. 47In-Band Management. 47Access Virtual Disk. 48Storage Arrays. 48Automatic Discovery Of Storage Arrays.48Manual Addition Of A Storage Array.48Setting Up Your Storage Array.49Locating Storage Arrays. 50Naming Or Renaming Storage Arrays. 50
Setting A Password. 51Adding Or Editing A Comment To An Existing Storage Array.51Removing Storage Arrays.52Enabling Premium Features. 52Displaying Failover Alert. 52Changing The Cache Settings On The Storage Array.53Changing Expansion Enclosure ID Numbers. 53Changing The Enclosure Order. 53Configuring Alert Notifications.54Configuring E-mail Alerts.54Configuring SNMP Alerts.55Battery Settings. 58Changing The Battery Settings. 59Setting The Storage Array RAID Controller Module Clocks. 594 Using iSCSI.61Changing The iSCSI Target Authentication.61Entering Mutual Authentication Permissions. 61Creating CHAP Secrets. 62Initiator CHAP Secret. 62Target CHAP Secret. 62Valid Characters For CHAP Secrets. 62Changing The iSCSI Target Identification. 63Changing The iSCSI Target Discovery Settings. 63Configuring The iSCSI Host Ports. 64Advanced iSCSI Host Port Settings.65Viewing Or Ending An iSCSI Session. 65Viewing iSCSI Statistics And Setting Baseline Statistics. 66Edit, Remove, Or Rename Host Topology.665 Event Monitor.69Enabling Or Disabling The Event Monitor.69Windows. 69Linux.706 About Your Host. 71Configuring Host Access.71Using The Host Mappings Tab.72Defining A Host.72Removing Host Access. 73Managing Host Groups. 73Creating A Host Group.73
Adding A Host To A Host Group.74Removing A Host From A Host Group. 74Moving A Host To A Different Host Group.74Removing A Host Group. 75Host Topology. 75Starting Or Stopping The Host Context Agent.75I/O Data Path Protection. 76Managing Host Port Identifiers. 767 Disk Groups, Standard Virtual Disks, And Thin Virtual Disks.79Creating Disk Groups And Virtual Disks. 79Creating Disk Groups.80Locating A Disk Group.81Creating Standard Virtual Disks.81Changing The Virtual Disk Modification Priority. 82Changing The Virtual Disk Cache Settings.83Changing The Segment Size Of A Virtual Disk.84Changing The IO Type. 85Thin Virtual Disks.86Advantages Of Thin Virtual Disks.86Physical Vs Virtual Capacity On A Thin Virtual Disk.86Thin Virtual Disk Requirements And Limitations. 87Thin Volume Attributes. 87Thin Virtual Disk States.88Comparison—Types Of Virtual Disks And Copy Services.88Rollback On Thin Virtual Disks.89Initializing A Thin Virtual Disk.89Changing A Thin Virtual Disk To A Standard Virtual Disk. 92Choosing An Appropriate Physical Disk Type.92Physical Disk Security With Self Encrypting Disk. 92Creating A Security Key.94Changing A Security Key.96Saving A Security Key. 96Validate Security Key. 97Unlocking Secure Physical Disks. 97Erasing Secure Physical Disks. 97Configuring Hot Spare Physical Disks.98Hot Spares And Rebuild. 99Global Hot Spares. 99Hot Spare Operation. 99Hot Spare Drive Protection.100Enclosure Loss Protection.100
Drawer Loss Protection.101Host-To-Virtual Disk Mapping.102Creating Host-To-Virtual Disk Mappings.102Modifying And Removing Host-To-Virtual Disk Mapping. 103Changing Controller Ownership Of The Virtual Disk. 104Removing Host-To-Virtual Disk Mapping. 105Changing The RAID Controller Module Ownership Of A Disk Group. 105Changing The RAID Level Of A Disk Group. 105Removing A Host-To-Virtual Disk Mapping Using Linux DMMP. 106Restricted Mappings.107Storage Partitioning. 108Disk Group And Virtual Disk Expansion.109Disk Group Expansion.109Virtual Disk Expansion.109Using Free Capacity. 109Using Unconfigured Capacity. 110Disk Group Migration. 110Export Disk Group. 110Import Disk Group.111Storage Array Media Scan.112Changing Media Scan Settings.112Suspending The Media Scan. 1138 Disk Pools And Disk Pool Virtual Disks. 115Difference Between Disk Groups And Disk Pools. 115Disk Pool Restrictions. 115Creating A Disk Pool Manually. 116Automatically Managing The Unconfigured Capacity In Disk Pools. 117Locating Physical Disks In A Disk Pool. 118Renaming A Disk Pool. 118Configuring Alert Notifications For A Disk Pool. 119Adding Unassigned Physical Disks To A Disk Pool.119Configuring The Preservation Capacity Of A Disk Pool. 120Changing The Modification Priority Of A Disk Pool. 120Changing The RAID Controller Module Ownership Of A Disk Pool.121Checking Data Consistency. 121Deleting A Disk Pool.122Viewing Storage Array Logical Components And Associated Physical Components .123Secure Disk Pools.124Changing Capacity On Existing Thin Virtual Disks.124Creating A Thin Virtual Disk From A Disk Pool.125
9 Using SSD Cache. 127How SSD Cache Works. 127Benefits Of SSD Cache. 127Choosing SSD Cache Parameters.127SSD Cache Restrictions.128Creating An SSD Cache. 128Viewing Physical Components Associated With An SSD Cache.129Locating Physical Disks In An SSD Cache. 129Adding Physical Disks To An SSD Cache.129Removing Physical Disks From An SSD Cache. 130Suspending Or Resuming SSD Caching.130Changing I/O Type In An SSD Cache.130Renaming An SSD Cache. 131Deleting An SSD Cache. 131Using The Performance Modeling Tool.13110 Premium Feature—Snapshot Virtual Disk. 133Snapshot Virtual Disk Vs. Snapshot Virtual Disk (Legacy). 133Snapshot Images And Groups. 133Snapshot Virtual Disk Read/Write Properties. 134Snapshot Groups And Consistency Groups.134Snapshot Groups. 134Snapshot Consistency Groups.135Understanding Snapshot Repositories.
Dell PowerVault MD 34XX/38XX Series Storage Arrays Administrator's Guide. Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION i
Table 3. Dell EMC PowerVault MD-Series storage array rules for non-dense, 2U models only (MD3200, MD3220, MD3200i, MD3220i, MD3600i, MD3620i, MD3600f and MD3620f) Rule Dell EMC PowerVault MD3200 series Dell EMC PowerVault MD3200i series Dell EMC PowerVault MD3600i series Dell EMC PowerVault MD3600f series 6 Gbps SAS 1 Gbps iSCSI 10 Gbps iSCSI 8 .
Table 3. Dell EMC PowerVault MD-Series storage array rules for non-dense, 2U models only (MD3200, MD3220, MD3200i, MD3220i, MD3600i, MD3620i, MD3600f and MD3620f) Rule Dell EMC PowerVault MD3200 series Dell EMC PowerVault MD3200i series Dell EMC PowerVau lt MD3600i series Dell EMC PowerVau lt MD3600f series 6 Gbps SAS 1 Gbps iSCSI 10 Gbps iSCSI .
Jan 22, 2012 · Dell PowerVault MD 34XX/38XX Series Storage Arrays CLI Guide. Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of
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