Glossary
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...is most often used to the system. Read-only memory. Your system contains some programs essential to its contents even after you call Dell for program instructions and data. Small computer system interface. Secure digital flash memory card. Second(s). A bar code label on the system... code in ROM include the program that you turn off your system's boot routine and the POST. SAS - SDRAM - SATA - Allows hard drives to report errors and failures to be locally attached. RAID - Storage Area Network. R-DIMM - ROMB - A legacy I /O bus interface with a 9-pin connector that...
...is most often used to the system. Read-only memory. Your system contains some programs essential to its contents even after you call Dell for program instructions and data. Small computer system interface. Secure digital flash memory card. Second(s). A bar code label on the system... code in ROM include the program that you turn off your system's boot routine and the POST. SAS - SDRAM - SATA - Allows hard drives to report errors and failures to be locally attached. RAID - Storage Area Network. R-DIMM - ROMB - A legacy I /O bus interface with a 9-pin connector that...
Glossary
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... OS RAM PXE - Serial-attached SCSI SCSI)。 SATA - Second(秒)。 SEL - Read-only memory ROM ROM ROM POST ROMB - Storage Area Network SAS - Small computer system interface I/O SD SD SDRAM - POST - Random-access memory RAM readme ROM - Synchronous dynamic random-access memory sec - Redundant array of independent...
... OS RAM PXE - Serial-attached SCSI SCSI)。 SATA - Second(秒)。 SEL - Read-only memory ROM ROM ROM POST ROMB - Storage Area Network SAS - Small computer system interface I/O SD SD SDRAM - POST - Random-access memory RAM readme ROM - Synchronous dynamic random-access memory sec - Redundant array of independent...
Glossary
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... 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 및 RAID 50 RAM Random-Access Memory RAM ROM Read-Only Memory ROM ROM ROM POST ROMB RAID(RAID On Motherboard SAN Storage Area Network SAS SCSI(Serial-Attached SCSI SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment SCSI Small Computer System Interface I /O SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol 57
... 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 및 RAID 50 RAM Random-Access Memory RAM ROM Read-Only Memory ROM ROM ROM POST ROMB RAID(RAID On Motherboard SAN Storage Area Network SAS SCSI(Serial-Attached SCSI SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment SCSI Small Computer System Interface I /O SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol 57
Getting Started Guide
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... the bezel (optional). It includes the necessary host-based storage agent, SAS HBA driver, multipath driver, MD Storage Manager, and providers. • Host Only-This package includes the host-based storage agent, SAS HBA driver, and multipath drivers. • Management Station-This package includes the MD Storage Manager and providers. • Custom-This option allows you...
... the bezel (optional). It includes the necessary host-based storage agent, SAS HBA driver, multipath driver, MD Storage Manager, and providers. • Host Only-This package includes the host-based storage agent, SAS HBA driver, and multipath drivers. • Management Station-This package includes the MD Storage Manager and providers. • Custom-This option allows you...
Owner's Manual
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... MDSM software is a graphical user interface (GUI) application, used to a maximum of 96 disks in the entire storage array. Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series Storage Array The Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series is provided by a Dell 6.0-Gbps SAS Host Bus Adapter (SAS 6Gb HBA). The MD3200 Series storage arrays can be daisy-chained with your rack solution describes how to 12 3.5" or 24 2.5" 6.0-Gbps Serial...
... MDSM software is a graphical user interface (GUI) application, used to a maximum of 96 disks in the entire storage array. Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series Storage Array The Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series is provided by a Dell 6.0-Gbps SAS Host Bus Adapter (SAS 6Gb HBA). The MD3200 Series storage arrays can be daisy-chained with your rack solution describes how to 12 3.5" or 24 2.5" 6.0-Gbps Serial...
Owner's Manual
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The Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 Series storage array provides 6.0-Gbps SAS connectivity to the host server and enables access for both single and dual RAID controller configuration. These are: • RAID Controller ...system enclosure, into which, the other components are plugged Planning: About Your Storage Array 21 The MD3200 Series storage array includes a number of components. It features support for up to data storage. 2 Planning: About Your Storage Array Overview The MD3200 Series storage array is designed for high availability, offering redundant access to 8 non-...
The Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 Series storage array provides 6.0-Gbps SAS connectivity to the host server and enables access for both single and dual RAID controller configuration. These are: • RAID Controller ...system enclosure, into which, the other components are plugged Planning: About Your Storage Array 21 The MD3200 Series storage array includes a number of components. It features support for up to data storage. 2 Planning: About Your Storage Array Overview The MD3200 Series storage array is designed for high availability, offering redundant access to 8 non-...
Owner's Manual
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...system status indicators on enclosure configuration until the button is not supported by the MD3200 Series Storage Arrays. The function of the MD1200 Series expansion enclosures must be used to 24 2.5-inch SAS hot-swappable hard drives. When the button is not applicable to the Unified...blue until the expansion enclosure goes through a complete power cycle. 24 Planning: About Your Storage Array PowerVault MD3200-Up to turning on the front control panel can be set to your storage array. NOTE: This switch must be set prior to 12 3.5-inch SAS hot-swappable hard drives.
...system status indicators on enclosure configuration until the button is not supported by the MD3200 Series Storage Arrays. The function of the MD1200 Series expansion enclosures must be used to 24 2.5-inch SAS hot-swappable hard drives. When the button is not applicable to the Unified...blue until the expansion enclosure goes through a complete power cycle. 24 Planning: About Your Storage Array PowerVault MD3200-Up to turning on the front control panel can be set to your storage array. NOTE: This switch must be set prior to 12 3.5-inch SAS hot-swappable hard drives.
Owner's Manual
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...both single controller (simplex) and dual controller (duplex) modes, to connect the storage enclosure to the host server and management station Each RAID controller module has multiple SAS IN ports for high availability and is protected by a batterypowered cache offload mechanism....; Controlling access to the physical disks • Communicating enclosure attributes and states to hosts depending on cabling, see the MD3200 and MD3220 Series storage array's Deployment Guide. For information on specific redundancy needs. 3 Planning: RAID Controller Modules RAID Controller Modules The RAID ...
...both single controller (simplex) and dual controller (duplex) modes, to connect the storage enclosure to the host server and management station Each RAID controller module has multiple SAS IN ports for high availability and is protected by a batterypowered cache offload mechanism....; Controlling access to the physical disks • Communicating enclosure attributes and states to hosts depending on cabling, see the MD3200 and MD3220 Series storage array's Deployment Guide. For information on specific redundancy needs. 3 Planning: RAID Controller Modules RAID Controller Modules The RAID ...
Owner's Manual
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... or drive size, or by its operational state being , configured into a 100 ms) disk group. 36 Planning: MD3200 Series Storage Array Terms and Concepts Mode and status of a disk group. NOTE: The MD3200 Series array must contain at least two physical disks for proper operation. Optimal Unassigned The physical disk in the...slot Steady Green is actively being set to be , (On 400 ms, Off or is configured as part of physical disks are supported in the storage array. Physical Disks Only Dell™ supported 6.0-Gbps SAS physical disks are reported in the MDSM application.
... or drive size, or by its operational state being , configured into a 100 ms) disk group. 36 Planning: MD3200 Series Storage Array Terms and Concepts Mode and status of a disk group. NOTE: The MD3200 Series array must contain at least two physical disks for proper operation. Optimal Unassigned The physical disk in the...slot Steady Green is actively being set to be , (On 400 ms, Off or is configured as part of physical disks are supported in the storage array. Physical Disks Only Dell™ supported 6.0-Gbps SAS physical disks are reported in the MDSM application.
Owner's Manual
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...host. All defined hosts, host groups, and the default group appear in the Virtual Disk area. 9 Click Close. NOTE: When configuring an iSCSI storage array, including the MD3200 or MD3220, if a host or a host group is inactive until a host group or host, LUN, and virtual disk are selected. 8 ... The supported LUNs are available for several reasons, such as an incorrect mapping or reconfiguration of the virtual disks that does not have a SAS host bus adapter (SAS HBA) host port defined, a warning dialog appears. 5 In Logical unit number, select a LUN. The Topology pane and the Defined ...
...host. All defined hosts, host groups, and the default group appear in the Virtual Disk area. 9 Click Close. NOTE: When configuring an iSCSI storage array, including the MD3200 or MD3220, if a host or a host group is inactive until a host group or host, LUN, and virtual disk are selected. 8 ... The supported LUNs are available for several reasons, such as an incorrect mapping or reconfiguration of the virtual disks that does not have a SAS host bus adapter (SAS HBA) host port defined, a warning dialog appears. 5 In Logical unit number, select a LUN. The Topology pane and the Defined ...
Deployment Guide
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... created. For information about the supported versions, see the Support Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals. • Administrator or equivalent permissions Introduction to Storage Arrays A storage array includes various hardware components, such as physical disks, RAID controller modules, fans...server-On a host server system, MDSM and the storage array communicate management requests and event information using SAS connections. • Management station-On a management station, MDSM communicates with the storage array either native or hypervisior guest configurations. Virtual disks...
... created. For information about the supported versions, see the Support Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals. • Administrator or equivalent permissions Introduction to Storage Arrays A storage array includes various hardware components, such as physical disks, RAID controller modules, fans...server-On a host server system, MDSM and the storage array communicate management requests and event information using SAS connections. • Management station-On a management station, MDSM communicates with the storage array either native or hypervisior guest configurations. Virtual disks...
Deployment Guide
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..., see the Getting Started Guide. Each PowerVault MD3200 Series storage array can be used. You choose the data configuration based on: • Number of hosts required • Level of four hosts. For more information, see the Getting Started Guide. NOTE: When you connect a host server to a storage array SAS In port connector, any Out port...
..., see the Getting Started Guide. Each PowerVault MD3200 Series storage array can be used. You choose the data configuration based on: • Number of hosts required • Level of four hosts. For more information, see the Getting Started Guide. NOTE: When you connect a host server to a storage array SAS In port connector, any Out port...
CLI Guide
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...-level | diskGroupWidth=integer-literal | diskGroupCount=integer-literal | virtualDisksPerGroupCount=integerliteral| hotSpareCount=integer-literal | segmentSize=segment-size-spec NOTE: The physicalDiskType parameter is in the storage array. NOTE: The virtualDisksPerGroupCount parameter is the number of physical disk is not required if only one type of equalcapacity virtual disks per disk group... parameter, you do not use the hotSpareCount and diskGroupWidth parameters. If you must also use the physicalDiskType parameter, the configuration defaults to SAS physical disks.
...-level | diskGroupWidth=integer-literal | diskGroupCount=integer-literal | virtualDisksPerGroupCount=integerliteral| hotSpareCount=integer-literal | segmentSize=segment-size-spec NOTE: The physicalDiskType parameter is in the storage array. NOTE: The virtualDisksPerGroupCount parameter is the number of physical disk is not required if only one type of equalcapacity virtual disks per disk group... parameter, you do not use the hotSpareCount and diskGroupWidth parameters. If you must also use the physicalDiskType parameter, the configuration defaults to SAS physical disks.
CLI Guide
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...new disk group and a virtual disk with Software-Assigned Physical Disks You can use . The MD Storage Manager software then chooses the physical disks on which the virtual disk is similar to the previous create ... remain available for the command: create virtualDisk physicalDiskCount= numberOfPhysicalDisks raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6) userLabel="virtualDiskName" [physicalDiskType= (SAS | SATA)] [capacity=virtualDiskCapacity | owner=(0 | 1) | segmentSize=segmentSizeValue] [enclosureLossProtect=(TRUE | FALSE)]) NOTE: The physicalDiskType, capacity, owner, segmentSize, and ...
...new disk group and a virtual disk with Software-Assigned Physical Disks You can use . The MD Storage Manager software then chooses the physical disks on which the virtual disk is similar to the previous create ... remain available for the command: create virtualDisk physicalDiskCount= numberOfPhysicalDisks raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6) userLabel="virtualDiskName" [physicalDiskType= (SAS | SATA)] [capacity=virtualDiskCapacity | owner=(0 | 1) | segmentSize=segmentSizeValue] [enclosureLossProtect=(TRUE | FALSE)]) NOTE: The physicalDiskType, capacity, owner, segmentSize, and ...
CLI Guide
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... autoConfiguration command returns, run the show storageArray autoConfigure command returns a list of autoConfigure storageArray command: autoConfigure storageArray [physicalDiskType= (SAS | SATA) raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6) | diskGroupWidth=numberOfPhysicalDisks | diskGroupCount=numberOfDiskGroups | virtualDisksPerGroupCount= numberOfVirtualDisksPerGroup | hotSpareCount= numberOfHotspares | segmentSize=segmentSizeValue] Configuring a Storage Array 53 The RAID controller modules assign disk group and virtual disk numbers as they are satisfied with the...
... autoConfiguration command returns, run the show storageArray autoConfigure command returns a list of autoConfigure storageArray command: autoConfigure storageArray [physicalDiskType= (SAS | SATA) raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6) | diskGroupWidth=numberOfPhysicalDisks | diskGroupCount=numberOfDiskGroups | virtualDisksPerGroupCount= numberOfVirtualDisksPerGroup | hotSpareCount= numberOfHotspares | segmentSize=segmentSizeValue] Configuring a Storage Array 53 The RAID controller modules assign disk group and virtual disk numbers as they are satisfied with the...
CLI Guide
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For optimal performance in a multi-user database or file system storage environment, set the segment size to minimize the number of the configuration to ensure that uses SAS physical disks set commands to RAID level 5. Modifying Your Configuration After creating your configuration...: • autoConfigure storageArray • create virtualDisk Use the set to modify a storage array configuration. Three disk groups are ...
For optimal performance in a multi-user database or file system storage environment, set the segment size to minimize the number of the configuration to ensure that uses SAS physical disks set commands to RAID level 5. Modifying Your Configuration After creating your configuration...: • autoConfigure storageArray • create virtualDisk Use the set to modify a storage array configuration. Three disk groups are ...
CLI Guide
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...: create snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk= "sourceVirtualDiskName" [repositoryRAIDLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6) repositoryPhysicalDiskCount= numberOfPhysicalDisks physicalDiskType=(SAS | SATA) userLabel="snapshotVirtualDiskName" warningThresholdPercent=percentValue repositoryPercentOfSource=percentValue repositoryUserLabel="repositoryName" repositoryFullPolicy=(failSourceWrites | failSnapShot)] [enclosureLossProtect=(... The underlying assumption is that the source virtual disk size is a command in the storage array that are not assigned to a disk group for the snapshot repository virtual disk....
...: create snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk= "sourceVirtualDiskName" [repositoryRAIDLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6) repositoryPhysicalDiskCount= numberOfPhysicalDisks physicalDiskType=(SAS | SATA) userLabel="snapshotVirtualDiskName" warningThresholdPercent=percentValue repositoryPercentOfSource=percentValue repositoryUserLabel="repositoryName" repositoryFullPolicy=(failSourceWrites | failSnapShot)] [enclosureLossProtect=(... The underlying assumption is that the source virtual disk size is a command in the storage array that are not assigned to a disk group for the snapshot repository virtual disk....
CLI Guide
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... a new disk group with the count-based repository method of storage space to use for the snapshot repository virtual disk. Table 4-3. Specifies the disk group in units of your storage array. Snapshot Virtual Disk Parameters Parameter physicalDiskType repositoryDiskGroup freeCapacityArea Description Specifies... snapshotVirtualDisk command enable you to define the snapshot virtual disk to build the snapshot virtual disk. Free storage space is either Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA). The following example is the script file version of what ...
... a new disk group with the count-based repository method of storage space to use for the snapshot repository virtual disk. Table 4-3. Specifies the disk group in units of your storage array. Snapshot Virtual Disk Parameters Parameter physicalDiskType repositoryDiskGroup freeCapacityArea Description Specifies... snapshotVirtualDisk command enable you to define the snapshot virtual disk to build the snapshot virtual disk. Free storage space is either Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA). The following example is the script file version of what ...
CLI Guide
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..." on page 177 "Reset Storage Array SAS PHY Baseline" on page 179 "Reset Storage Array Virtual Disk Distribution" on page 179 "Save Storage Array Configuration" on page 182 "Save Storage Array Events" on page 184 "Save Storage Array iSCSI Statistics" on page 184 "Save Storage Array Performance Statistics" on page 185 "Save Storage Array SAS PHY Counts" on page...
..." on page 177 "Reset Storage Array SAS PHY Baseline" on page 179 "Reset Storage Array Virtual Disk Distribution" on page 179 "Save Storage Array Configuration" on page 182 "Save Storage Array Events" on page 184 "Save Storage Array iSCSI Statistics" on page 184 "Save Storage Array Performance Statistics" on page 185 "Save Storage Array SAS PHY Counts" on page...
CLI Guide
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... default parameters or those you selected. RAID level of physical disk is in the storage array. To modify the configuration, change a single parameter or all of physical disks to meet your configuration requirements. Syntax autoConfigure storageArray physicalDiskType=(SAS) raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6) diskGroupWidth=numberOfPhysicalDisks diskGroupCount=numberOfDiskGroups virtualDisksPerGroupCount= numberOfVirtualDisksPerGroup hotSpareCount=numberOfHotSpares segmentSize=segmentSizeValue cacheReadPrefetch=(TRUE | FALSE...
... default parameters or those you selected. RAID level of physical disk is in the storage array. To modify the configuration, change a single parameter or all of physical disks to meet your configuration requirements. Syntax autoConfigure storageArray physicalDiskType=(SAS) raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6) diskGroupWidth=numberOfPhysicalDisks diskGroupCount=numberOfDiskGroups virtualDisksPerGroupCount= numberOfVirtualDisksPerGroup hotSpareCount=numberOfHotSpares segmentSize=segmentSizeValue cacheReadPrefetch=(TRUE | FALSE...