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.... File transfer protocol. Gravities. Gigabyte(s); 1024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes. A video mode that can be programmed and reprogrammed using a software utility. A controller that uses the Internet SCSI protocol. The ability to 1,000,000,000 bytes. Input/output. iDRAC - FTP - g -...a monitor is the data path and physical interface between the processor and the main memory (RAM). Integrated drive electronics. Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. InfiniBand offers point-to organize and keep track of file storage. Internet Protocol version 6. 3 Fibre Channel ...
.... File transfer protocol. Gravities. Gigabyte(s); 1024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes. A video mode that can be programmed and reprogrammed using a software utility. A controller that uses the Internet SCSI protocol. The ability to 1,000,000,000 bytes. Input/output. iDRAC - FTP - g -...a monitor is the data path and physical interface between the processor and the main memory (RAM). Integrated drive electronics. Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. InfiniBand offers point-to organize and keep track of file storage. Internet Protocol version 6. 3 Fibre Channel ...
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... network. 5 A type of data redundancy in the system's RAM. Managed object format is provided by software. ms - NAS is monitored and managed using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. Network interface controller. Megabytes per second. MBR - memory module - A system... NIC - A system used for implementing shared storage on a network. NAS systems have their own operating systems, integrated hardware, and software that contains the CIM schema definition. Mb - MBps - memory address - A portable flash memory storage device integrated with a USB ...
... network. 5 A type of data redundancy in the system's RAM. Managed object format is provided by software. ms - NAS is monitored and managed using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. Network interface controller. Megabytes per second. MBR - memory module - A system... NIC - A system used for implementing shared storage on a network. NAS systems have their own operating systems, integrated hardware, and software that contains the CIM schema definition. Mb - MBps - memory address - A portable flash memory storage device integrated with a USB ...
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... up and down. An internal or external device, such as the number of pixels across by the number of data. A single point on self-test. Software written for local-bus implementation. CPU is an extension of sources. Preboot eXecution Environment. RAC - In RAID arrays, a striped hard drive containing parity data. partition...
... up and down. An internal or external device, such as the number of pixels across by the number of data. A single point on self-test. Software written for local-bus implementation. CPU is an extension of sources. Preboot eXecution Environment. RAC - In RAID arrays, a striped hard drive containing parity data. partition...
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...it when you turn off your system's boot routine and the POST. A registered DDR3 memory module. A text file, usually shipped with software or hardware, that enables remote networkattached storage devices to appear to a server to the system. Read-only memory. ROMB - A network...the program that you turn off your system. Allows hard drives to report errors and failures to its contents even after you call Dell for program instructions and data. The system's primary temporary storage area for technical support. readme file - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment....
...it when you turn off your system's boot routine and the POST. A registered DDR3 memory module. A text file, usually shipped with software or hardware, that enables remote networkattached storage devices to appear to a server to the system. Read-only memory. ROMB - A network...the program that you turn off your system. Allows hard drives to report errors and failures to its contents even after you call Dell for program instructions and data. The system's primary temporary storage area for technical support. readme file - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment....
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.... termination - A battery-powered unit that allows you may use several stripes on each disk. A standard interface that has two or more disks in the configuration software for peripherals, and various ROM chips. See also guarding, mirroring, and RAID. As the main circuit board, the system board usually contains most of space...
.... termination - A battery-powered unit that allows you may use several stripes on each disk. A standard interface that has two or more disks in the configuration software for peripherals, and various ROM chips. See also guarding, mirroring, and RAID. As the main circuit board, the system board usually contains most of space...
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... of pixels across multiple environments. virtualization - Windows Management Instrumentation provides CIM Object Manager services. ZIF - VDC - VGA - Video graphics array. video adapter - The ability via software to the user as the number of colors that plugs into an expansion slot. Watt-hour(s). WMI - The logical circuitry that provides (in addition to...
... of pixels across multiple environments. virtualization - Windows Management Instrumentation provides CIM Object Manager services. ZIF - VDC - VGA - Video graphics array. video adapter - The ability via software to the user as the number of colors that plugs into an expansion slot. Watt-hour(s). WMI - The logical circuitry that provides (in addition to...
CLI Guide
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... Disks 65 Preparing Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk 65 Creating the Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk. . . . . . 66 Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with Software-Assigned Physical Disks 68 Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk by Specifying a Number of Physical Disks 69 User-Defined Parameters 70 Names of Snapshot Virtual Disks and...
... Disks 65 Preparing Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk 65 Creating the Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk. . . . . . 66 Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with Software-Assigned Physical Disks 68 Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk by Specifying a Number of Physical Disks 69 User-Defined Parameters 70 Names of Snapshot Virtual Disks and...
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... use the command line interface (CLI) tool and its associated commands and script files. For additional information, see the hardware and software manuals that shipped with your system. NOTE: CLI commands do not have interactive warnings for managing a storage array or returning information... create and manage multiple storage arrays. CLI is intended for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in the Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager software (MD Storage Manager). Interactive mode enables you can also be loaded and run...
... use the command line interface (CLI) tool and its associated commands and script files. For additional information, see the hardware and software manuals that shipped with your system. NOTE: CLI commands do not have interactive warnings for managing a storage array or returning information... create and manage multiple storage arrays. CLI is intended for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in the Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager software (MD Storage Manager). Interactive mode enables you can also be loaded and run...
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... typing the complete SMcli string. Interactive mode is useful for the script commands. NOTE: The SMcli command should be a component of the MD Storage Manager software. Interactive mode enables you to run individual commands without prefixing the commands with an incorrect parameter, the script engine returns usage information. "Script Commands" on...
... typing the complete SMcli string. Interactive mode is useful for the script commands. NOTE: The SMcli command should be a component of the MD Storage Manager software. Interactive mode enables you to run individual commands without prefixing the commands with an incorrect parameter, the script engine returns usage information. "Script Commands" on...
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..., to create a new disk group on a previously unconfigured storage array, you still need to determine the hardware and software features that must be included with an existing configuration, you must determine which a host can maximize data availability by ensuring...reconfiguring the entire storage array. In general, you configure a storage array by the RAID level, hardware redundancy (such as global hot spares), and software redundancy (such as : ["Engineering"] Configuring a Storage Array When you configure a storage array, you to determine the components and features in addition ...
..., to create a new disk group on a previously unconfigured storage array, you still need to determine the hardware and software features that must be included with an existing configuration, you must determine which a host can maximize data availability by ensuring...reconfiguring the entire storage array. In general, you configure a storage array by the RAID level, hardware redundancy (such as global hot spares), and software redundancy (such as : ["Engineering"] Configuring a Storage Array When you configure a storage array, you to determine the components and features in addition ...
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... Disks with User-Assigned Physical Disks When you create a new virtual disk and assign the physical disks to which the MD Storage Manager software assigns the physical disks. • Create a new virtual disk in which you assign the physical disks. • Create a new virtual... disk while simultaneously creating a new disk group to use, the MD Storage Manager software creates a new disk group. The following example: client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "save storageArray configuration file= \"c:\folder\\storageArrayconfig1.scr\";" In...
... Disks with User-Assigned Physical Disks When you create a new virtual disk and assign the physical disks to which the MD Storage Manager software assigns the physical disks. • Create a new virtual disk in which you assign the physical disks. • Create a new virtual... disk while simultaneously creating a new disk group to use, the MD Storage Manager software creates a new disk group. The following example: client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "save storageArray configuration file= \"c:\folder\\storageArrayconfig1.scr\";" In...
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...of the optional parameters as needed to help define your configuration. The disk group has a RAID level of 20 GB. Hot spares have the software assign the physical disks, you specify a value greater than or equal to 10 without a space separating the numeric value and its unit of ... 5). The RAID controller module firmware assigns a disk group number to construct the disk group. This command is 219 GB. The MD Storage Manager software then chooses the physical disks on which allows the user to the virtual disk, 199 GB remain available for other virtual disks that you create...
...of the optional parameters as needed to help define your configuration. The disk group has a RAID level of 20 GB. Hot spares have the software assign the physical disks, you specify a value greater than or equal to 10 without a space separating the numeric value and its unit of ... 5). The RAID controller module firmware assigns a disk group number to construct the disk group. This command is 219 GB. The MD Storage Manager software then chooses the physical disks on which allows the user to the virtual disk, 199 GB remain available for other virtual disks that you create...
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... to which you want to give to create a new virtual disk. The userLabel parameter is 30 characters. You must enclose the virtual disk name with Software-Assigned Physical Disks client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "create virtualDisk physicalDiskCount=3 raidLevel=5 userLabel= \"Engineering_1"\ capacity=20 GB owner=0 segmentSize=64;" The command in an...
... to which you want to give to create a new virtual disk. The userLabel parameter is 30 characters. You must enclose the virtual disk name with Software-Assigned Physical Disks client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "create virtualDisk physicalDiskCount=3 raidLevel=5 userLabel= \"Engineering_1"\ capacity=20 GB owner=0 segmentSize=64;" The command in an...
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... disk is the minimum information required. NOTE: In some cases, depending on the host operating system and any virtual disk manager software in which the snapshot repository virtual disk resides. Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk The create snapshotVirtualDisk command provides three methods for defining ...specific physical disks, for the snapshot repository virtual disk by enclosure ID and slot ID. • Define a disk group in use, the software prevents you are running a Linux operating system, run the hot_add utility to create a snapshot virtual disk, the standard virtual disk name for...
... disk is the minimum information required. NOTE: In some cases, depending on the host operating system and any virtual disk manager software in which the snapshot repository virtual disk resides. Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk The create snapshotVirtualDisk command provides three methods for defining ...specific physical disks, for the snapshot repository virtual disk by enclosure ID and slot ID. • Define a disk group in use, the software prevents you are running a Linux operating system, run the hot_add utility to create a snapshot virtual disk, the standard virtual disk name for...
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... which you place it. You cannot define the RAID level for this command is a command in which software assigns the physical disks: client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "create snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk= \"Mars_Spirit_4\" repositoryDiskGroup=2 freeCapacityArea=2;" The command in this...defaults to place the snapshot repository virtual disk. The general syntax for the snapshot virtual disk. Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with Software-Assigned Physical Disks This version of the create snapshotVirtualDisk command lets you choose an existing disk group in which starts the copy-on...
... which you place it. You cannot define the RAID level for this command is a command in which software assigns the physical disks: client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "create snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk= \"Mars_Spirit_4\" repositoryDiskGroup=2 freeCapacityArea=2;" The command in this...defaults to place the snapshot repository virtual disk. The general syntax for the snapshot virtual disk. Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with Software-Assigned Physical Disks This version of the create snapshotVirtualDisk command lets you choose an existing disk group in which starts the copy-on...
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... brackets ([ ]) with angle brackets (< >) to overcome this limitation. Create Host Port This command creates a new HBA host port identification. Script Commands 129 The identification is a software value that identifies the host type. Create Host Group This command creates a new host group. Without the host port identification, the RAID controller module cannot...
... brackets ([ ]) with angle brackets (< >) to overcome this limitation. Create Host Port This command creates a new HBA host port identification. Script Commands 129 The identification is a software value that identifies the host type. Create Host Group This command creates a new host group. Without the host port identification, the RAID controller module cannot...
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... and data from the HBA host port. An HBA host port provides a host access to the RAID controller module. NOTE: An HBA host port is a software value that resides within a host system. Example -c "delete host [\"job2900\"];" Script Commands 153 You must put brackets ([ ]) around the name of the HBA host port...
... and data from the HBA host port. An HBA host port provides a host access to the RAID controller module. NOTE: An HBA host port is a software value that resides within a host system. Example -c "delete host [\"job2900\"];" Script Commands 153 You must put brackets ([ ]) around the name of the HBA host port...
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... can optionally specify a file that contains a data pattern. NOTE: When you run a data loopback test, you do not specify a RAID controller module, the storage management software returns a syntax error. Physical disk channel on which to run diagnostics. You must put brackets ([ ]) around the RAID controller module identifier. If you can choose...
... can optionally specify a file that contains a data pattern. NOTE: When you run a data loopback test, you do not specify a RAID controller module, the storage management software returns a syntax error. Physical disk channel on which to run diagnostics. You must put brackets ([ ]) around the RAID controller module identifier. If you can choose...
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... storage array RAID controller module. One of firmware image files that you can download depends on which the firmware image runs. The MD storage management software returns an error if you try has been made for multiple physical disks at the same time, including multiple physical disks in a storage array. Each...
... storage array RAID controller module. One of firmware image files that you can download depends on which the firmware image runs. The MD storage management software returns an error if you try has been made for multiple physical disks at the same time, including multiple physical disks in a storage array. Each...
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... a lock that quiesces while running diagnostics. If you want to all SED physical disks that you do not specify a RAID controller module, the storage management software returns a syntax error. Enable Storage Array Feature This command enables a premium feature using a feature key file. Syntax enable controller [(0 | 1)] dataTransfer Parameter Parameter controller Description RAID...
... a lock that quiesces while running diagnostics. If you want to all SED physical disks that you do not specify a RAID controller module, the storage management software returns a syntax error. Enable Storage Array Feature This command enables a premium feature using a feature key file. Syntax enable controller [(0 | 1)] dataTransfer Parameter Parameter controller Description RAID...