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...your EMM modules. Updating the Storage System Without Array Manager If Array Manager is not installed on the storage system. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - Using Earlier Versions of Array Manager If your screen. To verify the firmware update, stop and then ... the Storage System in Split-Bus Mode For storage systems in split-bus mode, updating the firmware to one SCSI terminator card, an error message appears on your system is configured with one EMM in the enclosure properties has... version on the primary EMM. This situation is corrected by restarting the PowerVault storage system.
...your EMM modules. Updating the Storage System Without Array Manager If Array Manager is not installed on the storage system. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - Using Earlier Versions of Array Manager If your screen. To verify the firmware update, stop and then ... the Storage System in Split-Bus Mode For storage systems in split-bus mode, updating the firmware to one SCSI terminator card, an error message appears on your system is configured with one EMM in the enclosure properties has... version on the primary EMM. This situation is corrected by restarting the PowerVault storage system.
Upgrading to Ultra 320 EMMs
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...dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ PowerVault™ 22xS Systems - EMMs and the SCSI terminator card are designated as primary and secondary. If you replace one SCSI terminator card. Removing the Ultra 160 EMM CAUTION: Before performing any of Array Manager and the firmware, see the Dell Support website at support.dell... To achieve full Ultra 320 functionality, your storage system. NOTICE: You should have the latest version of the Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager and host server controller firmware installed on your host server before performing any server nodes connected...
...dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ PowerVault™ 22xS Systems - EMMs and the SCSI terminator card are designated as primary and secondary. If you replace one SCSI terminator card. Removing the Ultra 160 EMM CAUTION: Before performing any of Array Manager and the firmware, see the Dell Support website at support.dell... To achieve full Ultra 320 functionality, your storage system. NOTICE: You should have the latest version of the Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager and host server controller firmware installed on your host server before performing any server nodes connected...
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www.dell.com | support.dell.com 1 Turn off power to -storage system cable from the module slot. NOTE: You can identify the Ultra 320 EMM by the SCSI Ultra 320 label on it from the EMM. Removing and Installing an EMM captive screw handle primary EMM secondary EMM or SCSI terminator card Installing an Ultra...
www.dell.com | support.dell.com 1 Turn off power to -storage system cable from the module slot. NOTE: You can identify the Ultra 320 EMM by the SCSI Ultra 320 label on it from the EMM. Removing and Installing an EMM captive screw handle primary EMM secondary EMM or SCSI terminator card Installing an Ultra...
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Dell Computer Corporation Dell、DELL ロゴ、Dell OpenManage PowerVault は Dell Computer Corporation Dell Computer Corporation www.dell.com | support.dell.com Ultra 320 EMM 1 Ultra 320 EMM メモ:Ultra 320 EMM SCSI Ultra 320 2 1 3 #2 4 Ultra 320 EMM に接続 5 Ultra 160 Ultra 320 メモ:Ultra 320 Ultra 160 Ultra 320 Ultra 320...
Dell Computer Corporation Dell、DELL ロゴ、Dell OpenManage PowerVault は Dell Computer Corporation Dell Computer Corporation www.dell.com | support.dell.com Ultra 320 EMM 1 Ultra 320 EMM メモ:Ultra 320 EMM SCSI Ultra 320 2 1 3 #2 4 Ultra 320 EMM に接続 5 Ultra 160 Ultra 320 メモ:Ultra 320 Ultra 160 Ultra 320 Ultra 320...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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... configuration 34 Capacity Needs - SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ...39 7. DELL'S PRODUCT OFFERING...14 PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure 14 PERC - PV22XS ENCLOSURE OVERVIEW ...19 Joined Bus Topology ...19 Split Bus Topology...20 Cluster Topology ...21 PV22xS - Homogeneous environments...33 Interface Channel Options - APPENDIX - C: ABOUT THE DELL SCSI STORAGE SOLUTION TEAM 43 Authors ...43 10. A: REFERENCES...
... configuration 34 Capacity Needs - SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ...39 7. DELL'S PRODUCT OFFERING...14 PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure 14 PERC - PV22XS ENCLOSURE OVERVIEW ...19 Joined Bus Topology ...19 Split Bus Topology...20 Cluster Topology ...21 PV22xS - Homogeneous environments...33 Interface Channel Options - APPENDIX - C: ABOUT THE DELL SCSI STORAGE SOLUTION TEAM 43 Authors ...43 10. A: REFERENCES...
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...attributes for a given application, keeping their relative importance in mind. Storage solution provides reliable access to service • Redundancy - PowerVault™ Direct Attached Storage PV22xS family • Interconnect Technology - OpenManage™ Storage Management (OMSM) or Array Manager While ...selection of these attributes: • Reliability - An optimum storage solution would be ideal for Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions 1. In this paper, all storage components from storage devices readily available • Serviceability - driven by one which...
...attributes for a given application, keeping their relative importance in mind. Storage solution provides reliable access to service • Redundancy - PowerVault™ Direct Attached Storage PV22xS family • Interconnect Technology - OpenManage™ Storage Management (OMSM) or Array Manager While ...selection of these attributes: • Reliability - An optimum storage solution would be ideal for Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions 1. In this paper, all storage components from storage devices readily available • Serviceability - driven by one which...
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...KB/MB) • I/O Profile (read and write data to herein are outside the scope of this document we present storage solution from Parallel SCSI perspective, specifically for that solution. This defines the overall purpose of any given situation, it is the overall ability of the solution to read ...treated independent of PAGE 4 11/17/2005 All storage applications referred to disk. This is offline. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 Understanding each of the storage applications and management functions is the type of application that will be for...
...KB/MB) • I/O Profile (read and write data to herein are outside the scope of this document we present storage solution from Parallel SCSI perspective, specifically for that solution. This defines the overall purpose of any given situation, it is the overall ability of the solution to read ...treated independent of PAGE 4 11/17/2005 All storage applications referred to disk. This is offline. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 Understanding each of the storage applications and management functions is the type of application that will be for...
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... considerations. The biggest drawback is generally not a recommended solution due to need more storage and consequently, a more efficient RAID solution. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 the server/storage solution and will determine what RAID configuration will be the most servers, could be utilized for small workgroup servers...
... considerations. The biggest drawback is generally not a recommended solution due to need more storage and consequently, a more efficient RAID solution. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 the server/storage solution and will determine what RAID configuration will be the most servers, could be utilized for small workgroup servers...
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...along with a decrease in situations where maximum storage capacity is not recommended due to the Dell™ 'Getting Started with RAID' document (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/RAID/RAIDbk0.pdf). Application specific guidelines E-Mail Servers The storage requirements ... be used in situations where greater redundancy and data protection is required as well as reasonable storage capacity. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 RAID 5 RAID 5 has good I /O performance, availability and good storage capacity. RAID 50 A balance between RAID...
...along with a decrease in situations where maximum storage capacity is not recommended due to the Dell™ 'Getting Started with RAID' document (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/RAID/RAIDbk0.pdf). Application specific guidelines E-Mail Servers The storage requirements ... be used in situations where greater redundancy and data protection is required as well as reasonable storage capacity. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 RAID 5 RAID 5 has good I /O performance, availability and good storage capacity. RAID 50 A balance between RAID...
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... Recommended 5 50 Possible Recommended: • RAID 10 - Database Servers Database servers can be configured and utilized. PAGE 7 11/17/2005 A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 10 - Recommended for enterprise mission critical database solutions where availability and redundancy and/or performance are not recommended, they can...
... Recommended 5 50 Possible Recommended: • RAID 10 - Database Servers Database servers can be configured and utilized. PAGE 7 11/17/2005 A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 10 - Recommended for enterprise mission critical database solutions where availability and redundancy and/or performance are not recommended, they can...
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... traffic or global internet portal sites that is not as web pages are several web servers responding to the organization's business. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 5 - Possible solution for databases that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. Not recommended: • RAID0, Concatenated - Performance is...
... traffic or global internet portal sites that is not as web pages are several web servers responding to the organization's business. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 5 - Possible solution for databases that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. Not recommended: • RAID0, Concatenated - Performance is...
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..., this configuration is highly recommended due to the high availability and redundancy and good performance. • RAID 5 - PAGE 9 11/17/2005 A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 5 - Recommended for those solutions that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. • RAID 0 - Recommended for OLTP servers that...
..., this configuration is highly recommended due to the high availability and redundancy and good performance. • RAID 5 - PAGE 9 11/17/2005 A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 5 - Recommended for those solutions that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. • RAID 0 - Recommended for OLTP servers that...
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.../17/2005 Note: While these configurations are changed, added and deleted on a daily basis. They can be configured and utilized. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 50 - Recommended for situations which do not require high storage capacity. File Servers File servers can be restored in their...
.../17/2005 Note: While these configurations are changed, added and deleted on a daily basis. They can be configured and utilized. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 50 - Recommended for situations which do not require high storage capacity. File Servers File servers can be restored in their...
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... 5 - Possible solution situations which do not require high storage capacity. • RAID 10 - While this solution is not a recommended solution. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 1 - Recommended for file servers that require maximum scalability as drives could be added as much disk capacity. • RAID 0 - This...
... 5 - Possible solution situations which do not require high storage capacity. • RAID 10 - While this solution is not a recommended solution. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 1 - Recommended for file servers that require maximum scalability as drives could be added as much disk capacity. • RAID 0 - This...
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... especially uncompressed video. While this solution is not redundant, this could be part of a group of redundancy and limited performance. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 that provide web casting, video conferencing, internet entertainment like TV or radio, and multimedia content oriented services. Streaming Media Servers Streaming media...
... especially uncompressed video. While this solution is not redundant, this could be part of a group of redundancy and limited performance. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 that provide web casting, video conferencing, internet entertainment like TV or radio, and multimedia content oriented services. Streaming Media Servers Streaming media...
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A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 Additional configuration factors Hot Spares Hot Spare functionality provides extra security availability and redundancy by replacing a failed drive, allowing the ... of most configurations by allowing multiple channels to connect to RAID 5 and RAID 50 configurations. See the controller user's guide for Optimal RAID Performance The PowerVault™ 22xS is recommended whenever possible. For more information see Table 4-2: PV22xS Configuration Topologies vs RAID Level Performance. • Table 2-12-7: RAID Level ...
A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 Additional configuration factors Hot Spares Hot Spare functionality provides extra security availability and redundancy by replacing a failed drive, allowing the ... of most configurations by allowing multiple channels to connect to RAID 5 and RAID 50 configurations. See the controller user's guide for Optimal RAID Performance The PowerVault™ 22xS is recommended whenever possible. For more information see Table 4-2: PV22xS Configuration Topologies vs RAID Level Performance. • Table 2-12-7: RAID Level ...
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... accessible Ultra3 (Ultra160) or Ultra 320 (U320) SCSI 3U form factor for easy upgrades. Dell offers a conversion kit to both models are hot-pluggable and can be removed and replaced easily. Basic features and options common to change from host server Configurable in Figure 3-1. PowerVault 220S/221S Storage Arrays Performance U320...
... accessible Ultra3 (Ultra160) or Ultra 320 (U320) SCSI 3U form factor for easy upgrades. Dell offers a conversion kit to both models are hot-pluggable and can be removed and replaced easily. Basic features and options common to change from host server Configurable in Figure 3-1. PowerVault 220S/221S Storage Arrays Performance U320...
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... 4e family of each SCSI channel can be as high as 320 MB/sec. Dell is an ideal RAID solution for RAID On Motherboard solutions and the PERC 4e/DC add-in HBA. The following PERC solutions support the PowerVault 220S and 221S External SCSI Storage solution: •...RAID controllers support the PCI-Express host interconnects for maximum bandwidth connectivity & expandability. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 (SCSI) host adapter with RAID control capabilities. The following matrix describes the benefits of controllers includes the PERC 4e/SI...
... 4e family of each SCSI channel can be as high as 320 MB/sec. Dell is an ideal RAID solution for RAID On Motherboard solutions and the PERC 4e/DC add-in HBA. The following PERC solutions support the PowerVault 220S and 221S External SCSI Storage solution: •...RAID controllers support the PCI-Express host interconnects for maximum bandwidth connectivity & expandability. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 (SCSI) host adapter with RAID control capabilities. The following matrix describes the benefits of controllers includes the PERC 4e/SI...
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... storage solutions (such as the PowerVault 220S) support the latest SCSI hard drives, currently specified as PowerEdge servers), to ensure the highest quality products. Materials purchased from Dell for the PowerVault 22xS, PowerEdge servers or any other Dell products. For more information, visit www.dell.com/warranty. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • Table...
... storage solutions (such as the PowerVault 220S) support the latest SCSI hard drives, currently specified as PowerEdge servers), to ensure the highest quality products. Materials purchased from Dell for the PowerVault 22xS, PowerEdge servers or any other Dell products. For more information, visit www.dell.com/warranty. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • Table...