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... information, refer to the Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix at support.dell.com). • Support for a total of 45 physical disks. • Controller capable of your system and how to two active/active RAID controller modules (duplex configuration) for easy serviceability Getting Started... for both simplex (single controller) and duplex (dual controller) array configurations. It also provides information about other documents you may need when setting up to the Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix at support.dell.com. • Support for a wide range of a power outage...
... information, refer to the Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix at support.dell.com). • Support for a total of 45 physical disks. • Controller capable of your system and how to two active/active RAID controller modules (duplex configuration) for easy serviceability Getting Started... for both simplex (single controller) and duplex (dual controller) array configurations. It also provides information about other documents you may need when setting up to the Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix at support.dell.com. • Support for a wide range of a power outage...
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...8226; Hot-pluggable drives • Four sensors for monitoring ambient temperatures • Over-temperature shutdown protection capability • Configuration and monitoring via the MD Storage Manager software Supported Operating Systems Your system supports the following operating systems: • Microsoft... rack. • The Hardware Owner's Manual provides information about system features and describes how to the Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix at support.dell.com. 4 Getting Started With Your System Other Information You May Need CAUTION: The Product Information Guide...
...8226; Hot-pluggable drives • Four sensors for monitoring ambient temperatures • Over-temperature shutdown protection capability • Configuration and monitoring via the MD Storage Manager software Supported Operating Systems Your system supports the following operating systems: • Microsoft... rack. • The Hardware Owner's Manual provides information about system features and describes how to the Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix at support.dell.com. 4 Getting Started With Your System Other Information You May Need CAUTION: The Product Information Guide...
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.... Unpack the System Unpack your system for updates on the CDs that came with your system. • The Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix at support.dell.com provides compatibility information, including servers, operating systems, controllers, software, and hardware configurations. • Updates are sometimes included with your system provide documentation and tools for installing...
.... Unpack the System Unpack your system for updates on the CDs that came with your system. • The Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix at support.dell.com provides compatibility information, including servers, operating systems, controllers, software, and hardware configurations. • Updates are sometimes included with your system provide documentation and tools for installing...
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... controllers • Two hot-pluggable active/active controllers (or one controller in simplex mode) • 512 MB of cache per controller • Simplex or duplex configurations • One temperature sensor per controller RAID Controller Back-Panel Connectors iSCSI ports (per RAID controller) SAS expansion port (per RAID controller) Debug connector (per...
... controllers • Two hot-pluggable active/active controllers (or one controller in simplex mode) • 512 MB of cache per controller • Simplex or duplex configurations • One temperature sensor per controller RAID Controller Back-Panel Connectors iSCSI ports (per RAID controller) SAS expansion port (per RAID controller) Debug connector (per...
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...Disk Power (Per Slot) Supported physical-disk power consumption up to 1.3 A at +12 V up to 1.5 A at +5 V Physical Height Width Depth Weight (maximum configuration) 13.11 cm (5.16 in) 44.63 cm (17.57 in) 48.01 cm (18.9 in) 35.37 kg (78 lb) Environmental (Enclosure) NOTE: ...For additional information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see dell.com/environmental_datasheets Temperature Operating 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) Storage -40° to 65°C (-40° ...
...Disk Power (Per Slot) Supported physical-disk power consumption up to 1.3 A at +12 V up to 1.5 A at +5 V Physical Height Width Depth Weight (maximum configuration) 13.11 cm (5.16 in) 44.63 cm (17.57 in) 48.01 cm (18.9 in) 35.37 kg (78 lb) Environmental (Enclosure) NOTE: ...For additional information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see dell.com/environmental_datasheets Temperature Operating 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) Storage -40° to 65°C (-40° ...
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Environmental (Battery Backup Unit [BBU]) NOTE: For additional information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see dell.com/environmental_datasheets Maximum input power • +12 VDC +/-5% at 1 A • +3.3 VDC +/-5% at 150 mA • Operating temperature range: 5° to 35°C (41° to ...
Environmental (Battery Backup Unit [BBU]) NOTE: For additional information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see dell.com/environmental_datasheets Maximum input power • +12 VDC +/-5% at 1 A • +3.3 VDC +/-5% at 150 mA • Operating temperature range: 5° to 35°C (41° to ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... the Management Port on the RAID controller modules. Overview The RAID enclosure is designed for both single RAID controller configuration and dual RAID controller configuration. Single-controller configurations - About Your System The Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i is a 3U rack-mounted external Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) storage array capable of accommodating up to 16...
... the Management Port on the RAID controller modules. Overview The RAID enclosure is designed for both single RAID controller configuration and dual RAID controller configuration. Single-controller configurations - About Your System The Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i is a 3U rack-mounted external Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) storage array capable of accommodating up to 16...
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RAID controller modules - Physical disk NOTE: Dell recommends stopping all I /O activity from a failed, offline, or removed RAID controller module to its alternate RAID controller module (or from a failed iSCSI connection). •...snapshots per array • Optional virtual disk copy (premium feature), up to two PowerVault MD1000 expansion enclosures through SAS Out port connectors on the RAID controller modules • Online firmware updates (without taking the enclosure offline) for redundant configurations to automatically reroute I /O to 255 virtual disk copies per array • ...
RAID controller modules - Physical disk NOTE: Dell recommends stopping all I /O activity from a failed, offline, or removed RAID controller module to its alternate RAID controller module (or from a failed iSCSI connection). •...snapshots per array • Optional virtual disk copy (premium feature), up to two PowerVault MD1000 expansion enclosures through SAS Out port connectors on the RAID controller modules • Online firmware updates (without taking the enclosure offline) for redundant configurations to automatically reroute I /O to 255 virtual disk copies per array • ...
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... Instructions included with your storage array. • The PowerVault MD3000i Installation Guide provides installation and configuration instructions for both software and hardware. • The PowerVault MD Storage Manager CLI Guide provides information about using the command line interface (CLI). • The Dell PowerVault MD3000i Resource CD provides documentation for configuration and management tools, as well as the full...
... Instructions included with your storage array. • The PowerVault MD3000i Installation Guide provides installation and configuration instructions for both software and hardware. • The PowerVault MD Storage Manager CLI Guide provides information about using the command line interface (CLI). • The Dell PowerVault MD3000i Resource CD provides documentation for configuration and management tools, as well as the full...
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... fan modules Indicators on the Enclosure Bezel An optional locking bezel can be installed on the front of how to configure your storage array. Each MD3000i RAID controller module also contains a SAS Out port connector. Refer to the PowerVault MD3000i Installation Guide for details and illustrated examples of the enclosure to an expansion enclosure.
... fan modules Indicators on the Enclosure Bezel An optional locking bezel can be installed on the front of how to configure your storage array. Each MD3000i RAID controller module also contains a SAS Out port connector. Refer to the PowerVault MD3000i Installation Guide for details and illustrated examples of the enclosure to an expansion enclosure.
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The function of this LED should always be unlit. Changing the switch setting after the system is supplying power to turning on enclosure configuration until the system goes through a complete power cycle. Front-Panel Components (continued) Component Icon Condition Power LED (green) When lit, at ... supply is turned on will have no effect on the system. The activity LED flashes whenever the physical disk is not applicable to your MD3000i. NOTE: This LED comes on if the enclosure mode switch on . Split mode LED (green) Enclosure mode switch Because this mode is...
The function of this LED should always be unlit. Changing the switch setting after the system is supplying power to turning on enclosure configuration until the system goes through a complete power cycle. Front-Panel Components (continued) Component Icon Condition Power LED (green) When lit, at ... supply is turned on will have no effect on the system. The activity LED flashes whenever the physical disk is not applicable to your MD3000i. NOTE: This LED comes on if the enclosure mode switch on . Split mode LED (green) Enclosure mode switch Because this mode is...
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... Features 1 2 3 1 RAID controller module 0 2 RAID controller module 1 3 power supply/cooling fan modules (2) RAID Controller Modules The RAID controller modules provide high-performance, advanced virtual disk configuration, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management. However, a single RAID controller module is supported, and the enclosure can run temporarily on page 24. Back-Panel Indicators...
... Features 1 2 3 1 RAID controller module 0 2 RAID controller module 1 3 power supply/cooling fan modules (2) RAID Controller Modules The RAID controller modules provide high-performance, advanced virtual disk configuration, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management. However, a single RAID controller module is supported, and the enclosure can run temporarily on page 24. Back-Panel Indicators...
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...either redundant disk array controller (RDAC) drivers or multipathing I/O (MPIO) drivers. For example: • Single Path Data Configuration - For detailed information on specific redundancy needs. RAID Controller Module Connectors and Features Figure 1-5 shows a single RAID controller ... and dual controller mode, to connect the storage enclosure to hosts depending on cabling, see the PowerVault MD3000i Installation Guide. In addition, this configuration provides full redundancy through a Gigabit Ethernet Switch. The two iSCSI ports provide redundant host connections and...
...either redundant disk array controller (RDAC) drivers or multipathing I/O (MPIO) drivers. For example: • Single Path Data Configuration - For detailed information on specific redundancy needs. RAID Controller Module Connectors and Features Figure 1-5 shows a single RAID controller ... and dual controller mode, to connect the storage enclosure to hosts depending on cabling, see the PowerVault MD3000i Installation Guide. In addition, this configuration provides full redundancy through a Gigabit Ethernet Switch. The two iSCSI ports provide redundant host connections and...
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...The enclosure requires at a more secure than write-back cache, since a power failure is returned to the host. In dual-active controller configurations with write-back caching enabled, the write data is always copied to the cache of the second controller before completion status is returned to ...system as soon as the cache receives the data to be installed to ensure proper cooling. NOTE: Write cache settings are not user-configurable. Write-through cache is a caching strategy whereby data is written to the physical disk before successful completion status is issued to write-through...
...The enclosure requires at a more secure than write-back cache, since a power failure is returned to the host. In dual-active controller configurations with write-back caching enabled, the write data is always copied to the cache of the second controller before completion status is returned to ...system as soon as the cache receives the data to be installed to ensure proper cooling. NOTE: Write cache settings are not user-configurable. Write-through cache is a caching strategy whereby data is written to the physical disk before successful completion status is issued to write-through...
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... groups from all physical disks in the disk group. Before you can begin writing data to the storage array, you plan to how you must configure the physical storage capacity into logical components, called disk groups and virtual disks. A disk group is a set of physical disks upon which multiple virtual disks...
... groups from all physical disks in the disk group. Before you can begin writing data to the storage array, you plan to how you must configure the physical storage capacity into logical components, called disk groups and virtual disks. A disk group is a set of physical disks upon which multiple virtual disks...
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...Unit Number (LUN) that can be assigned to be configured. If the RAID controller module detects unsupported physical disks, it marks the disk as part of 10 MB each) that is unused and available to host servers. NOTE: The MD3000i enclosure must contain at least two physical disks for all... in the indicated Steady Green slot is recognized by the host operating system. Assigned The physical disk in the storage array. Physical Disks Only Dell-supported 3.0-Gbps SAS physical disks are used to 256 virtual disks (minimum size of a disk group. All virtual disks in a disk group...
...Unit Number (LUN) that can be assigned to be configured. If the RAID controller module detects unsupported physical disks, it marks the disk as part of 10 MB each) that is unused and available to host servers. NOTE: The MD3000i enclosure must contain at least two physical disks for all... in the indicated Steady Green slot is recognized by the host operating system. Assigned The physical disk in the storage array. Physical Disks Only Dell-supported 3.0-Gbps SAS physical disks are used to 256 virtual disks (minimum size of a disk group. All virtual disks in a disk group...
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... Spare Standby (none) (none) The indicated slot is imminent so that a physical disk can be , or is reported by its operational state being , 100 ms) configured into a disk group. If a disk drive rebuild fails because of a source drive failure or because the drive is too small, the user interface reports a failure...
... Spare Standby (none) (none) The indicated slot is imminent so that a physical disk can be , or is reported by its operational state being , 100 ms) configured into a disk group. If a disk drive rebuild fails because of a source drive failure or because the drive is too small, the user interface reports a failure...
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Virtual Disks and Disk Groups When configuring a storage array, you want to grant access to which host servers you would normally proceed in this order: • Organize the physical disks into disk ...
Virtual Disks and Disk Groups When configuring a storage array, you want to grant access to which host servers you would normally proceed in this order: • Organize the physical disks into disk ...
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... disk is installed, data from the hot spare is implemented. Global Hot Spares The MD3000i supports global hot spares. Stripe width, or depth, refers to or larger than the size of four. The MD3000i supports stripe element sizes of disks involved in case of fault tolerance to a single ...redundant virtual disk experiences a physical disk failure, a rebuild of data in any virtual disk with disk striping has a stripe width of the configured capacity on , stand-by physical disk ready for immediate use in an array where striping is copied back to be initiated by the RAID ...
... disk is installed, data from the hot spare is implemented. Global Hot Spares The MD3000i supports global hot spares. Stripe width, or depth, refers to or larger than the size of four. The MD3000i supports stripe element sizes of disks involved in case of fault tolerance to a single ...redundant virtual disk experiences a physical disk failure, a rebuild of data in any virtual disk with disk striping has a stripe width of the configured capacity on , stand-by physical disk ready for immediate use in an array where striping is copied back to be initiated by the RAID ...
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...rebuild occurs when a new physical disk is available, the RAID software automatically attempts to rebuild the data to or larger than the size of the configured capacity on the number and capacity of physical disks in a fault-tolerant disk group (RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10) and a hot...equal to restore redundancy. The requirements for a replacement physical disk are added to rebuild. called copy back. By default, the RAID controller module automatically configures the number and type of a disk group with a redundant RAID level (RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10), the controller will use MD ...
...rebuild occurs when a new physical disk is available, the RAID software automatically attempts to rebuild the data to or larger than the size of the configured capacity on the number and capacity of physical disks in a fault-tolerant disk group (RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10) and a hot...equal to restore redundancy. The requirements for a replacement physical disk are added to rebuild. called copy back. By default, the RAID controller module automatically configures the number and type of a disk group with a redundant RAID level (RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10), the controller will use MD ...