Getting Started Guide
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Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 and MD3220 RAID Enclosures Getting Started With Your System Regulatory Model Series E03J and E04J
Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 and MD3220 RAID Enclosures Getting Started With Your System Regulatory Model Series E03J and E04J
Owner's Manual
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Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Arrays Owner's Manual Regulatory Model: E03J Series and E04J Series Regulatory Type: E03J001 and E04J001
Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Arrays Owner's Manual Regulatory Model: E03J Series and E04J Series Regulatory Type: E03J001 and E04J001
Owner's Manual
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Contents 1 Introduction 17 About This Document 17 Inside the box of the Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series Storage Array 18 Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series Storage Array 18 Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager 18 Other Information you May Need 19 2 Planning: About Your Storage Array . . . . 21 Overview 21 Hardware Features 22 Front-Panel Features ...
Contents 1 Introduction 17 About This Document 17 Inside the box of the Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series Storage Array 18 Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series Storage Array 18 Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager 18 Other Information you May Need 19 2 Planning: About Your Storage Array . . . . 21 Overview 21 Hardware Features 22 Front-Panel Features ...
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...and its features. Additional information on these and other topics can be completed to the tasks that your Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 Series storage array. The guide is organized according to ensure that you with the storage array. Troubleshooting-Tasks..., and Regulatory Information document for important safety information before following any procedures listed in the Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Array Deployment Guide, available at support.dell.com/manuals. Management-Tasks the may occur with the functions of storage array components. About...
...and its features. Additional information on these and other topics can be completed to the tasks that your Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 Series storage array. The guide is organized according to ensure that you with the storage array. Troubleshooting-Tasks..., and Regulatory Information document for important safety information before following any procedures listed in the Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Array Deployment Guide, available at support.dell.com/manuals. Management-Tasks the may occur with the functions of storage array components. About...
Owner's Manual
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... of accommodating up to install your enclosure into a rack. • Getting Started With Your System provides an overview of the Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series Storage Array Unless specified MD3200 Series represents Dell PowerVault MD3200 and Dell PowerVault MD3220. The MD3200 Series storage arrays can be daisy-chained with your enclosure, and technical specifications. Inside the box of enclosure features, setting...
... of accommodating up to install your enclosure into a rack. • Getting Started With Your System provides an overview of the Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series Storage Array Unless specified MD3200 Series represents Dell PowerVault MD3200 and Dell PowerVault MD3220. The MD3200 Series storage arrays can be daisy-chained with your enclosure, and technical specifications. Inside the box of enclosure features, setting...
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. The MD3200 Series storage array includes a number of components. These are: • RAID Controller Module(s) • PSU/Fan Modules • ... Storage Array 21 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-redundant servers or 4 redundant servers.
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. The MD3200 Series storage array includes a number of components. These are: • RAID Controller Module(s) • PSU/Fan Modules • ... Storage Array 21 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-redundant servers or 4 redundant servers.
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Front-Panel Features and Indicators-Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 1 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 2-2. Hardware Features Front-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 2-1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators-Dell PowerVault MD3220 1 2 3 4 5 6 22 Planning: About Your Storage Array
Front-Panel Features and Indicators-Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 1 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 2-2. Hardware Features Front-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 2-1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators-Dell PowerVault MD3220 1 2 3 4 5 6 22 Planning: About Your Storage Array
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Back Panel Features and Indicators Figure 2-4. Back-Panel Features and Indicators-Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series 1 2 3 4 1 600W Power supply/cooling fan module 3 RAID Controller Module 1 2 RAID Controller Module 0 4 600W Power supply/cooling fan module Planning: About Your Storage Array 25
Back Panel Features and Indicators Figure 2-4. Back-Panel Features and Indicators-Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series 1 2 3 4 1 600W Power supply/cooling fan module 3 RAID Controller Module 1 2 RAID Controller Module 0 4 600W Power supply/cooling fan module Planning: About Your Storage Array 25
Owner's Manual
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... in a Windows® Clustered configuration, you create a snapshot virtual disk, it is no longer needed. Data on support.dell.com/manuals. 50 Planning: MD3200 Series Storage Array Terms and Concepts You cannot select a snapshot repository virtual disk as a source virtual disk or as the ... recognize the snapshot virtual disk. For details on mapping the snapshot virtual disk to the secondary node, refer to the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Arrays With Microsoft® Windows Server® Failover Clusters on a virtual disk is copied to four snapshots...
... in a Windows® Clustered configuration, you create a snapshot virtual disk, it is no longer needed. Data on support.dell.com/manuals. 50 Planning: MD3200 Series Storage Array Terms and Concepts You cannot select a snapshot repository virtual disk as a source virtual disk or as the ... recognize the snapshot virtual disk. For details on mapping the snapshot virtual disk to the secondary node, refer to the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Arrays With Microsoft® Windows Server® Failover Clusters on a virtual disk is copied to four snapshots...
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... • Beneath the tabs, is the toolbar. User Interface The Storage Manager screen is the menu bar. Tabs are the tabs. See the MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Array's Deployment Guide Deployment Guide for a single storage array. You can perform on a storage array. • Beneath the menu ...high- To view the toolbar or the status bar, select ViewToolbar or View Status Bar, respectively. 5 Configuration: Overview Dell™ PowerVault™ Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) online help by selecting Help located at the top right corner of the storage arrays. NOTE:...
... • Beneath the tabs, is the toolbar. User Interface The Storage Manager screen is the menu bar. Tabs are the tabs. See the MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Array's Deployment Guide Deployment Guide for a single storage array. You can perform on a storage array. • Beneath the menu ...high- To view the toolbar or the status bar, select ViewToolbar or View Status Bar, respectively. 5 Configuration: Overview Dell™ PowerVault™ Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) online help by selecting Help located at the top right corner of the storage arrays. NOTE:...
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... drive letter of a source virtual disk on both the source disk group and on support.dell.com/manuals. NOTE: For details on mapping the snapshot virtual disk to the secondary node, refer to the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Arrays With Microsoft® Windows Server® Failover Clusters on another disk...
... drive letter of a source virtual disk on both the source disk group and on support.dell.com/manuals. NOTE: For details on mapping the snapshot virtual disk to the secondary node, refer to the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Arrays With Microsoft® Windows Server® Failover Clusters on another disk...
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...virtual disk in the Major Event Log (MEL). The destination of a source virtual disk on both the source disk group and on support.dell.com/manuals. You can create concurrent snapshots of a snapshot repository virtual disk is determined based on the free capacity available in data loss ...map the snapshot virtual disk later. NOTE: For details on mapping the snapshot virtual disk to the secondary node, refer to the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Arrays With Microsoft® Windows Server® Failover Clusters on another disk group or you must first map the ...
...virtual disk in the Major Event Log (MEL). The destination of a source virtual disk on both the source disk group and on support.dell.com/manuals. You can create concurrent snapshots of a snapshot repository virtual disk is determined based on the free capacity available in data loss ...map the snapshot virtual disk later. NOTE: For details on mapping the snapshot virtual disk to the secondary node, refer to the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Arrays With Microsoft® Windows Server® Failover Clusters on another disk group or you must first map the ...
Owner's Manual
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.... To upgrade from Optimal to a highperformance-tier storage array, you enable the high-performance-tier premium feature, using the Dell™ PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Management (MDSM) software. When the restart completes the status will be restarted. Configuration: Premium Feature-Upgrading to... that all I /O to enable the feature. After reading the information below, follow the directions on a MD3200 Series array increases the performance of a MD3200 Series array operating at the standard performance level. It is enabled or disabled. When the high performance tier ...
.... To upgrade from Optimal to a highperformance-tier storage array, you enable the high-performance-tier premium feature, using the Dell™ PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Management (MDSM) software. When the restart completes the status will be restarted. Configuration: Premium Feature-Upgrading to... that all I /O to enable the feature. After reading the information below, follow the directions on a MD3200 Series array increases the performance of a MD3200 Series array operating at the standard performance level. It is enabled or disabled. When the high performance tier ...
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...Reconfigures path usage based on the server, and selecting either the Full or Host install option. MPP was used to the Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3220 storage arrays Deployment Guide. NOTE: The required Device Mapper software components are installed on a Linux host server by ...; Utilizes multiple available paths to enable multipath capabilities on a Linux system. The DM multipath functionality is provided by running the MD3200 Series Resource media installation program on path states and error conditions • Unifies multiple device nodes into a single logical multipath device...
...Reconfigures path usage based on the server, and selecting either the Full or Host install option. MPP was used to the Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3220 storage arrays Deployment Guide. NOTE: The required Device Mapper software components are installed on a Linux host server by ...; Utilizes multiple available paths to enable multipath capabilities on a Linux system. The DM multipath functionality is provided by running the MD3200 Series Resource media installation program on path states and error conditions • Unifies multiple device nodes into a single logical multipath device...
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... CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. See "Getting Help" on your warranty. For the location of communication, see the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 Deployment Guide. Troubleshooting External Connections • Verify that came with the product. Damage due to the correct ports before troubleshooting any external devices. Read...
... CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. See "Getting Help" on your warranty. For the location of communication, see the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 Deployment Guide. Troubleshooting External Connections • Verify that came with the product. Damage due to the correct ports before troubleshooting any external devices. Read...
Deployment Guide
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.... Management Station Requirements A management station uses MDSM to configure and monitor storage arrays for optimum usability. 1 Introduction This guide provides information about deploying Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 and MD3220 storage arrays. The version of 1024x768 with both the MD3200 Series and the earlier generation MD3000 Series storage arrays. For more information on the...
.... Management Station Requirements A management station uses MDSM to configure and monitor storage arrays for optimum usability. 1 Introduction This guide provides information about deploying Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200 and MD3220 storage arrays. The version of 1024x768 with both the MD3200 Series and the earlier generation MD3000 Series storage arrays. For more information on the...
CLI Guide
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... must first map the snapshot virtual disk to the secondary node, see the Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Arrays With Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clusters or Dell PowerVault MD3200i and MD3220i Storage Arrays With Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clusters at support.dell.com/manuals. For details on the source virtual disk or an inaccessible snapshot...
... must first map the snapshot virtual disk to the secondary node, see the Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Arrays With Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clusters or Dell PowerVault MD3200i and MD3220i Storage Arrays With Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clusters at support.dell.com/manuals. For details on the source virtual disk or an inaccessible snapshot...
Support Matrix
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Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200, MD3200i and MD3600i Series Support Matrix Introduction ...2 Dell PowerVault M3200, MD3200i and MD3600i Series Rules 2 Supported Controller Firmware and NVSRAM 4 Supported SAS Host Bus Adapters ...4 Supported iSCSI Software Initiators...4 Supported Protocol Offload (TOE / iSCSI) Adapters 4 Support Hard Disk Drives...5 Supported Expansion Enclosures...6 Supported Management Software ...6 Supported Operating Systems...10 Supported Device Mapper Software ...12
Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200, MD3200i and MD3600i Series Support Matrix Introduction ...2 Dell PowerVault M3200, MD3200i and MD3600i Series Rules 2 Supported Controller Firmware and NVSRAM 4 Supported SAS Host Bus Adapters ...4 Supported iSCSI Software Initiators...4 Supported Protocol Offload (TOE / iSCSI) Adapters 4 Support Hard Disk Drives...5 Supported Expansion Enclosures...6 Supported Management Software ...6 Supported Operating Systems...10 Supported Device Mapper Software ...12
Support Matrix
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... number of 96 SAS physical disks. A mixture of MD1200 and MD1220 enclosures for all redundant cabling configurations.) Unused ports on supported software and hardware for Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series, MD3200i Series and MD3600i Series storage arrays as well as a tape drive or other model storage array). Attached MD1200 Series expansion enclosures must...
... number of 96 SAS physical disks. A mixture of MD1200 and MD1220 enclosures for all redundant cabling configurations.) Unused ports on supported software and hardware for Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series, MD3200i Series and MD3600i Series storage arrays as well as a tape drive or other model storage array). Attached MD1200 Series expansion enclosures must...
Support Matrix
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... multi-pathing drivers are limited to a maximum of 30 physical disks Disk Groups can be migrated √ √ √ between a Dell PowerVault MD3200 or MD3200i or MD3600i by specifying the RAID Controller management port IP addresses on the SMcli invocation: "SMcli 192.168.128.101 192.168.... member disks. Where applicable it is not supported. Multi-path iSCSI boot on a Not Applicable for booting. When using a MD3200 Series or MD3600 Series array with SMcli by following the appropriate Disk Group migration procedure*** All iSCSI Host ports on Linux is...
... multi-pathing drivers are limited to a maximum of 30 physical disks Disk Groups can be migrated √ √ √ between a Dell PowerVault MD3200 or MD3200i or MD3600i by specifying the RAID Controller management port IP addresses on the SMcli invocation: "SMcli 192.168.128.101 192.168.... member disks. Where applicable it is not supported. Multi-path iSCSI boot on a Not Applicable for booting. When using a MD3200 Series or MD3600 Series array with SMcli by following the appropriate Disk Group migration procedure*** All iSCSI Host ports on Linux is...