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... the data rate by providing an interface between the processor and a peripheral device. DIMM - DNS - Domain Name System. Embedded remote access. ERA allows you to perform remote, or "out-ofband," server management on the system board. An expansion card adds some other program to the system by transferring data on your...
... the data rate by providing an interface between the processor and a peripheral device. DIMM - DNS - Domain Name System. Embedded remote access. ERA allows you to perform remote, or "out-ofband," server management on the system board. An expansion card adds some other program to the system by transferring data on your...
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... Action Progress 242 Show Virtual Disk Copy 242 Show Virtual Disk Copy Source Candidates . . . . 243 Show Virtual Disk Copy Target Candidates. . . . . 244 Show Virtual Disk Performance Statistics . . . . . 244 Show Virtual Disk Reservations 245 Start Configuration Database Diagnostic . . . . . 246 Start Disk Group Blink 247 Start Disk Group Defragment 247 Start Disk Group...
... Action Progress 242 Show Virtual Disk Copy 242 Show Virtual Disk Copy Source Candidates . . . . 243 Show Virtual Disk Copy Target Candidates. . . . . 244 Show Virtual Disk Performance Statistics . . . . . 244 Show Virtual Disk Reservations 245 Start Configuration Database Diagnostic . . . . . 246 Start Disk Group Blink 247 Start Disk Group Defragment 247 Start Disk Group...
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...the command line interface. For additional information, see the hardware and software manuals that can issue commands from the command line and performs the operations instructed by the commands. A script file can enter individual commands, or run commands in an interactive mode. 1... performs a specific action for destructive commands. You can also run script files when you to connect to a specific storage array and rapidly enter a command, determine the effect on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in the Dell PowerVault Modular...
...the command line interface. For additional information, see the hardware and software manuals that can issue commands from the command line and performs the operations instructed by the commands. A script file can enter individual commands, or run commands in an interactive mode. 1... performs a specific action for destructive commands. You can also run script files when you to connect to a specific storage array and rapidly enter a command, determine the effect on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in the Dell PowerVault Modular...
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...; Display configuration information about the storage arrays. • Add storage arrays to and remove storage arrays from the management domain. • Perform automatic discovery of all storage arrays attached to the local subnet. • Add or delete Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap destinations ... standard command line display or to Use the Command Line Interface Using the CLI commands, you can use the command line interface to perform the following elements: • The term SMcli • Storage array identifier • Parameters • Script commands 14 About the...
...; Display configuration information about the storage arrays. • Add storage arrays to and remove storage arrays from the management domain. • Perform automatic discovery of all storage arrays attached to the local subnet. • Add or delete Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap destinations ... standard command line display or to Use the Command Line Interface Using the CLI commands, you can use the command line interface to perform the following elements: • The term SMcli • Storage array identifier • Parameters • Script commands 14 About the...
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... CLI commands. Table 1-1 lists definitions for the parameters shown in each command. Table 1-1. CLI Commands This section lists the CLI commands you can use to perform the following functions: • Identify storage arrays • Set passwords • Add storage arrays • Specify communication parameters • Enter individual script configuration commands •...
... CLI commands. Table 1-1 lists definitions for the parameters shown in each command. Table 1-1. CLI Commands This section lists the CLI commands you can use to perform the following functions: • Identify storage arrays • Set passwords • Add storage arrays • Specify communication parameters • Enter individual script configuration commands •...
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... The community is the SNMP community name for the trap, and the host is also called silent mode.) This parameter suppresses the following messages: • Performance syntax check • Syntax check complete • Executing script • Script execution complete • SMcli completed successfully Use with the -d parameter to which you want...
... The community is the SNMP community name for the trap, and the host is also called silent mode.) This parameter suppresses the following messages: • Performance syntax check • Syntax check complete • Executing script • Script execution complete • SMcli completed successfully Use with the -d parameter to which you want...
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... are distinct from the command line interface (CLI) commands; 2 About the Script Commands You can enter individual script commands, or run by a script engine that performs the following functions: • Verifies command syntax • Interprets the commands • Converts the commands to configure and manage a storage array. Table 2-1. labeling; You can...
... are distinct from the command line interface (CLI) commands; 2 About the Script Commands You can enter individual script commands, or run by a script engine that performs the following functions: • Verifies command syntax • Interprets the commands • Converts the commands to configure and manage a storage array. Table 2-1. labeling; You can...
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... physical disk firmware Script Command Structure All script commands have the following structure: command operand-data {statement-data} where, command identifies the action to be performed, operand-data represents the storage array component to configure or manage (such as a RAID controller module, physical disk, or disk group), and statement-data is...
... physical disk firmware Script Command Structure All script commands have the following structure: command operand-data {statement-data} where, command identifies the action to be performed, operand-data represents the storage array component to configure or manage (such as a RAID controller module, physical disk, or disk group), and statement-data is...
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... User label Virtual disk user label Not applicable Enclosure ID Virtual disk user label or the World Wide Identifier (WWID) for example, virtualDisk[engineering]). To perform a command on a specific object, use a blank space as the delimiter. • Brackets • A list of identifiers NOTE: You can have a maximum of 30 characters. Use...
... User label Virtual disk user label Not applicable Enclosure ID Virtual disk user label or the World Wide Identifier (WWID) for example, virtualDisk[engineering]). To perform a command on a specific object, use a blank space as the delimiter. • Brackets • A list of identifiers NOTE: You can have a maximum of 30 characters. Use...
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... the contents of some attribute of a storage array. Table 2-2. The commands, however, fall into general categories that are reused when you can take place or performs the operation if the environment is already correctly set up the environment so that cannot be reversed. Script Command Synopsis Because you apply the commands...
... the contents of some attribute of a storage array. Table 2-2. The commands, however, fall into general categories that are reused when you can take place or performs the operation if the environment is already correctly set up the environment so that cannot be reversed. Script Command Synopsis Because you apply the commands...
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Do not set enclosureLossProtect=TRUE and have enclosure loss protection. If you set enclosureLossProtect=FALSE, the storage array performs operations, but the disk group you set enclosureLossProtect when specifying a disk group. About the Script Commands 37 Table 2-4. Do not specify RAID level or physical ...
Do not set enclosureLossProtect=TRUE and have enclosure loss protection. If you set enclosureLossProtect=FALSE, the storage array performs operations, but the disk group you set enclosureLossProtect when specifying a disk group. About the Script Commands 37 Table 2-4. Do not specify RAID level or physical ...
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... to this example creates the same virtual disk as the previous create virtualDisk command, however, in which the virtual disks belong. The diskGroup parameter is performed differently when MD Storage Manager assigns the physical disks as needed to help define your configuration, though you do not need to the virtual disk...
... to this example creates the same virtual disk as the previous create virtualDisk command, however, in which the virtual disks belong. The diskGroup parameter is performed differently when MD Storage Manager assigns the physical disks as needed to help define your configuration, though you do not need to the virtual disk...
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... group must be in the previous versions of the physical disks to enclosure loss protection. The storage array posts an The storage array performs the error if the RAID controller operation even if it means that module firmware cannot the disk group might not have enclosure returns an... error. Assign any one The storage array performs the disks. The userLabel, capacity, owner, and segmentSize parameters are the same as in a separate enclosure. Enclosure loss protection is set ...
... group must be in the previous versions of the physical disks to enclosure loss protection. The storage array posts an The storage array performs the error if the RAID controller operation even if it means that module firmware cannot the disk group might not have enclosure returns an... error. Assign any one The storage array performs the disks. The userLabel, capacity, owner, and segmentSize parameters are the same as in a separate enclosure. Enclosure loss protection is set ...
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..., the firmware determines how many data blocks that the storage array can be serviced with a single data stripe. The size of the parameters as multimedia), performance is for a single user with large I /O request can support. If the value you use one or all of the disk groups have the same number...
..., the firmware determines how many data blocks that the storage array can be serviced with a single data stripe. The size of the parameters as multimedia), performance is for a single user with large I /O request can support. If the value you use one or all of the disk groups have the same number...
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... Network Management Protocol (SNMP) alerts • RAID controller module clocks • Storage array host type • Global hot spares Configuring a Storage Array 55 For optimal performance in a multi-user database or file system storage environment, set to RAID level 5. The storage array has two hot spares, and segment size for a single...
... Network Management Protocol (SNMP) alerts • RAID controller module clocks • Storage array host type • Global hot spares Configuring a Storage Array 55 For optimal performance in a multi-user database or file system storage environment, set to RAID level 5. The storage array has two hot spares, and segment size for a single...
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To return information about host types connected to the storage array, you can reduce read/write performance. it does not return a list of a disk group 58 Configuring a Storage Array defaultHostType to Linux, the RAID controller module communicates with any ...index value from the host type table. The following examples show how to use this parameter is allocated for virtual disk modification operations affects system performance. Before you can use the show storageArray hostTypeTable;" The following example shows how to define a specific default host type: client>smcli 123.45...
To return information about host types connected to the storage array, you can reduce read/write performance. it does not return a list of a disk group 58 Configuring a Storage Array defaultHostType to Linux, the RAID controller module communicates with any ...index value from the host type table. The following examples show how to use this parameter is allocated for virtual disk modification operations affects system performance. Before you can use the show storageArray hostTypeTable;" The following example shows how to define a specific default host type: client>smcli 123.45...
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... steps: 1 Identify the location of physical disk as the physical disk that system performance is the general form of a disk group The lowest priority rate favors system performance, but the system performance might be the same type of the physical disks by enclosure ID and slot ID. 2 Set the hotSpare parameter to TRUE...
... steps: 1 Identify the location of physical disk as the physical disk that system performance is the general form of a disk group The lowest priority rate favors system performance, but the system performance might be the same type of the physical disks by enclosure ID and slot ID. 2 Set the hotSpare parameter to TRUE...
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...disk at a particular point in time. • Use only a small amount of the data on the card to obtain a key file and to perform the following tasks: • Create a complete image of disk space. • Provide quick, frequent, nondisruptive backups; Snapshot virtual disks allow you ... can access the snapshot virtual disk. NOTE: If you would have received a Premium Features Activation card shipped in -time image of your Dell PowerVault MD storage array. 4 Using the Snapshot Feature This chapter describes how the Snapshot feature works, lists the snapshot script commands, and explains ...
...disk at a particular point in time. • Use only a small amount of the data on the card to obtain a key file and to perform the following tasks: • Create a complete image of disk space. • Provide quick, frequent, nondisruptive backups; Snapshot virtual disks allow you ... can access the snapshot virtual disk. NOTE: If you would have received a Premium Features Activation card shipped in -time image of your Dell PowerVault MD storage array. 4 Using the Snapshot Feature This chapter describes how the Snapshot feature works, lists the snapshot script commands, and explains ...
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... Windows or unmounting the virtual drive in Linux helps to ensure that the host server is properly prepared to create a snapshot virtual disk, you can perform the following steps: 1 Stop all I /O activity to the source. 2 Using your snapshot virtual disk, you can either use and the RAID level for the new...
... Windows or unmounting the virtual drive in Linux helps to ensure that the host server is properly prepared to create a snapshot virtual disk, you can perform the following steps: 1 Stop all I /O activity to the source. 2 Using your snapshot virtual disk, you can either use and the RAID level for the new...
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..., you can use the stop snapshot virtualDisk command to the associated snapshot repository virtual disk. As long as a snapshot virtual disk is enabled, storage array performance is affected by the copy-on -write has stopped. only copy-on -write operations to stop the copy-on -write immediately starts running. Stopping and...
..., you can use the stop snapshot virtualDisk command to the associated snapshot repository virtual disk. As long as a snapshot virtual disk is enabled, storage array performance is affected by the copy-on -write has stopped. only copy-on -write operations to stop the copy-on -write immediately starts running. Stopping and...