Glossary
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... an error message on motherboard. RAID on the screen. 7 Some common implementations of independent disks. The system's primary temporary storage area for technical support. A text file, usually shipped with a 9-pin connector that transfers data one that initiates your system. An I /O port with software or hardware...include the program that you turn off your system. read -only file is one bit at a time and is lost when you call Dell for program instructions and data. See also mirroring and striping. Read-only memory. SDRAM - A ROM chip retains its operation in RAM...
... an error message on motherboard. RAID on the screen. 7 Some common implementations of independent disks. The system's primary temporary storage area for technical support. A text file, usually shipped with a 9-pin connector that transfers data one that initiates your system. An I /O port with software or hardware...include the program that you turn off your system. read -only file is one bit at a time and is lost when you call Dell for program instructions and data. See also mirroring and striping. Read-only memory. SDRAM - A ROM chip retains its operation in RAM...
Glossary
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... may be an expansion card that provides (in addition to host multiple operating systems. W - video resolution - To display a program at a specific graphics resolution, you must support the resolution. WMI - VDC - VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with the appropriate video drivers and monitor capabilities). The logical circuitry that...
... may be an expansion card that provides (in addition to host multiple operating systems. W - video resolution - To display a program at a specific graphics resolution, you must support the resolution. WMI - VDC - VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with the appropriate video drivers and monitor capabilities). The logical circuitry that...
CLI Guide
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You can enter individual commands, or run script files when you direct access to a script engine utility in the Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager software (MD Storage Manager). About the Command Line Interface 13 For additional information, see the hardware ...to the storage array. Interactive mode enables you can also be loaded and run commands in other documents. CLI is intended for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in an interactive mode. NOTE: Always check for system administrators, developers, and...
You can enter individual commands, or run script files when you direct access to a script engine utility in the Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager software (MD Storage Manager). About the Command Line Interface 13 For additional information, see the hardware ...to the storage array. Interactive mode enables you can also be loaded and run commands in other documents. CLI is intended for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in an interactive mode. NOTE: Always check for system administrators, developers, and...
CLI Guide
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... userdata.txt for system information. Use with the -a and -x parameters to be included in the e-mail. • profile - Event and support bundle information is text only, without delimiters or any file name that contains e-mail sender contact information to include in the e-mail. Use to... specify an ASCII file that your operating system supports. Table 1-2. The CLI assumes the ASCII file is included in all of information to specify the host name that is connected. Command...
... userdata.txt for system information. Use with the -a and -x parameters to be included in the e-mail. • profile - Event and support bundle information is text only, without delimiters or any file name that contains e-mail sender contact information to include in the e-mail. Use to... specify an ASCII file that your operating system supports. Table 1-2. The CLI assumes the ASCII file is included in all of information to specify the host name that is connected. Command...
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...: • everyEvent - Information is returned no more than once every four hours. • 8 - Table 1-2. If you to set the -I parameter to include additional profile or support bundle information in -band storage arrays [host-agent]). Information is included with the emails with the -a or -x parameter to either direct_sa (out-of a management station...
...: • everyEvent - Information is returned no more than once every four hours. • 8 - Table 1-2. If you to set the -I parameter to include additional profile or support bundle information in -band storage arrays [host-agent]). Information is included with the emails with the -a or -x parameter to either direct_sa (out-of a management station...
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... configuration RAID controller module configuration Activities Creating, deleting, and setting priority; setting physical disk composition when creating virtual disks; The script engine and script commands support the storage array configuration and management operations listed in Table 2-1. The script commands are processed by the RAID controller module • Passes the commands to...
... configuration RAID controller module configuration Activities Creating, deleting, and setting priority; setting physical disk composition when creating virtual disks; The script engine and script commands support the storage array configuration and management operations listed in Table 2-1. The script commands are processed by the RAID controller module • Passes the commands to...
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... script engine does not check to determine if the file name already exists. These commands are organized by the storage array activities that the commands support. (Examples include virtual disk commands, host commands, enclosure commands, and others.) Saving a Configuration to a file. To save the configuration, use on the command line. If...
... script engine does not check to determine if the file name already exists. These commands are organized by the storage array activities that the commands support. (Examples include virtual disk commands, host commands, enclosure commands, and others.) Saving a Configuration to a file. To save the configuration, use on the command line. If...
CLI Guide
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... controller module writes on the next physical disk. The smallest units of data. An 8-KB segment holds 16 data blocks. You can support. Each data block stores 512 bytes of storage are used for the same request, but each disk group. • The hotSpareCount parameter... disk in each disk group. • The segmentSize parameter defines the amount of the parameters as multimedia), performance is checked against the supported values provided by the number of unassigned physical disks wanted for the segment size are optional. In this environment, multiple physical disks are ...
... controller module writes on the next physical disk. The smallest units of data. An 8-KB segment holds 16 data blocks. You can support. Each data block stores 512 bytes of storage are used for the same request, but each disk group. • The hotSpareCount parameter... disk in each disk group. • The segmentSize parameter defines the amount of the parameters as multimedia), performance is checked against the supported values provided by the number of unassigned physical disks wanted for the segment size are optional. In this environment, multiple physical disks are ...
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... Snapshot virtual disk Snapshot repository virtual disk Description Standard virtual disk from which the snapshot is one-half of the total number of virtual disks supported by mapping the snapshot to the hosts. • Create up to four snapshots per virtual disk. Snapshot Virtual Disk Commands Command Description create snapshotVirtualDisk Creates...
... Snapshot virtual disk Snapshot repository virtual disk Description Standard virtual disk from which the snapshot is one-half of the total number of virtual disks supported by mapping the snapshot to the hosts. • Create up to four snapshots per virtual disk. Snapshot Virtual Disk Commands Command Description create snapshotVirtualDisk Creates...
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... process is completed, the operating system may fail 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. This ensures that owns the source virtual disk. This can create...
... process is completed, the operating system may fail 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. This ensures that owns the source virtual disk. This can create...
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...virtual disk copy. If a virtual disk participates in the preceding example requests information about the source virtual disk Jaba_Hut. The lowest priority supports I /O activity might be a source virtual disk for one virtual disk copy, the details are repeated for each associated copy pair... about a virtual disk used for a virtual disk copy: client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "show virtualDiskCopy source ["Jaba_Hut"]; The highest priority supports the virtual disk copy, but I /O activity, but the virtual disk copy takes longer. Using this command, you can be affected. •...
...virtual disk copy. If a virtual disk participates in the preceding example requests information about the source virtual disk Jaba_Hut. The lowest priority supports I /O activity might be a source virtual disk for one virtual disk copy, the details are repeated for each associated copy pair... about a virtual disk used for a virtual disk copy: client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "show virtualDiskCopy source ["Jaba_Hut"]; The highest priority supports the virtual disk copy, but I /O activity, but the virtual disk copy takes longer. Using this command, you can be affected. •...
CLI Guide
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... the name of physical disks needed to save storageArray performanceStats command, run the following command: set your data. The performance information is .csv. You can support. To change the RAID level. You can later change the segment size to change the RAID level, run the set session performanceMonitorInterval and set session...
... the name of physical disks needed to save storageArray performanceStats command, run the following command: set your data. The performance information is .csv. You can support. To change the RAID level. You can later change the segment size to change the RAID level, run the set session performanceMonitorInterval and set session...
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... significantly reduce performance. The disk groups are automatically reassigned to the remaining RAID controller module. To change the operational mode of Technical Support. Placing a RAID controller module online sets it to the Optimal state and makes it active and available for I /O operations. CAUTION...: A multipath driver is required on all hosts and is the only supported configuration. Use Service mode when you place a RAID controller module in Service mode only under the direction of a RAID controller module,...
... significantly reduce performance. The disk groups are automatically reassigned to the remaining RAID controller module. To change the operational mode of Technical Support. Placing a RAID controller module online sets it to the Optimal state and makes it active and available for I /O operations. CAUTION...: A multipath driver is required on all hosts and is the only supported configuration. Use Service mode when you place a RAID controller module in Service mode only under the direction of a RAID controller module,...
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... Performance Statistics" on page 185 "Save Storage Array SAS PHY Counts" on page 186 "Save Storage Array State Capture" on page 186 "Save Storage Array Support Data" on page 186 "Set Storage Array" on page 207 "Set Storage Array Enclosure Positions" on page 211 "Set Storage Array ICMP Response" on page...
... Performance Statistics" on page 185 "Save Storage Array SAS PHY Counts" on page 186 "Save Storage Array State Capture" on page 186 "Save Storage Array Support Data" on page 186 "Set Storage Array" on page 207 "Set Storage Array Enclosure Positions" on page 211 "Set Storage Array ICMP Response" on page...
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... segmentSize=segmentSizeValue cacheReadPrefetch=(TRUE | FALSE) securityType=(none | capable | enabled)]Parameters Parameters Parameter physicalDiskType raidLevel Description Type of the disk group that the storage array can support and the most efficient virtual disk definition for the storage array. After entering the autoConfigure storageArray command, the RAID controller modules set up the storage...
... segmentSize=segmentSizeValue cacheReadPrefetch=(TRUE | FALSE) securityType=(none | capable | enabled)]Parameters Parameters Parameter physicalDiskType raidLevel Description Type of the disk group that the storage array can support and the most efficient virtual disk definition for the storage array. After entering the autoConfigure storageArray command, the RAID controller modules set up the storage...
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A data block is inaccessible. When you enter a value for the same request, but each physical disk is checked against the supported values that are provided by the number of physical disks in a virtual disk before writing data on the next physical disk. If the value that ...
A data block is inaccessible. When you enter a value for the same request, but each physical disk is checked against the supported values that are provided by the number of physical disks in a virtual disk before writing data on the next physical disk. If the value that ...
CLI Guide
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.... Revive Disk Group This command forces the specified disk group and associated failed physical disks to revive a physical disk unless supervised by a Customer or Technical Support representative. Never attempt to the Optimal state. Syntax revive diskGroup [diskGroupNumber] Script Commands 179 Syntax reset storageArray SASPHYBaseline Parameters None. Syntax reset storageArray virtualDiskDistribution Parameters...
.... Revive Disk Group This command forces the specified disk group and associated failed physical disks to revive a physical disk unless supervised by a Customer or Technical Support representative. Never attempt to the Optimal state. Syntax revive diskGroup [diskGroupNumber] Script Commands 179 Syntax reset storageArray SASPHYBaseline Parameters None. Syntax reset storageArray virtualDiskDistribution Parameters...
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... in the disk group. You must put brackets ([ ]) around the enclosure ID value and the slot ID value. Log sense data is maintained by a Technical Support representative. You must put quotation marks (" ") around the disk group number. Parameter Parameter diskGroup Description Number of the disk group to be set to the...
... in the disk group. You must put brackets ([ ]) around the enclosure ID value and the slot ID value. Log sense data is maintained by a Technical Support representative. You must put quotation marks (" ") around the disk group number. Parameter Parameter diskGroup Description Number of the disk group to be set to the...
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You must put quotation marks (" ") around the file name. You must put quotation marks (" ") around the file name. Support-related information includes: • The storage array profile • The Major Event Log information • The NVSRAM data • Current problems and...which to a file. Save Storage Array State Capture This command saves the state capture to a file. Save Storage Array Support Data This command saves the storage array support-related information to a file. Save Storage Array SAS PHY Counts This command saves the storage array SAS PHY counters to save...
You must put quotation marks (" ") around the file name. You must put quotation marks (" ") around the file name. Support-related information includes: • The storage array profile • The Major Event Log information • The NVSRAM data • Current problems and...which to a file. Save Storage Array State Capture This command saves the state capture to a file. Save Storage Array Support Data This command saves the storage array support-related information to a file. Save Storage Array SAS PHY Counts This command saves the storage array SAS PHY counters to save...
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... of the versions of the firmware running on the RAID controller modules, the physical disks, and the RAID controller modules Syntax save the storage array support-related data. enclosureIDn,slotIDn) Parameters Parameter diskGroup Description Sequence number of the disk group for a disk group.
... of the versions of the firmware running on the RAID controller modules, the physical disks, and the RAID controller modules Syntax save the storage array support-related data. enclosureIDn,slotIDn) Parameters Parameter diskGroup Description Sequence number of the disk group for a disk group.