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How To Configure An Md3200 Host Connection
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Glossary - Page 3
... powered on the system board or riser board for connection of file storage. File transfer protocol. However, when referring to organize and keep track of processors with networked storage devices. The ability to insert or install a device, typically a hard drive or an internal cooling fan, into the host system while the system is usually rounded to...
Glossary - Page 5
... by software. Network Attached Storage. Megabit(s); 1,048,576 bits.
memory - ms -
A device that stores basic system data.
A specific location, usually expressed as integrated memory (ROM and RAM) and add-in a system to allow connection to mean 1,000,000 bytes.
Megabyte(s); 1,048,576 bytes. MAC address - A portable flash memory storage device integrated with a USB connector...
Getting Started Guide - Page 7
... up your Dell™ PowerVault™ MD32xx RAID enclosure, you must also ensure that critical network components are available at maximum efficiency and offers full redundancy (if required).
• Throughout the network, always use a Category 5e (or higher) Ethernet cable.
• Before connecting any cables between the host server and storage array, physically label...
Owner's Manual - Page 29
... provide redundant host connections and support a high availability storage environment. Planning: RAID Controller Modules
29 Each RAID controller module contains 2 GB of cache that is mirrored with the other controller's cache for host access. Various configurations can be utilized, in both single controller (simplex) and dual controller (duplex) modes, to connect the storage enclosure to...
Owner's Manual - Page 49
... example, a backup application) can manually configure a host server-to the virtual disks. You can access the snapshot and read the data while the source virtual disk remains
Planning: MD3200 Series Storage Array Terms and Concepts
49 Host servers have the following attributes: • Host name-A name that shares access to one host server-to-virtual disk mapping...
Owner's Manual - Page 60
... used to different criteria. • Store your EMW view preferences and configuration data in local
configuration files. When you can: • Discover hosts and managed storage arrays on the left side of storage arrays. The EMW has these tabs: • Devices tab-Provides information about the storage arrays. • Setup tab-Presents the initial setup tasks that...
Owner's Manual - Page 83
... tab in the Array Management Window (AMW). Configuration: About Your Host
83 The host context agent is running on a host, that access the virtual disks in the background. To enable the host to write to the storage array, you can click Configured Hosts in the Hosts & Mappings area to the storage array are configured to the virtual disk. You can define...
Owner's Manual - Page 88
... PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager online help topics. The selected host group is displayed. 3 Click Yes. The host is moved to the host group from the pop-up menu. Host Topology
Host topology is moved. • The host loses the virtual disk mappings assigned to the selected host group with the following tasks change the host topology: • Moving a host or a host connection...
Owner's Manual - Page 90
... sent automatically if you would select the two host connections listed in a configuration where there is only one path to the Selected hosts section using the Add button. Drivers for more information on Linux DM please see "Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for the storage array.
90
Configuration: About Your Host 3 If the host context agent is called failover. Ensure that...
Owner's Manual - Page 169
... indicate where a substitution should be run the following instructions show how to the Linux host server:
1 Scan for Linux
169 To list all the multipath devices run again to make the storage available to complete each of these steps. Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for virtual disks.
In the following command descriptions is mapped to the...
Owner's Manual - Page 216
The VSS Provider Configuration Tool makes available the following configuration options: • Snapshot Repository Virtual Disk Properties-This ... limited to eight. For more information on the MD3200 resource media in the storage management software are array-specific, not host-specific. The Microsoft VSS installer service for storage provisioning is another term for VSS snapshots should be...
Deployment Guide - Page 11
Two Hosts Connected to only one of path failure, because both RAID controller modules can share storage space but without redundant paths, if one path were to one RAID controller module. Single Controller Configurations
Figure 2-1 through Figure 2-3 show two and four hosts, each path is to fail, the server on that path would be disconnected from...
Deployment Guide - Page 14
Figure 2-4. Two Hosts Connected to two RAID controller modules.
Since each host has redundant paths, loss of a single path would still allow access to the storage array through Figure 2-6 show two and four hosts, each connected to Two Controllers
Server 1
Server 2
Storage array
Corporate, public, or private network
14
Hardware Installation Dual Controller Configurations
Figure 2-4 ...
Deployment Guide - Page 17
Eight Hosts Connected to Two Controllers
Up to only one RAID controller module. Figure 2-7. Figure 2-7 shows eight hosts, each connected to 8 hosts
Server 1 Server 2 Server 3 Server 4
Server 8
Storage array
Corporate, public, or private network
Hardware Installation
17 This configuration allows the maximum number of hosts that may be connected, but provides no redundancy.
Deployment Guide - Page 20
... disks of the expansion enclosure are reinitialized and data is directly attached to and configured on a PERC H800 adapter cannot be directly migrated to a PowerVault MD3200 Series storage array or to a PowerVault MD1200 Series expansion enclosure connected to a PowerVault MD3200 Series storage array. Cabling PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures
You can expand the physical disk pool to...
Deployment Guide - Page 25
... covering changes to the software, updates, fixes, patches, and other important data applicable to configure, manage and monitor the storage array solution.
The providers feature include providers for most users.
Installing MD Storage Software
The PowerVault MD3200 Series storage software installer provides features that allows customization of the software on a Windows or Linux...
CLI Guide - Page 14
...CLI commands, you need to install the same configuration on different storage arrays. • Run script commands on a storage array directly connected to a host, a
storage array connected to a host by an Ethernet, or a combination of both. • Display configuration information about the storage arrays. • Add storage arrays to and remove storage arrays from the
management domain. •...
CLI Guide - Page 18
... array of independent disks (RAID) controller modules.
• If you have previously configured a storage array in the graphical user interface (GUI) of -band managed storage array (IPv4 or IPv6).
• If you manage a storage array by using a host connected directly to the storage array (in -band managed storage array (IPv4 or IPv6) or an out-of the MD...
CLI Guide - Page 57
...67.89 -c "set storageArray time;"
Setting the Storage Array Host Type
The set storageArray command enables you set the
Configuring a Storage Array
57 The storage array is 123.45.67.892, and the...45.67.892
Setting the RAID Controller Module Clocks
To synchronize the clocks on undefined hosts connected to the storage array. The operating system can be sent is to be Windows or Linux. ...
CLI Guide - Page 233
...| summary
Script Commands
233 host
Specifies the name of values for the components and features in the storage array. The parameters return lists of the host connected to generate a list of... Show Storage Array
This command returns configuration information about a specific RAID controller module in the storage array. You can enter the command with no parameters, the entire storage array ...
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