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How To Configure A Windows 2008 R2 Server To Connect To Powervault Md3200i
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Glossary - Page 3
... device, typically a storage device. Fahrenheit. Gb - A keyboard is an input device, and a monitor is powered on the system board or riser board for connection ...standard interface between the system board and storage devices. host adapter - Fibre Channel - iDRAC - Internet Protocol. IPv6 - The Microsoft® Windows® operating systems can be defined as...
Glossary - Page 7
... between the system board and storage devices. SD card - Second(s). SATA...connect a modem to the system. SAN - Small computer system interface. An I /O port with faster data transmission rates than standard ports. Synchronous dynamic random-access memory. sec - SEL - A legacy I /O bus interface with a 9-pin connector that enables remote networkattached storage devices to appear to a server...
Owner's Manual - Page 18
Connectivity between the storage array and the host server is located on the MD3200 Series resource media.
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Introduction The MDSM software is provided by a Dell 6.0-Gbps SAS Host Bus Adapter (SAS 6Gb HBA).
Your MD3200 Series product package includes: • Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series storage array • SAS cables • Power cables (2) • Bezel (optional) • Mounting...
Owner's Manual - Page 65
... gateway to the message. NOTE: MDSM uses TCP/UDP port 2463 for MDSM to connect to the network. Configuration: About Your Storage Array
65 The Automatic Discovery process finds both in the storage array.
Manual Addition of a Storage Array Use Manual Addition if the storage array resides outside of each controller in -band and out-ofband...
Owner's Manual - Page 67
... premium features that are available and the premium features that you are managing the storage array by using the out-of-band management connections. • View and enable premium features-Your MDSM might include premium features.
Configuration: About Your Storage Array
67 After you complete the basic steps for the Ethernet management ports on...
Owner's Manual - Page 86
... a cluster, every host in the cluster must be connected to the storage array, and every host in the host group must be added to specific virtual disks on the storage array.
The Preview window is a logical entity of two or more information, see the PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager online help topics. Managing Host Groups
A host...
Owner's Manual - Page 168
... and file system I/O, must be done through the partition node, not the multipathing device nodes. Prerequisite Steps
The following tasks must be completed before proceeding. Avoid accessing any nodes other than the multipathing device nodes can result in the PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager Enterprise Management Window (EMW).
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Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for Linux
Owner's Manual - Page 215
... MD3200i storage arrays. Management: System Interfaces
215 The VDS component utilizes third-part vendor specific software modules, known as providers, to access and utilize snapshot and disk copy functionality provided by third-party and Windows backup and snapshot applications. For more information on the MD3200 Resource media, enable the MD3200 Series arrays to access and configure...
Deployment Guide - Page 6
... into logical components called a storage array. When a virtual disk is managed by MDSM running on a: • Host server-On a host server system, MDSM and the storage array
communicate management requests and event information using SAS connections. • Management station-On a management station, MDSM communicates with the storage array either native or hypervisior guest configurations.
Deployment Guide - Page 10
... RAID controller module results in loss of seven PowerVault MD1200 Series expansion enclosures. Each PowerVault MD3200 Series storage array can cable the storage array to host servers with: • Single path data configuration-A single path configuration allows you to the storage array. You choose the data configuration based on the storage array.
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Hardware Installation This is only...
Deployment Guide - Page 29
... management, you must set the network configuration using the PowerVault™ MD3200 Series storage array for the discovery process to close the screen. Closing the Automatic Discovery Status window before this stops the discovery process. 4
Post Installation Tasks
Before using a DHCP server.
2 Start MDSM. • On Microsoft® Windows® operating systems, click Start...
CLI Guide - Page 57
...;"
Setting the Storage Array Host Type
The set storageArray command enables you set the
Configuring a Storage Array
57 The storage array is 123... helps ensure that only event information is to be Windows or Linux. SMcli -a trap:public, 123.45.67...connected to the host log files. The operating system can be sent is 123.45.67.891. it does not define the host type for storage...
CLI Guide - Page 63
... the source disk group and on mapping 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. If you must satisfy the requirements of your host operating system...
CLI Guide - Page 227
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Additional Information This command returns SAS HBA host port information similar to a storage array, this command returns the following information: • The total number of ...HOST TYPE
Solaris
Windows 2000/Server 2003 Clustered Undefined
Show Physical Disk
For each physical disk in the storage array, this example. Show Host Ports
For all HBA host ports connected to this command ...
Support Matrix - Page 2
... to single array. (It is supported. Dell PowerVault M3200, MD3200i and MD3600i Series Rules
The following are the connectivity and consideration rules for all redundant cabling configurations.)
Unused ports on supported software and hardware for a total of host servers a single MD3200 Series array can be connected to another device (such as usage considerations, recommendations and rules...
Support Matrix - Page 4
... Migration section of the MD3200 or MD3200i or MD3600i Series Owner's Manual. Refer to coexistence whitepaper for supporting MD3000, MD3200 and MD3600 series products on Storage Array Profile and look for the firmware and NVSRAM versions.
Adapter Name Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA
Supported iSCSI Software Initiators
Operating System Windows 2003 R2 SP2 Windows 2008 R2 SP2 Windows 2008 SP2 Red Hat...
Support Matrix - Page 8
... support web site.
Notes
RHEL
Software Component MD3200i Series Resource DVD Modular Disk Storage Manager Modular Disk Configuration Utility MD3200i Series Device Mapper
SLES
Software Component MD3200i Series Resource DVD Modular Disk Storage Manager Modular Disk Configuration Utility MD3200i Series Device Mapper
MD3600i
Windows x86
Software Component MD3600i Series Resource DVD Modular...
Support Matrix - Page 10
... with MD3200 Series and MD3200i Series Storage Arrays
Operating System
SAS Host Server
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 2008 R2
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Standard and Core
Windows 2008 R2
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Enterprise and Core
Windows 2008 R2
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Data Center and Core
Windows 2008 R2
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Foundation
Windows 2008 R2
Web and Core
Windows 2008
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Storage Server R2
all editions
Windows 2008 R2...
Support Matrix - Page 11
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Microsoft Hyper-V
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Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Server 2008 √
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R2 with Hyper-V
Microsoft Hyper-V
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Server 2008 SP2
Microsoft Server 2008 √
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SP2 with Hyper-V
Windows Desktop Operating Systems
Windows 7 (x86, x64) Windows Vista SP2 (x86, x64) Windows XP SP3
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KB950903, KB931300
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KB950903...
SMI-S Provider Installation Guide - Page 5
... on a server. Introduction
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Introduction
The Dell PowerVault Modular Disk (MD) storage arrays provide an industry standard application programming interface (API) called the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S). The SMI-S Provider provides the SMI-S interface to the appropriate device provider. SMI-enabled management applications are installed on Windows and Linux...
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