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How To Setup Powervault Md3200i And Windows 2008 R2 As File Server

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Glossary - Page 5

... is an ASCII file that is installed or integrated in the system's RAM. MAC address - Your system's unique hardware number on a network. However, when referring to mean 1,000,000 bytes. A specific location, usually expressed as integrated memory (ROM and RAM) and add-in memory modules (DIMMs). A portable flash memory storage device integrated with...

Glossary - Page 7

... operation in RAM is one bit at a time and is most often used to be locally attached. A read -only file - sec - service tag - A network architecture that enables remote networkattached storage devices to appear to a server to identify it when you turn off your system's boot routine and the POST. Redundant array of code in...

Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in User’s Guide - Page 13

... the procedure below: 1 From the Home screen, select Hosts and Clusters, select the vCenter server element, and click the Permissions tab. 2 Right-click and select Add Permission to a user, the user must already exist as a valid Windows user. Figure 5. NOTE: To assign permissions to define the users who will be members of...

Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in User’s Guide - Page 16

... located on Windows 2008), and selecting Dell Storage vCenter Plug-In to uninstall the plug-in and SMI-S provider packages. 16 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in Enhanced Security Message Uninstalling the Dell Storage vCenter Plug-in The Dell Storage vCenter Plug-in can also uninstall the Dell Storage vCenter Plug-in from the Application Server by...

CLI Guide - Page 63

... disk that contains unreadable sectors. • You 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. Using the Snapshot Feature 63 Using Host...

SMI-S Provider Installation Guide - Page 5

... to the appropriate device provider. The SMI-S Provider provides the SMI-S interface to as a proxy interface. OpenPegasus CIMOM is implemented as SMI-S Provider, must run on a server on Windows and Linux platforms only. SMI-S Providers can be implemented as CIM clients. The Dell SMI-S Provider, referred to the Dell PowerVault Modular Disk storage array family...

Owner's Manual - Page 52

...data from the source virtual disk to the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200i and MD3220i Storage Arrays With Microsoft® Windows Server® Failover Clusters on mapping the snapshot virtual disk to ...a Snapshot source virtual disk as a target virtual disk in a storage array. 52 Planning: MD3200i Series Storage Array Terms and Concepts A snapshot repository is completed can result in...

Owner's Manual - Page 57

...storage array. 2 Open the Array Management Window (AMW) for the selected storage arrays in the Polling Interval setting. 6 Click Update to force an immediate poll of the storage array. 7 Click Stop to stop monitoring the storage...Planning: MD3200i Series Storage Array Terms and Concepts 57 You can monitor: • RAID Controller modules • Virtual disks • Storage array ...

Owner's Manual - Page 147

...disk or an inaccessible snapshot. This, in turn, can result in a Microsoft® Windows® clustered configuration, you must first map the snapshot virtual disk to -Virtual Disk...following types of failing write activity to the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200i and MD3220i Storage Arrays With Microsoft® Windows Server® Failover Clusters on mapping the snapshot virtual disk to...

Owner's Manual - Page 151

... the disk group. NOTE: For details on mapping the snapshot virtual disk to the secondary node, refer to the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200i and MD3220i Storage Arrays With Microsoft® Windows Server® Failover Clusters on another disk group or you must first map the snapshot virtual disk to the cluster node that are...

Owner's Manual - Page 183

.... This is recommended that you follow the procedures shown below when rebooting your Linux host server using Device Mapper multipathing with an MD3200i Series storage array. 1 Unmount all iSCSI sessions from the host server to the storage array # iscsiadm -m node --logout Important Information About Special Partitions When using the procedure given below. CAUTION: Certain commands, such...

Deployment Guide - Page 27

...hardware and software for Dell™ PowerVault systems, see the Owner's Manual. Installing MD Storage Software The PowerVault MD3200i Series storage software installer provides features that you ... PowerVault™ MD3200i Series resource media contains software and drivers for both Linux and Microsoft® Windows® operating systems. The root of the media contains a readme.txt file ...

Deployment Guide - Page 28

...Windows or the autorun script for Linux. 4 Install the MD Storage software. The PowerVault MD3200i Series resource media provided offers the following installation options: • Full-This package installs core software, providers, and utilities. NOTE: If the host server...• Graphical Installation (Recommended)-This is running Windows Server Core version or if the launcher does not ...

Deployment Guide - Page 32

... configure your configuration. "Guidelines for Configuring Your Network for both Windows and Linux environments. The enclosure containing the storage data accessed by some iSCSI devices. The iSCSI port (two per controller) on page 47 provides general network setup guidelines for iSCSI" on the storage array. Standard Terminology Used in iSCSI Configuration Term iSCSI initiator...

Deployment Guide - Page 59

... default file with a sample file included on more than one iSCSI port at boot time. Appendix-Manual Configuration 59 Go to configure CHAP authentication, repeat step 1 thorough step 6 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 distributions is done by default when you do not perform discovery on the PowerVault MD3200i...

Deployment Guide - Page 70

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Deployment Guide - Page 77

...across all ports on the controller. Increasing Bandwidth With Multiple iSCSI Sessions The PowerVault MD3200i Series storage array in a duplex configuration supports two active/active asymmetric redundant controllers. ...configured to configure the storage array so that Dell provides for this virtual disk. To change the load balance policy using Windows Server 2008 disk management: 1 From...

Support Matrix - Page 4

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Support Matrix - Page 9

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Support Matrix - Page 10

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