Dell PowerVault MD3600f Support Question
Dell PowerVault MD3600f Support Question
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Question posted by platinum on January 7th, 2013
What Controllers & Adapts Needed To Connect Direct 1 Dell R720 Server & 1 Md3600
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Answer #1: Posted by DELLKennyK on January 7th, 2013 10:01 AM
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Below is a link for the support matrix for the MD36XX series arrays. On page 20 it lists the different supported HBA's and the required drivers and firmware.
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/Common/powervault-md3060e_Reference%20Guide2_en-us.pdf
If you have any more questions please feel free to let me know as I would be happy to assist.
Kenny K.
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Glossary - Page 3
...the system's bus and the peripheral device, typically a storage device. hot-plug - IDE - IPv6 - Fahrenheit. flash memory - The FSB is an output device. host adapter - The ability to 1,000,000...riser board for connection of processors with networked storage devices. A standard interface between the processor and the main memory (RAM). A remote access controller that can ...
Glossary - Page 5
... record.
Millisecond(s). NAS is an ASCII file that connects to serve specific storage needs.
management station - MB - memory address - A portable flash memory storage device integrated with a USB connector. Media Access Control address. A managed system is monitored and managed using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. MBR -
See also striping and RAID...
Glossary - Page 7
...Storage Area Network. Serial Advanced Technology Attachment. A standard interface between the system board and storage devices. An I /O port with a 9-pin connector that transfers data one that enables remote networkattached storage devices to appear to a server...RAID on the system used to connect a modem to identify it when...and is lost when you call Dell for program instructions and data....
Glossary - Page 58
...ZIF Zero Insertion Force
provider CIM
management station
managed system) 은 Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator
x x y x z
58 TCP/IP TCP/IP Offload... Volt Direct Current
VGA Video Graphics Array VGA 와 SVGA
W - 와트 (Watt
WH Watt-Hour
WMI - SVGA Super Video Graphics Array VGA 와 SVGA TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/...
SMI-S Provider Installation Guide - Page 5
... the installation of a device to manage a storage device, an SMI-S Provider (also called the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S). The CIMOM directs the requests to manage MD storage arrays in a multi-vendor storage area network (SAN) environment. Introduction
5 This implementation is the quickest path to the Dell PowerVault Modular Disk storage array family. The...
SMI-S Provider Installation Guide - Page 9
... install the provider standalone binary, follow the instructions below depending on the operating system where the provider needs to fully configured storage systems per storage array. • Scalability-There is no limit on different servers in your storage network to modify operations. The recommended maximum is 10 moderately to be supported by a single provider instance...
Owner's Manual - Page 57
... connected to only one RAID controller module, the preferred owner must disable all snapshot virtual disks associated with the source virtual disk. If a host is software resident on the host server ...a virtual disk copy, you must manually be assigned to the RAID controller module the host can access. Planning: MD3600f Series Storage Array Terms and Concepts
57 You can copy data from a virtual ...
Owner's Manual - Page 74
... up to your preference. 3 Click Close. To view the storage array connections:
1 From the toolbar in data flow.
74
Configuration: About Your Storage Array By isolating these guidelines when you create a password:
• Use secure passwords for your RAID controller module, see Figure 3-1.
The :Connections dialog is 30 characters.
• Passwords are still in operation...
Owner's Manual - Page 93
...Moving a controller offline or replacing a controller. • Removing host-to-array connections from or attaching host-to-array
connections to a Linux host server. Starting ...connection • Renaming a host group, a host, or a host connection • Adding a host connection • Replacing a host connection • Changing a host type MDSM automatically detects these changes for a storage...
Owner's Manual - Page 214
...devices are the same as any other block devices in the /dev/mapper directory on the host server. DELL is the vendor of the device MD36xxf is the model of the virtual device created by device mapper. Display the Multipath Device... of the device Sdc is the physical path to the owning controller for the device Sdb is the physical path to the non-owning controller for the device The following ...
Owner's Manual - Page 284
... website at support.dell.com.
284
Troubleshooting: Your Storage Array Software
If this procedure. If the storage array returns to optimal status, you cannot see if management operations are tightly connected. This problem corrects itself because the MDSM tries to one or more controllers. If the storage array was upgraded, the MDSM might be needed to see...
Owner's Manual - Page 292
...Dell is working. • Connect... as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by a certified service technician. If the problem...are connected to the external connectors on your array.
• For information on cabling, see the Dell PowerVault MD3600f Deployment ...into which the power supply is plugged. • Connect another device to the power source to a different power source...
Deployment Guide - Page 12
... the Getting Started Guide at support.dell.com/manuals. NOTE: When you connect a host server to a storage array FCIN port connector, any Out port connector of the server's host bus adapter (HBA) can cable the storage array to host servers with: • Single path data configuration-A single path configuration allows you to connect the storage array to optional expansion enclosures...
Deployment Guide - Page 13
... path failure, because both RAID controller modules can access all data on a PERC H800 adapter cannot be directly migrated to a PowerVault MD3600f series storage array or to a PowerVault MD1200 series expansion enclosure connected to the PowerVault MD3600f series storage array: 1 Back up all the disks in the storage array. CAUTION: If a PowerVault MD1200 series enclosure that was previously...
Configuring Fibre Channel With Dell
MD3600f Series Storage Arrays - Page 5
... one of two ways: • A direct host server-to access Fibre Channel storage, some of connections. These steps assume you are setting up a Fibre Channel storage for both Dell PowerVault MD3600f and Dell PowerVault MD3620f. NOTE: If you are adding an additional Fibre Channel storage array or if your existing hardware components and host bus adapter (HBA) firmware and BIOS levels are...
Configuring Fibre Channel With Dell
MD3600f Series Storage Arrays - Page 10
... be established from
a single, physical host server to a single RAID controller. • A zone can contain multiple targets. • A zone can be zoned.
Switch Zoning Requirements
The storage array imposes specific requirements that blocks or grants access
based on the device. • No more than one HBA may be connected to -port segments) can span multiple...
Configuring Fibre Channel With Dell
MD3600f Series Storage Arrays - Page 11
... between the host server and storage array.
A single RAID controller, direct-attached configuration is supported, but the concepts of host access to the storage array.
A path failure from a host server to the storage array. Direct-Attached Cabling
Direct-attached cabling configurations provide simple, non-switched connections between the host server and storage array. or single...
Command Line Interface Guide - Page 20
... connected directly to the storage array (in-band storage management), you must use the -n parameter if more than one storage array is connected to the host.
• If you manage a storage array through an Ethernet connection (out-of-band storage management), you must specify the host-name-or-IP-address of the redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controller modules...
Command Line Interface Guide - Page 124
... make changes to the storage array or to components connected to FF) with
only one space between the values. • The file must be no larger than 64 bytes in hexadecimal format (00 to the storage array (such as hubs, switches, and host adapters). Setting RAID Controller Module Operational Mode
A RAID controller module has three operational...
Support Matrix - Page 2
... consideration rules for Dell PowerVault MD3200, MD3200i, MD3600i and MD3600f series storage arrays as well as a tape drive or other protocol on supported software and hardware for the MD3200, MD3200i, MD3600i and MD3600f series arrays:
RULE
Maximum number of host servers a single storage array can connect to with one RAID Controller Module installed: Maximum number of Dell 6GbSAS HBA cards...
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