Dell PowerVault MD3060e Administrator's Manual

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1IntroductionCAUTION: See the Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information document for importantsafety information before following any procedures listed in this document.An enclosure containing physical disks accessed through EMMs (Enclosure Management Modules) iscalled a storage enclosure. A storage enclosure includes various hardware components, such as physicaldisks, EMM’s, fans, and power supplies.One or more host servers attached to the storage enclosure can access the data on the storageenclosure. You can also establish multiple physical paths between the host(s) and the storage enclosureso that loss of any single path (for example, through failure of a host server port) does not result in loss ofaccess to data on the storage enclosure.The storage enclosure is managed by the Storage Enclosure Management software running on a hostserver. On the host server system, the management software and the storage enclosure communicatemanagement requests and event information using in-band SAS connections.Terminology• Storage Enclosure — When the MD3060e attached to a server directly or other MD3060e enclosures,it is referred to as a Storage Enclosure. This document applies to the management of the MD3060e asa Storage Enclosure.• Expansion Enclosure — When the MD3060e is used as an MD3 (MD32/MD34/MD36/MD38) SeriesStorage Array expansion it is referred to as an Expansion Enclosure. For documentation for the use ofthe MD3060e as an Expansion Enclosure, please refer to the MD3 Series Storage Array Administrator’sGuide. These documents can be found at dell.com/support.This document familiarizes the user with the functions of the Storage Enclosure Management Software.The Storage Enclosure Management Software is comprised of two major components:• Storage Enclosure CLI (secli) — This component provides a command line interface (CLI) that is usedto obtain device and status information of storage enclosure components. This tool is also used forfirmware update of Enclosure Management Modules (EMMs) as well as hard drives and solid-statedrives within the enclosure.• Storage Enclosure Monitor — This component runs continuously, monitoring and logging the statusof enclosure components, including EMMs, drives, power supplies and fan modules.The document is organized into two major sections. The first section of this document describes the CLIcommands required to perform certain common task within the MD3060e. The second section is areference to all CLI commands ordered by type.Other Information You May NeedWARNING: See the safety and regulatory information that shipped with your system. Warrantyinformation may be included within this document or as a separate document.5