Dell PowerVault MD3200i Series Technical Manualbook

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DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book21Figure 16. MD Storage Manager: Array WindowThe Summary tab (shown above) provides administers with a quick look at all the pertinentinformation regarding the selected MD3200i or MD3220i storage array as well as links to variousmanagement tasks. These include:• A Status area which indicates whether the storage array is in an optimal state, whether thereare any long-running operations in progress with the ability to view the operations and whetheralert notifications have been set. If the array is in a non-optimal state, a link is provided tolaunch the Recovery Guru. The Recovery Guru provides valuable troubleshooting assistance bydiagnosing storage array problems and determining the appropriate procedure to use forrecovery. The Recovery Guru displays a summary list of storage array problems, detailedinformation about a selected problem, and recovery steps to follow for the selected problem.• The Capacity section provides an indication of the total capacity available on the storage arrayas well as the configured and available capacity.• The Disk Groups &Virtual Disks area provides basic information on the number of disk groups,virtual disks, and RAID levels used on the storage array. In addition, a link is provided to allowthe user to view additional disk group and virtual disk information in a non-embedded dialog.• The Hardware Components area provides basic hardware information about the selectedstorage array such as the number of physical disks, media types and if there are any configuredhot spare physical disks.