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PowerVault MD3200 Series

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PowerVault MD3200 Series

Brand: Dell | Category: Storage
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  15. Contents
  16. Introduction
  17. Inside the box of the Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series Storage Array
  18. Planning: About Your Storage Array
  19. Hardware Features
  20. Back Panel Features and Indicators
  21. Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns
  22. Power Supply and Cooling Fan Features
  23. Power Indicator Codes and Features
  24. Planning: RAID Controller Modules
  25. and Features
  26. RAID Controller Module—Additional Features
  27. Storage Array Thermal Shutdown
  28. Cache Functions and Features
  29. Array Terms and Concepts
  30. Physical Disks
  31. Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
  32. Virtual Disk States
  33. RAID Level Usage
  34. Segment Size
  35. Consistency Check
  36. Virtual Disk Operations Limit
  37. Virtual Disk Capacity Expansion
  38. Disk Group Defragmentation
  39. Virtual Disk Migration and Disk Roaming
  40. Disk Roaming
  41. Host Server-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
  42. Snapshot Repository Virtual Disk
  43. Virtual Disk Copy
  44. Virtual Disk Recovery
  45. Preferred and Alternate Controllers and Paths
  46. Load Balancing
  47. Monitoring MD3200 Series System Performance
  48. Configuration: Overview
  49. Enterprise Management Window
  50. Array Management Window
  51. Storage Array
  52. Storage Arrays
  53. Setting Up Your Storage Array
  54. Locating Storage Arrays
  55. Naming or Renaming Storage Arrays
  56. Setting a Password
  57. Viewing Storage Array Connections
  58. Adding/Editing a Comment to an Existing Storage Array
  59. Enabling Premium Features
  60. Changing the Cache Settings on the Storage Array
  61. Configuring Alert Notifications
  62. Configuring E-mail Alerts
  63. Configuring SNMP Alerts
  64. Battery Settings
  65. Module Clocks
  66. Configuration: Event Monitor
  67. Enabling or Disabling the Event Monitor
  68. Configuration: About Your Host
  69. Using the Mappings Tab
  70. click next
  71. Removing Host Access
  72. Moving a Host to a Different Host Group
  73. Removing a Host Group
  74. Starting or Stopping the Host Context Agent
  75. I/O Data Path Protection
  76. Managing Host Port Identifiers
  77. Virtual Disks
  78. Creating Disk Groups
  79. Locating a Disk Group
  80. Modification Priority
  81. Changing the Virtual Disk Cache Settings
  82. Changing the Segment Size of a Virtual Disk
  83. Changing the I/O Type
  84. Choosing an Appropriate Physical Disk Type
  85. Physical Disk Security with Self Encrypting Disk
  86. Creating a Security Key
  87. Changing a Security Key
  88. Saving a Security Key
  89. Validate Security Key
  90. Unlocking Secure Physical Disks
  91. Configuring Hot Spare Physical Disks
  92. Hot Spares and Rebuild
  93. Global Hot Spares
  94. Enclosure Loss Protection
  95. Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
  96. Modifying and Removing Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
  97. Changing Controller Ownership of the Virtual Disk
  98. Ownership of a Disk Group
  99. Changing the RAID Level of a Disk Group
  100. Restricted Mappings
  101. Changing the RAID Controller Module Ownership of a Virtual Disk or a Disk Group
  102. Storage Partitioning
  103. Disk Group and Virtual Disk Expansion
  104. Virtual Disk Expansion
  105. Using Unconfigured Capacity
  106. Exporting a Disk Group
  107. Storage Array Media Scan
  108. Suspending the Media Scan
  109. Snapshot Virtual Disks
  110. Scheduling a Snapshot Virtual Disk
  111. Guidelines for Creating Snapshot Schedules
  112. Schedules
  113. About the Simple Path
  114. Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk Using the Advanced Path
  115. Preparing Host Servers to Create the Snapshot Using the Advanced Path
  116. Creating the Snapshot Using the Advanced Path
  117. Specifying Snapshot Virtual Disk Names
  118. Snapshot Repository Capacity
  119. Disabling a Snapshot Virtual Disk
  120. Preparing Host Servers to Re-create a Snapshot Virtual Disk
  121. Re-creating Snapshot Virtual Disks
  122. Rules and Guidelines for Performing a Snapshot Rollback
  123. Protecting Against a Failed Snapshot Rollback
  124. Resuming a Snapshot Rollback
  125. Canceling a Snapshot Rollback
  126. Types of Virtual Disk Copies
  127. Online Copy
  128. Creating a Virtual Disk Copy for an MSCS Shared Disk
  129. Virtual Disk Copy Restrictions
  130. Creating a Virtual Disk Copy
  131. Operations
  132. Preferred RAID Controller Module Ownership
  133. Copying the Virtual Disk
  134. Storage Array Performance During Virtual Disk Copy
  135. Setting Copy Priority
  136. Recopying a Virtual Disk
  137. Re-Copying a Virtual Disk
  138. Removing Copy Pairs
  139. Performance-Tier
  140. Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for Linux
  141. Using DM Multipathing Devices
  142. Device Mapper Configuration Steps
  143. Limitations and Known Issues
  144. Troubleshooting
  145. Management: Firmware Downloads
  146. Downloading Both RAID Controller and NVSRAM Firmware
  147. Downloading Only NVSRAM Firmware
  148. Downloading Physical Disk Firmware
  149. Downloading MD1200 Series Expansion Module EMM Firmware
  150. Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART)
  151. Components
  152. Front Bezel (Optional)
  153. Hard Drives
  154. Installing a Hard-Drive Blank
  155. Installing a Hard Drive
  156. Hard-Drive Carrier
  157. Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier
  158. Installing a RAID Controller Module Blank
  159. Removing a RAID Controller Module
  160. Installing a RAID Controller Module
  161. Closing the RAID Controller Module
  162. RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit
  163. Installing the RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit
  164. Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
  165. Installing a Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
  166. Control Panel
  167. Installing the Control Panel
  168. Backplane
  169. Installing the Backplane
  170. Management: Firmware Inventory
  171. Management: System Interfaces
  172. Troubleshooting: Your Storage Array Software
  173. Storage Array Support Data
  174. Automatically Collect the Support Bundle Data
  175. Collecting the Physical Disk Data
  176. Recovery Guru
  177. Storage Array Profile
  178. Viewing the Logical Associations
  179. Finding Nodes
  180. using go to
  181. Recovering From an Unresponsive Storage Array Condition
  182. Locating a Physical Disk
  183. Locating an Expansion Enclosure
  184. Capturing the State Information
  185. SMrepassist Utility
  186. Unidentified Devices
  187. Starting or Restarting the Host Context Agent Software
  188. Troubleshooting: Your Array
  189. Troubleshooting Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
  190. Troubleshooting Array Cooling Problems
  191. Troubleshooting RAID Controller Modules
  192. Troubleshooting Hard Drives
  193. Troubleshooting Array and Expansion Enclosure Connections
  194. Troubleshooting a Wet Storage Array
  195. Troubleshooting a Damaged Array
  196. Invalid Storage Array
  197. Noncritical Conditions
  198. getting help
  199. Table Of Contents
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PowerVault MD3200 Series

Brand: Dell | Category: Storage
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  12. About the Command Line Interface
  13. How to Use the Command Line Interface
  14. Usage Notes
  15. CLI Commands
  16. Command Line Parameters
  17. Formatting Considerations
  18. Exit Status
  19. Usage Examples
  20. About the Script Commands
  21. Script Command Structure
  22. Script Command Synopsis
  23. Recurring Syntax Elements
  24. Usage Guidelines
  25. Adding Comments to a Script File
  26. Configuring a Storage Array
  27. modifying your configuration
  28. using the snapshot feature
  29. Using Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk
  30. creating a snapshot virtual disk
  31. changing snapshot virtual disk settings
  32. stopping and deleting a snapshot virtual disk
  33. Re-creating the Snapshot Virtual Disk
  34. Re-creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk
  35. Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature
  36. Creating a Virtual Disk Copy
  37. Enabling the Virtual Disk Copy Feature
  38. Preparing Host Servers to Create a Virtual Disk Copy
  39. Copying the Virtual Disk
  40. Viewing Virtual Disk Copy Properties
  41. Changing Virtual Disk Copy Settings
  42. Recopying a Virtual Disk
  43. Recopying the Virtual Disk
  44. Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy
  45. Removing Copy Pairs
  46. Storage Partitioning
  47. Maintaining a Storage Array
  48. Running a Consistency Check
  49. Resetting a RAID Controller Module
  50. Synchronizing RAID Controller Module Clocks
  51. Performance Tuning
  52. Changing RAID Levels
  53. Defragmenting a Disk Group
  54. Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
  55. Recovery Operations
  56. Changing RAID Controller Module Ownership
  57. Initializing a Virtual Disk
  58. Script Commands
  59. Command Formatting Rules
  60. Firmware Compatability Levels
  61. Enclosure Commands
  62. iSCSI Commands
  63. RAID Controller Module Commands
  64. Session Command
  65. Virtual Disk Commands
  66. Virtual Disk Copy Commands
  67. Autoconfigure Storage Array Hot Spares
  68. Clear Physical Disk Port Statistics
  69. Clear Storage Array Event Log
  70. Clear Virtual Disk Reservations
  71. Create Disk Group
  72. Create Host
  73. Create Host Group
  74. Create iSCSI Initiator
  75. Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select)
  76. Create Snapshot Virtual Disk
  77. Create Storage Array Security Key
  78. Create Virtual Disk Copy
  79. Delete Disk Group
  80. Delete Host
  81. Delete Host Port
  82. Delete iSCSI Initiator
  83. Diagnose RAID Controller Module
  84. Disable Storage Array Feature
  85. Download Enclosure Management Module Firmware
  86. Download Physical Disk Firmware
  87. Download Storage Array Firmware/NVSRAM
  88. Download Storage Array Physical Disk Frimware
  89. Download Storage Array NVSRAM
  90. Enable Disk Group Security
  91. Enable RAID Controller Module Data Transfer
  92. Recopy Virtual Disk Copy
  93. Recover RAID Virtual Disk
  94. Re-create Snapshot
  95. Remove Virtual Disk Copy
  96. Repair Virtual Disk Consistency
  97. Replace Physical Disk
  98. Reset RAID Controller Module
  99. Reset Storage Array Battery Install Date
  100. Reset Storage Array iSCSI Baseline
  101. Reset Storage Array SAS PHY Baseline
  102. Revive Physical Disk
  103. Save Physical Disk Channel Fault Isolation Diagnostic Status
  104. Save RAID Controller Module NVSRAM
  105. Save Storage Array Events
  106. Save Storage Array Performance Statistics
  107. Save Storage Array SAS PHY Counts
  108. Set Disk Group
  109. Set Disk Group Forced State
  110. Set Enclosure Attribute
  111. Set Foreign Physical Disk to Native
  112. Set Host
  113. Set Host Channel
  114. Set Host Group
  115. Set iSCSI Initiator
  116. Set iSCSI Target Properties
  117. Set Physical Disk Channel Status
  118. Set Physical Disk State
  119. Set RAID Controller Module
  120. Set Session
  121. Set Snapshot Virtual Disk
  122. Set Storage Array
  123. Set Storage Array Enclosure Positions
  124. Set Storage Array ICMP Response
  125. Set Storage Array iSNS Server IPv4 Address
  126. Set Storage Array iSNS Server Listening Port
  127. Set Storage Array Redundancy Mode
  128. Set Storage Array Security Key
  129. Set Storage Array Time
  130. Set Virtual Disk
  131. Set Virtual Disk Copy
  132. Show Current iSCSI Sessions
  133. Show Disk Group
  134. Show Disk Group Import Dependencies
  135. Show Host Ports
  136. Show Physical Disk Channel Statistics
  137. Show RAID Controller Module
  138. Show RAID Controller Module NVSRAM
  139. Show Storage Array
  140. Show Storage Array Auto Configure
  141. Show Storage Array Host Topology
  142. Show Storage Array LUN Mappings
  143. iSCSI Initiators
  144. Show String
  145. Show Virtual Disk Action Progress
  146. Show Virtual Disk Copy Source Candidates
  147. Show Virtual Disk Copy Target Candidates
  148. Show Virtual Disk Reservations
  149. Start Configuration Database Diagnostic
  150. Start Disk Group Blink
  151. Start Disk Group Export
  152. Start Disk Group Import
  153. Start iSCSI DHCP Refresh
  154. Start Physical Disk Blink
  155. Start Physical Disk Channel Fault Isolation Diagnostics
  156. Start Physical Disk Initialize
  157. Start Physical Disk Reconstruction
  158. Start Storage Array Blink
  159. Start Virtual Disk Initialization
  160. Stop Disk Group Blink
  161. Isolation Diagnostics
  162. Stop Snapshot
  163. Stop Storage Array Physical Disk Firmware Download
  164. Validate Storage Array Security Key
  165. sample script files
  166. configuration script example 2
  167. Updated Commands
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PowerVault MD3200 Series

Brand: Dell | Category: Storage
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  16. Introduction
  17. Inside the box of the Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series Storage Array
  18. Other Information you May Need
  19. Planning: About Your Storage Array
  20. Hardware Features
  21. Back Panel Features and Indicators
  22. Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns
  23. Power Supply and Cooling Fan Features
  24. Power Indicator Codes
  25. Planning: RAID Controller Modules
  26. RAID Controller Module Connectors and Features
  27. Battery Backup Unit
  28. Storage Array Thermal Shutdown
  29. Cache Functions and Features
  30. Array Terms and Concepts
  31. Physical Disks
  32. Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
  33. Virtual Disk States
  34. RAID Level Usage
  35. Segment Size
  36. Consistency Check
  37. Virtual Disk Operations Limit
  38. Virtual Disk Capacity Expansion
  39. Disk Group Defragmentation
  40. Virtual Disk Migration and Disk Roaming
  41. Disk Roaming
  42. Host Server-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
  43. Snapshot Repository Virtual Disk
  44. Virtual Disk Copy
  45. Using Snapshot and Disk Copy Together
  46. Preferred and Alternate Controllers and Paths
  47. Load Balancing
  48. Monitoring MD3200 Series System Performance
  49. Configuration: Overview
  50. Enterprise Management Window
  51. Array Management Window
  52. Storage Array
  53. Storage Arrays
  54. Setting Up Your Storage Array
  55. Locating Storage Arrays
  56. Naming or Renaming Storage Arrays
  57. Setting a Password
  58. Viewing Storage Array Connections
  59. Adding/Editing a Comment to an Existing Storage Array
  60. Enabling Premium Features
  61. Changing the Cache Settings on the Storage Array
  62. Configuring Alert Notifications
  63. Configuring E-mail Alerts
  64. Configuring SNMP Alerts
  65. Battery Settings
  66. r Module Clocks
  67. Configuration: Event Monitor
  68. Enabling or Disabling the Event Monitor
  69. Configuration: About Your Host
  70. Using the Mappings Tab
  71. click next
  72. Removing Host Access
  73. Moving a Host to a Different Host Group
  74. Removing a Host Group
  75. Starting or Stopping the Host Context Agent
  76. I/O Data Path Protection
  77. Managing Host Port Identifiers
  78. Virtual Disks
  79. Creating Disk Groups
  80. Locating a Disk Group
  81. Priority
  82. Changing the Virtual Disk Cache Settings
  83. Changing the Segment Size of a Virtual Disk
  84. Changing the I/O Type
  85. Choosing an Appropriate Physical Disk Type
  86. Disk
  87. Creating a Security Key
  88. Changing a Security Key
  89. Saving a Security Key
  90. Unlocking Secure Physical Disks
  91. Erasing Secure Physical Disks
  92. Hot Spares and Rebuild
  93. Hot Spare Operation
  94. Enclosure Loss Protection
  95. Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
  96. Creating Host-to-Virtual Disk Mappings
  97. Modifying and Removing Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
  98. Changing Controller Ownership of the Virtua l Disk
  99. Removing Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
  100. Changing the RAID Controller Module Ownership of a Disk Group
  101. Changing the RAID Level of a Disk Group
  102. Changing the RAID Controller Module Ownership of a Virtual Disk or a Disk Group
  103. Storage Partitioning
  104. Disk Group and Virtual Disk Expansion
  105. Virtual Disk Expansion
  106. Disk Group Migration
  107. Import Disk Group
  108. Storage Array Media Scan
  109. Changing Media Scan Settings
  110. Suspending the Media Scan
  111. snapshot virtual disks
  112. Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk Using the Simple Path
  113. About the Simple Path
  114. About the Advanced Path
  115. Preparing Host Servers to Create the Snapshot Using the Advanced Path
  116. Creating the Snapshot Using the Advanced Path
  117. Specifying Snapshot Virtual Disk Names
  118. Snapshot Repository Capacity
  119. Re-creating Snapshot Virtual Disks
  120. Disabling a Snapshot Virtual Disk
  121. Preparing Host Servers to Re-create a Snapshot Virtual Disk
  122. Re-creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk
  123. Creating a Virtual Disk Copy for an MSCS Shared Disk
  124. Virtual Disk Read/Write Permissions
  125. Creating a Virtual Disk Copy
  126. Before you Begin
  127. Failed Virtual Disk Copy
  128. Copy Manager
  129. Storage Array Performance During Virtual Disk Copy
  130. Setting Copy Priority
  131. Recopying a Virtual Disk
  132. Recopying the Virtual Disk
  133. Removing Copy Pairs
  134. Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for Linux
  135. Using DM Multipathing Devices
  136. Device Mapper Configuration Steps
  137. Limitations and Known Issues
  138. Troubleshooting
  139. Management: Firmware Downloads
  140. Firmware
  141. Downloading Only NVSRAM Firmware
  142. Downloading Physical Disk Firmware
  143. Downloading MD1200 Series Expansion Module EMM Firmware
  144. Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART)
  145. Media Errors and Unreadable Sectors
  146. Management: Installing Array Components
  147. Front Bezel (Optional)
  148. Hard Drives
  149. Installing a Drive Blank
  150. Installing a Hard Drive
  151. Carrier
  152. RAID Controller Module
  153. Installing a RAID Controller Module Blank
  154. Removing a RAID Controller Module
  155. Installing a RAID Controller Module
  156. Closing the RAID Controller Module
  157. RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit
  158. Installing the RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit
  159. Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
  160. Installing a Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
  161. Control Panel
  162. Installing the Control Panel
  163. Backplane
  164. Installing the Backplane
  165. Management: Firmware Inventory
  166. Management: System Interfaces
  167. Troubleshooting: Your Storage Array Software
  168. Storage Array Support Data
  169. Automatically Collect the Support Bundle Data
  170. Collecting the Physical Disk Data
  171. Recovery Guru
  172. Storage Array Profile
  173. Viewing the Logical Associations
  174. Finding Nodes
  175. using go to
  176. Recovering From an Unresponsive Storage Array Condition
  177. Locating a Physical Disk
  178. Locating an Expansion Enclosure
  179. Capturing the State Information
  180. SMrepassist Utility
  181. Unidentified Devices
  182. Starting or Restarting the Host Context Agent Software
  183. Troubleshooting: Your Array
  184. Troubleshooting Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
  185. Troubleshooting Array Cooling Problems
  186. Troubleshooting RAID Controller Modules
  187. Troubleshooting Hard Drives
  188. Troubleshooting Array and Expansion Enclosure Connections
  189. Troubleshooting a Wet Storage Array
  190. Troubleshooting a Damaged Array
  191. Invalid Storage Array
  192. Noncritical Conditions
  193. Getting Help
  194. Index
  195. Table Of Contents
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PowerVault MD3200 Series

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