Dell PowerVault MD3200i Series manuals
PowerVault MD3200i Series
Table of contents
- notes and cautions
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Installation Requirements
- Recommended Configurations
- Software Installation
- Application and vCenter Server Configuration
- Configuring the Storage Administrator Role
- No Access
- Enhanced IE Security
- Uninstalling the Dell Storage vCenter Plug-in
- Dell MD Storage vCenter Plug-in Features
- Adding a New Storage Array
- Networking Configuration for Software iSCSI Storage
- Activate Multipathing for Software iSCSI Initiator
- ESX Host Configuration Wizard
- Storage Array Summary
- Create Disk Group
- Making LUN Decisions
- Using the Predictive Scheme to Make LUN Decisions
- Using the Adaptive Scheme to Make LUN Decisions
- Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk
- Disabling and Re-creating Snapshots
- Creating a Virtual Disk Copy
- Mapping a Virtual Disk
- Datastores View
- Storage Array Event Log
- Troubleshooting
- Common Errors
- Maximize Client Performance
- Restrictions
- Conclusions
PowerVault MD3200i Series
Table of contents
- notes and cautions
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- About the Command Line Interface
- How to Use the Command Line Interface
- Usage Notes
- CLI Commands
- Command Line Parameters
- Formatting Considerations
- Exit Status
- Usage Examples
- About the Script Commands
- Script Command Structure
- Script Command Synopsis
- Recurring Syntax Elements
- Usage Guidelines
- Adding Comments to a Script File
- Configuring a Storage Array
- modifying your configuration
- using the snapshot feature
- Using Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk
- creating a snapshot virtual disk
- changing snapshot virtual disk settings
- stopping and deleting a snapshot virtual disk
- Re-creating the Snapshot Virtual Disk
- Re-creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk
- Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature
- Creating a Virtual Disk Copy
- Enabling the Virtual Disk Copy Feature
- Preparing Host Servers to Create a Virtual Disk Copy
- Copying the Virtual Disk
- Viewing Virtual Disk Copy Properties
- Changing Virtual Disk Copy Settings
- Recopying a Virtual Disk
- Recopying the Virtual Disk
- Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy
- Removing Copy Pairs
- Storage Partitioning
- Maintaining a Storage Array
- Running a Consistency Check
- Resetting a RAID Controller Module
- Synchronizing RAID Controller Module Clocks
- Performance Tuning
- Changing RAID Levels
- Defragmenting a Disk Group
- Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
- Recovery Operations
- Changing RAID Controller Module Ownership
- Initializing a Virtual Disk
- Script Commands
- Command Formatting Rules
- Firmware Compatability Levels
- Enclosure Commands
- iSCSI Commands
- RAID Controller Module Commands
- Session Command
- Virtual Disk Commands
- Virtual Disk Copy Commands
- Autoconfigure Storage Array Hot Spares
- Clear Physical Disk Port Statistics
- Clear Storage Array Event Log
- Clear Virtual Disk Reservations
- Create Disk Group
- Create Host
- Create Host Group
- Create iSCSI Initiator
- Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select)
- Create Snapshot Virtual Disk
- Create Storage Array Security Key
- Create Virtual Disk Copy
- Delete Disk Group
- Delete Host
- Delete Host Port
- Delete iSCSI Initiator
- Diagnose RAID Controller Module
- Disable Storage Array Feature
- Download Enclosure Management Module Firmware
- Download Physical Disk Firmware
- Download Storage Array Firmware/NVSRAM
- Download Storage Array Physical Disk Frimware
- Download Storage Array NVSRAM
- Enable Disk Group Security
- Enable RAID Controller Module Data Transfer
- Recopy Virtual Disk Copy
- Recover RAID Virtual Disk
- Re-create Snapshot
- Remove Virtual Disk Copy
- Repair Virtual Disk Consistency
- Replace Physical Disk
- Reset RAID Controller Module
- Reset Storage Array Battery Install Date
- Reset Storage Array iSCSI Baseline
- Reset Storage Array SAS PHY Baseline
- Revive Physical Disk
- Save Physical Disk Channel Fault Isolation Diagnostic Status
- Save RAID Controller Module NVSRAM
- Save Storage Array Events
- Save Storage Array Performance Statistics
- Save Storage Array SAS PHY Counts
- Set Disk Group
- Set Disk Group Forced State
- Set Enclosure Attribute
- Set Foreign Physical Disk to Native
- Set Host
- Set Host Channel
- Set Host Group
- Set iSCSI Initiator
- Set iSCSI Target Properties
- Set Physical Disk Channel Status
- Set Physical Disk State
- Set RAID Controller Module
- Set Session
- Set Snapshot Virtual Disk
- Set Storage Array
- Set Storage Array Enclosure Positions
- Set Storage Array ICMP Response
- Set Storage Array iSNS Server IPv4 Address
- Set Storage Array iSNS Server Listening Port
- Set Storage Array Redundancy Mode
- Set Storage Array Security Key
- Set Storage Array Time
- Set Virtual Disk
- Set Virtual Disk Copy
- Show Current iSCSI Sessions
- Show Disk Group
- Show Disk Group Import Dependencies
- Show Host Ports
- Show Physical Disk Channel Statistics
- Show RAID Controller Module
- Show RAID Controller Module NVSRAM
- Show Storage Array
- Show Storage Array Auto Configure
- Show Storage Array Host Topology
- Show Storage Array LUN Mappings
- iSCSI Initiators
- Show String
- Show Virtual Disk Action Progress
- Show Virtual Disk Copy Source Candidates
- Show Virtual Disk Copy Target Candidates
- Show Virtual Disk Reservations
- Start Configuration Database Diagnostic
- Start Disk Group Blink
- Start Disk Group Export
- Start Disk Group Import
- Start iSCSI DHCP Refresh
- Start Physical Disk Blink
- Start Physical Disk Channel Fault Isolation Diagnostics
- Start Physical Disk Initialize
- Start Physical Disk Reconstruction
- Start Storage Array Blink
- Start Virtual Disk Initialization
- Stop Disk Group Blink
- Isolation Diagnostics
- Stop Snapshot
- Stop Storage Array Physical Disk Firmware Download
- Validate Storage Array Security Key
- sample script files
- configuration script example 2
- Updated Commands
PowerVault MD3200i Series
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Planning for Hyper-V on the Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3200i Series of Storage Arrays
- Planning for Hyper-V Virtualized Configurations
- Arrays
- Planning the IP SAN Installation with the Dell PowerVault MD3200i and MD3220i Storage Arrays
- IP SAN Network Infrastructure for Performance
- IP SAN Optimization for Throughput and I/Os
- Connecting the Dell PowerVault MD3200 Storage Array
- MD3200i Load-Balance Policies
- Additional Considerations for Virtual Storage
- Considerations When Using Pass-Through Physical Disks or VHDs
- Directly-Mapped iSCSI Virtual Disks to the VM (Dell PowerVault MD3200i Storage Array)
- Clustering with Hyper-V
- Contact Information
PowerVault MD3200i Series
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PowerVault MD3200i Series
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- MD3200i Series Storage Array
- Planning: About Your Storage Array
- Hardware Features
- Back Panel Features and Indicators
- Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns
- Power Supply and Cooling Fan Features
- Power Indicator Codes and Features
- Planning: RAID Controller Modules
- RAID Controller Module Connectors and Features
- RAID Controller Module—Additional Features
- System Password Reset
- Write-Through Cache
- Array Terms and Concepts
- Physical Disk States
- Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
- Virtual Disk States
- RAID Level Usage
- Segment Size
- Virtual Disk Operations
- Consistency Check
- Virtual Disk Operations Limit
- Virtual Disk Capacity Expansion
- Disk Group Operations Limit
- Virtual Disk Migration and Disk Roaming
- Disk Roaming
- Host Server-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
- Snapshot Repository Virtual Disk
- Virtual Disk Copy
- Multi-Path Software
- Preferred and Alternate Controllers and Paths
- Load Balancing
- Performance
- Configuration: Overview
- Enterprise Management Window
- Array Management Window
- Storage Array
- Storage Arrays
- Setting Up Your Storage Array
- Locating Storage Arrays
- Naming or Renaming Storage Arrays
- Setting a Password
- Viewing Storage Array Connections
- Adding/Editing a Comment to an Existing Storage Array
- Enabling Premium Features
- Changing Expansion Enclosure ID Numbers
- Configuring Alert Notifications
- To ensure e-mail is sent successfully
- Configuring SNMP Alerts
- Battery Settings
- Setting the Storage Array RAID Controller Module Clocks
- Configuration: Using iSCSI
- Entering Mutual Authentication Permissions
- Initiator CHAP Secret
- Changing the iSCSI Target Discovery Settings
- Configuring the iSCSI Host Ports
- Advanced iSCSI Host Ports Settings
- Viewing or Ending an iSCSI Session
- Viewing iSCSI Statistics and Setting Baseline Statistics
- Edit, Remove, or Rename Host Topology
- Configuration: Event Monitor
- Windows
- Configuration: About Your Host
- Using the Mappings Tab
- click next
- Removing Host Access
- Moving a Host to a Different Host Group
- Removing a Host Group
- Starting or Stopping the Host Context Agent
- I/O Data Path Protection
- Managing Host Port Identifiers
- and Virtual Disks
- Creating Disk Groups
- Locating a Disk Group
- Modification Priority
- Changing the Virtual Disk Cache Settings
- Changing the Segment Size of a Virtual Disk
- Changing the I/O Type
- Choosing an Appropriate Physical Disk Type
- Creating a Security Key
- Changing a Security Key
- Saving a Security Key
- Validate Security Key
- Configuring Hot Spare Physical Disks
- Hot Spares and Rebuild
- Hot Spare Drive Protection
- Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
- Creating Host-to-Virtual Disk Mappings
- Modifying and Removing Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
- Changing Controller Ownership of the Virtual Disk
- Removing Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
- Changing the RAID Level of a Disk Group
- Removing a Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping Using Linux DMMP
- Restricted Mappings
- Changing the RAID Controller Module Ownership of a Virtual Disk or a Disk Group
- Storage Partitioning
- Disk Group and Virtual Disk Expansion
- Virtual Disk Expansion
- Disk Group Migration
- Import Disk Group
- Storage Array Media Scan
- Changing Media Scan Settings
- Suspending the Media Scan
- Feature—Snapshot Virtual Disks
- Scheduling a Snapshot Virtual Disk
- Schedules
- Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk Using the Simple Path
- About the Simple Path
- Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk Using the Advanced Path
- Preparing Host Servers to Create the Snapshot Using the Advanced Path
- Creating the Snapshot Using the Advanced Path
- Specifying Snapshot Virtual Disk Names
- Snapshot Repository Capacity
- Disabling a Snapshot Virtual Disk
- Preparing Host Servers to Re-create a Snapshot Virtual Disk
- Re-creating Snapshot Virtual Disks
- Rules and Guidelines for Performing a Snapshot Rollback
- Protecting Against a Failed Snapshot Rollback
- Resuming a Snapshot Rollback
- Canceling a Snapshot Rollback
- Feature—Virtual Disk Copy
- Types of Virtual Disk Copies
- Online Copy
- Creating a Virtual Disk Copy for an MSCS Shared Disk
- Virtual Disk Copy Restrictions
- Creating a Virtual Disk Copy
- Modification Operations
- Preferred RAID Controller Module Ownership
- Storage Array Performance During Virtual Disk Copy
- Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy
- Preparing Host Servers to Recopy a Virtual Disk
- Re-Copying a Virtual Disk
- Removing Copy Pairs
- High-Performance-Tier
- Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for Linux
- Using DM Multipathing Devices
- Device Mapper Configuration Steps
- Linux Host Server Reboot Best Practices
- Important Information About Special Partitions
- Limitations and Known Issues
- Troubleshooting
- Management: Firmware Downloads
- Downloading Both RAID Controller and NVSRAM Firmware
- Downloading Only NVSRAM Firmware
- Downloading Physical Disk Firmware
- To download physical disk firmware
- Downloading expansion module emm firmware
- Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART)
- Components
- Front Bezel (Optional)
- Hard Drives
- Installing a Hard-Drive Blank
- Installing a Hard Drive
- Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing a RAID Controller Module Blank
- Removing a RAID Controller Module
- Installing a RAID Controller Module
- Closing the RAID Controller Module
- RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit
- Installing the RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit
- Installing a Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
- Control Panel
- Installing the Control Panel
- Backplane
- Installing the Backplane
- Management: Firmware Inventory
- Management: System Interfaces
- Array Software
- Storage Array Support Data
- Automatically Collect the Support Bundle Data
- Collecting the Physical Disk Data
- Recovery Guru
- Storage Array Profile
- Viewing the Logical Associations
- Viewing the Physical Associations
- using go to
- Recovering From an Unresponsive Storage Array Condition
- Locating a Physical Disk
- Locating an Expansion Enclosure
- Capturing the State Information
- SMrepassist Utility
- Unidentified Devices
- Starting or Restarting the Host Context Agent Software
- Troubleshooting: Your Array
- Troubleshooting Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
- Troubleshooting Array Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting RAID Controller Modules
- Troubleshooting Hard Drives
- Troubleshooting Array and Expansion Enclosure Connections
- Troubleshooting a Damaged Array
- Conditions
- PCI Errors
- Getting Help
- Index
- Table Of Contents
PowerVault MD3200i Series
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Terminology/Glossary
- Introduction
- Supported Hardware and Software
- Establishing Sessions to a SAN
- PowerVault MD32xxi Storage Setup and Configuration
- iSCSI Software Initiator Configuration on ESX4.1 Server
- Clustering with ESX4.1 / Creating DRS Clusters
- Step1: Configure vSwitch & Enable Jumbo Frames
- Step3: Assign Network Adapters
- Step4: Associate VMkernel Ports to Physical Adapters
- Step5: Enable VMware iSCSI Software Initiator
- Step6: Binding VMkernel Ports to iSCSI Software Initiator
- Step7: Connect to PowerVault MD32XXi Storage
- Step8: Connect to a Volume on PowerVault SAN
- Step9: Enabling VMware Native Multipathing – MRU
- Appendix A
- Step A3: Assign Network Adapters
- Step A4: Associate VMkernel Ports to Physical Adapters
- Step A5: Enable VMware iSCSI Software Initiator
PowerVault MD3200i Series
Table of contents
- storage arrays
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Dell PowerVault MD3200i Series Storage Array
- Planning: About Your Storage Array
- Hardware Features
- Back Panel Features and Indicators
- Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns
- power supply and cooling fan features
- Power Indicator Codes
- Planning: RAID Controller Modules
- RAID Controller Module Connectors and Features
- Battery Backup Unit
- System Password Reset
- Write-Through Cache
- Array Terms and Concepts
- Physical Disk States
- Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
- Virtual Disk States
- RAID Level Usage
- Segment Size
- Virtual Disk Operations
- Media Verification
- Disk Group Operations
- Virtual Disk Capacity Expansion
- RAID Background Operations Priority
- Virtual Disk Migration and Disk Roaming
- Disk Roaming
- Host Types
- Snapshot Repository Virtual Disk
- Virtual Disk Recovery
- Multi-Path Software
- Virtual Disk Ownership
- Monitoring MD3200i Series System Performance
- Configuration: Overview
- Enterprise Management Window
- Array Management Window
- Storage Array
- Storage Arrays
- Setting Up Your Storage Array
- Locating Storage Arrays
- Naming or Renaming Storage Arrays
- Setting a Password
- Viewing Storage Array Connections
- Adding/Editing a Comment to an Existing Storage Array
- Enabling Premium Features
- Changing Expansion Enclosure ID Numbers
- Configuring Alert Notifications
- Configuring SNMP Alerts
- Battery Settings
- Controller Module Clocks
- Configuration: Using iSCSI
- Entering Mutual Authentication Permissions
- Initiator CHAP Secret
- Changing the iSCSI Target Identification
- Configuring the iSCSI Host Ports
- Advanced iSCSI Host Ports Settings
- Viewing or Ending an iSCSI Session
- Viewing iSCSI Statistics and Setting Baseline Statistics
- Edit, Remove, or Rename Host Topology
- Configuration: Event Monitor
- Windows
- Configuration: About Your Host
- Using the Mappings Tab
- click next
- Removing Host Access
- Moving a Host to a Different Host Group
- Removing a Host Group
- Starting or Stopping the Host Context Agent
- I/O Data Path Protection
- Managing Host Port Identifiers
- Configuration: Disk Groups and Virtual Disks
- Creating Disk Groups
- Locating a Disk Group
- Modification Priority
- Changing the Virtual Disk Cache Settings
- Changing the Segment Size of a Virtual Disk
- Changing the I/O Type
- Choosing an Appropriate Physical Disk Type
- Creating a Security Key
- Changing a Security Key
- Saving a Security Key
- Unlocking Secure Physical Disks
- Configuring Hot Spare Physical Disks
- Hot Spares and Rebuild
- Enclosure Loss Protection
- Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
- Modifying and Removing Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
- Changing Controller Ownership of the Virtual Disk
- Changing the RAID Controller Module Ownership of a Disk Group
- Changing the RAID Level of a Disk Group
- Restricted Mappings
- Changing the RAID Controller Module Ownership of a Virtual Disk or a Disk Group
- Storage Partitioning
- Disk Group and Virtual Disk Expansion
- Virtual Disk Expansion
- Disk Group Migration
- Import Disk Group
- Storage Array Media Scan
- Changing Media Scan Settings
- Suspending the Media Scan
- snapshot virtual disks
- Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk Using the Simple Path
- About the Advanced Path
- Preparing Host Servers to Create the Snapshot Using the Advanced Path
- Creating the Snapshot Using the Advanced Path
- Specifying Snapshot Virtual Disk Names
- Snapshot Repository Capacity
- Re-creating Snapshot Virtual Disks
- Preparing Host Servers to Re-create a Snapshot Virtual Disk
- Re-creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk
- virtual disk copy
- Creating a Virtual Disk Copy for an MSCS Shared Disk
- Virtual Disk Read/Write Permissions
- Creating a Virtual Disk Copy
- Before you Begin
- Failed Virtual Disk Copy
- Copy Manager
- Storage Array Performance During Virtual Disk Copy
- Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy
- Recopying a Virtual Disk
- Recopying the Virtual Disk
- Removing Copy Pairs
- Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for Linux
- Using DM Multipathing Devices
- Device Mapper Configuration Steps
- Linux Host Server Reboot Best Practices
- Limitations and Known Issues
- Troubleshooting
- Management: Firmware Downloads
- Downloading Both RAID Controller and NVSRAM Firmware
- Downloading Only NVSRAM Firmware
- Downloading Physical Disk Firmware
- Module EMM Firmware
- Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART)
- Management: Installing Array Components
- Front Bezel (Optional)
- Hard Drives
- Installing a Drive Blank
- Installing a Hard Drive
- Installing a Hard Drive Into a Drive Carrier
- Installing a RAID Controller Module Blank
- Removing a RAID Controller Module
- Installing a RAID Controller Module
- Closing the RAID Controller Module
- RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit
- Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
- Installing a Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
- Control Panel
- Installing the Control Panel
- Backplane
- Installing the Backplane
- Management: Firmware Inventory
- Management: System Interfaces
- Array Software
- Storage Array Support Data
- Collecting the Physical Disk Data
- Event Log
- Recovery Guru
- Viewing the Logical Associations
- Finding Nodes
- using go to
- Recovering From an Unresponsive Storage Array Condition
- Locating a Physical Disk
- Locating an Expansion Enclosure
- Capturing the State Information
- SMrepassist Utility
- Unidentified Devices
- Starting or Restarting the Host Context Agent Software
- Troubleshooting: Your Array
- Troubleshooting Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
- Troubleshooting Array Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting RAID Controller Modules
- Troubleshooting Hard Drives
- Troubleshooting Array and Expansion Enclosure Connections
- Troubleshooting a Damaged Array
- Invalid Storage Array
- PCI Errors
- getting help
PowerVault MD3200i Series
Table of contents
- getting started
- English
- Table Of Contents
- Before You Begin
- Completing the iSCSI Worksheet
- Other Documentation and Media You May Need
- Preparing the Host Server
- NIC Configuration
- Connecting the Power Cable(s)
- Cabling Your Expansion Enclosure
- Cabling Your Direct-Attached Hosts
- Cabling Your SAN-Attached Hosts
- Installing the Bezel
- Enabling Premium Features (Optional)
- NOM Information (Mexico Only)
- Français
- Table Of Contents
- avant de commencer
- installation et configuration
- identification du numéro de service
- informations nom (mexique uniquement)
- Português
- Table Of Contents
- antes de começar
- preencher a planilha iscsi
- outros documentos e mídias de que você pode
- preparar o servidor host
- instalação e configuração
- como conectar cabo(s) de alimentação
- como ligar o gabinete
- como ativar recursos adicionais (opcional)
- como localizar a etiqueta de serviço
- especificações técnicas
- Espanol
- Table Of Contents
- antes de comenzar
- cómo completar la hoja de trabajo de iscsi
- documentación y soportes adicionales útiles
- preparación del servidor host
- instalación y configuración
- cableado del gabinete de expansión
- cableado de los host de conexión directa
- instalación del bisel
- localización de la etiqueta de servicio
- especificaciones técnicas
PowerVault MD3200i Series
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Product Overview
- Gb Serial Attached SCSI (SAS 2.0)
- Controller Architecture
- MD3200i RAID Controller Module View - LEDs
- Table 1. Selected Controller Features
- Chassis
- Front View and Features
- Figure 6. MD3220i Front View and Features
- MD3200i and MD3220i Rear View
- Power Supply Indicator Codes
- Hard Drives
- Hard Drive Indicators
- Storage Capacity Expansion
- SAS Cables
- MD Storage Manager
- MD3200i Series Storage Manager Software Packages
- Array Window
- Figure 16. MD Storage Manager: Array Window
- Figure 17. MD Storage Manager: Logical Tab
- Figure 18. MD Storage Manager: Physical Tab
- Figure 19. MD Storage Manager: Mappings Tab
- Figure 20. MD Storage Manager: Setup Tab
- Figure 21. MD Storage Manager: Access to Tasks
- Recovery Guru
- Disk Group Configuration
- Virtual Disk Configuration
- Global Hot Spares
- Snapshot
- Online Administration
- iSCSI Support
- Thermal management
- Environmental Specifications
- Configuration Guidelines
PowerVault MD3200i Series
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Introduction to Storage Arrays
- Hardware Installation
- Connecting the Storage Array
- Direct-Attached Configurations
- Network-Attached Configurations
- Cabling PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures
- Expanding With New PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures
- Software
- Graphical Installation (Recommended)
- Console Installation
- Upgrading PowerVault MD Storage Software
- Post Installation Tasks
- iSCSI Configuration Worksheet
- IPv4 Settings
- IPv6 Settings
- Configuring iSCSI on Your Storage Array
- Automatic Configuration Using the Modular Disk Configuration Utility
- Post Connection Establishment Steps
- Network for iSCSI
- Linux Host Setup
- Storage Software
- From Linux
- of iSCSI
- Default Management Port Settings
- Automatic Storage Array Discovery
- Storage Array
- Step 3: Perform Target Discovery From the iSCSI Initiator
- Step 4: Configure Host Access
- Understanding CHAP Authentication
- CHAP Definitions
- Configuring Target CHAP Authentication on the Storage Array
- Configuring Mutual CHAP Authentication on the Storage Array
- he Host Server
- Step 8: (Optional) Set Up In-Band Management
- Naming Service
- Load Balance Policy
- Least Queue Depth With Subset
- Increasing Bandwidth With Multiple iSCSI Sessions
- iSCSI Services in Linux
PowerVault MD3200i Series
Table of contents
PowerVault MD3200i Series
Table of contents
- hardware installation
- notes and cautions
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Cluster Solution
- Cluster Nodes
- Cluster Storage
- Cluster Storage Management Software
- Supported Cluster Configurations
- Other Documents You May Need
- Cabling Your Cluster Hardware
- Cabling Your Public and Private Networks
- Cabling Your Public Network
- Using Dual-Port Network Adapters for Your Private Network
- Cabling the Storage Systems
- Configuration
- Multiple PowerVault MD3200i or MD3220i Storage Systems
- Clustering
- Installation Overview
- Installing the iSCSI NICs
- Installing the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator
- Configuring the Shared Storage System
- click next
- Troubleshooting Tools
- Configuring a Failover Cluster
- troubleshooting
- iscsi configuration worksheet
- ipv6 settings
- Index
PowerVault MD3200i Series
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- What's New
- Comparison of MD3200i and MD3220i to the previous MD3000i
- Dell SAN Portfolio
- PowerVault™ MD3200i and MD3220i Features and Descriptions
- Product Overview
- MD3200i and MD3220i Back View
- Connecting Expansion and Enclosures
- Server Compatibility
- Drive Support
- Accessing a MD32X0i and MD3000i from the Same Server
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