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Summary of Contents for PowerVault MD3260 Series

Page 1: ...Dell PowerVault MD3260 Series Storage Arrays Deployment Guide ...

Page 2: ... Sempron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Microsoft Windows Windows Server Internet Explorer MS DOS Windows Vista and Active Directory are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and or other countries Novell and SUSE...

Page 3: ...3 Installing MD Storage Manager 17 Installing Host Bus Adapters And Drivers 17 Graphical Installation Recommended 18 Console Installation 18 Silent Installation 19 Silent Installation On Windows 19 Silent Installation On Linux 19 Upgrading PowerVault MD Storage Manager 19 4 Post Installation Tasks 21 Verifying Storage Array Discovery 21 Initial Setup Tasks 22 5 Uninstalling MD Storage Manager 23 U...

Page 4: ... Load Balance Policies In Windows Sever 2008 25 Least Queue Depth With Subset 25 Changing The Load Balance Policy Using Windows Server 2008 Device Manager Options 26 Changing The Load Balance Policy Using The Windows Server 2008 Disk Management Options 26 Setting Load Balance Policies in Linux 26 ...

Page 5: ...ed and minimum system requirements are met For more information see the Support Matrix at support dell com manuals Management Station Requirements A management station uses MD Storage Manager to configure and manage storage arrays across the network A management station must meet the following minimum system requirements Intel Pentium or an equivalent processor 1333 MHz or faster with 512 MB RAM 1...

Page 6: ...age Manager you can configure the physical disks in the storage array into logical components called disk groups and then divide the disk groups into virtual disks Disk groups are created in the unconfigured capacity of a storage array Virtual disks are created in the free capacity of a disk group Unconfigured capacity comprises physical disks not already assigned to a disk group When a virtual di...

Page 7: ...ne virtual disk for inventory a second for financial and tax information and a third for customer information Decide whether to allow space for hot spares which automatically replace failed physical disks Connecting The Storage Array The storage array is connected to a host using two hot swappable RAID controller modules The RAID controller modules are identified as RAID controller module 0 and RA...

Page 8: ...on the storage array Redundancy is established by installing separate data paths between the host and the storage array in which each path is to one of the two RAID controller modules installed in the storage array Redundancy protects the host from losing access to data in the event of path failure because both RAID controller modules can access all the disks in the storage array Dual Controller C...

Page 9: ...Figure 2 Four Hosts Connected to Two Controllers 9 ...

Page 10: ...onnected to Two Controllers The following figure shows eight hosts each connected to only one RAID controller module This configuration allows the maximum number of hosts that may be connected but provides no redundancy 10 ...

Page 11: ...trollers The following figures show up to four cluster nodes connected to two RAID controller modules Since each cluster node has redundant paths loss of a single path would still allow access to the storage array through the alternate path 11 ...

Page 12: ...Figure 5 Four Cluster Nodes Connected to Two Controllers 12 ...

Page 13: ...ctivation physical disks using a maximum of two expansion enclosures Expanding With Previously Configured PowerVault MD3060e Series Expansion Enclosures Use this procedure if your expansion enclosure is directly attached to and configured on a Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller PERC H800 adapter Data from virtual disks created on a PERC H800 adapter cannot be directly migrated to a PowerVault MD3260 S...

Page 14: ...age Manager 6 Launch MD Storage Manager 7 Click Tools Upgrade RAID Controller Module Firmware in the Enterprise Management Window EMW 8 Stop all I O to the array and turn off the host systems attached to the storage array 9 Turn off the storage array 10 Turn off the expansion enclosure s in the affected system 11 Cable the expansion enclosure s to the storage array 12 Turn on the expansion enclosu...

Page 15: ...e status LED to indicate that the unit is ready When power is on the power on indicator lights solid green If the Service action required indicator lights amber there is an error that can be viewed using the PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager 11 After the storage array is online and ready turn on any attached host systems 12 Using PowerVault MD Storage Manager update all attached expansion en...

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Page 17: ... The providers feature include providers for the Microsoft Virtual Disk Service VDS and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS framework NOTE For more information about the Microsoft VDS and Microsoft VSS providers see the Administrator s Guide at support dell com manuals NOTE To install the software on a Windows or Linux system you must have administrative or root privileges NOTE If Dynamic Hos...

Page 18: ...D storage array model s you are setting up to serve as data storage for this host server 6 Choose whether to start the event monitor service automatically when the host server reboots or manually NOTE This option is applicable only to Windows client software installation 7 Confirm the installation location and choose Install 8 If prompted reboot the host server once the installation completes 9 St...

Page 19: ...n Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 operating systems run the following script from the root directory to install prerequisite packages md_prereq_install sht 1 Copy the custom_silent properties file in the windows folder of the installation media or image to a writable location on the host server 2 Modify the custom_silent properties file to reflect the features models and installation options to be used...

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Page 21: ...the same subnet as the management stations will be detected NOTE It may take several minutes for the discovery process to complete Closing the Automatic Discovery Status window before this stops the discovery process After discovery is complete a confirmation screen is displayed 4 Click Close Verifying Storage Array Discovery The Automatic Discovery option automatically discovers both in band and ...

Page 22: ...essary configuration steps The following table lists the recommended configuration steps that can be accomplished in MD Storage Manager NOTE Before configuring the storage array check the status icons on the Device pane to ensure that the enclosures in the storage array are in an Optimal status For more information on the status icons see the Owner s Manual at support dell com manuals Task Purpose...

Page 23: ...indows Server 2008 GUI versions 1 Double click Programs and Features from the Control Panel 2 Select MD Storage Software from the list of programs 3 Click Uninstall Change The Uninstall Complete window is displayed 4 Follow the instructions on screen 5 Select Yes to restart the system then click Done Uninstall MD Storage Manager From Windows Server 2008 Core Versions To uninstall PowerVault Modula...

Page 24: ...ginning the uninstallation procedure 1 From the installation directory open the Uninstall Dell MD Storage Software directory 2 Run the file Uninstall Dell MD Storage Software exe 3 From the Uninstall window click Next and follow the instructions on the screen While the software is uninstalling the Uninstall window is displayed When the uninstall procedure is complete the Uninstall Complete window ...

Page 25: ... RAID controller module that owns the virtual disk equally for I O activity Paths to the secondary RAID controller module are ignored until ownership changes The basic assumption for the round robin policy is that the data paths are equal With mixed host support the data paths may have different bandwidths or different data transfer speeds Changing Load Balance Policies In Windows Sever 2008 Load ...

Page 26: ...set for this disk device Changing The Load Balance Policy Using The Windows Server 2008 Disk Management Options 1 From the host desktop right click My Computer and select Manage The Computer Management window is displayed 2 Click Disk Management to show the list of virtual disks attached to the host 3 Right click the virtual disk on which you want to set the load balance policy then click Properti...

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