Dell POWERVAULT MD3600I - Manual (Page 7)

Changing The RAID Level Of A Disk Group ......................................................................................................88
Removing A Host-To-Virtual Disk Mapping Using Linux DMMP ......................................................................88
Restricted Mappings ..............................................................................................................................................89
Storage Partitioning ................................................................................................................................................90
Disk Group And Virtual Disk Expansion ..................................................................................................................91
Disk Group Expansion ......................................................................................................................................91
Virtual Disk Expansion ......................................................................................................................................91
Using Free Capacity .........................................................................................................................................91
Using Unconfigured Capacity ..........................................................................................................................92
Disk Group Migration ..............................................................................................................................................92
Export Disk Group .............................................................................................................................................92
Import Disk Group ............................................................................................................................................93
Storage Array Media Scan .....................................................................................................................................94
Changing Media Scan Settings ........................................................................................................................94
Suspending The Media Scan ...........................................................................................................................95
8 Disk Pools And Disk Pool Virtual Disks..................................................................................97
Difference Between Disk Groups And Disk Pools ..................................................................................................97
Disk Pool Restrictions .............................................................................................................................................97
Creating A Disk Pool Manually ...............................................................................................................................98
Automatically Managing The Unconfigured Capacity In Disk Pools ......................................................................99
Locating Physical Disks In A Disk Pool ...................................................................................................................99
Renaming A Disk Pool ...........................................................................................................................................100
Configuring Alert Notifications For A Disk Pool ....................................................................................................100
Adding Unassigned Physical Disks To A Disk Pool ..............................................................................................101
Configuring The Preservation Capacity Of A Disk Pool ........................................................................................101
Changing The Modification Priority Of A Disk Pool ..............................................................................................102
Changing The RAID Controller Module Ownership Of A Disk Pool ......................................................................102
Checking Data Consistency ..................................................................................................................................103
Deleting A Disk Pool .............................................................................................................................................104
Viewing Storage Array Logical Components And Associated Physical Components ........................................104
Secure Disk Pools .................................................................................................................................................105
Changing Capacity On Existing Thin Virtual Disks ................................................................................................106
Creating A Thin Virtual Disk From A Disk Pool ......................................................................................................106
9 Using SSD Cache....................................................................................................................109
How SSD Cache Works ........................................................................................................................................109
Benefits Of SSD Cache .........................................................................................................................................109
Choosing SSD Cache Parameters ........................................................................................................................109
SSD Cache Restrictions ........................................................................................................................................110
Creating An SSD Cache ........................................................................................................................................110
Viewing Physical Components Associated With An SSD Cache .........................................................................110