Dell PowerVault MD3260i - Manual (Page 4)

Installing The SAS Provider (ESXi 5.0 and 5.1 Servers Only) .........................................................33
Configuring SAS Support On ESX And ESXi Hosts .............................................................................34
Requirements For Using A SAS Host ............................................................................................ 34
Creating A New User Login With Host Privileges (ESX And ESXi Servers) ...................................34
Enabling Root Login From A Host Console (ESX Servers Only) .................................................. 34
Enabling Root Login From A Host Console (ESXi Servers Only) ................................................. 35
4 Configuring The ESX/ESXi Host.......................................................................... 37
Configuring ESX Host To Storage Array .............................................................................................38
5 Managing Storage Arrays Using The MD vCenter Plug-In Manager
View............................................................................................................................... 43
Storage Array Manager Features ........................................................................................................ 43
Adding Storage Arrays To The vCenter Plug-In Manager View .................................................. 43
Discovering Storage Arrays ...........................................................................................................45
Using Asset Tags ........................................................................................................................... 46
Managing Asset Tags .....................................................................................................................47
Removing Storage Arrays From The vCenter Plug-In Manager View .........................................48
All Storage Arrays Table View ....................................................................................................... 48
Assigning Asset Tags And Values ..................................................................................................49
Summary View .................................................................................................................................... 50
Editing Storage Array Properties ................................................................................................... 51
Storage Array Event Log ................................................................................................................52
Storage Array Configuration Backup ............................................................................................ 52
Formatting Virtual Disks For vSphere ........................................................................................... 54
Virtual Disks Decision-Making Schemes ...................................................................................... 55
Virtual Disks View ................................................................................................................................ 55
Creating A Virtual Disks Group ..................................................................................................... 56
Dynamic Disk Pools .......................................................................................................................57
Creating A New Virtual Disk On Virtual Disks Group ................................................................... 57
Creating A Thin Provisioned Virtual Disks .................................................................................... 58
Legacy Snapshots ..........................................................................................................................58
Mappings View ....................................................................................................................................60
Mapping A Virtual Disks To Host ...................................................................................................61
Rescan Storage Adapters ...............................................................................................................61
Adding Host To Virtual Disks ........................................................................................................ 63
Adding Host Group ....................................................................................................................... 63
Virtual Disks Copy View ...................................................................................................................... 63
Creating A New Virtual Disks Copy .............................................................................................. 64
Synchronous Replication View ...........................................................................................................66
Creating Remote Virtual Disks Replication ...................................................................................67
Removing Replicated Pairs ........................................................................................................... 68