Dell POWERVAULT MD3600F User Manual

Owner’s manual

This manual is related to the following products:

POWERVAULT MD3620F

Table of contents

Document Outline

Introduction
- About This Document
- Inside the Box of the Dell PowerVault MD3600f Series Storage Array
  - MD3600f Series Storage Array
  - Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager
- Other Information You May Need
Planning: About Your Storage Array
- Overview
- Hardware Features
  - Front-Panel Features and Indicators
  - 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 Modules
- RAID Controller Module Connectors and Features
- Host Channel LED Link/Rate Indications
- RAID Controller Module-Additional Features
- Cache Functions and Features
- SFP Transceivers, Fiber Optic, and SAS Cables
- Interoperability of 2 Gbps, 4 Gbps, and 8 Gbps Devices
Planning: MD3600f Series Storage Array Terms and Concepts
- Physical Disks, Virtual Disks, and Disk Groups
- RAID Levels
  - RAID Level Usage
- Segment Size
- Virtual Disk Operations
- Disk Group Operations
- RAID Background Operations Priority
- Virtual Disk Migration and Disk Roaming
  - Disk Migration
  - Disk Roaming
- Advanced Features
- Multi-Path Software
  - Preferred and Alternate Controllers and Paths
  - Virtual Disk Ownership
- Load Balancing
- Monitoring MD3600f Series System Performance
Configuration: Overview
- User Interface
  - Enterprise Management Window
  - Array Management Window
Configuration: About Your Storage Array
- Storage Arrays
- Configuring Alert Notifications
  - Configuring E-mail Alerts
  - Configuring SNMP Alerts
- Battery Settings
  - Setting the Storage Array RAID Controller Module Clocks
Configuration: Event Monitor
- Enabling or Disabling the Event Monitor
  - Windows
  - Linux
Configuration: About Your Host
- Configuring Host Access
- Using the Mappings Tab
  - Defining a Host
- Removing Host Access
- Managing Host Groups
- I/O Data Path Protection
- Managing Host Port Identifiers
Configuration: Disk Groups and Virtual Disks
- Creating Disk Groups and Virtual Disks
- Choosing an Appropriate Physical Disk Type
- Physical Disk Security With Self Encrypting Disk
- Configuring Hot Spare Physical Disks
- Enclosure Loss Protection
- Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
- Restricted Mappings
  - Changing the RAID Controller Module Ownership of a Virtual Disk or a Disk Group
- Changing the RAID Level of a Disk Group
- Storage Partitioning
- Disk Group and Virtual Disk Expansion
- Disk Group Migration
  - Export Disk Group
  - Exporting a Disk Group
- Import Disk Group
  - Importing a Disk Group
- Storage Array Media Scan
  - Changing Media Scan Settings
  - Suspending the Media Scan
Configuration: Premium Feature- Snapshot Virtual Disks
- Scheduling a Snapshot Virtual Disk
- Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk Using the Simple Path
  - About the Simple Path
  - Preparing Host Servers to Create the Snapshot Using the Simple Path
- Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk 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
- Snapshot Rollback
Configuration: Premium Feature- Upgrading to High-Performance Tier
Configuration: Premium Feature- Virtual Disk Copy
- Types of Virtual Disk Copies
  - Offline Copy
  - Online Copy
- Creating a Virtual Disk Copy for an MSCS Shared Disk
- Virtual Disk Read/Write Permissions
- Virtual Disk Copy Restrictions
- Creating a Virtual Disk Copy
- Preferred RAID Controller Module Ownership
- Failed RAID Controller Module
- Copy Manager
- Copying the Virtual Disk
- Storage Array Performance During Virtual Disk Copy
- Setting Copy Priority
- Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy
- Recopying a Virtual Disk
  - Preparing Host Servers to Recopy a Virtual Disk
  - Re-Copying a Virtual Disk
- Removing Copy Pairs
Configuration: Premium Feature- Remote Replication
- Switchable Host Access Configuration Required With Remote Replication
- Activating Remote Replication
- Replication Repository Virtual Disks
- RAID Levels for Replication Repository Virtual Disks
- Primary and Secondary Virtual Disk Pairs
- Using Remote Replication With Other Features
- Storage Partitioning With Remote Replication
- Snapshot Virtual Disk With Remote Replication
- Virtual Disk Copy With Remote Replication
- Virtual Disk Expansion With Remote Replication
- Required Switch Zoning Configurations
- Zoning Guidelines for Remote Replication
- Switch Cascading
- Journaling File Systems and Remote Replication
- Setting Up and Managing Remote Replication
- Activating the Remote Replication Premium Feature and Creating Replication Virtual Disks
- Activating and Creating Replication Repository Virtual Disks From the Storage Array
- Activating and Creating Replication Repository Virtual Disks From an Existing Disk Group
- Creating a Remote Replication
- Selecting the Secondary Virtual Disk
- Setting the Write Mode
- Setting Synchronization Priority and Synchronization Method
- Completing the Remote Replication
- RAID Controller Module Ownership/Preferred Path
- Viewing Information About a Remote Replication or Replication Repository Virtual Disk
- Viewing the Properties Pane
- Viewing Logical Elements of the Secondary Virtual Disk
- Viewing the Physical Components or Logical Elements of the Primary Virtual Disk
- Virtual Disk Status Icons
- Changing Write Mode and Consistency Group Membership
- Resynchronizing Virtual Disks
- Normally Synchronized Virtual Disks
- Changing Synchronization Priority and Method
- Unsynchronized Virtual Disks
- Automatically Resynchronizing Virtual Disks
- Manually Resynchronizing Virtual Disks
- Reversing Roles Between the Primary and Secondary Virtual Disks
- Promoting the Secondary Virtual Disk or Demoting the Primary Virtual Disk
- Suspending a Remote Replication
- Resuming a Remote Replication
- About Resumed Remote Replications
- Testing Communication Between the Primary and Secondary Virtual Disks
- Deleting a Virtual Disk From a Replicated Pair in a Storage Array
- Deleting a Primary Virtual Disk
- Deleting a Secondary Virtual Disk
- Deleting a Primary Virtual Disk in a Replicated Pair From a Storage Array
- Deleting a Secondary Virtual Disk in a Replicated Pair From a Storage Array
- Removing a Remote Replication From a Storage Array
- Deactivating the Remote Replication on the Storage Array
- Disabling the Remote Replication Premium Feature
Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for Linux
- Overview
- Using DM Multipathing Devices
  - Prerequisites
  - Device Mapper Configuration Steps
- Limitations and Known Issues
- Troubleshooting
Management: Firmware Downloads
- Downloading RAID Controller and NVSRAM Packages
- Downloading Both RAID Controller and NVSRAM Firmware
- Downloading Only NVSRAM Firmware
- Downloading Physical Disk Firmware
- Downloading MD1200 Series Expansion Module EMM Firmware
- Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART)
- Media Errors and Unreadable Sectors
Management: Installing Array Components
- Recommended Tools
- Front Bezel (Optional)
  - Removing the Front Bezel
  - Installing the Front Bezel
- Hard Drives
- RAID Controller Module
- RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit
  - Removing the RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit
  - Installing the RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit
- Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
  - Removing a Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
  - Installing a Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
- Control Panel
  - Removing the Control Panel
  - Installing the Control Panel
- Backplane
  - Removing the Backplane
  - Installing the Backplane
Management: Firmware Inventory
- Viewing the Firmware Inventory
Management: System Interfaces
- Microsoft Services
  - Virtual Disk Service
  - Volume Shadow-Copy Service
Troubleshooting: Your Storage Array Software
- Start-Up Routine
- Device Health Conditions
- Storage Array Support Data
- Automatically Collect the Support Bundle Data
- Collecting the Physical Disk Data
- Event Log
- Recovery Guru
- Storage Array Profile
- Viewing the Logical Associations
- Viewing the Physical 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
- Recovering From an Unidentified Storage Array
- Starting or Restarting the Host Context Agent Software
Troubleshooting: Your Array
- Safety First-For You and Your Array
- Troubleshooting Storage Array Startup Failure
- Troubleshooting Loss of Communication
- Troubleshooting an SFP Transceiver
- Troubleshooting External Connections
- Troubleshooting Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
- Troubleshooting Array Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting Expansion Enclosure Management Modules
- Troubleshooting RAID Controller Modules
- Troubleshooting Hard Drives
- Troubleshooting Array and Expansion Enclosure Connections
- Troubleshooting a Wet Storage Array
- Troubleshooting a Damaged Array
- Troubleshooting RAID Controller Modules
  - Conditions
Getting Help
- Locating Your System Service Tag
- Contacting Dell
- Documentation Feedback
Index