Dell PowerVault MD3000i - Manual (Page 4)

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Contents
3 Configuring a Storage Array
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Configuring a Storage Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Determining What is on Your Storage Array . . . . 44
Saving a Configuration to a File . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the Create Virtual Disk Command . . . . . . 48
Using the Auto Configure Command . . . . . . . . 53
Modifying Your Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Setting the Storage Array Password . . . . . . . . 56
Setting Up SMTP and SNMP Alerts . . . . . . . . 56
Setting the RAID Controller Module Clocks . . . . 57
Setting the Storage Array Host Type . . . . . . . . 57
Setting Modification Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Assigning Global Hot Spares . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4 Using the Snapshot Feature
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Using Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot
Virtual Disk
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Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Enabling the Snapshot Virtual Disk Feature . . . . 64
Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with
User-Assigned Physical Disks
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Preparing Host Servers to Create an Initial
Snapshot Virtual Disk
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Creating the Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk . . . . . 66
Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with
Software-Assigned Physical Disks
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Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk by Specifying
a Number of Physical Disks
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User-Defined Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Names of Snapshot Virtual Disks and Repository
Virtual Disks
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