Administrator Guide

Virtual Disk Capacity Expansion.......................................................................................................................25
Disk Group Expansion......................................................................................................................................25
Disk Group Defragmentation............................................................................................................................25
Disk Group Operations Limit.............................................................................................................................25
RAID Background Operations Priority....................................................................................................................26
Virtual Disk Migration And Disk Roaming...............................................................................................................26
Disk Migration..................................................................................................................................................26
Disk Roaming....................................................................................................................................................27
Host Server-To-Virtual Disk Mapping..............................................................................................................27
Host Types........................................................................................................................................................28
Advanced Features.................................................................................................................................................28
Types Of Snapshot Functionality Supported....................................................................................................28
Snapshot Virtual Disks (Legacy)......................................................................................................................29
Snapshot (Legacy) Repository Virtual Disk......................................................................................................29
Virtual Disk Copy..............................................................................................................................................29
Virtual Disk Recovery.......................................................................................................................................30
Using Snapshot And Virtual Disk Copy Together.............................................................................................30
Multi-Path Software...............................................................................................................................................30
Preferred And Alternate Controllers And Paths...............................................................................................31
Virtual Disk Ownership.....................................................................................................................................31
Load Balancing.......................................................................................................................................................31
Monitoring System Performance............................................................................................................................32
Monitoring Performance Using The Tabular View...........................................................................................32
Monitoring Performance Using The Graphical View.......................................................................................33
3 Discovering And Managing Your Storage Array.................................................................35
Out-Of-Band Management.....................................................................................................................................35
In-Band Management.............................................................................................................................................35
Access Virtual Disk..........................................................................................................................................36
Storage Arrays........................................................................................................................................................36
Automatic Discovery Of Storage Arrays..........................................................................................................36
Manual Addition Of A Storage Array...............................................................................................................36
Setting Up Your Storage Array...............................................................................................................................37
Locating Storage Arrays..................................................................................................................................37
Naming Or Renaming Storage Arrays..............................................................................................................38
Setting A Password..........................................................................................................................................38
Adding Or Editing A Comment To An Existing Storage Array...........................................................................39
Removing Storage Arrays................................................................................................................................39
Enabling Premium Features.............................................................................................................................40
Displaying Failover Alert..................................................................................................................................40
Changing The Cache Settings On The Storage Array......................................................................................40
Changing Expansion Enclosure ID Numbers....................................................................................................41