Administrator Guide

Host types...................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Advanced features.............................................................................................................................................................. 24
Types of snapshot functionality supported................................................................................................................24
Virtual disk copy.............................................................................................................................................................24
Virtual disk recovery......................................................................................................................................................25
Multi-path software............................................................................................................................................................ 25
Preferred and alternate controllers and paths...........................................................................................................25
Virtual disk ownership................................................................................................................................................... 25
Load balancing..................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Monitoring system performance....................................................................................................................................... 26
Interpreting performance monitor data...................................................................................................................... 27
Viewing real-time graphical performance monitor data............................................................................................29
Customizing the performance monitor dashboard................................................................................................... 29
Specifying performance metrics..................................................................................................................................29
Viewing real-time textual performance monitor........................................................................................................30
Saving real-time textual performance data.................................................................................................................31
Starting and stopping background performance monitor.........................................................................................31
Viewing information about the current background performance monitor session..............................................32
Viewing current background performance monitor data......................................................................................... 32
Saving the current background performance monitor data.....................................................................................32
Viewing saved background performance monitor data............................................................................................33
Invalid objects in Performance Monitor...................................................................................................................... 33
Chapter 3: Discovering and managing your storage array..................................................................34
Out-of-band management................................................................................................................................................. 34
In-band management.......................................................................................................................................................... 34
Access virtual disk......................................................................................................................................................... 35
Storage arrays......................................................................................................................................................................35
Automatic discovery of storage arrays.......................................................................................................................35
Manual addition of storage array.................................................................................................................................35
Setting up your storage array............................................................................................................................................ 36
Locating storage arrays................................................................................................................................................ 36
Naming or renaming storage arrays............................................................................................................................ 36
Setting a password........................................................................................................................................................37
Adding or editing a comment to an existing storage array.......................................................................................37
Removing storage arrays..............................................................................................................................................38
Enabling premium features...........................................................................................................................................38
Displaying failover alert................................................................................................................................................. 38
Changing the cache settings on the storage array...................................................................................................38
Changing expansion enclosure ID numbers................................................................................................................39
Changing the enclosure order......................................................................................................................................39
Configuring alert notifications............................................................................................................................................39
Configuring e-mail alerts...............................................................................................................................................39
Configuring SNMP alerts..............................................................................................................................................40
Battery settings................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Changing the battery settings..................................................................................................................................... 43
Setting the storage array RAID controller module clocks.............................................................................................. 43
Chapter 4: Using iSCSI.................................................................................................................. 44
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