Dell PowerVault MD34XX and MD38XX Series Storage Arrays SMI-S Provider Installation Guide
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Contents 1 SMI-S Provider Installation Guide............................................................................................5 Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Version Information............................................................................................................................................5 Name Space..............................
SMI-S Provider Installation Guide Introduction The Dell PowerVault MD Series storage arrays provide an industry-standard Application Programming Interface (API) called the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S). This interface enables third party SMI-S client applications to manage MD Series storage arrays in a multi-vendor storage area network (SAN) environment. SMI-enabled management applications are known as Common Information Model (CIM) clients.
• Device credentials • Proxy server system management • Multiple computer system • Block services • Disk drive lite • Copy services • Job control • Extent composition • Disk sparing • Initiator port (SAS and SATA) • Target port (SAS) • iSCSI target port • Access points • Indications • Masking and mapping • Location • Software inventory • Software update • Erasure • Battery • Storage asymmetry • Message log • Block server performance NOTE: Block server performance
Installing SMI-S Provider The SMI-S Provider is packaged as an archive file for UNIX-based operating system servers and as an executable installation file for Microsoft Windows-based operating system servers. Installing SMI-S Provider For Windows-Based Operating Systems To install the SMI-S Provider: 1. Move the SMI-S Provider installation executable file on the server where you want to install the SMI-S Provider. 2.
Function Command To enable or disable service location protocol (SLP) # cimconfig -s slp={true | false} -p NOTE: If SLP is enabled, see the table below for additional settings information. NOTE: Commands are of the following format: cimconfig -s ={true|false} -p where is a column heading in the following table. Table 1.
Uninstalling SMI-S Provider Uninstalling SMI-S Provider For Windows-Based Operating Systems 1. Navigate to the Control Panel. 2. Click Add or Remove Programs. 3. Double-click Dell SMI-S Provider to uninstall it. The uninstallation procedure may leave files (such as trace files, repository files, and other administrative files) that were created by SMI-S Provider after the installation was complete. Manually delete these files to completely remove SMI-S Provider.
To change the debug tracing option: 1. Go to the directory where SMI-S Provider is installed. The default install directories are: 2. – <%Program Files%>/Dell/pegasus/provider/array for Windows. – /opt/dell/pegasus/array for Linux. Edit providerTraceLog.properties file in a text file editor, by following the steps below: a) Remove the pound sign (#) from the lines containing File, Level, and Events. b) Edit the file name in the field File. This file contains the trace messages. 3.
Issue Recommended Action The CIM client methods fail due to authentication error: Return Code -4 During installation, you do not run into any issues with the storage array password because the SMI-S Provider does not yet have information about the storage arrays to manage. However, after you add the storage arrays, a Return Code -4 message is displayed for any method that runs.
