Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Administrator’s Guide
- Contents
- Getting started
- New user setup
- Configure and provision a new storage system
- Using the PowerVault Manager interface
- System concepts
- About virtual and linear storage
- About disk groups
- About RAID levels
- About ADAPT
- About SSDs
- About SSD read cache
- About spares
- About pools
- About volumes and volume groups
- About volume cache options
- About thin provisioning
- About automated tiered storage
- About initiators, hosts, and host groups
- About volume mapping
- About operating with a single controller
- About snapshots
- About copying volumes
- About reconstruction
- About quick rebuild
- About performance statistics
- About firmware updates
- About managed logs
- About SupportAssist
- About CloudIQ
- About configuring DNS settings
- About replicating virtual volumes
- About the Full Disk Encryption feature
- About data protection with a single controller
- Working in the Home topic
- Guided setup
- Provisioning disk groups and pools
- Attaching hosts and volumes in the Host Setup wizard
- Overall system status
- Configuring system settings
- Managing scheduled tasks
- Working in the System topic
- Viewing system components
- Systems Settings panel
- Resetting host ports
- Rescanning disk channels
- Clearing disk metadata
- Updating firmware
- Changing FDE settings
- Configuring advanced settings
- Changing disk settings
- Changing system cache settings
- Configuring partner firmware update
- Configuring system utilities
- Using maintenance mode
- Restarting or shutting down controllers
- Working in the Hosts topic
- Working in the Pools topic
- Working in the Volumes topic
- Viewing volumes
- Creating a virtual volume
- Creating a linear volume
- Modifying a volume
- Copying a volume or snapshot
- Abort a volume copy
- Adding volumes to a volume group
- Removing volumes from a volume group
- Renaming a volume group
- Remove volume groups
- Rolling back a virtual volume
- Deleting volumes and snapshots
- Creating snapshots
- Resetting a snapshot
- Creating a replication set from the Volumes topic
- Initiating or scheduling a replication from the Volumes topic
- Manage replication schedules from the Volumes topic
- Working in the Mappings topic
- Working in the Replications topic
- About replicating virtual volumes in the Replications topic
- Replication prerequisites
- Replication process
- Creating a virtual pool for replication
- Setting up snapshot space management in the context of replication
- Replication and empty allocated pages
- Disaster recovery
- Accessing the data while keeping the replication set intact
- Accessing the data from the backup system as if it were the primary system
- Disaster recovery procedures
- Viewing replications
- Querying a peer connection
- Creating a peer connection
- Modifying a peer connection
- Deleting a peer connection
- Creating a replication set from the Replications topic
- Modifying a replication set
- Deleting a replication set
- Initiating or scheduling a replication from the Replications topic
- Stopping a replication
- Suspending a replication
- Resuming a replication
- Manage replication schedules from the Replications topic
- About replicating virtual volumes in the Replications topic
- Working in the Performance topic
- Working in the banner and footer
- Banner and footer overview
- Viewing system information
- Viewing certificate information
- Viewing connection information
- Viewing system date and time information
- Viewing user information
- Viewing health information
- Viewing event information
- Viewing capacity information
- Viewing host information
- Viewing tier information
- Viewing recent system activity
- Other management interfaces
- SNMP reference
- Using FTP and SFTP
- Using SMI-S
- Using SLP
- Administering a log-collection system
- Best practices
- System configuration limits
- Glossary of terms
Test managed logs notification settings
Perform the following steps to test managed logs notification settings:
1. Configure your system to send a notification when managed logs are sent to the log collection system.
2. Click Test Managed Logs. A test event is sent to the log collection system.
3. Verify that the test notification reached the intended location.
4. Click OK.
If there was an error in sending a test notification, event 611 is displayed in the confirmation.
Configure remote syslog notifications
Perform the following steps to configure remote syslog notifications:
1. Perform one of the following to access the options in the Notifications tab:
● In the Home topic, select Action > System Settings, then click Notifications.
● In the System topic, select Action > System Settings, then click Notifications.
● In the footer, click the events panel and select Set Up Notifications.
● In the Welcome panel, select System Settings, and then click the Notifications tab.
2. Select the Syslog tab.
3. Configure the Syslog options:
● Notification Level: Select the minimum severity for which the system should send notifications: Critical (only); Error
(and Critical); Warning (and Error and Critical); Resolved (and Error, Critical, and Warning); Informational (all); or
none (Disabled), which disables syslog notification.
● Syslog Server: Network address of the syslog host system. The value can be an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or FQDN. If
the Notification Level is other than none (Disabled), you must specify the Syslog Server IP Address.
● Syslog Server Port Number: Port number of the syslog host system.
4. Perform one of the following:
● To save your settings and continue configuring your system, click Apply.
● To save your settings and close the panel, click Apply and Close.
A confirmation panel appears.
5. Click OK.
Test remote syslog notification settings
Perform the following steps to test remote syslog notification settings:
1. Configure your system to send a notification when an event is sent to the remote syslog server.
2. Click Test Syslog. A test event is sent to the syslog server.
3. Verify that the test notification reached the intended location.
4. Click OK.
If there was an error in sending a test notification, event 611 is displayed in the confirmation.
Configuring SupportAssist
SupportAssist sends configuration and diagnostic information from an ME4 Series storage system to technical support.
When enabled, you agree to allow the feature to remotely monitor the storage system, collect diagnostic information, and
transmit the data to a remote support server. Each time SupportAssist runs, a service tag is sent that includes a unique
identifier for your system. This identifier can be used to contact you if your system needs repair.
Event information sent to the remote server includes error and critical event messages, event IDs, event codes, timestamps, and
component identifiers. Log data information includes:
● Current configuration state of the storage system
● XML API dump of the storage system
● Event log
● Full debug log
Working in the Home topic
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