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
1. In the first column to sort by, click its heading once or twice to reorder items.
2. In the second column to sort by, Shift+click its heading once or twice to reorder items. If you Shift+click a third time, the
column is deselected.
3. Continue for each additional column to sort by.
Using filters to find items with specified text
To filter a multicolumn table, in the filter field above the table, enter the text to find. As you type, only items that contain the
specified text remain shown. Filters are not case sensitive.
To use a column filter
1. In the column heading click the filter icon (
). The filter menu appears.
2. Do one of the following:
● In the filter field, enter the text to find. As you type, only items that contain the specified text remain shown. Because a
filter is active, the icon changes (
). Previous search terms are listed below the field. Previous search terms that match
displayed values are shown in bold.
● If the filter list has an entry for the text you want to find, select that entry.
● To show all items in the column, click the filter icon and select All.
To clear all filters and show all items, click Clear Filters.
Limiting the number of items shown
To show a specific number of items at a time in a multicolumn table, select a value from the Show menu. If more items exist, you
can page through them by using the following buttons:
Show next set of items.
Reached end of list.
Show previous set of items.
Reached start of list.
Tips for using help
The following list contains tips for using help in PowerVault Manager:
● To display help for the content in the topic pane, click the help icon in the banner.
NOTE:
The help content in PowerVault Manager is not viewable if you use the Microsoft Edge browser that shipped with
Windows 10.
● In the help window, click the table of contents icon to show or hide the Contents pane.
● As the context in the main panel is changed, the corresponding help topic is displayed in the help window. To prevent this
automatic context-switching, click the pin icon
. When a help window is pinned, you can still browse to other topics within
the window and you can open a new window. You cannot unpin a help window. You can only close it.
● If you have viewed more than one help topic, you can click the arrow icons to display the previous or next topic.
● To close the help window, click the close icon .
Export data to a CSV file
You can export initiator, host, volume, mapping, and replication data that is displayed in tables to a downloadable Comma
Separated Values (CSV) file that can be viewed in a spreadsheet for further analysis. Data can be exported for the entire table
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