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
Table 30. FA MIB 2.2 objects, descriptions, and values (continued)
Object Description Value
connUnitRevsUnitId
connUnitId of the connectivity unit
that contains this revision table
Same as connUnitId
connUnitRevsIndex
Unique value for each
connUnitRevsEntry between 1 and
connUnitNumRevs
See External details for certain FA MIB
2.2 objects
connUnitRevsRevId
Vendor-specific string identifying a
revision of a component of the
connUnit
String specifying the code version.
Reports “Not Installed or Offline” if
module information is not available.
connUnitRevsDescription
Display string containing description of
a component to which the revision
corresponds
See External details for certain FA MIB
2.2 objects
connUnitSensorTable
Includes the following objects as specified by the FA MIB2.2 Spec:
connUnitSensorUnitId
connUnitId of the connectivity unit
that contains this sensor table
Same as connUnitId
connUnitSensorIndex
Unique value for each
connUnitSensorEntry between 1
and connUnitNumSensors
See External details for certain FA MIB
2.2 objects
connUnitSensorName
Display string containing textual
identification of the sensor intended
primarily for operator use
See External details for certain FA MIB
2.2 objects
connUnitSensorStatus
Status indicated by the sensor
ok (3), warning (4), or failed (5) as
appropriate for FRUs that are present,
or other (2) if FRU is not present.
connUnitSensorInfo
Not supported Empty string
connUnitSensorMessage
Description the sensor status as a
message
connUnitSensorName followed by
the appropriate sensor reading.
Temperatures display in both Celsius
and Fahrenheit. For example, CPU
Temperature (Controller Module A):
48C 118F). Reports “Not installed” or
“Offline” if data is not available.
connUnitSensorType
Type of component being monitored by
this sensor
See External details for certain FA MIB
2.2 objects
connUnitSensorCharacteristic
Characteristics being monitored by this
sensor
See External details for certain FA MIB
2.2 objects
connUnitPortTable
Includes the following objects as specified by the FA MIB2.2 Spec:
connUnitPortUnitId
connUnitId of the connectivity unit
that contains this port
Same as connUnitId
connUnitPortIndex
Unique value for each
connUnitPortEntry between 1 and
connUnitNumPorts
Unique value for each port, between 1
and the number of ports
connUnitPortType
Port type not-present (3), or n-port (5) for point-
to-point topology, or l-port (6)
connUnitPortFCClassCap
Bit mask that specifies the classes of
service capability of this port. If this
is not applicable, returns all bits set to
zero.
Fibre Channel ports return 8 for class-
three
150 Other management interfaces