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
put firmware-file disk:enclosure-ID:slot-number
For example:
put AS10.bin disk:1:11
CAUTION: Do not power cycle enclosures, or restart a controller during the firmware update. If the update
is interrupted or there is a power failure, the disk might become inoperative. If this issue occurs, contact
technical support.
It typically takes several minutes for the firmware to load. In FTP, wait for the message Operation Complete to appear.
No messages are displayed in SFTP.
NOTE: If the update fails, verify that you specified the correct firmware file and try the update a second time. If it fails
again, contact technical support.
7. If you are updating specific disks, repeat step 4 for each remaining disk to update.
8. Quit the FTP/SFTP session.
9. If the updated disks must be power cycled:
a. Shut down both controllers by using the PowerVault Manager.
b. Power cycle all enclosures as described in the Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Deployment Guide.
10. Verify that each disk has the correct firmware revision.
Installing a security certificate
The storage system supports use of unique certificates for secure data communications, to authenticate that the expected
storage systems are being managed. Use of authentication certificates applies to the HTTPS protocol, which is used by the web
server in each controller module.
As an alternative to using the CLI to create a security certificate on the storage system, you can use FTP/SFTP to install a
custom certificate on the system. A certificate consists of a certificate file and an associated key file. The certificate can be
created by using OpenSSL, for example, and is expected to be valid. If you replace the controller module in which a custom
certificate is installed, the partner controller will automatically install the certificate file to the replacement controller module.
Install a security certificate
Perform the following steps to install a security certificate:
1. In the PowerVault Manager, prepare to use FTP/SFTP:
a. Determine the network-port IP addresses of the system controllers. See Configuring controller network ports.
b. Verify that the FTP/SFTP service is enabled on the system. See Enable or disable system-management settings.
c. Verify that the user you plan to use has manage role permissions and FTP/SFTP interface permissions. See Adding,
modifying, and deleting users.
2. Open a Command Prompt (Windows) or a terminal window (UNIX) and go to the directory that contains the certificate files.
3. Type:
sftp -P port controller-network-address or
ftp controller-network-address
For example:
sftp -P 1022 10.235.216.152 or
ftp 10.1.0.9
4. Log in as a user with manage role permissions and FTP/SFTP interface permissions.
5. Type:
put certificate-file-name cert-file
where certificate-file-name is the name of the certificate file for your specific system.
6. Type:
put key-file-name cert-key-file
Other management interfaces
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