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
The default is public.
5. In the Write community field, enter the SNMP write password for your network. This string must differ from the read-
community string. The value is case-sensitive and can have a maximum of 31 bytes. It can include any character except for
the following: " < >
The default is private.
6. In the Trap Host Address fields, enter the network addresses of hosts that are configured to receive SNMP traps. The
values can be IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addresses, or FQDNs.
7. 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.
8. Click OK.
Test SNMP notification settings
Perform the following steps to test SNMP notification settings:
1. Configure three SNMP trap hosts to receive notifications of system events.
2. Click Test SNMP. A test notification is sent to each configured trap host.
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 managed logs settings
Perform the following steps to configure managed logs settings:
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 Email tab and ensure that the SMTP Server and SMTP Domain options are set. See Configure SMTP settings on
page 48.
3. Select the Managed Logs tab.
4. Set the managed log option:
● To enable managed logs, select the Enable Managed Logs check box.
● To disable managed logs, clear the Enable Managed Logs check box.
5. If the managed logs option is enabled, type the email address of the log-collection system in the Email destination address
field.
The email address must use the format user-name@domain-name and can have a maximum of 320 bytes. For example:
LogCollector@mydomain.com.
6. Select one of the following options:
● To use push mode, which automatically attaches system log files to managed-logs email notifications that are sent to the
log-collection system, select the Include logs as an email attachment check box.
● To use pull mode, clear the Include logs as an email attachment check box.
7. 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.
8. Click OK.
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Working in the Home topic