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 following are descriptions of some Disk Information panel items:
● Power On Hours – Total number of hours that the disk has been powered on since it was manufactured. This value is
updated in 30-minute increments.
● FDE State – FDE state of the disk. For more information about FDE states, see the Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series
Storage System CLI Guide.
● FDE lock keys – FDE lock keys are generated from the FDE passphrase and manage locking and unlocking the FDE-capable
disks in the system. Clearing the lock keys and power cycling the system denies access to data on the disks.
Rear view
The Rear tab shows the rear of all enclosures in a graphical view.
The rear view shows enclosure IDs and the presence or absence of power supplies, controller modules, and expansion modules.
It also shows controller module IDs, host port types and names, network port IP addresses, and expansion port names.
To see more information, hover the cursor over an enclosure ear or a component. To illuminate a locator LED for any of
the components, select one or more components and click Turn On LEDs. To turn off individual locator LEDs, select the
components and click Turn Off LEDs. To turn off all locator LEDs, ensure that no components are selected and click Turn Off
LEDs. For a 5U84 enclosure, only enclosures, I/O modules, and disks are selectable.
NOTE: Protocol-specific properties are displayed only for host ports that use those protocols.
Table 8. Additional information panels for the rear view of the enclosure
Panel Information displayed
Enclosure Information ID, status, vendor, model, disk count, WWN, midplane serial number, revision, part number,
manufacturing date, manufacturing location, EMP A revision, EMP B revision, EMP A bus ID, EMP B
bus ID, EMP A target ID, EMP B target ID, midplane type, enclosure power (watts), PCIe 2-capable,
health
Power Supply
Information
Status, vendor, model, serial number, revision, location, part number, manufacturing date,
manufacturing location, health
Controller Information ID, IP address, description, status, model, serial number, hardware version, system cache memory
(MB), revision, CPLD version, Storage Controller code version, Storage Controller CPU type, part
number, position, hardware version, manufacturing date, manufacturing location, health
Port Information (FC) Name, type, ID (WWN), status, configured speed, actual speed, topology, primary loop ID, supported
speeds, SFP status, part number, health
Port Information
(iSCSI)
Name, type, ID (IQN), status, configured speed, actual speed, IP version, MAC address, address,
gateway, netmask, SFP status, part number, 10G compliance, cable length, cable technology,
Ethernet compliance, health
Port Information (SAS) Name, type, ID (WWN), status, actual speed, topology, expected lanes, active lanes, disabled lanes,
health
Network Information Name, mode, IP address, network mask, gateway, MAC address, health
Expansion Port
Information
Enclosure ID, controller ID, name, status, health
Expansion Module
Information (IOM)
ID, description, serial number, revision, health
If the health of a component is not OK, the health reason, recommended action, and unhealthy subcomponents are shown to
help you resolve problems.
Table view
The Table tab shows a tabular view of information about physical components in the system. By default, the table shows 20
entries at a time.
For each component, the table shows the following information:
Working in the System topic
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