Install Guide

6 Where to Go After Setting Up a Group
Aftersettingupagroup,youcancustomizethegroupinordertomoreeffectivelymanageyourstorage
environment.Youcanalsobegintousethefullsetofproductfeatures.Thefollowingdocumentationand
additionalproductsareincludedinthepurchaseofyourarrayandareavailableatanytime.
• TheHardware Owner's Manualprovidesbasicstoragearrayinformation,maintenanceinformation,and
troubleshootinginformationforyourPSSeriesstoragearrayhardware.
• TheDell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Guideprovidesdetailsaboutconfiguringandusingthe
PSSeriesfirmwarethatisinstalledoneacharray.Itincludesinformationaboutstorageconceptsandhowto
usetheGroupManagerGUItomanageagroup.
• TheDell EqualLogic Group Manger CLI Reference GuidedescribeshowtousetheGroupManagerCLIto
manageagroupandindividualarrays.
• TheManualTransferUtilitysupportsoff-networkreplicationofvolumedata.
• InaVMware®environment,youcanusetheDellEqualLogicVirtualStorageManager(VSM)forVMware
tomanagesnapshotsandreplicasonthePSSeriesgroupthatcanrestoreindividualvirtualmachinesorthe
wholeVMwareenvironment.
• YoucanusetheDellEqualLogicStorageReplicationAdapterforVMwareSiteRecoveryManager®
(SRM),whichallowsSRMtounderstandandrecognizePSSeriesreplicasforfullSRMintegration.
• TheDellEqualLogicMultipathingExtensionModule(MEM)providesenhancementstotheVMware
multipathingfunctionality.
• InaMicrosoftenvironment,youcanusetheAuto-SnapshotManager/MicrosoftEditiontocreateand
managesnapshots,clones,andreplicaSmartCopiesonthePSSeriesgroupthatcanrestoreapplications
suchasSQLServer,ExchangeServer,Hyper-V,SharePoint,andNTFSfileshares.
• IfyouhaveseveralPSSeriesgroups,youcanmonitorandmanagethemwithDellEqualLogicSAN
Headquarters.
Common Group Customization Tasks
Table11describescommongroupcustomizationtasks.ThesetasksarefullydocumentedintheDell EqualLogic
Group Manager Administrator's Guide.
Table 11: Common Group Customization Tasks
Task Description
Addnetworkconnectionstoa
groupmember
Multiplenetworkconnectionsincreaseperformanceandavailabilityandarerequired
formultipathI/O.Dellrecommendsthatyouconnectallthenetworkinterfaceson
bothcontrolmodulestomultiplenetworkswitchesandthenusetheGUIorCLIto
assignanIPaddressandnetmasktotheinterfacesandenablethem.
Createadministrationaccounts
Thegrpadminaccountisthedefaultadministrationaccount.Dellrecommendsthat
yousetupadditionalaccountsforeachadministrator,andreservethedefault
grpadminaccountformaintenanceoperationssuchasfirmwareupgrades.
AccountscanbeconfiguredtobeauthenticatedthroughthePSSeriesgroup,
RADIUS,orbyusingLDAPorActiveDirectoryauthentication.
Setupeventnotification
Tobeinformedofsignificanteventsinatimelymanner,setupemailorsyslog
notification.
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