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Introduction
- About This Document
- Inside the Box of the Dell PowerVault MD3600f Series Storage Array
  - Dell PowerVault MD3600f Series Storage Array
  - Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager
- Other Information You May Need
Planning: About Your Storage Array
- Overview
- Hardware Features
  - Front-Panel Features and Indicators
  - Back Panel Features and Indicators
- Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns
- Power Supply and Cooling Fan Features
- Power Indicator Codes
Planning: RAID Controller Modules
- RAID Controller Modules
- RAID Controller Module Connectors and Features
- Host Channel LED Link/Rate Indications
- RAID Controller Module-Additional Features
- Cache Functions and Features
- SFP Transceivers, Fiber Optic, and SAS Cables
- Interoperability of 2 Gbps, 4 Gbps, and 8 Gbps Devices
Planning: MD3600f Series Storage Array Terms and Concepts
- Physical Disks, Virtual Disks, and Disk Groups
- RAID Levels
  - RAID Level Usage
- Segment Size
- Virtual Disk Operations
- Disk Group Operations
- RAID Background Operations Priority
- Virtual Disk Migration and Disk Roaming
  - Disk Migration
  - Disk Roaming
- Advanced Features
- Multi-Path Software
  - Preferred and Alternate Controllers and Paths
  - Virtual Disk Ownership
- Load Balancing
- Monitoring MD3600f Series System Performance
Configuration: Overview
- User Interface
  - Enterprise Management Window
  - Array Management Window
Configuration: About Your Storage Array
- Out-of-Band and In-Band Management
- Storage Arrays
- Configuring Alert Notifications
  - Configuring E-mail Alerts
  - Configuring SNMP Alerts
- Battery Settings
  - Setting the Storage Array RAID Controller Module Clocks
Configuration: Event Monitor
- Enabling or Disabling the Event Monitor
  - Windows
  - Linux
Configuration: About Your Host
- Configuring Host Access
- Using the Mappings Tab
  - Defining a Host
- Removing Host Access
- Managing Host Groups
- I/O Data Path Protection
- Managing Host Port Identifiers
Configuration: Disk Groups and Virtual Disks
- Creating Disk Groups and Virtual Disks
- Choosing an Appropriate Physical Disk Type
- Physical Disk Security With Self Encrypting Disk
- Configuring Hot Spare Physical Disks
- Enclosure Loss Protection
- Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping
- Restricted Mappings
  - Changing the RAID Controller Module Ownership of a Virtual Disk or a Disk Group
- Changing the RAID Level of a Disk Group
- Storage Partitioning
- Disk Group and Virtual Disk Expansion
- Disk Group Migration
  - Export Disk Group
  - Exporting a Disk Group
- Import Disk Group
  - Importing a Disk Group
- Storage Array Media Scan
  - Changing Media Scan Settings
  - Suspending the Media Scan
Configuration: Premium Feature- Snapshot Virtual Disks
- Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk Using the Simple Path
  - About the Simple Path
  - Preparing Host Servers to Create the Snapshot Using the Simple Path
- Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk Using the Advanced Path
- Specifying Snapshot Virtual Disk Names
- Snapshot Repository Capacity
- Re-creating Snapshot Virtual Disks
- Disabling a Snapshot Virtual Disk
  - Preparing Host Servers to Re-create a Snapshot Virtual Disk
- Re-creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk
Configuration: Premium Feature- Virtual Disk Copy
- Creating a Virtual Disk Copy for an MSCS Shared Disk
- Virtual Disk Read/Write Permissions
- Virtual Disk Copy Restrictions
- Creating a Virtual Disk Copy
- Preferred RAID Controller Module Ownership
- Failed RAID Controller Module
- Copy Manager
- Copying the Virtual Disk
- Storage Array Performance During Virtual Disk Copy
- Setting Copy Priority
- Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy
- Recopying a Virtual Disk
  - Preparing Host Servers to Recopy a Virtual Disk
  - Recopying the Virtual Disk
- Removing Copy Pairs
Configuration: Premium Feature- Upgrading to High-Performance Tier
Configuration: Premium Feature- Remote Replication
- Switchable Host Access Configuration Required With Remote Replication
- Activating Remote Replication
- Replication Repository Virtual Disks
- RAID Levels for Replication Repository Virtual Disks
- Primary and Secondary Virtual Disk Pairs
- Using Remote Replication With Other Features
- Storage Partitioning With Remote Replication
- Snapshot Virtual Disk With Remote Replication
- Virtual Disk Copy With Remote Replication
- Virtual Disk Expansion With Remote Replication
- Required Switch Zoning Configurations
- Zoning Guidelines for Remote Replication
- Switch Cascading
- Journaling File Systems and Remote Replication
- Setting Up and Managing Remote Replication
- Activating the Remote Replication Premium Feature and Creating Replication Virtual Disks
- Activating and Creating Replication Repository Virtual Disks From the Storage Array
- Activating and Creating Replication Repository Virtual Disks From an Existing Disk Group
- Creating a Remote Replication
- Selecting the Secondary Virtual Disk
- Setting the Write Mode
- Setting Synchronization Priority and Synchronization Method
- Completing the Remote Replication
- RAID Controller Module Ownership/Preferred Path
- Viewing Information About a Remote Replication or Replication Repository Virtual Disk
- Viewing the Properties Pane
- Viewing Logical Elements of the Secondary Virtual Disk
- Viewing the Physical Components or Logical Elements of the Primary Virtual Disk
- Virtual Disk Status Icons
- Changing Write Mode and Consistency Group Membership
- Resynchronizing Virtual Disks
- Normally Synchronized Virtual Disks
- Changing Synchronization Priority and Method
- Unsynchronized Virtual Disks
- Automatically Resynchronizing Virtual Disks
- Manually Resynchronizing Virtual Disks
- Reversing Roles Between the Primary and Secondary Virtual Disks
- Promoting the Secondary Virtual Disk or Demoting the Primary Virtual Disk
- Suspending a Remote Replication
- Resuming a Remote Replication
- About Resumed Remote Replications
- Testing Communication Between the Primary and Secondary Virtual Disks
- Deleting a Virtual Disk From a Replicated Pair in a Storage Array
- Deleting a Primary Virtual Disk
- Deleting a Secondary Virtual Disk
- Deleting a Primary Virtual Disk in a Replicated Pair From a Storage Array
- Deleting a Secondary Virtual Disk in a Replicated Pair From a Storage Array
- Removing a Remote Replication From a Storage Array
- Deactivating the Remote Replication on the Storage Array
- Disabling the Remote Replication Premium Feature
Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for Linux
- Overview
- Using DM Multipathing Devices
  - Prerequisites
  - Device Mapper Configuration Steps
- Limitations and Known Issues
- Troubleshooting
Management: Installing Array Components
- Recommended Tools
- Front Bezel (Optional)
  - Removing the Front Bezel
  - Installing the Front Bezel
- Hard Drives
- RAID Controller Module
- RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit
  - Removing the RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit
  - Installing the RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit
- Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
  - Removing a Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
  - Installing a Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
- Control Panel
  - Removing the Control Panel
  - Installing the Control Panel
- Backplane
  - Removing the Backplane
  - Installing the Backplane
Management: Firmware Downloads
- Downloading RAID Controller and NVSRAM Packages
- Downloading Both RAID Controller and NVSRAM Firmware
- Downloading Only NVSRAM Firmware
- Downloading Physical Disk Firmware
- Downloading MD1200 Series Expansion Module EMM Firmware
- Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART)
- Media Errors and Unreadable Sectors
Management: Firmware Inventory
- Viewing the Firmware Inventory
Management: System Interfaces
- Microsoft Services
  - Virtual Disk Service
  - Volume Shadow-Copy Service
Troubleshooting: Your Storage Array Software
- Start-Up Routine
- Device Health Conditions
- Storage Array Support Data
- Automatically Collect the Support Bundle Data
- Collecting the Physical Disk Data
- Event Log
- Recovery Guru
- Storage Array Profile
- Viewing the Logical Associations
- Viewing the Physical Associations
- Finding Nodes
- Using Go To
- Recovering From an Unresponsive Storage Array Condition
- Locating a Physical Disk
- Locating an Expansion Enclosure
- Capturing the State Information
- SMrepassist Utility
- Unidentified Devices
- Recovering From an Unidentified Storage Array
- Starting or Restarting the Host Context Agent Software
Troubleshooting: Your Array
- Safety First-For You and Your Array
- Troubleshooting Storage Array Startup Failure
- Troubleshooting Loss of Communication
- Troubleshooting an SFP Transceiver
- Troubleshooting External Connections
- Troubleshooting Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module
- Troubleshooting Array Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting Expansion Enclosure Management Modules
- Troubleshooting RAID Controller Modules
- Troubleshooting Hard Drives
- Troubleshooting Array and Expansion Enclosure Connections
- Troubleshooting a Wet Storage Array
- Troubleshooting a Damaged Array
- Troubleshooting RAID Controller Modules
  - Conditions
Getting Help
- Contacting Dell
Index

42 Planning: MD3600f Series Storage Array Terms and Concepts

Disk groups are always created in the unconfigured capacity of a storage array.

Unconfigured capacity is the available physical disk space not already

assigned in the storage array.

Virtual disks are created within the free capacity of a disk group. Free capacity

is the space in a disk group that has not been assigned to a virtual disk.

Virtual Disk States

The storage array recognizes the following virtual disk states.

Table 4-2. RAID Controller Virtual Disk States

State Description

Optimal The virtual disk contains physical disks that are all online.

Degraded The virtual disk with a redundant RAID level contains an inaccessible

physical disk. The system can still work properly, but performance may

be affected and additional disk failures may result in data loss.

Offline A virtual disk with one or more member disks in an inaccessible (failed,

missing, or offline) state. Data on the virtual disk is no longer accessible.

Force online The storage array forces a virtual disk that is in an Offline state to an

Optimal state. If all the member physical disks are not available, the

storage array forces the virtual disk to a Degraded state. The storage

array can force a virtual disk to an Online state only when a sufficient

number of physical disks are available to support the virtual disk.

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