Administrator Guide

Managing Servers Centrally Using Storage Manager
Servers that are registered to Storage Manager are managed from the Servers view. Registered servers are centrally managed
regardless of which
Storage Centers they are connected to.
Figure 18. Servers View
The following additional features are available for servers that are registered to Storage Manager:
• Storage Manager gathers operating system and connectivity information from registered servers.
• Storage Manager can automatically add a corresponding Storage Center server object for each registered server.
• Storage Center volumes can be created, mounted, and formatted on the servers directly from the Dell Storage Manager Client.
• When creating a volume for a Windows or VMware server, Storage Manager can recommend a Storage Center to host the
volume based on capacity and performance.
• Storage Manager can schedule and run Space Recovery on Windows volumes through the Storage Manager Server Agent.
Managing Servers on a Storage Center
Use the Servers subtab of the Storage tab to create and manage server objects for each Storage Center.
Related link
Creating Servers
Modifying Servers
Mapping Volumes to Servers
Creating and Managing Server Folders
Deleting Servers and Server Folders
Creating Servers
Create a server to allow a Storage Center to pass IO through the ports on that server. After a server is created, volumes can be
mapped to it.
NOTE: For user interface reference information, click Help.
Create a Physical Server
Create a physical server object to represent a physical server in your environment.
1. Make sure the server HBAs have connectivity to the Storage Center HBAs.
• iSCSI – Congure the iSCSI initiator on the server to use the Storage Center HBAs as the target.
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