Administrator Guide

Contents
About This Guide..............................................................................................................37
How to Find Information...................................................................................................................................................37
Contacting Dell................................................................................................................................................................. 37
Revision History................................................................................................................................................................37
Audience.......................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Related Publications......................................................................................................................................................... 38
Storage Manager Documents.....................................................................................................................................38
Storage Center Documents........................................................................................................................................38
FluidFS Cluster Documents........................................................................................................................................ 39
Dell TechCenter..........................................................................................................................................................39
Part I: Introduction to Storage Manager........................................................................... 41
1 Storage Manager Overview........................................................................................... 43
Storage Manager Components.........................................................................................................................................43
Management Compatibility...............................................................................................................................................43
Software and Hardware Requirements.............................................................................................................................44
Data Collector Requirements......................................................................................................................................44
Dell Storage Manager Client Requirements................................................................................................................ 45
Server Agent Requirements....................................................................................................................................... 46
Default Ports Used by Storage Manager.......................................................................................................................... 46
Data Collector Ports................................................................................................................................................... 46
Dell Storage Manager Client Ports..............................................................................................................................47
Server Agent Ports.....................................................................................................................................................47
IPv6 Support....................................................................................................................................................................48
Storage Manager Features...............................................................................................................................................48
Storage Management Features.................................................................................................................................. 48
Disaster Recovery Features........................................................................................................................................49
Monitoring and Reporting Features............................................................................................................................50
Dell Storage Manager Client Overview..............................................................................................................................51
2 Getting Started............................................................................................................. 53
Use the Client to Connect to the Data Collector.............................................................................................................. 53
Next Steps....................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Add Storage Manager Users...................................................................................................................................... 55
Add Storage Centers to Storage Manager................................................................................................................. 55
Congure Storage Center Volumes............................................................................................................................ 55
Add Servers to your Storage Centers.........................................................................................................................56
Add PS Groups to Storage Manager.......................................................................................................................... 56
Add FluidFS Clusters to Storage Manager..................................................................................................................56
Congure Email Notications..................................................................................................................................... 56
Set up Remote Storage Centers and Relication QoS..................................................................................................56
Congure Replications and Live Volumes................................................................................................................... 56
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