Administrator Guide

Prepare for Disaster Recovery....................................................................................................................................56
Part II: Storage Management........................................................................................... 57
3 Storage Center Overview..............................................................................................59
How Storage Virtualization Works.................................................................................................................................... 59
Storage Center Hardware Components..................................................................................................................... 59
Disk Management...................................................................................................................................................... 60
Volumes...................................................................................................................................................................... 61
Storage Types ............................................................................................................................................................ 61
Data Progression........................................................................................................................................................ 63
Low Space Modes......................................................................................................................................................63
Storage Center Operation Modes.............................................................................................................................. 65
Storage Proles..........................................................................................................................................................65
Storage Proles for Standard Storage Types..............................................................................................................65
Storage Proles for Flash Optimized Storage.............................................................................................................66
Storage Virtualization for SCv2000 Series Controllers................................................................................................67
User Interface for Storage Center Management.............................................................................................................. 68
Summary Tab............................................................................................................................................................. 69
Storage Tab................................................................................................................................................................69
Hardware Tab..............................................................................................................................................................71
IO Usage Tab...............................................................................................................................................................71
Charting Tab............................................................................................................................................................... 72
Alerts Tab................................................................................................................................................................... 72
Logs Tab..................................................................................................................................................................... 73
4 Storage Center Deployment.......................................................................................... 75
Supported Operating Systems for Storage Center Automated Setup ..............................................................................75
Discover and Congure Uninitialized SCv2000 Series Storage Centers (iSCSI)............................................................... 75
Open the Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers Wizard From the Dell Storage Manager Client
Welcome Screen........................................................................................................................................................ 75
Open the Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers Wizard from the Dell Storage Manager Client......... 75
Discover and Select an Uninitialized Storage Center...................................................................................................76
Set System Information.............................................................................................................................................. 77
Set Administrator Information.....................................................................................................................................77
Congure iSCSI Fault Domains................................................................................................................................... 77
Conrm the Storage Center Conguration................................................................................................................. 78
Initialize the Storage Center........................................................................................................................................78
Inherit Settings...........................................................................................................................................................78
Congure Time Settings............................................................................................................................................. 78
Congure SMTP Server Settings............................................................................................................................... 78
Review the SupportAssist System State Information Collection and Storage Agreement...........................................79
Provide Contact Information.......................................................................................................................................79
Update Storage Center.............................................................................................................................................. 79
Set Default Storage Prole (SCv2000 Series Controllers Only)..................................................................................80
Complete Conguration and Perform Next Steps...................................................................................................... 80
Discover and Congure Uninitialized SCv2000 Series Storage Centers (Fibre Channel/SAS)...........................................81
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