Administrator Guide

Contents
About This Guide............................................................................................................................................ 23
How to Find Information................................................................................................................................................. 23
Contacting Dell.................................................................................................................................................................23
Revision History................................................................................................................................................................23
Audience............................................................................................................................................................................24
Related Publications.........................................................................................................................................................24
Storage Manager Documents.................................................................................................................................. 24
Storage Center Documents...................................................................................................................................... 24
FluidFS Cluster Documents...................................................................................................................................... 25
Dell TechCenter..........................................................................................................................................................25
1 Storage Manager Overview.......................................................................................................................... 27
Management Compatibility.............................................................................................................................................27
Software and Hardware Requirements......................................................................................................................... 28
Data Collector Requirements....................................................................................................................................28
Storage Manager Client Requirements................................................................................................................... 29
Server Agent Requirements..................................................................................................................................... 30
Default Ports Used by Storage Manager......................................................................................................................30
Data Collector Ports.................................................................................................................................................. 30
Client Ports..................................................................................................................................................................31
Server Agent Ports.................................................................................................................................................... 32
IPv6 Support.................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Storage Manager Features............................................................................................................................................. 33
Storage Management Features................................................................................................................................33
Disaster Recovery Features......................................................................................................................................34
Monitoring and Reporting Features.........................................................................................................................35
Storage Manager Client Overview................................................................................................................................ 36
2 Getting Started............................................................................................................................................39
Use the Client to Connect to the Data Collector.........................................................................................................39
Next Steps.........................................................................................................................................................................41
Add Storage Manager Users..................................................................................................................................... 41
Add Storage Centers to Storage Manager..............................................................................................................41
Congure Storage Center Volumes......................................................................................................................... 42
Add Servers to the Storage Centers....................................................................................................................... 42
Add PS Groups to Storage Manager.......................................................................................................................42
Add FluidFS Clusters to Storage Manager............................................................................................................. 42
Congure Email Notications................................................................................................................................... 42
Set up Remote Storage Centers and Relication QoS............................................................................................42
Congure Replications and Live Volumes............................................................................................................... 43
Prepare for Disaster Recovery................................................................................................................................. 43
3 Storage Center Overview............................................................................................................................ 45
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