Administrator Guide

PS Series Storage Array Administration
PS Series storage arrays optimize resources by automating performance and network load balancing. Additionally, PS Series
storage arrays offer all-inclusive array management software, host software, and free firmware updates.
To manage PS Series storage arrays using Dell Storage Manager, the storage arrays must be running PS Series firmware version
7.0 or later.
Topics:
• About Groups
• About Volumes
• About Snapshots
• Managing Replication Schedules
• About Access Policies
• Monitoring a PS Series Group
About Groups
A PS Series group is a fully functional iSCSI storage area network (SAN).
You create a group when you configure one or more PS Series arrays and connect them to an IP network. In this virtualized
storage system, the arrays become group members and share configuration data. A member belongs to a storage pool, and is
configured with a specific RAID policy. Each member cooperates with other members to enable the virtualization of disk storage,
controllers, caches, and network connections. Because the virtualization technology masks the underlying complexity of the
storage configuration, client servers see the group as a single entity, giving you a centralized view of the storage data.
The following figure shows and example of PS Series groups. PS Series Group on page 188 explains the callouts used in the
figure.
Figure 22. PS Series Group
Table 11. PS Series Group
Callout Description
1 PS Series group
Storage area network (SAN) comprising one or more PS Series arrays connected to an IP network. Arrays
are high-performance (physical) block storage devices.
2 PS Series members
One or more PS Series arrays represented as individual members within a pool to which it provides storage
space to utilize.
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