Administrator Guide

Getting Started

This section provides a brief overview of the Dell Storage Center Command Set snapin, lists requirements for using the command

set, and briey describes features and enhancements that are new with the release.

Introduction

Dell Storage Center Command Set provides access to cmdlets and scripting objects that interact with a Dell Storage Center via

Windows PowerShell interactive shell, scripts, and PowerShell hosting applications.

For detailed information about all available cmdlets, access the cmdlet online help. For instructions, see Viewing and Printing

Command Line Help.

Requirements

Dell Storage Center Command Set requires the following components.

Requirement Description

Storage Center Version 5.5.6 or later.

.NET Framework Version 3.5 or later.

Windows PowerShell Version 2.0 or later.

NOTE: Install Windows PowerShell before installing the Dell Storage Center Command

Set snapin.

Storage Center User Privileges Cmdlet access to Storage Center folders, volumes, and views depends on the Storage Center

user privilege and the group membership:

• Administrators have full system control.

• Volume Managers have access folders associated with their assigned User Groups. They can

create volumes in the allowed volume folders and map them to existing servers in the allowed

server folders.

• Reporters have read-only access to folders associated with their assigned user group.

Script Privileges Script le execution requires the following privileges:

• Write access to either the directory in which the PowerShell executable is located or the

directory in which the script le is located.

• Appropriate Storage Center access privileges for the user running the script to allow all

cmdlets to execute without access errors. If the user running a script lacks the required

privileges for the script, the script will fail.

NOTE: Windows PowerShell connections to Disk Manager and other Microsoft products

are provided by Microsoft to enable full disk control between a Storage Center and a

Windows server.

Installing the Command Set

Complete the following steps to install the Dell Storage Center Command Set.

1. Navigate to the location of the Dell Storage Center Command Set setup le.

2. Double-click the setup le. The installation wizard starts.

Getting Started