Setting The Replication Bandwidth; Displaying Replication Statistics - Dell PowerVault Storage Area Network Administrator's Manual

1. Select Storage → Replication.
The Replication page is displayed.
2. Click Select to identify the replication relationship on which you want to stop (see step 3) or start (see step 4) the
replication process.
3. To stop the scheduled replication process, click Stop, and click OK to stop replication (or click Cancel to display the
Replication page).
The Successfully stopped replication dialog is displayed.
4. To start the scheduled replication process, click Start, and click OK to start replication (or click Cancel to display
the Replication page).
The Successfully started replication dialog is displayed.

Setting the Replication Bandwidth

To set the replication bandwidth rate on a DR Series system, complete the following:
1. Select Storage→ Replication.
The Replication page is displayed.
2. Click Select to identify the replication relationship on which you want to set the replication bandwidth speed rate,
and click Bandwidth.
The Replication Bandwidth Throttling dialog is displayed.
3. Select the IP address for the peer system from the Peer System drop-down list.
4. In Set bandwidth throttling speed, choose the replication bandwidth limit you want to set from the following
choices:
– Click KBps (Kilobytes per second), and type a value in the Rate box to set a rate in KBps.
– Click MBps (Megabytes per second), and type a value in Rate box to set a rate in MBps.
– Click GBps (Gigabytes per second), and type a value in Rate box to set a rate in GBps.
– Click Default (not limited) to choose an unlimited replication bandwidth rate.
NOTE: The minimum allowed replication bandwidth setting that you can configure is 192 KBps.
5. Click Set Bandwidth (or click Cancel to display the Replication page).
The Successfully set replication bandwidth dialog is displayed when successful.

Displaying Replication Statistics

To display the statistics for an existing replication relationship, complete the following:
1. Select Storage → Replication.
The Replication page is displayed.
2. Click Select to identify the replication relationship for which you want to display replication statistics, and click
Display Statistics to display the Statistics: Replication page, which contains:
– Replication Filter—the Container Filter section in this pane lets you select one or more replication
containers, or all of the replication containers, one or more peer DR Series systems. The Headers section
lets you select any of ten statistics type check boxes that you choose to display in the Replication Statistics
summary table (by default, five check boxes are selected: Peer Status, Replication Status, Network
Throughput, Network Savings, and Progress %).
– Replication Statistics Summary—this pane displays the filtered statistics results based on the check
box(es) you selected in the Replication Filter pane, and based on your container or peer system choices
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