Recommended Configurations - Dell PowerVault MD3000i User Manual

Table 1. Configuration Worksheet Example
vCenter Server
Name
Storage
Administrator User
ID

Recommended Configurations

The Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in utilizes SMI-S to communicate
with the storage arrays that will be managed within the vSphere
infrastructure. Due to the nature of the SMI-S protocol, numerous procedure
calls must be made to obtain and send changes to the storage array, which
require large amounts of data to be passed between the storage arrays,
application server and vSphere Client. For this reason, it is recommended
that you limit the size of the storage arrays and number of objects to be
managed. The following are the recommended maximums for this release of
the plug-in. The number of systems being managed and the number of virtual
disks and physical disks on each system will determine the overall
performance of the plug-in.
Recommended maximum configuration:
• 10 Dell MD Storage Arrays
• 256 Objects per array (Virtual Disks, Virtual Disk Copies, or Snapshots)
VCENTER-4
Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in
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DNS Name
IP Address
vcenter-4.dell.com
192.168.51. 217
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