Table Of Contents - Dell PowerVault MD3260i Administrator's Manual

Contents
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2
1 Introduction................................................................................................................................13
Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager
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User Interface
Enterprise Management Window
Inheriting The System Settings
Array Management Window
Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Configuration Utility
Other Information You May Need
2 About Your MD Series Dense Storage Array.......................................................................17
Physical Disks, Virtual Disks, And Disk Groups
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Physical Disks
Physical Disk States
Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
Virtual Disks And Disk Groups
Virtual Disk States
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RAID Levels
Maximum Physical Disk Support Limitations
RAID Level Usage
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RAID 0
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RAID 1
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RAID 5
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RAID 6
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RAID 10
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Segment Size
Virtual Disk Operations
Virtual Disk Initialization
Consistency Check
Media Verification
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Cycle Time
Virtual Disk Operations Limit
Disk Group Operations
RAID Level Migration
Segment Size Migration
Virtual Disk Capacity Expansion
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