Md Storage Manager - Dell PowerVault MD3200i Series Technical Manualbook

DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book

MD Storage Manager

The MD Storage Manager provides the perfect combination of robustness and ease-of-use—two
attributes not commonly found together in an entry-level storage management tool. The new MD
Storage Manager graphical user interface (GUI) is ideally suited for the full-time storage administrator,
who wants complete control over their storage configuration, as well as the part-time system
administrator, who needs an intuitive interface that helps them ensure optimal storage utilization.
Features of the next generation MD Storage Manager:
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Automated I/O path protection with host-based, multipath, failover drivers
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Centralized management of one or more MD3200i and/or MD3220i arrays from any location
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Backwards compatibility with MD3000 and/or MD3000i arrays
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Integrated storage partitioning, snapshot and virtual disk copy functionality
Support for up to 32 partitions
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Support for up to 8 snapshots per virtual disk and a total of 128 snapshots per system
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Support for up to 8 simultaneous virtual disk copies per array and a total of 255 copies
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per system.
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RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10 and 6 supported
Up to 30 physical disks supported per disk group (RAID levels 5 and 6)
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Up to 96 drives in RAID level 0
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Up to 96 drives in RAID level 1/10
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Local key management for SDE enabled drives
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One or more virtual disks per disk group
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Up to 256 virtual disks (LUNs) per array
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Dynamic capabilities support on-the-fly reconfigurations
Dynamic disk group expansion
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Dynamic RAID level migration
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Dynamic virtual disks expansion
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Dynamic capacity expansion
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Dynamic segment size migration
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Dynamic defragmentation
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Non-disruptive firmware upgrades
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Support for unlimited hot spares
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