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Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager Cli Manual (236 pages)
Command Line Interface Guide
Brand:
Dell
| Category:
Software
| Size: 1.13 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
1 About the Command Line Interface
13
How to Use the Command Line Interface
14
Usage Notes
15
CLI Commands
16
Command Line Parameters
18
Formatting Considerations
24
Detailed Error Reporting
24
Exit Status
25
Usage Examples
27
2 About the Script Commands
29
Script Command Structure
30
Script Command Synopsis
32
Recurring Syntax Elements
34
Usage Guidelines
40
Adding Comments to a Script File
41
3 Configuring a Storage Array
43
Configuring a Storage Array
44
Determining What Is on Your Storage Array
44
Saving a Configuration to a File
47
Using the Create Virtual Disk Command
48
Using the Auto Configure Command
53
Modifying Your Configuration
55
Setting the Storage Array Password
56
Setting up SMTP and SNMP Alerts
56
Setting the RAID Controller Module Clocks
57
Setting the Storage Array Host Type
57
Setting Modification Priority
58
Assigning Global Hot Spares
59
4 Using the Snapshot Feature
61
Using Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk
63
Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk
63
Enabling the Snapshot Virtual Disk Feature
64
Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with User-Assigned Physical Disks
64
Preparing Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk
65
Creating the Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk
66
Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with Software-Assigned Physical Disks
67
Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk by Specifying a Number of Physical Disks
69
User-Defined Parameters
70
Names of Snapshot Virtual Disks and Repository Virtual Disks
72
Changing Snapshot Virtual Disk Settings
73
Stopping and Deleting a Snapshot Virtual Disk
74
Re-Creating the Snapshot Virtual Disk
75
Preparing Host Servers to Re-Create a Snapshot Virtual Disk
75
Re-Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk
76
5 Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature
77
Creating a Virtual Disk Copy
78
Enabling the Virtual Disk Copy Feature
79
Determining Virtual Disk Copy Candidates
79
Creating a Virtual Disk Copy
79
Preparing Host Servers to Create a Virtual Disk Copy
80
Copying the Virtual Disk
81
Viewing Virtual Disk Copy Properties
82
Changing Virtual Disk Copy Settings
83
Recopying a Virtual Disk
84
Preparing Host Servers to Recopy a Virtual Disk
85
Recopying the Virtual Disk
86
Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy
87
Removing Copy Pairs
87
Interaction with Other Features
88
Storage Partitioning
88
Snapshot Virtual Disks
89
6 Maintaining a Storage Array
91
Routine Maintenance
91
Running a Media Scan
91
Running a Consistency Check
93
Resetting a RAID Controller Module
94
Enabling RAID Controller Module Data Transfer
94
Resetting Battery Age
94
Removing Persistent Reservations
94
Synchronizing RAID Controller Module Clocks
95
Locating Physical Disks
95
Performance Tuning
95
Monitoring Performance
96
Changing RAID Levels
97
Changing Segment Size
97
Defragmenting a Disk Group
98
Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
98
Collecting Physical Disk Data
98
Diagnosing a RAID Controller Module
99
Recovery Operations
100
Setting RAID Controller Module Operational Mode
100
Changing RAID Controller Module Ownership
101
Initializing a Physical Disk
101
Reconstructing a Physical Disk
102
Initializing a Virtual Disk
102
Redistributing Virtual Disks
103
7 Script Commands
105
Command Formatting Rules
106
Commands Listed by Function
108
Disk Group Commands
108
Enclosure Commands
108
Host Topology Commands
109
Iscsi Commands
109
Physical Disk Commands
110
RAID Controller Module Commands
111
Session Command
111
Show String Command
111
Snapshot Commands
111
Storage Array Commands
111
Virtual Disk Commands
113
Virtual Disk Copy Commands
113
Commands Listed Alphabetically
114
Accept Storage Array Pending Topology
114
Activate Storage Array Firmware
114
Autoconfigure Storage Array
114
Autoconfigure Storage Array Hot Spares
116
Check Disk Consistency
117
Clear Physical Disk Channel Statistics
118
Clear Storage Array Configuration
118
Clear Storagearray Eventlog
118
Clear Storage Array Firmware Pending Area
119
Clear Virtual Disk Reservations
119
Create Host
120
Create Host Group
121
Create Host Port
121
Create Iscsi Initiator
122
Create RAID Virtual Disk (Automatic Physical Disk Select)
123
Create RAID Virtual Disk (Free Capacity Base Select)
126
Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select)
128
Create Snapshot Virtual Disk
131
Create Virtual Disk Copy
135
Delete Disk Group
137
Delete Host
138
Delete Host Group
138
Delete Host Port
139
Delete Iscsi Initiator
139
Delete Virtual Disk
140
Diagnose RAID Controller Module
141
Disable Storage Array Feature
144
Download Enclosure Management Module Firmware
144
Download Physical Disk Firmware
145
Download Storage Array Firmware/Nvsram
146
Download Storage Array NVSRAM
147
Download Storage Array Physical Disk Firmware
148
Enable RAID Controller Module
149
Enable Storage Array Feature Key
149
Recopy Virtual Disk Copy
150
Recover RAID Virtual Disk
151
Re-Create Snapshot
153
Remove Virtual Disk Copy
155
Remove Virtual Disk LUN Mapping
156
Repair Virtual Disk Consistency
157
Reset RAID Controller Module
157
Reset Storage Array Battery Install Date
158
Reset Storage Array Iscsi Baseline
158
Reset Storagearray Sasphybaseline
159
Reset Storage Array Virtual Disk Distribution
159
Revive Disk Group
160
Revive Physical Disk
160
Save Enclosure Log Data
161
Save Physical Disk Log
161
Save RAID Controller Module NVSRAM
162
Save Storage Array Configuration
162
Save Storage Array Events
163
Save Storage Array Iscsi Statistics
164
Save Storage Array Performance Statistics
165
Save Storage Array SAS PHY Counts
165
Save Storage Array State Capture
166
Save Storage Array Support Data
166
Set Controller
166
Set Disk Group
169
Set Enclosure Attribute
170
Set Enclosure Identification
171
Set Host
171
Set Host Group
173
Set Host Port
174
Set Iscsi Initiator
175
Set Iscsi Target Properties
176
Set Physical Disk Channel Status
177
Set Physical Disk Hot Spare
178
Set Physical Disk State
178
Set Session
179
Set Snapshot Virtual Disk
180
Set Storage Array
182
Set Storage Array Enclosure Positions
184
Set Storage Array ICMP Response
184
Set Storage Array Isns Server Ipv4 Address
185
Set Storage Array Isns Server Ipv6 Address
186
Set Storage Array Isns Server Listening Port
187
Set Storagearray Isnsserverrefresh
188
Set Storage Array Time
188
Set Unnamed Discovery Session
188
Set Virtual Disk
189
Set Virtual Disk Copy
194
Show Current Iscsi Sessions
194
Show Disk Group
195
Show Host Ports
196
Show Physical Disk
196
Show Physical Disk Channel Statistics
198
Show Physical Disk Download Progress
199
Show RAID Controller Module
200
Show RAID Controller Module NVSRAM
201
Show Storage Array
202
Show Storage Array Autoconfigure
204
Show Storage Array Host Topology
206
Show Storage Array LUN Mappings
206
Show Storage Array Negotiation Defaults
206
Show Storage Array Pending Topology
207
Show Storage Array Unreadable Sectors
207
Show String
208
Show Unconfigured Iscsi Initiators
208
Show Virtual Disk
209
Show Virtual Disk Action Progress
210
Show Virtual Disk Copy
211
Show Virtual Disk Copy Source Candidates
212
Show Virtual Disk Copy Target Candidates
212
Show Virtual Disk Performance Statistics
212
Show Virtual Disk Reservations
213
Start Disk Group Blink
214
Start Disk Group Defragment
214
Start Enclosure Blink
215
Start Iscsi DHCP Refresh
215
Start Physical Disk Blink
216
Start Physical Disk Initialize
216
Start Physical Disk Reconstruction
217
Start Storage Array Blink
217
Start Virtual Disk Initialization
217
Stop Disk Group Blink
218
Stop Enclosure Blink
218
Stop Iscsi Session
218
Stop Physical Disk Blink
219
Stop Snapshot
219
Stop Storage Array Blink
220
Stop Storage Array Physical Disk Firmware Download
220
Stop Virtual Disk Copy
220
Sample Script Files
223
Configuration Script Example 1
223
Configuration Script Example 2
226
Index
229
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Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager User Manual (120 pages)
User's Guide
Brand:
Dell
| Category:
Software
| Size: 0.66 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
1 About this Guide
11
User Interface
11
Summary Tab
12
Configure Tab
12
Modify Tab
12
Tools Tab
13
Iscsi Tab
13
Support Tab
13
Other Information You May Need
14
2 About Your Storage Array
15
Access Virtual Disk
15
Out-Of-Band and In-Band Management
16
Adding Storage Arrays
17
Automatic Discovery of Storage Arrays
17
Manual Addition of a Storage Array
17
Naming Storage Arrays
18
Removing Storage Arrays
18
Setting up Your Storage Array
19
Storage Array Support Data
21
Setting a Password
21
Password Guidelines
22
Resetting a Password
22
Connecting the Serial Cable
22
System Setup for Password Reset
23
Reset Password
24
Changing Expansion Enclosure ID Numbers
25
Configuring Alert Notifications
25
Configuring E-Mail Alerts
25
Configuring SNMP Alerts
27
Battery Settings
28
Starting or Restarting the Host-Agent Software in Windows
28
Starting or Restarting the Host-Agent Software in Linux
29
3 Using Iscsi
31
Using the Iscsi Tab
31
Changing the Iscsi Target Authentication
32
Entering Mutual Authentication Permissions
32
Creating CHAP Secrets
32
Changing the Iscsi Target Identification
34
Changing the Iscsi Target Discovery (Optional)
34
Configuring the Md3000I Iscsi Host Ports
35
Advanced Iscsi Host Ports Settings
35
Viewing or Ending an Iscsi Session
36
Viewing Iscsi Statistics and Setting Baseline Statistics
37
Edit, Remove, or Rename Host Topology
38
4 Event Monitor
41
Enabling the Event Monitor
41
Disabling the Event Monitor
42
5 About Your Host
43
Configuring Host Access
43
Automatic Configuration
44
Manual Configuration (Using SAS HBA)
44
Manual Configuration (Using Iscsi)
45
Removing Host Access
46
Host Groups
47
Creating a Host Group
47
Adding a Host to a Host Group
47
Removing a Host from a Host Group
48
Moving a Host to a Different Host Group
48
Removing a Host Group
49
Host Topology
49
Host Context Agent
50
I/O Data Path Protection
51
6 Disk Groups and Virtual Disks
53
Creating Disk Groups and Virtual Disks
54
Automatic Configuration
55
Manual Configuration
55
Hot Spare Drive Protection
58
Automatically Configuring Hot Spares
58
Manually Configuring Hot Spares
59
Host-To-Virtual Disk Mapping
60
Creating Host-To-Virtual Disk Mappings
60
Modifying and Removing Host-To-Virtual Disk Mapping
60
Changing Controller Ownership of the Virtual Disk
61
Storage Partitioning
61
Disk Group and Virtual Disk Expansion
62
Disk Group Expansion
62
Virtual Disk Expansion
62
Disk Group Migration
63
Export Disk Group
63
Import Disk Group
64
Storage Array Media Scan
65
Changing Media Scan Settings
66
Suspending the Media Scan
66
Microsoft Services
67
Virtual Disk Service
67
Volume Shadow-Copy Service
67
7 Premium Feature-Snapshot Virtual
69
Disks
69
Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk Using the Simple Path
70
About the Simple Path
71
Preparing Host Servers to Create the Snapshot Using the Simple Path
71
Creating the Snapshot Using the Simple Path
73
Click Next
74
Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk Using the Advanced Path
75
About the Advanced Path
75
Preparing Host Servers to Create the Snapshot Using the Advanced Path
76
Creating the Snapshot Using the Advanced Path
78
Specifying Snapshot Virtual Disk Names
80
Snapshot Repository Capacity
81
Re-Creating Snapshot Virtual Disks
82
Disabling a Snapshot Virtual Disk
82
Preparing Host Servers to Re-Create a Snapshot Virtual Disk
83
Re-Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk
84
8 Premium Feature-Virtual Disk Copy
85
Creating a Virtual Disk Copy for an MSCS Shared Disk
86
Virtual Disk Read/Write Permissions
87
Virtual Disk Copy Restrictions
88
Creating a Virtual Disk Copy
89
Preparing Host Servers to Create a Virtual Disk Copy
89
Copying the Virtual Disk
90
Storage Array Performance During Virtual Disk Copy
91
Setting Copy Priority
91
Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy
92
Recopying a Virtual Disk
92
Preparing Host Servers to Recopy a Virtual Disk
93
Recopying the Virtual Disk
94
Removing Copy Pairs
95
9 Premium Feature-32 Partitions
97
10 Firmware Downloads
99
Downloading RAID Controller and NVSRAM Packages
99
Downloading both RAID Controller and NVSRAM Firmware
100
Downloading Only NVSRAM Firmware
101
Downloading Non-Redundant MSCS NVSRAM Firmware
101
Downloading Physical Disk Firmware
102
Downloading EMM Firmware
103
Firmware Upgrade to 07.XX
103
11 Troubleshooting Problems
107
Recovery Guru
107
Storage Array Profile
107
Device Health Conditions
107
Smrepassist Utility
108
Support Information Package
109
Unidentified Devices
110
Recovering from an Unidentified Storage Array
110
A Enclosure Hardware Replacement
113
Maintenance, and Configuration
113
Considerations
113
Removing and Inserting Enclosure Management Modules on Attached Expansion Enclosures
113
Removing an EMM from the Expansion Enclosure
113
Inserting an EMM into an Expansion Enclosure
113
Removing and Inserting Physical Disks
114
MD3000 Maintenance Considerations
114
MD3000 Cluster Configuration Guidelines for Standalone Host Servers
115
Index
117
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