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Dell PowerVault MD3200
and MD3220 Storage Arrays
Owner’s Manual
Regulatory Model: E03J Series and E04J Series
Regulatory Type: E03J001 and E04J001
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book.book Page 2 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Information in this publication is subject to change without notice. © 2010–2011 Dell Inc. All
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book.book Page 3 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM Contents 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Inside the box of the Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series Storage Array. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 MD3200 Series Storage Array . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Other Information you May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2 Planning
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book.book Page 4 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM RAID Controller Module Connectors and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 RAID Controller Module—Additional Features . . . . . 34 Battery Backup Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Storage Array Thermal Shutdown . . . . . . . . . 35 System Password Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Cache Functions and Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Cache Mirroring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Write-Bac
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book.book Page 5 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM Cycle Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Virtual Disk Operations Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Disk Group Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 RAID Level Migration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Segment Size Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Virtual Disk Capacity Expansion . . . . . . . . . . 46 Disk Group Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Disk Group Defragmentation . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 6 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM 5 Configuration: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Enterprise Management Window . . . . . . . . . 62 Array Management Window . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 6 Configuration: About Your Storage Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Out-of-Band and In-Band Management . . . . . . . . . 65 Storage Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Adding Storage A
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book.book Page 7 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM Setting the Storage Array RAID Controller Module Clocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 7 Configuration: Event Monitor . . . . . . . . . 83 Enabling or Disabling the Event Monitor . . . . . . . . 84 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 8 Configuration: About Your Host . . . . . . . . 85 Configuring Host Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Using t
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book.book Page 8 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM Creating Disk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Locating a Disk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Creating Virtual Disks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Changing the Virtual Disk Modification Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Changing the Virtual Disk Cache Settings . . . . 101 Changing the Segment Size of a Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Changing the I/O Type. . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 9 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM Changing the RAID Controller Module Ownership of a Disk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Changing the RAID Level of a Disk Group . . . . . 124 Removing a Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping Using Linux DMMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Restricted Mappings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Changing the RAID Controller Module Ownership of a Virtual Disk or a Disk Group . . . . 127 Changing the RAID Level of a Disk Group. . . .
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book.book Page 10 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM Common Reasons for Scheduling a Snapshot Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Guidelines for Creating Snapshot Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Enabling and Disabling Snapshot Schedules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk Using the Simple Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 About the Simple Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Preparing Host Servers to Cre
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book.book Page 11 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM Resuming a Snapshot Rollback . . . . . . . . . . 160 Canceling a Snapshot Rollback . . . . . . . . . . 161 11 Configuration: Premium Feature— Virtual Disk Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Types of Virtual Disk Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Offline Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Online Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Creating a Virtual Disk Copy for an MSCS Shared Disk. . . . . .
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book.book Page 12 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM Recopying a Virtual Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Preparing Host Servers to Recopy a Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Re-Copying a Virtual Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Removing Copy Pairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 12 Configuration: Premium Feature— Upgrading to High- Performance-Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 13 Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for Linux . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 13 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM Downloading Physical Disk Firmware . . . . . . . . . 195 Downloading MD1200 Series Expansion Module EMM Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Media Errors and Unreadable Sectors . . . . . . . . . 198 15 Management: Installing Array Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 14 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit. . . . . 214 Removing the RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Installing the RAID Controller Module Backup Battery Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . 216 Removing a Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Installing a Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module . . . .
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book.book Page 15 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM Device Health Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Storage Array Support Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Automatically Collect the Support Bundle Data . . . . 233 Collecting the Physical Disk Data. . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Event Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Recovery Guru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Storage Array Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Viewing the Log
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book.book Page 16 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM 19 Troubleshooting: Your Array . . . . . . . . . 253 Safety First—For you and Your Array . . . . . . . . . 253 Troubleshooting Storage Array Startup Failure . . . . 253 Troubleshooting Loss of Communication . . . . . . . 253 Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . 253 Troubleshooting Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Troubleshooting Array Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 255
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book.book Page 17 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM 20 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Contents 17
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book.book Page 18 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM 18 Contents
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book.book Page 19 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM 1 Introduction NOTE: Unless specified, MD3200 Series represents Dell PowerVault MD3200 and Dell PowerVault MD3220 Storage Arrays. WARNING: See the Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information document for important safety information before following any procedures listed in this document. About This Document This guide familiarizes you with the functions of the Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series storage array. The guide is organized
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book.book Page 20 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:25 PM Inside the box of the Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series Storage Array Your MD3200 Series product package includes: • Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series storage array • SAS cables • Power cables (2) • Front Bezel (optional) • Mounting rails (2) (optional) • MD3200 Series resource media • Rack Installation Instructions • Getting Started With Your System (provides an overview of enclosure features, setting up your enclosure, and technical specifica
