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DELL POWER SOLUTIONS
SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
D
ell Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID Storage Manager
RSM
so
tware provides administrators with versatile
array con
iguration and management options, including
online capacity expansion, RAID level mi
ration, and
andom logical drive deletion without system shutdown.
A wide assortment of cachin
policies for lo
ical drives,
ariable stripe sizin
, and adjustable task rates enable
administrators to quickly and easily modify their storage
arra
s to meet enter
r
se re
u
rements.
ell SAS RSM is supported for the following operating
systems
•
Mi
r
f
®
Win
w
® 2
•
32- and 64-bit versions o
Microso
t Windows X
•
2-
n
4-
i
v
r
i
n
f Mi
r
f
Win
w
Server
•
H
Enterpr
se L
nu
4
n
•
N
v
l
E
Linux Enter
rise Server 9 and 1
Installin
Dell
A
RAID
tora
e Mana
er
De
SAS RSM is
reinsta
e
as a stan
-a
one a
ication on
Dell PowerEd
e SC servers and Dell Precision workstations
t
at support t
e PowerE
ge Expan
a
e RAID Contro
er
PERC
5/i and the SAS 5/iR adapter.
I
administrators need to install or reinstall Dell SAS
SM on a system runnin
a Windows OS, they can locate
the executable
ile on the Dell OpenManage™ Server
ssistant CD provi
e
wit
t
e system or
own
oa
the
ile
rom su
ort.dell.com, then run it and com
lete
t
e insta
ation wizar
. Once t
e insta
ation comp
etes,
administrators can launch the application by selectin
Start>Programs>De
SAS RAID Storage Manager
o install Dell SAS RSM on systems runnin
a Linux
S, administrators should
irst co
the SSM_Linux
n
ll
r
r
.tar.
z file to a temporary direc-
tory, then un-tar this
ile using the
ollowing command:
tar –zxvf SSM_Linux_Installer
versionnumbe
ar.g
his command creates a new disk director
. Admin-
istrators s
ou
go to t
is new
is
irectory an
enter
h
mm
n
.
install.sh. In Red Hat Enterprise
inux, t
e
can t
en
aunc
t
e a
ication
se
ect-
in
Applications>System Tools>Dell SAS RAID Stora
e
BY MANJUSHA GOPAKUMAR AND GAGAN SHRESTH
Introducing Dell SAS RAID
Storage Manager
for Dell PowerEd
e SC Servers and Dell Precision Workstations
Dell
™
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID Storage Manager is a stand-alone storage
management application that enables administrators to configure, monitor, and
manage storage configurations on SAS controllers, physical drives, and virtual disks.
This article discusses the application’s key features for Dell PowerEdge
™
SC servers
and Dell Precision
™
workstations.
Related Categories:
Dell PowerEdge SC servers
Dell Precision workstations
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Systems management
Visit www.dell.com/powersolutions
for the complete category index.
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