Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 6.2 Manual de usuario

Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide  Notes and Cautions Information in this document is subject to change

 Battery Tasks Table A-20. Battery Tasks Supported on the PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, PERC 6/I, PERC 6/I Modular, and CERC 6/I Controll

Enclosure Temperature 1 Enclosure's EMM Firmware Version 1 Enclosures 1 Event Log viewing entries 1 Export Log 1 F Fan Properties 1 FAQs

omconfig Global Commands 1 omconfig Physical Disk Commands 1 omconfig Virtual Disk Commands 1 Online and Offline 1 P Parity 1 PERC 2/SC, 2/DC, 3

Rescan Connector 1 Rescan Controller 1 Resolving Windows 2000 Upgrade Problems 1 Revertible Hot Spare 1 S S.M.A.R.T alerts 1 Set Asset Data 1 S

Unmirror 1 Updating disk information 1 Upgrading from Windows NT 1 User Privileges 1 Using the Command Line Interface 1 Using the Graphical User

Back to Contents Page Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide Information in this document is subject to change

Back to Contents Page  Overview Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide What's New in this Release? 

Compatibility With Linux Utilities Installing Storage Management on a Linux system that has RAID storage management utilities provided by Dell or oth

 Supported Non-RAID Controllers Storage Management supports the following non-RAID controllers. l Ultra SCSI, Ultra2 SCSI, Ultra160 SCSI, LSI 1020,

Back to Contents Page  Quick Access to Storage Status and Tasks Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide This

Storage Properties and Current Activity The Configuration/Information subtab displays information regarding a storage component. These properties in

 Virtual Disk Tasks Table A-23. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, PERC 6/I Modular, and CERC 6/I Controll

l "SMART Thermal Shutdown" l "Set Temperature Probe Values" Rescan to Update Storage Configuration Changes The Rescan task s

Back to Contents Page  Storage Information and Global Tasks Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide Storage

 Enable/Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown By default, the operating system and server shut down when the PowerVault™ 220S and PowerVault 221S enclosure

 Storage Components For information on attached controllers, see the following topics: l "Controller Properties and Tasks" l "Con

Back to Contents Page  Understanding RAID Concepts Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide What Is RAID? 

RAID provides different methods or RAID levels for organizing the disk storage. Some RAID levels maintain redundant data so that you can restore data

l Concatenates n disks as one large virtual disk with a capacity of n disks. l Data fills up the first disk before it is written to the second di

l "Organizing Data Storage for Availability and Performance" l "Comparing RAID Level and Concatenation Performance" l "C

 RAID 5 Characteristics: l Groups n disks as one large virtual disk with a capacity of (n-1) disks. l Redundant information (parity) is alterna

l Groups n disks as one large virtual disk with a capacity of (n-2) disks. l Redundant information (parity) is alternately stored on all disks. l

 Supported RAID Levels Table A-25. RAID Levels Supported by the PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, PERC 6/I Modular, and CERC 6/I Controllers

See the following: l "Organizing Data Storage for Availability and Performance" l "Comparing RAID Level and Concatenation Performan

RAID 10, data is striped across multiple physical disks. The striped disk group is then mirrored onto another set of physical disks. RAID 10 can be co

 Related Information: See the following: l "Organizing Data Storage for Availability and Performance" l "Comparing RAID Level a

No-RAID In Storage Management, a virtual disk of unknown metadata is considered a No- RAID volume. Storage Management does not support this type of

Back to Contents Page  Troubleshooting Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide Common Troubleshooting Proced

On SCSI controllers, use the Rescan controller task to update information for the controller and attached devices. This operation may take a few minut

 Does my controller support this feature? See "Supported Features" If you do not have a suitable backup available, and if the failed disk

l "Cannot Create a Virtual Disk" l "Virtual Disk Errors on Linux" l "Problems Associated With Using the Same Physical Di

l Is there adequate available space on the disk? The physical disks that you have selected for creating the virtual disk must have an adequate amoun

l "Physical Disk is Offline or Displays an Error Status" l "A Disk is Marked as Failed When Rebuilding in a Cluster Configuration&qu

 Enclosure Support Table A-27. Enclosure Support on the PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, PERC 6/I, Modular, and CERC 6/I Controllers Suppo

l Rebuild l Virtual disk format l I/O If you receive an alerts 2146 through 2150 as the result of doing a rebuild or while the virtual disk

Storage Management May Delay Before Updating Temperature Probe Status In order to display the enclosure temperature and temperature probe status, Sto

Back to Contents Page  Virtual Disks Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide  In order to implement RAID fun

specified physical disks. Depending on the size of the virtual disk, the virtual disk may not consume all of the space on the physical disks. Any left

Number of Physical Disks per Virtual Disk There are limitations on the number of physical disks that can be included in the virtual disk. These limit

disks and the controller connector to be used. You need a good knowledge of RAID levels and hardware to use the Advanced Wizard. See "Create Virt

 Exceptions for Reconfiguring a Concatenated Virtual Disk on PERC 3/Si, 3/Di, CERC SATA1.5/6ch, and CERC SATA1.5/2s Controllers You can create a con

 What is a Virtual Disk Bad Block? Virtual disk bad blocks are due to bad blocks on one or more member physical disks. Read operation on the virtual

Use this window to view information about the virtual disks and execute virtual disk tasks.  Virtual Disk Properties The virtual disk properties ca

 Virtual Disk Tasks Do the following to execute a virtual disk drop-down menu task:  1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller o

 Battery Tasks Table A-29.BatteryTasksSupportedonthePERCH800,PERCH700Adapter,PERCH700Integrated,andPERCH700ModularControllers  C

l "Change Policy" l "Replace Member Disk" l "Clear Virtual Disk Bad Blocks" l "Secure Virtual Disk" 

Use the Delete task to destroy all data on the virtual disk. See "Virtual Disk Task: Delete" for more information.  Assign and Unassign De

Rename  Does my controller support this feature? See "Supported Features." Use the Rename task to change the virtual disk's name. Se

your RAID and size selection. Before creating a virtual disk, you should be familiar with the information in "Considerations Before Creating Vir

 Does my controller support this feature? See "Supported Features." This screen displays the virtual disk attributes and enables you to as

¡ Intelligent Mirroring — Automatically calculates the span composition based on the physical disks you select. Spans are not displayed on this scr

Depending on the RAID level you selected and the virtual disk size, this screen displays the disks and connectors (channels or ports) available for co

 2. The Size text box displays the default size of the virtual disk, depending upon the RAID configuration you selected. You can specify a different

Click Continue to return to "Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 4 of 4)." Virtual Disk Task: Reconfigure (Step 1 of 3)  Does my co

¡ Select RAID 0 for striping. This selection groups n disks together as one large virtual disk with a total capacity of n disks. Data is stored to th

 Virtual Disk Specifications Table A-33. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC H800, PERC H700 Adapter, PERC H700 Integrated, and PERC H700 Modul

Other controllers have a Fast Initialize and Slow Initialize task available on the controller task drop-down menu. See "Considerations for Fast I

 2. Expand a controller object.  3. Select the Virtual Disks object.  4. Depending on the task you want to initiate, select one of the foll

l The virtual disk name can contain only alphanumeric characters as well as spaces, dashes and underscores. The maximum name length depends on the co

 To Split a Mirror: Click Split Mirror. If you want to exit without splitting the mirror, click Go Back To Virtual Disk Page.   To locate this ta

 2. Expand a controller object.  3. Select the Virtual Disks object.  4. Select Unmirror from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.  5. Cl

You can copy data from a physical disk, which is a member of a virtual disk, to another physical disk by providing a Replace Member Configuration opti

Supported RAID Levels Table A-34. RAID Levels Supported by the PERC H800, PERC H700 Adapter, PERC H700 Integrated, and PERC H700 Modular Controllers

l "Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy" l "Enclosure Support" For enclosure-supported tasks, see "Enclosure and Back

 Virtual Disk Tasks Table A-41.VirtualDiskTasksSupportedbytheSAS5/iR,SAS6/iR,andH200Controllers  Supported RAID Levels Table A-42

 Virtual Disk Specifications Table A-43.VirtualDiskSpecificationsfortheSAS5/iR,SAS6/iR,andPERCH200Controllers  Read, Write, Cache an

Back to Contents Page  Supported Features Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide Different controllers suppo

 Enclosure Support Table A-45. Enclosure Support on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers Supported Features on the PERC S100 and S300 Con

 Virtual Disk Specifications Table A-49. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC S100 and S300 Controllers  Supported RAID Levels Table A-50. RA

 Enclosure Support Table A-52. Enclosure Support on the PERC S100 and S300 Controllers Supported Features on the Non-RAID Controllers This sectio

Battery Tasks Table A-54. Battery Tasks Supported on the Non-RAIDControllers  Connector Tasks Table A-55. Connector Tasks Supported on the Non-

 Enclosure Support Table A-58. Enclosure Support on the Non-RAIDControllers Enclosure and Backplane Features This section identifies the featur

 Enclosure and Backplane Support for Smart Thermal Shutdown Table A-61.EnclosureSupportforSmartThermalShutdown Set Asset Data (includes asse

Back to Contents Page  Determining the Health Status for Storage Components Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sG

Included) Health Status Rollup: All Physical Disks in a Virtual Disk are in Foreign State Table B-4. Health Status Rollup: All Physical Disks in a

Table B-7. Health Status Rollup: Virtual Disk is Failed (Enclosures Not Included) Health Status Rollup: Unsupported Firmware Version Table B-8. H

Health Status Rollup: One Enclosure Temperature Probe is Failed Table B-12. Health Status Rollup: One Enclosure Temperature Probe is Failed Health

 Battery Tasks Table A-2. Battery Tasks Supported by the PERC 3/SC, 3/DC, 3/QC, 4/SC, 4/DC, 4/Di, 4e/Si, 4e/Di, 4e/DC, CERC ATA100/4ch, and 4/IM Co

Health Status Rollup: Physical Disk is Rebuilding Table B-15. Health Status Rollup: Physical Disk is Rebuilding Back to Contents Page     Stora

Back to Contents Page  Physical Disks Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide Physical disks reside within an

SMART alerts are messages predicting that a disk may fail in the near future. If a physical disk is receiving SMART alerts, you should replace the dis

Status These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component.  Normal/OK  Warning/Non-critical  Critical/Fatal See "

 Physical Disk Tasks Do the following to execute a physical disk task:  1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects. 

 7. Select a task from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.  8. Click Execute.  Physical Disk Drop-down Menu Tasks: l "Blink and Unblin

l Wait until you notice the initial blink pattern has changed into a different pattern or the lights have stopped blinking. A physical disk is no

 You should be familiar with the size requirements and other considerations associated with hot spares. See the following sections for more informati

 To clear the physical disk:  1. Review the physical disk that will be erased by the clear task. Be sure that it does not contain necessary data an

l Unconfigured SED drive l Foreign configured secured drives l Unconfigured and foreign SED drive even when Security Key is not present in the co

4/IMControllers  Virtual Disk Specifications Table A-6. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC 3/SC, 3/DC, 3/QC, 4/SC, 4/DC, 4/Di, 4e/Si, 4e/Di

Back to Contents Page  RAID Controller Batteries Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide Battery Properties

 Battery Tasks Do the following to execute a drop-down menu battery task:  1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.

Drop-down Menu Battery Tasks: l "Recondition Battery" l "Start Learn Cycle" l "Battery Delay Learn Cycle"  Recon

 Battery Delay Learn Cycle  Does my controller support this feature? See "Supported Features." The controller firmware automatically ini

Back to Contents Page  BIOS Terminology Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide BIOS Terms and the PERC 3/SC

Back to Contents Page  Connectors Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide Channel Redundancy and Thermal Shu

¡ PERC 3/DC, 3/QC, 4/DC, 4e/DC, 4/Di, and 4e/Di Controllers: It is recommended that you only use RAID 10 or RAID 50. ¡ PERC 3/Di Controller: It is

 Connector Information For information on the connector, see the following topics: l "Connectors" l "Connector Properties and Tas

Does my controller support this feature? See "Supported Features." On a SCSI controller, this task rescans the controller connectors to ver

 Clearing the Redundant Path View If you do not want the redundant path view, physically disconnect the connector port from the enclosure and reboot

 Supported RAID Levels Table A-7. RAID Levels Supported by the PERC 3/SC, 3/DC, 3/QC, 4/SC, 4/DC, 4/Di, 4e/Si, 4e/Di, 4e/DC, CERC ATA100/4ch, and 4

Back to Contents Page  Controllers Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide This section describes the control

The following Cost Effective RAID Controller (CERC) controllers use Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) technology. l CERC ATA100/4ch l CERC 6/I

RAID Controller Read, Write, Cache, and Disk Cache Policy When creating a virtual disk, you specify the read, write, and cache policies for the virt

 Does my controller support this feature? See "Supported Features." The Direct I/O and Cache I/O cache policies apply to reads on a specif

 This section applies to 3/DC, 4/DC, and 4e/DC controllers If you are using a PERC 3/DC, 4/DC, or 4e/DC controller in a cluster configuration, you m

 Non-RAID SAS Controllers The following non-RAID controllers use Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology. l SAS 5/i Integrated l SAS 5/E l SA

 Controller Information For information on the controller, see the following topics: l "Controllers" l "Controller Properties and

Failed — The controller has encountered a failure and is no longer functioning. Firmware Version This property displays the version of the firmware

 Controller Tasks Do the following to execute a controller task:  1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.  2. Sel

 Does my controller support this feature? See "Supported Features." On SCSI controllers, a rescan updates configuration changes (such as n

Enclosure Support Table A-9. Enclosure Support on the PERC 3/SC, 3/DC, 3/QC, 4/SC, 4/DC, 4/Di, 4e/Si, 4e/Di, 4e/DC, CERC ATA100/4ch, and 4/IM Contro

 Set Rebuild Rate  Does my controller support this feature? See "Supported Features." Use the Set Rebuild Rate task to change the rebuil

 To locate this task in Storage Management:  1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.  2. Select a controller obje

Depending on the controller, the log file name will be either afa_<mmdd>.log or lsi_<mmdd>.log where <mmdd> is the month and date. F

Based on this information, you can decide whether you want to import, recover, or clear the foreign configuration.  To preview the import of foreign

The Import Foreign Configuration task is only displayed when the controller has detected a foreign configuration. You can also identify whether or not

configuration). You can identify whether or not a previously used physical disk contains a foreign configuration (virtual disk) by checking the physic

Name This property displays the name of the physical disk. The name is comprised of the connector number followed by the disk number. Current State T

 Related Information: l "Foreign Configuration Operations" Set Background Initialization Rate  Does my controller support this featur

information about the check consistency task. The check consistency rate, configurable between 0% and 100%, represents the percentage of the system r

 4. Select Set Reconstruct Rate from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.  5. Click Execute. You can also locate this task from the Change Con

 Connector Tasks Table A-12.ConnectorTasksSupportedbythePERC3/Si,3/Di,CERCSATA1.5/2s,andCERCSATA1.5/6chControllers  Physical Disk T

In this case, the enclosure status is displayed in warning mode. The Enclosures page displays all enclosure components (EMMs, Fans, Physical Disks, Po

reboots while the Patrol Read task is running in Auto mode, the Patrol Read restarts at zero percent (0%). When the Patrol Read task is set to Auto mo

Change Controller Properties  Does my controller support this feature? See "Supported Features." The Change Controller Properties task p

Data in the cache may also be lost in case of unintended cable or power failure. In the event of such a failure, Storage Management preserves the data

space.)  3. Read the Passphrase guidelines and acknowledge the note by selecting the accompanying check box. Ensure that you save the Passphrase.

Back to Contents Page  Enclosures and Backplanes Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide Physical disks can b

Enclosure Power Supplies The enclosure's power supplies are displayed under the Power Supplies object in the tree view. You can select the Power

Changing the Mode on PowerVault 220S and PowerVault 221S Enclosures When toggling the bus configuration switch on a PowerVault 220S or PowerVault 22

l "Physical Disks" Enclosure and Backplane Properties and Tasks Use this window to view information about the enclosure or backplane and

 Enclosure Tasks Do the following to execute a drop-down menu enclosure task:  1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects

 Virtual Disk Specifications Table A-15.VirtualDiskSpecificationsforthePERC3/Si,3/Di,CERCSATA1.5/2s,andCERCSATA1.5/6chControllers 

 Does my enclosure support this feature? See "Supported Features." Use the Blink task to blink the light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the enc

For information related to the enclosure's EMMs, see "Enclosure Management Modules (EMMs)."  Enclosure Components For information on

 1. The enclosure's temperature probes are listed in the Temperature Probes section of the screen. Select the probes that you want to change.

Fan Properties Use this window to view information about the enclosure's fans. The fans are a component of the enclosure's cooling module

Temperature Probe Properties and Tasks  Does my enclosure support this feature? See "Supported Features." Use this window to view inform

Set Temperature Probe Properties and Tasks Click the Set Temperature Probe button to launch the wizard for changing the temperature probe's Warn

Back to Contents Page  Frequently Asked Questions Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide Why is a rebuild n

What controllers do I have? Each controller attached to the system is displayed under the Storage object in the tree view. In addition, the Storage

Back to Contents Page  Getting Started Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide Launching Storage Management

User and Power User privileges allow you to view storage status, but not manage or configure storage. With User and Power User privileges, you can use

Table A-17.Read,Write,andCachePolicySupportedbythePERC3/Si,3/Di,CERCSATA1.5/2s,andCERCSATA1.5/6chControllers  Enclosure Support 

l Assign a hot spare to the virtual disk. When a virtual disk uses a redundant RAID level, then you can assign a hot spare (backup physical disk) to

Back to Contents Page  Protecting Your Virtual Disk with a Hot Spare Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide 

Dedicated Hot Spare Considerations The following considerations apply to dedicated hot spares: l Considerations for RAID 10 and RAID 50. If you hav

already assigned. When a physical disk fails in a redundant virtual disk, the failed disk is rebuilt onto the hot spare. In this case, the controller

Back to Contents Page  Setting Hot Spare Protection Policy Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide Dedicated

l Enclosure affinity settings for a global/dedicated hot spare are not automatically set when you upgrade to Dell OpenManage version 6.1. l Enclosu

Back to Contents Page  Moving Physical and Virtual Disks from One System to Another Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser&

 Moving the Disks  1. Shut down the system that the physical disks are being moved from.  2. If the receiving controller has a preexisting virt

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Back to Contents Page Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide A Alert Messages 1 Assign and Unassign Dedicate