Dell Openmanage Server Administrator Version 7 2 Users Manual Storage Management User’s Guide

2015-01-05

• Overview
  • What’s New in this Release?
  • Before Installing Storage Management
    • Version Requirements for Controller Firmware and Drivers
  • Supported Controllers
  • Supported Enclosures
  • Support for Disk and Volume Management
• Getting Started
  • Launching Storage Management
    • Microsoft Windows
    • Linux and any Remote System
  • User Privileges
  • Using the Graphical User Interface
    • Storage Object
    • Health Subtab
    • Information/Configuration Subtab
    • Drop-down Menus and Wizards for Running Tasks
  • Using the Storage Management Command Line Interface
  • Displaying the Online Help
  • Common Storage Tasks
• Understanding RAID Concepts
  • What Is RAID?
    • Hardware and Software RAID
    • RAID Concepts
    • RAID Levels
  • Organizing Data Storage for Availability and Performance
  • Choosing RAID Levels and Concatenation
    • Concatenation
    • RAID Level 0 (Striping)
    • RAID Level 1 (Mirroring)
    • RAID Level 5 (Striping with distributed parity)
    • RAID Level 6 (Striping with additional distributed parity)
    • RAID Level 50 (Striping over RAID 5 sets)
    • RAID Level 60 (Striping over RAID 6 sets)
    • RAID Level 10 (Striping over mirror sets)
    • RAID Level 1-Concatenated (Concatenated mirror)
  • Comparing RAID Level and Concatenation Performance
  • No-RAID
• Quick Access to Storage Status and Tasks
  • Storage Dashboard and Storage Health
  • Storage Health
  • Hot Spare Protection Policy
  • Select Report
  • Storage Component Severity
  • Storage Properties and Current Activity
  • Alerts or Events
  • Monitoring Disk Reliability on RAID Controllers
  • Using Alarms to Detect Failures
  • Using Enclosure Temperature Probes
  • Rescan to Update Storage Configuration Changes
  • Time Delay in Displaying Configuration Changes
• PCI Express Solid-State Device Support
  • What is PCIe SSD
  • PCIe SSD Features
  • PCIe Sub System Properties
  • PCIe Extender Cards
  • Physical Device Properties
  • Physical Device Tasks
    • Blink and Unblink
    • Full Initialization
    • Prepare to Remove
    • Export Log
  • PCIe SSD Sub System Health
    • Backplanes
    • Backplane Firmware Version
• Storage Information and Global Tasks
  • Storage Properties
  • Global Tasks
    • Global Rescan
    • Enable/Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown
  • Storage Controllers
    • Storage Components
• Controllers
  • What is a Controller?
  • RAID Controller Technology: SCSI, SATA, ATA, and SAS
  • RAID Controller Features
  • Controller-supported RAID Levels
  • Controller-supported Stripe Sizes
  • RAID Controller Read, Write, Cache, and Disk Cache Policy
    • Read Policy
    • Write Policy
    • Cache Policy
    • Disk Cache Policy
  • Background Initialization on PERC Controllers
  • Non-RAID Controller Description
  • Firmware/Driver Versions
    • Firmware/Driver Properties
  • Controller Health
    • Controller Severity
    • Controller Information
    • Controller Components
  • Controller Properties and Tasks
    • Controller Properties
    • Controller Tasks
    • Available Reports
  • Set Rebuild Rate
  • Reset Configuration
  • Export Log
  • Foreign Configuration Operations
    • Foreign Configuration Properties
  • Importing Foreign Configurations
  • Importing/Recovering Foreign Configurations
  • Clear Foreign Configuration
  • Physical Disks in Foreign Virtual Disks
  • Set Background Initialization Rate
  • Set Check Consistency Rate
  • Set Reconstruct Rate
  • Redundant Path Configuration
    • Clearing the Redundant Path View
    • Related Topics
  • Set Patrol Read Mode
  • Start and Stop Patrol Read
  • Change Controller Properties
  • Manage Physical Disk Power
  • Manage Preserved Cache
    • Manage Preserved Cache
  • Manage Encryption Key
    • Encryption Key
    • Creating an Encryption Key and Enabling LKM
  • Manage CacheCade
    • Creating a CacheCade
    • Resizing the CacheCade
    • Renaming the CacheCade
    • Blinking and Unblinking the CacheCade
    • Deleting the CacheCade
    • CacheCade Properties
  • Convert to Non-RAID Disks
  • Convert to RAID Capable Disks
  • Patrol Read Report
  • Check Consistency Report
  • Slot Occupancy Report
  • Physical Disk Firmware Version Report
• Enclosures and Backplanes
  • Backplanes
  • Enclosures
    • Enclosure Physical Disks
    • Enclosure Fans
    • Enclosure Power Supplies
    • Enclosure Temperature Probes
    • Enclosure Management Modules (EMMs)
  • SMART Thermal Shutdown
  • Changing the Mode on 220S and 221S Enclosures
  • Enclosure Management
  • Enclosure and Backplane Health
    • Enclosure and Backplane Status
    • Enclosure and Backplane Information
    • Enclosure and Backplane Components
  • Enclosure and Backplane Properties and Tasks
    • Enclosure and Backplane Properties
    • Enclosure Tasks
    • Available Reports
  • Set Asset Data
  • Set Temperature Probe Values
  • View Slot Occupancy Report
  • EMM Properties
  • Fan Properties
  • Power Supply Properties
  • Temperature Probe Properties and Tasks
    • Temperature Probe Properties and Tasks
    • Set Temperature Probe Properties and Tasks
• Connectors
  • Channel Redundancy and Thermal Shutdown
  • Creating a Channel-redundant Virtual Disk
  • Connector Health
    • Connector Status
    • Connector Information
    • Connector Components
  • Connector Properties and Tasks
    • Connector Properties
    • Connector Tasks: Rescan Connector
    • Connector Components
  • Logical Connector Properties and Tasks
    • Logical Connector Properties
    • Path Health
    • Clearing the Redundant Path View
    • Related Tasks
    • Logical Connector Components
• Tape Drives
  • Tape Drive Properties
• RAID Controller Batteries
  • Battery Properties and Tasks
    • Battery Properties
    • Battery Tasks
• Physical Disks or Physical Devices
  • Guidelines to Replace a Physical Disk or Physical Device
  • Add a New Disk to Your System
  • How to Avoid Removing the Wrong Disk
  • Replacing a Physical Disk Receiving SMART Alerts
  • Other Disk Procedures
  • Physical Disk or Physical Device Properties and Tasks
    • Physical Disk or Physical Device Properties
    • Physical Disk or Physical Device Tasks
  • Blink and Unblink (Physical Disk)
  • Remove Dead Segments
  • Prepare to Remove
  • Rebuild
  • Cancel Rebuild
  • Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare
  • Online and Offline
  • Clear Physical Disk and Cancel Clear
  • Revertible Hot Spare
  • Instant Encrypt Erase
  • Full Initialization
  • Convert to RAID Capable Disk
  • Convert to Non-RAID Disk
• Virtual Disks
  • Considerations Before Creating Virtual Disks
    • Virtual Disk Considerations for Controllers
    • Virtual Disk Considerations for PERC S100, S110, and S300 Controllers
    • Virtual Disk Considerations on Linux
    • Number of Physical Disks per Virtual Disk
    • Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller
    • Calculation for Maximum Virtual Disk Size and the Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
    • Channel Redundant Virtual Disks
  • Creating Virtual Disks
  • Reconfiguring/Migrating Virtual Disks
  • Starting and Target RAID Levels for Virtual Disk Reconfiguration and Capacity Expansion
  • Maintain Integrity of Redundant Virtual Disks
  • Rebuilding Redundant Information
  • Virtual Disk Bad Block Management
    • What is a Virtual Disk Bad Block?
    • Recommendations
  • Virtual Disk Properties and Tasks
    • Virtual Disk Properties
    • Virtual Disk Tasks
  • Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
  • Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard (Step 2)
  • Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard
  • Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 2)
  • Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 3)
  • Span Edit
  • Virtual Disk Task: Reconfigure (Step 1 of 3)
  • Virtual Disk Task: Reconfigure (Step 2 of 3)
  • Virtual Disk Task: Reconfigure (Step 3 of 3)
  • Slow and Fast Initialize
    • Considerations for Fast Initialize
    • Considerations for Slow Initialize
    • Formatting or Initializing a Disk
  • Virtual Disk Task: Delete
  • Virtual Disk Task: Rename
  • Virtual Disk Task: Change Policy
  • Split Mirror
  • Unmirror
  • Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare
  • Virtual Disk Task: Replace Member Disk (Step 1 of 2)
  • Virtual Disk Task: Replace Member Disk (Step 2 of 2)
• Moving Physical and Virtual Disks from One System to Another
  • Required Conditions
  • Migrating SAS Virtual Disks to Another System
• Protecting Your Virtual Disk with a Hot Spare
  • Understanding Hot Spares
  • Setting Hot Spare Protection Policy
    • Dedicated Hot Spare Protection Policy
    • Resetting the Hot Spare Protection Policy
    • Global Hot Spare Protection Policy
    • Considerations for Hot Spare Protection Policy
    • Considerations for Enclosure Affinity
  • Considerations for Hot Spares on PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, and CERC 6/I Controllers
    • Dedicated Hot Spare Considerations
  • Considerations for Hot Spares on S100, and S300 Controllers
    • Size Requirements for Global Hot Spares on S100, and S300 Controllers
  • Global Hot Spare Considerations on a SAS 6/iR
• CacheCade Using Solid State Drives
• Troubleshooting
  • Common Troubleshooting Procedures
    • Cables Attached Correctly
    • System Requirements
    • Drivers and Firmware
    • Isolate Hardware Problems
    • Rescan to Update Information on SCSI Controllers
    • Replacing a Failed Disk
    • Replacing a Failed Physical Disk that is Part of a Non-Redundant Virtual Disk
    • Recovering from Removing the Wrong Physical Disk
    • Resolving Microsoft Windows Upgrade Problems
  • Virtual Disk Troubleshooting
    • A Rebuild Does Not Work
    • A Rebuild Completes with Errors
    • Cannot Create a Virtual Disk
    • A Virtual Disk of Minimum Size is Not Visible to Windows Disk Management
    • Virtual Disk Errors on Linux
    • Problems Associated With Using the Same Physical Disks for Both Redundant and Non-Redundant Virtual Disks
  • Specific Problem Situations and Solutions
    • Physical Disk is Offline or Displays an Error Status
    • Receive a “Bad Block” Alert with “Replacement,” “Sense,” or “Medium” Error
    • Read and Write Operations Experience Problems
    • A Task Menu Option is Not Displayed
    • A Corrupt Disk or Drive Message Suggests Running autocheck During a Reboot
    • Erroneous Status and Error Messages after a Windows Hibernation
    • Storage Management May Delay Before Updating Temperature Probe Status
    • Storage Management May Delay Displaying Storage Devices After Reboot
    • You are Unable to Log into a Remote System
    • Cannot Connect to Remote System Running Windows Server 2003
    • Reconfiguring a Virtual Disk Displays Error in Mozilla Browser
    • Physical Disks Display Under Connector Not Enclosure Tree Object
  • PCIe SSD Troubleshooting
    • Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) Solid-State Drive (SSD) is not seen in the operating system
    • PCIe SSD is not seen in disk management in the operating system
• Frequently Asked Questions
  • Why is a Rebuild not Working?
  • How Can I Safely Remove or Replace a Physical Disk?
  • How do I Recover from Removing the Wrong Physical Disk?
  • How do I Identify the Firmware Version that is installed?
  • Which Controllers do I Have?
  • How do I Turn off an Alarm?
  • Which RAID level is Best for me?
• Supported Features
  • Supported Features on the PERC 5/ PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers
    • Controller Tasks
    • Battery Tasks
    • Connector Tasks
    • Physical Disk Tasks
    • Virtual Disk Tasks
    • Virtual Disk Specifications
    • Supported RAID Levels
    • Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy
    • Enclosure Support
  • Supported Features on the PERC Hardware Controllers
    • Controller Tasks
    • Battery Tasks
    • Connector Tasks
    • Physical Disk Tasks
    • Virtual Disk Tasks
    • Virtual Disk Specifications
    • Supported RAID Levels
    • Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy
    • Enclosure Support
  • Supported Features on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and PERC H200 Controllers
    • Controller Tasks
    • Battery Tasks
    • Connector Tasks
    • Physical Disk Tasks
    • Virtual Disk Tasks
    • Supported RAID Levels
    • Virtual Disk Specifications
    • Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy
    • Enclosure Support
  • Supported Features on the PERC S100, PERC S110, and S300 Controllers
    • Controller Tasks
    • Physical Disk Tasks
    • Virtual Disk Tasks
    • Virtual Disk Specifications
    • Supported RAID Levels
    • Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy
    • Enclosure Support
  • Supported Features on the Non-RAID Controllers
    • Controller Tasks
    • Battery Tasks
    • Connector Tasks
    • Physical Disk Tasks
    • Virtual Disk Tasks
    • Enclosure Support
  • Enclosure and Backplane Features
    • Enclosure and Backplane Tasks
  • Maximum Supported Configuration
• Determining the Health Status for Storage Components
  • Health Status Rollup: Battery is Charging or Dead
  • Health Status Rollup: Physical Disks in a Virtual Disk are Failed or Removed
  • Health Status Rollup: Physical Disks in a Virtual Disk are Unsupported, Partially or Permanently Degraded
  • Health Status Rollup: All Physical Disks in a Virtual Disk are in Foreign State
  • Health Status Rollup: Some Physical Disks in a Virtual Disk are in Foreign State
  • Health Status Rollup: Virtual Disk is Degraded; Physical Disks are Failed or Rebuilding
  • Health Status Rollup: Virtual Disk is Failed
  • Health Status Rollup: Unsupported Firmware Version
  • Health Status Rollup: Enclosure Power Supply Failed or Power Connection Removed
  • Health Status Rollup: One Enclosure Fan is Failed
  • Health Status Rollup: One Enclosure EMM is Failed
  • Health Status Rollup: One Enclosure Temperature Probe is Failed
  • Health Status Rollup: Lost Both Power Connections to the Enclosure
  • Health Status Rollup: One or More Physical Disks are Failed
  • Health Status Rollup: Physical Disk is Rebuilding