Modular disk storage manager, Physical disk migration, Raid level – Dell PowerVault MD3000 User Manual

Page 9: Change disk group raid level

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Information Update

9

Complete the following steps to reset the password to an MD3000 array if
your system is running the Windows Server 2008 operating system:

1 Obtain a terminal application capable of COM port connections.
2 Configure the application to use the communication settings as described

on page 23 of the Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager User’s
Guide.

3 Proceed with the password reset procedure described on page 24 of the

User’s Guide.

Modular Disk Storage Manager

The following updates apply to the Modular Disk Storage Manager
(MD Storage Manager):

When the MD Storage Manager is installed on Red Hat

®

Enterprise

Linux

®

systems or SUSE

®

Linux Enterprise Servers, or when the

MD Storage Manager is running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers,
Japanese and Simplified Chinese are not supported.

Physical Disk Migration

Cold power-up migration of physical disks from one MD3000 duplex
configuration to another MD3000 duplex configuration is supported only
when all physical disks are moved from one system to another. No other
migrations, including partial physical disk migration and RAID controller
module migration, are supported.

RAID Level

Change Disk Group RAID Level

Follow these instructions to change the RAID level of a disk group as needed:

1 In MD Storage Manager, click the Modify tab and click Change Disk

Group RAID Level.

2 Select the disk group that you want to modify.
3 Select the new RAID level from the drop-down menu.
4 Click Change to start the process.

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