Dell POWERVAULT MD3600I - Manual (Page 4)

Virtual Disk Capacity Expansion .......................................................................................................................25
Disk Group Expansion ......................................................................................................................................25
Disk Group Defragmentation ............................................................................................................................25
Disk Group Operations Limit .............................................................................................................................25
RAID Background Operations Priority ....................................................................................................................26
Virtual Disk Migration And Disk Roaming ...............................................................................................................26
Disk Migration ..................................................................................................................................................26
Disk Roaming ....................................................................................................................................................27
Host Server-To-Virtual Disk Mapping ..............................................................................................................27
Host Types ........................................................................................................................................................28
Advanced Features .................................................................................................................................................28
Types Of Snapshot Functionality Supported ....................................................................................................28
Snapshot Virtual Disks (Legacy) ......................................................................................................................29
Snapshot (Legacy) Repository Virtual Disk ......................................................................................................29
Virtual Disk Copy ..............................................................................................................................................29
Virtual Disk Recovery .......................................................................................................................................30
Using Snapshot And Virtual Disk Copy Together .............................................................................................30
Multi-Path Software ...............................................................................................................................................30
Preferred And Alternate Controllers And Paths ...............................................................................................31
Virtual Disk Ownership .....................................................................................................................................31
Load Balancing .......................................................................................................................................................31
Monitoring System Performance ............................................................................................................................32
Monitoring Performance Using The Tabular View ...........................................................................................32
Monitoring Performance Using The Graphical View .......................................................................................33
3 Discovering And Managing Your Storage Array.................................................................35
Out-Of-Band Management .....................................................................................................................................35
In-Band Management .............................................................................................................................................35
Access Virtual Disk ..........................................................................................................................................36
Storage Arrays ........................................................................................................................................................36
Automatic Discovery Of Storage Arrays ..........................................................................................................36
Manual Addition Of A Storage Array ...............................................................................................................36
Setting Up Your Storage Array ...............................................................................................................................37
Locating Storage Arrays ..................................................................................................................................37
Naming Or Renaming Storage Arrays ..............................................................................................................38
Setting A Password ..........................................................................................................................................38
Adding Or Editing A Comment To An Existing Storage Array ...........................................................................39
Removing Storage Arrays ................................................................................................................................39
Enabling Premium Features .............................................................................................................................40
Displaying Failover Alert ..................................................................................................................................40
Changing The Cache Settings On The Storage Array ......................................................................................40
Changing Expansion Enclosure ID Numbers ....................................................................................................41