Setting up your storage array – Dell PowerVault MD3000 User Manual

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Storage Array

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To remove a storage array:

1 Click Remove located to the right of the drop-down menu in the Array

Selector.

2 Click OK in the Remove dialog box.

You can still manage the storage array from other storage management
stations where it has been added.

Setting Up Your Storage Array

The Perform Initial Setup Tasks link located on the Summary tab provides
links to the basic steps you should follow when initially setting up a storage
array in MD Storage Manager. Following these steps ensures that you
complete all the basic steps to configure your storage array.

Initial setup tasks include:

1 Blink the Storage Array — Find the physical location of the storage array

on your network. The storage array can then be identified with a label.

2 Rename the Storage Array — Provide a unique and memorable name to

help you easily identify the storage array.

3 Set a Storage Array Password — Set a unique password to prevent

unapproved manipulation of the storage array, such as deletion of a virtual
disk.

4 Set up alert notifications — Enable e-mail and SNMP alerts to notify

administrators about storage array conditions that require attention. See
"Configuring Alert Notifications" on page 25 for more information.

a

Configure Sender E-mail Settings — Provide the SMTP, e-mail
address, and contact information MD Storage Manager uses to send
e-mail alerts.

b

Add or Edit E-mail Addresses — Provide information about accounts
that should receive e-mail–based alerts.

c

Set up SNMP Alerts — Provide information about hosts that should
receive SNMP-based alerts.

5 Configure iSCSI Host Ports — Configure network parameters for the

iSCSI host ports on the RAID controller module(s).

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