Navisphere manager, Emc powerpath, Updating the storage system configuration settings – Dell PowerVault 770N (Deskside NAS Appliance) User Manual

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Name — Name of the LUN

Capacity — Amount of allocated storage space on the LUN

Used host

connection

paths

An additional storage group feature that performs the following tasks:

Lists all of the paths from the host server to the storage group

Displays whether the path is enabled or disabled

Each path contains the following fields:

HBA — Device name of the HBA in the host system

HBA Port — Unique ID for the HBA port connected to the storage system

SP Port — Unique ID for the storage processor port connected to the HBA port

SP ID — ID of the storage processor

Navisphere Manager

Navisphere Manager provides centralized storage management and configuration from a single management console. Using a GUI, Navisphere

Manager allows you to configure and manage the disks and components in one or more shared storage systems.

You can access Navisphere Manager through a Web browser. Using Navisphere Manager, you can manage a Dell | EMC storage system locally

on the same LAN or through an Internet connection. Navisphere components (Navisphere Manager UI and Storage Management Server) are

installed on a Dell | EMC storage system. You can access Navisphere Manager by opening a browser and entering the IP address of the

storage system's SP. Navisphere Manager downloads to your system and runs in the web browser.

Optionally, you can run Navisphere Management Server for Windows. This software component installs on a host system connected to a Dell |

EMC storage system, allowing you to run Navisphere Storage Management Server on the host system.

Using Navisphere Manager, you can:

Create storage groups for your host systems

Create, bind, and unbind LUNs

Change configuration settings

Monitor storage systems

See "

Storage Management Software

" for more information on Navisphere Manager.

EMC PowerPath

PowerPath automatically reroutes Fibre Channel I/O traffic between the host system and a Dell | EMC CX-series storage system to any

available path if a primary path fails for any reason. Additionally, PowerPath provides multiple path load balancing, allowing you to balance the

I/O traffic across multiple SP ports on a CX400 or CX600.

Updating the Storage System Configuration Settings

Some Dell | EMC storage systems may have shipped with preconfigured settings that may cause the cluster systems to malfunction in some

environments. To optimize storage system performance, update the following processor enclosure settings as listed in

Table 2-5

using a Web

browser and Navisphere Manager.

Table 2-5. Storage System Configuration Settings

Configuration

Setting

Description

Cache Page

Size

The processor enclosure cache memory allocation size.

High/Low

Watermark

The processor enclosure cache level setting—ranging between 0 percent and 100 percent—that determines when to start

flushing the cache (high watermark) and when to stop flushing the cache (low watermark).

SPS Test Time

The day and hour (configured in Greenwich Mean Time [GMT]) when the processor enclosure tests the SPS batteries and

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