Dell MD3200- Manuals

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 6 the firmware, and protect data until it can be written safely to the hard disk drives. The MD3200’s architecture is designed to excel in multi-host systems environments. Its I/O system core provides built-in hardware XOR for high-speed RAID parity c...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 8 Table 1. Selected Controller Features Automated I/O path protection with host-based, multipath failover drivers One or more virtual disks per disk group Automatic drive failure detection and rebuild using a global hot spare drive Up to 256 virtual d...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 9 Figure 3. MD3200 and MD3220 Dimensions PowerVault™ MD3200: Weight (maximum configuration) 29.3 kg (64.6 lb) PowerVault™ MD3220: Weight (maximum configuration) 24.2 kg (53.4 lb) Front View and Features Figure 4. MD3200 Front View and Features

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 11 Figure 7. MD3220 Front Panel Indicators Table 3. MD3200 and MD3220 Front Panel Feature Description FRONT PANEL / BEZEL INDICATOR AND FETAURE DESCRIPTION Item Indicator, Button, or Connector Icon Description 1 Enclosure status LED The enclosure stat...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 13 Figure 9. MD3200 and MD3220 Rear View Figure 10. Power Supply Indicator Codes RAID Controller Module 0 RAID Controller Module 1 Power Supply / Cooling Fan Modules

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 14 Table 4. Power Indicator Description POWER INDICATOR AND FETAURE DESCRIPTION Item Indicator, Button, or Connector Icon Description 1 DC Power The LED lights green when the DC output voltage is within the limit. If this LED is off, it indicates that...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 15 Table 5. Supported Drives Form Factor Speed (rpm) Capacity (GB) 2.5” SAS HDDs up to 6Gb/s SSDs up to 3Gb/s 7,200 500 GB 10,000 146 GB 300 GB 600GB (post RTS) 15,000 73 GB 146 GB SSD 150 GB 3.5” SAS HDDs up to 6Gb/s 7,200 500 GB 1 TB 2 TB 15,000 300...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 16 Hard Drive Indicators Figure 11. Hard Drive Indicators (includes HDD and SSD) Table 6. Drive Indicator Description Drive-Status Indicator Pattern (RAID Only) Condition Blinks green two times per second Identify drive/preparing for removal Off Drive...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 17 Storage Capacity Expansion Both the MD3200 and MD3220 systems are capable of supporting up to 96 total hard drives. Adding additional drives past what the base platforms hold is a simple matter of connecting either MD1200 and/or MD1220 JBODs to the...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 18 SAS Cables The MD3200 and MD3220 arrays and the MD1200 and MD1220 JBODs standardize on the 6Gb/s (SAS 2.0) Mini-SAS cable (SFF 8088). The Mini-SAS cable is unique from the SAS cable used with the previous MD3000 array and MD1000 JBOD. Figure 13. Mi...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 20 Enterprise Window The Enterprise Window is the main window that opens when the MD Storage Manager is initially launched. Within the Device tab, it provides a view of all of the storage arrays, including partially managed storage arrays, in the over...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 21 Figure 15. MD Storage Manager: Setup Tab There are two ways to select an array to manage from the Enterprise Window. This includes; Clicking the Manage a Storage Array in the Setup tab, then select the desired storage array; or, go to the Devices t...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 22 Figure 16. MD Storage Manager: Array Window The Summary tab (shown above) provides administers with a quick look at all the pertinent information regarding the selected MD3200 or MD3220 storage array as well as links to various management tasks. Th...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 23 The Hosts & Mappings area provides information about the number of hosts, virtual disk mappings, and storage partitions that have been configured. There is also a link provided to allow the user to get more detailed information about the hosts ...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 24 component, and selecting “View Associated Physical Components”. This physical view can also be retrieved by selecting the Physical tab which will be covered next. The Physical tab provides both a physical view of the storage array as well as detail...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 25 Next, is the Mappings tab which provides an overall view of the host-to-virtual disk mappings configured on the storage array. The Mappings window includes both a Topology pane as well as a Defined Mappings pane. Figure 19. MD Storage Manager: Mapp...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 27 It is important to note that many tasks can also be accessed from the pull down menus across the top; or, by going to the Logical, Physical or Mappings tabs in the Array Window and right-clicking on the appropriate object (i.e. storage array, virtu...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 28 The final tab is the Support tab which provides a central location when storage array recovery, support information or a description of the storage array components are needed. Figure 22. MD Storage Manager: Support Tab Gather Support Information s...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 30 Table 7. RAID Configuration Support RAID-0 RAID-1 and 1+0 RAID-5 RAID-6 Description Data is striped across multiple physical disks. Data is “mirrored” to another physical disk. Physical disks operated independently with data and parity blocks distr...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 31 Configuration Metadata MD3200 series of controllers store configuration metadata in a private 512 MB region on every configured physical disk. This metadata area contains physical disk state and status information, virtual disk state and status inf...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 32 application. A given host can concurrently have virtual disks with different capacities, different RAID levels, and different physical disk types. This flexibility enables hosts with different capacity, performance or data protection demands to eff...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 33 background operation with five user-defined priority settings, enabling administrators to minimize either copy time or the overall I/O impact to the storage system. As virtual disk copy is controller based, it requires no host interaction or CPU cy...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 34 transferred to the first controller, its flash memory is updated, and the controller is rebooted. The firmware is then passed from the first controller to the second, and the process is repeated. With a multi- path driver installed, access to all s...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 35 Table 8. Supported Servers R910 R410 R905 R210 R900 PE2970 R815 PE2950 III R810 PE1950 III R805 T710 R715 T610 R710 T410 R610 T310 R510 PE2900 III Please consult with the MD3200/MD3220 Support Matrix for the most up to date list of supported server...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 36 Table 9. Power Supply Specifications AC Characteristics INPUT PARAMETER Requirement Input Voltage Range 90 – 264 VAC Input Frequency 47 – 63 Hz Peak Inrush Current 55 A for 10ms or less, 25 A for 10-150ms Power Factor over full AC input range 0.9 @...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 37 Table 10. Environmental Specifications Temperature Operating 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) with a maximum temperature gradation of 10°C per hour Note: For altitudes above 2950 feet, the maximum operating temperature is de-rated 1°F/550 ft. Storage -40°...

Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200MD3220 38 Configuration Guidelines General Configuration Rules The MD3200 and MD3220’s extensive configuration flexibility enables customized performance tuning, maximum capacity utilization and the highest data protection to support application servers with...

8 Introduction • Display resolution of 1024x768 with 16 million colors (1280x1024 32-bit recommended). • Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. NOTE: Supported operating systems include both native and guest operating systems. NOTE: Supported hypervisors includ...

Hardware Installation 11 2 Hardware Installation Before using this guide, ensure that you review the instructions in the: • Getting Started Guide —The Getting Started Guide that shipped with the storage array provides information to configure the initial setup of the system. • Planning section of th...

12 Hardware Installation Connecting the Storage Array The storage array is connected to a host using two hot-swappable RAID controller modules. The RAID controller modules are identified as RAID controller module 0 and RAID controller module 1. For more information, see the Getting Started Guide . E...

Hardware Installation 13 Redundant and Non-Redundant Configurations Non-redundant configurations are configurations that provide only a single data path from a host to the storage array. This type of configuration is only recommended for non-critical data storage. Path failure from a failed or remov...

16 Hardware Installation Dual Controller Configurations Figure 2-4 through Figure 2-6 show two and four hosts, each connected to two RAID controller modules. Since each host has redundant paths, loss of a single path would still allow access to the storage array through the alternate path. Figure 2-...

22 Hardware Installation Cabling PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures You can expand the capacity of your PowerVault MD3200 series storage array by adding PowerVault MD1200 series expansion enclosures. You can expand the physical disk pool to a maximum of 120 (or 192, if enabled using the P...

Hardware Installation 23 a Install the software and driver package included on the PowerVault MD series resource media. For information about installing the software, see "Installing PowerVault MD Storage Software" on page 27. b Update the storage array RAID controller module firmware and NV...

Installing PowerVault MD Storage Software 27 3 Installing PowerVault MD Storage Software The Dell PowerVault MD series resource media contains software and drivers for both Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems.The root of the media contains a readme.txt file covering changes to the software...

28 Installing PowerVault MD Storage Software • Console Installation—This installation procedure is useful for Linux users who do not want to install an X-Window environment on their supported Linux platform. • Silent Installation—This installation procedure is useful for users who want to create scr...

Installing PowerVault MD Storage Software 29 NOTE: This option is applicable only to Windows client software installation. 7 Confirm the installation location and choose Install . 8 If prompted, reboot the host server once the installation completes. 9 Start MD Storage Manager and discover the array...

30 Installing PowerVault MD Storage Software # md_prereq_install.sh 1 Copy the custom_silent.properties file in the /windows folder of the installation media or image to a writable location on the host server. 2 Modify the custom_silent.properties file to reflect the features, models and installatio...

Post Installation Tasks 31 4 Post Installation Tasks Before using the storage array for the first time, complete the initial configuration tasks in the order shown. These tasks are performed using the MD Storage Manager. NOTE: If Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is not used, initial config...

32 Post Installation Tasks iSCSI Configuration Worksheet The "IPv4 Settings—Worksheet" on page 33 and "IPv6 Settings—Worksheet" on page 34 helps you plan your configuration. Recording host server and storage array IP addresses at a single location enables you to configure your setup ...

Post Installation Tasks 33 IPv4 Settings—Worksheet Mutual CHAP Secret Target CHAP Secret A B host server PowerVault MD36 x 0i 192.168.131.101 (In 1 default) 192.168.128.101 (management network port) 192.168.130.102 (In 0 default) 192.168.131.102 (In 1 default) 192.168.128.102 (management network por...

34 Post Installation Tasks IPv6 Settings—Worksheet Mutual CHAP Target CHAP A B If you need additional space for more than one host server, use an additional sheet. Link local IP address Routable IP address Subnet prefix Gateway A Host server Host iSCSI port 1 ___ . ___ . ___ . ___ ___ . ___ . ___ . ...

Post Installation Tasks 35 Configuring iSCSI on Your Storage Array The following sections contain step-by-step instructions for configuring iSCSI on your storage array. However, before you begin, it is important to understand where each of these steps occur in relation to your host server or storage...

36 Post Installation Tasks Table 4-2. Host Server Vs. Storage Array NOTE: It is recommended that you use the PowerVault Modular Disk Configuration Utility (MDCU) for iSCSI configuration. The PowerVault MDCU wizards guides you through the configuration steps described above. If you want to perform a ...

Post Installation Tasks 39 Configure the Storage Array Using MDCU To configure the iSCSI-based storage array(s) using the MDCU: 1 Launch the utility (if it is not launched automatically) from the server with access to the management ports of the storage array(s) to be configured. For Windows, click ...

40 Post Installation Tasks Guidelines For Configuring Your Network For iSCSI This section provides general guidelines for setting up your network environment and IP addresses for use with the iSCSI ports on your host server and storage array. In order for hosts to communicate with management and/or ...

Post Installation Tasks 41 2 Right-click the network connection you want to configure and select Properties . 3 On the General tab (for a local area connection) or the Networking tab (for all other connections), select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) , and then click Properties . 4 Select Use the followi...

42 Post Installation Tasks 7 To specify the location of the file that you want to import into the Lmhosts file, select Import LMHOSTS and then select the file in the Open dialog box. 8 Enable or disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP. If using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core Version, use the netsh interface...

Uninstalling PowerVault MD Storage Software 45 5 Uninstalling PowerVault MD Storage Software Uninstalling MD Storage Software From Windows Use the Change/Remove Program feature to uninstall the Modular Disk Storage Software (MDSM) from Microsoft Windows operating systems other than Microsoft Windows...

46 Uninstalling PowerVault MD Storage Software NOTE: By default, MD Storage Manager is installed in the \Program Files\Dell\MD Storage Software directory. If another directory was used during installation, navigate to that directory before beginning the uninstallation procedure. 2 From the installat...

Getting Help 47 6 Getting Help Locating Your System Service Tag Your system is identified by a unique Express Service Code and Service Tag number. The Express Service Code and Service Tag are found on the front of the system by pulling out the information tag. This information is used by Dell to rou...

48 Getting Help Documentation Feedback If you have feedback for this document, write to [email protected] . Alternatively, you can click on the Feedback link in any of the Dell documentation pages, fill up the form, and click Submit to send your feedback. book.book Page 48 Thursday, Ju...

Appendix—Load Balancing 49 A Appendix—Load Balancing Windows Load Balance Policy Multi-path drivers select the I/O path to a virtual disk through a specific RAID controller module. When the multi-path driver receives a new I/O, the driver tries to find a path to the current RAID controller module th...

50 Appendix—Load Balancing Least Queue Depth With Subset The least queue depth with subset policy is also known as the least I/Os, or least requests, policy. This policy routes the next I/O request to a data path that has the least outstanding I/O requests queued. For this policy, an I/O request is ...

Appendix—Load Balancing 51 Changing the Load Balance Policy Using the Windows Server 2008 Disk Management Options 1 Right-click My Computer from the host desktop and select Manage to open the Computer Managemen t window. 2 Click Disk Management to show the list of virtual disks attached to the host....

Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI 53 B Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI The following sections contain step-by-step instructions for configuring iSCSI on your storage array. However, before beginning, it is important to understand where each of these steps occur in relation to your host s...

54 Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI Step 1: Discover the Storage Array (Out-of-band Management Only) Default Management IPv4 Port Settings By default, the storage array management ports are set to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). If the controller(s) on your storage array is unable ...

Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI 55 4 Finally, add the last three bytes of the MAC address FE80::0200:08FF:FEAA:BBCC. NOTE: This procedure applies to out-of-band management only. If you choose to set up in-band management, you must complete this step and then proceed to "Step 8: (Optional)...

56 Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI After discovery is complete, a confirmation screen is displayed. 3 Click Close to close the screen. Manual Storage Array Discovery 1 Launch MDSM. If this is the first storage array to be set up, the Add New Storage Array window is displayed. 2 Select Manual ...

Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI 57 Step 2: Configure the iSCSI Ports on the Storage Array By default, the iSCSI ports on the storage array are set to the following IPv4 settings: Controller 0, Port 0: IP: 192.168.130.101 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Port: 3260 Controller 0, Port 1: IP: 192.168....

Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI 59 Step 3: Perform Target Discovery From the iSCSI Initiator This step identifies the iSCSI ports on the storage array to the host server. Select the set of steps in one of the following sections (Microsoft Windows or Linux) that corresponds to your operating s...

Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI 61 5 To display the available iSCSI targets at the specified IP address, use the following command: iscsiadm –m discovery –t st -p <IP_address_of_iSCSI_port> 6 After target discovery, use the following command to manually log in: iscsiadm -m node –l This ...

62 Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI Understanding CHAP Authentication What is CHAP? Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) is an optional iSCSI authentication method where the storage array (target) authenticates iSCSI initiators on the host server. Two types of CHAP are supported:...

Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI 63 CHAP Definitions To summarize the differences between target CHAP and mutual CHAP authentication, see Table B-3. Step 5: Configure CHAP Authentication on the Storage Array (Optional) If you are configuring CHAP authentication of any kind (either target-only ...

64 Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI Although the storage array allows sizes from 12 to 57 characters, many initiators only support CHAP secret sizes up to 16 characters (128-bit). NOTE: A CHAP secret is not retrievable after it is entered. Ensure that you record the secret in an accessible pla...

Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI 65 Step 6: Configure CHAP Authentication on the Host Server (Optional) If you configured CHAP authentication in "Step 5: Configure CHAP Authentication on the Storage Array (Optional)" on page 63, complete the following steps. If not, skip to "Step 7...

66 Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI • Perform mutual authentication—If mutual CHAP authentication is configured, select this option. NOTE: IPSec is not supported. 8 Click OK . If you require a discovery session failover, repeat step 5 and step 6 (in this procedure) for all iSCSI ports on the s...

Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI 69 7 Select one: • If you are not using CHAP authentication, select No Authentication . Go to step 8. or • If you are using CHAP authentication, enter the CHAP user name and password. To enable Mutual CHAP, select and enter the Mutual CHAP user name and passwor...

72 Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI PersistentLoginTarget does not initiate a login to the target until after the system is rebooted. To establish immediate login to the target, substitute LoginTarget for PersistentLoginTarget. : NOTE: See the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator 2.x User’s Guid...