Support for Dense Storage Array Enclosure
The MD Series Dense storage array is a five-drawer 4U enclosure managed by dual SAS, iSCSI (1 Gbps or 10 Gbps), or
Fibre Channel (8 Gbps) RAID controller modules. The array can be expanded up to 120 physical disks (or 180 with
premium feature activation) by attaching up to two MD3060e (SAS based) expansion enclosures.
Support For New Storage Management Features
This release includes support for Dynamic Disk Pooling and Asymmetric Logic Unit Access (ALUA).
Redesigned MD Storage Manager Array Management Window
The Array Management Window (AMW) has several new or renamed main menu options.
New Main Menu option
Storage
Host Mappings
Hardware
Monitor
Upgrade
The AMW tabs have changed as follows.
Previous Tab Name
Logical
Physical
Mappings
Support
MD Storage Manager Online Help
In some cases, the MD Storage Manager online help describes storage management features that are not supported in
this release. Additionally, some terminology used in the online help may be inconsistent.
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Feature/Function
Create disk pools, virtual disks, and virtual disk groups.
Define hosts and create host-to-array mappings.
Set RAID controller, drawer, physical disk, and LUN IDs,
and blink array components.
View system performance parameters, perform
troubleshooting operations, and view other support
information.
Upgrade and inventory RAID controller or expansion
module firmware, NVSRAM, and view other enclosure
configuration.
New Tab Name
Storage & Copy Services
Hardware
Host Mappings
Not Available
Feature/Function
Create and manage virtual disk
copies, snapshots, and remote
replication.
Shows storage array physical
component in graphical view and
supports ability to manage each
component on the storage array.
Shows the tree view of defined and
undefined storage space, host servers
and host port IDs.
Deleted from this release.
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