Dell PowerVault MD3200i Series Technical Manualbook - Page 3

Browse online or download pdf Technical Manualbook for Server Dell PowerVault MD3200i Series. Dell PowerVault MD3200i Series 38 pages. Storage arrays
Also for Dell PowerVault MD3200i Series: Deployment Manual (41 pages), Update Manual (32 pages), Rack Installation Instructions (2 pages), User Manual (46 pages), Support Matrix (12 pages), Installation Manual (18 pages), Information Update (1 pages), Support Matrix (11 pages), Support Matrix (17 pages), White Paper (22 pages), Manual (16 pages)

Print Page

DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book

Contents

1. Product Overview ...................................................................................................... 3

2.1 iSCSI ..................................................................................................................... 3

2.2 6Gb Serial Attached SCSI (SAS 2.0) ................................................................................ 4

3. Controller Architecture ............................................................................................... 5

3.1 MD3200i RAID Controller Module View - LEDs.................................................................... 6

4. Chassis ................................................................................................................... 8

4.1 Dimensions and Weight .............................................................................................. 8

4.2 Front View and Features ............................................................................................ 9

4.3 MD3200i and MD3220i Rear View ................................................................................. 12

4.4 Power Supply Indicator Codes .................................................................................... 13

5 Hard Drives ............................................................................................................. 14

5.1 Hard Drive Indicators .............................................................................................. 15

6. Storage Capacity Expansion ........................................................................................ 16

7. SAS Cables ............................................................................................................. 17

8. MD Storage Manager ................................................................................................. 18

8.1 MD3200i Series Storage Manager Software Packages ......................................................... 19

8.2 Enterprise Window ................................................................................................. 19

8.3 Array Window ....................................................................................................... 20

8.4 Recovery Guru ....................................................................................................... 27

9. Working with Physical and Logical Disks ......................................................................... 28

9.1 Disk Group Configuration .......................................................................................... 28

9.2 Virtual Disk Configuration ......................................................................................... 29

9.3 Configuration Metadata ........................................................................................... 29

9.4 Global Hot Spares ................................................................................................... 30

9.5 Storage Partitioning ................................................................................................ 30

9.6 Snapshot .............................................................................................................. 31

9.7 Virtual Disk Copy .................................................................................................... 31

9.8 Online Administration .............................................................................................. 32

9.9 iSCSI Support ........................................................................................................ 33

9.10 Host Operating System Support ................................................................................. 33

10 Environmental ........................................................................................................ 33

10.1 Power Supply Specs ............................................................................................... 33

10.2 Thermal management ............................................................................................ 34

10.3 Over-Temperature Shutdown ................................................................................... 34