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A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ MD1000 SAS SOLUTIONS

VER A00

6. Dell OpenManage Server Administrator

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator is a management application for configuring PowerEdge

servers. The Server Administrator's configuration abilities for host-based RAID and non-RAID disk

storage are of particular interest for this paper. The Server Administrator enables you to perform

controller and enclosure functions from a single, graphical or command line interface. The

graphical user interface (GUI) is wizard-driven with features for novice and advanced users and

detailed online help. The command line interface is fully-featured and scriptable.

The Server Administrator provides SAS support with the PERC 5/E controller and the PowerVault

MD1000 storage enclosure. Server Administrator also supports the SCSI and ATA technologies.

After installing Server Administrator, the user can expand the storage object in the tree view to

display the storage components attached to the system. These components include supported

controllers and enclosures, virtual disks, physical disks, and the connectors (SAS ports and/or

SCSI channels) that comprise the topography of all attached storage.

The PERC 5/E controller and the PowerVault MD1000 storage enclosure are represented in

Server Administrator's tree view. You can select the PERC 5/E object and the PowerVault MD1000

object to display the status and to provide access to PERC 5/E controller and PowerVault storage

enclosure tasks.

You can create virtual disks using either Server Administrator's Create Virtual Disk Express or the

Create Virtual Disk Advanced wizard. These wizards enable you to quickly configure virtual disk

attributes, such as the RAID level, size, and physical disk selection.

The Express wizard displays the RAID levels supported by the controller and enables you to select

the desired RAID level and the disk size for your virtual disk. After you select the RAID level, the

Express wizard selects an appropriate physical disk given the size of the physical disks and the

available disk space. The Express wizard displays the physical disks it has selected so that you

can confirm the selection before creating the virtual disk.

The Advanced wizard allows you to select physical disks and specify additional virtual disk

properties such as the read, write, and cache policies.

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