Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110 Installation Guide
Chapter 6 After Setting Up a Group
Common Group Administration Tasks
Table 9 describes the common group administration tasks. These tasks are fully documented in the PS Series
Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Manual.
Table 9: Common Group Administration Tasks
Add network connections to a
group member
Multiple network connections increase performance and availability and are
required for multipath I/O. Dell recommends that you connect all the network
interfaces on both control modules to multiple network switches and then use
the GUI or CLI to assign an IP address and netmask to the interfaces.
Create administration accounts
The grpadmin account is the default administration account. Dell recommends
you set up additional accounts for each administrator, and reserve the default
grpadmin account for maintenance operations such as firmware upgrades.
Accounts can be configured to be authenticated through the PS Series group,
or using LDAP or Active Directory authentication.
Set up event notification
To be informed of significant events in a timely manner, set up e-mail or sys-
log notification.
To monitor traps from the group, you can use SNMP. In addition, you need to
configure SNMP to use the Manual Transfer Utility and other third-party mon-
itoring tools.
To automate iSCSI target discovery, you can configure the group to use an
iSNS server.
You can use CHAP to restrict computer access to volumes. Both initiator and
target CHAP authentication are supported.
Modify the date, time, or time
zone or configure NTP
Group time is based on the clock on the first member, which is set at the fac-
tory. The default time zone is EST. You can also configure the group to use an
NTP server.
Advanced Group Administration Tasks
Table 10 describes the advanced group administration tasks. These tasks are fully documented in the PS Series
Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Manual.
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