Dell EqualLogic PS Series - 5 Where to Go Next; Common Group Customization Tasks

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5 Where to Go Next
After getting started, you can customize a group in order to more effectively
manage your storage environment. You can also begin to utilize the full set of
product features.
The PS Series Group Administration manual provides details on storage concepts
and how to use the Group Manager GUI to manage a group. The PS Series
CLI Reference manual describes how to use the Group Manager CLI to manage a
group and individual arrays.
Common Group Customization Tasks
Table 5-1 describes the common group customization tasks. These tasks are fully
documented in the PS Series Group Administration manual.
Table 5-1: Common Group Customization Tasks
Task Description
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.
You can set up additional accounts with different privileges.
Set up event notification. To be informed of significant events in a timely manner, set
up e-mail or syslog notification.
Configure SNMP. 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 monitoring tools.
Configure iSNS. To automate iSCSI target discovery, you can configure the
group to use an iSNS server.
Configure CHAP
accounts.
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 factory. The default time zone is EST. You can
also configure the group to use an NTP server.