Dell EqualLogic PS5000 User Manual

Installation and Setup Configuring the Software
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2. At the Group Manager command prompt, enter the following command:
member select member_name raid-policy policy
Specify RAID50, RAID5, or RAID10 for the policy variable. The PS5500
array supports only
RAID50.
For example, the following command configures member1 with RAID50:
Using the GUI to set the RAID Policy
For the latest information on browser support for the Group Manager GUI, see the
PS Series Release Notes.
To use the GUI to set the RAID policy for a member:
1. Log in to the group.
Specify the group IP address in a Web browser. Then, in the login dialog box
(Figure 3-2), enter the
grpadmin account name and the password that you
specified when creating the group.
Figure 3-2: GUI Login
2. In the Group Summary window (Figure 3-3), expand
Members in the far left
panel and select the member name.
group1> member select member1 raid-policy raid50

Dell EqualLogic PS5000 Specifications

General

Model	PS5000
Category	Storage
Number of Drives	16
RAID Support	Yes
iSCSI Support	Yes
Hot-Swappable Drives	Yes
Hot-Swappable Power Supplies	Yes
Management Software	EqualLogic Group Manager
Storage Type	SAN
Drive Types	SAS, SATA
RAID Levels	RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10
Form Factor	2U
Management Interface	CLI