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Disk storage within the PowerVault MD1200 and MD1220 storage enclosures can be configured
and managed by CMC.
Note: Ensure that the physical disks are installed.
a. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks → Create.
b. On the Create Virtual Disk page, under the Settings section, type appropriate data, and from
the Select Physical Disks section, select the appropriate Shared PERC 8 External card from the
drop-down menu.
c. Select the number of physical disk drives on the basis of RAID level selected earlier, and then
click Create Virtual Disk.
d. Click Assign to open Assign Virtual Disks page.
e. You can now assign VDs to Server Slot.
f. Click Manage to open Manage Virtual Disks page, you can modify properties, delete, rename
or initialize the VDs.
26. View and manage PowerVault MD1200 or MD1220 storage enclosures by performing the
following steps:
Customers of PowerEdge VRTX can use CMC web interface or RACADM to view PowerVault
MD1200 or MD1220 storage enclosures components, attributes, and health status.
a. Click Chassis Overview → Storage → Enclosures → Properties.
The Enclosure Properties page provides the health status for all internal and external storage
enclosures attached to Shared PERC 8 controllers. Click on + icon to view Physical Disks,
Advanced Properties and the following components for specific enclosure:
> Fans
> Power Supplies
> Temperature sensors
> Enclosure firmware revision
b. Click Chassis Overview → Storage → Enclosures → Setup.
The Enclosure Setup page allows users to set Asset Tag, Asset Name, and Temperature
Warning Thresholds for the enclosure.
27. Turn on the server blades.
a. Before turning on the blade servers, Dell recommends that you set up all the components of
internal and external shared storage, verify the firmware versions, and check the health status
of the VRTX shared storage infrastructure.
b. Boot the server blades to the desired OS.
c. Verify that the OS can see all shared storage components that have been assigned to the
server blade.
d. Verify that the device drivers meet the minimum baseline requirements.
28. Configure multipath for the Fault Tolerant Dual Shared PERC 8 External card configuration.
For more information about setting up multipath, see
Dell Shared PowerEdge RAID Controller 8
Cards for Dell PowerEdge VRTX Systems User’s Guide
at Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
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