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Dell PowerVault MD3200i Series User Manual

Dell PowerVault MD3200i Series
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DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i
Series of Storage Arrays
A Dell Technical Guide Book
Version 1.0

Table of Contents

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Dell PowerVault MD3200i Series Specifications

General IconGeneral
RAID Levels0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
ConnectivityiSCSI
Form Factor2U rack-mountable
Drive Bays12 x 3.5"
Max CapacityUp to 192TB
ControllerDual active controllers
Cache Memory2GB per controller
ExpansionSupports up to 8 MD1200 expansion enclosures
Host Interface1GbE iSCSI
ManagementModular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM)
Power SupplyDual redundant 600W power supplies
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Operating System CompatibilityWindows Server, Linux, VMware, Citrix XenServer

Summary

Product Overview

iSCSI

Industry standard for block I/O over TCP/IP for storage devices and hosts.

Controller Architecture

Hard Drives

Storage Capacity Expansion

MD Storage Manager

Working with Physical and Logical Disks

Disk Group Configuration

Explains how to logically group physical disks to provide virtual disks for hosts.

Supported RAID Configurations

Details various RAID levels (0, 1, 5, 6) supported, including their characteristics and trade-offs.

Virtual Disk Configuration

Describes how virtual disks are created as logical structures from disk groups for data storage.

Snapshot

Describes the Snapshot functionality for data protection and improving production data utilization.

Virtual Disk Copy

Details the Virtual Disk Copy feature for creating complete copies or clones of virtual disks.

Online Administration

Covers performing storage management tasks while the array remains online and accessible.

iSCSI Support

Host Operating System Support

Configuration Guidelines

General Configuration Rules

Outlines rules for host attachment, drive counts, disk groups, RAID levels, and virtual disks.

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