Dell PowerVault MD3200i Series - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book
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Contents
1. Product Overview ...................................................................................................... 3
2.1 iSCSI ..................................................................................................................... 3
2.2 6Gb Serial Attached SCSI (SAS 2.0) ................................................................................ 4
3. Controller Architecture ............................................................................................... 5
3.1 MD3200i RAID Controller Module View - LEDs.................................................................... 6
4. Chassis ................................................................................................................... 8
4.1 Dimensions and Weight .............................................................................................. 8
4.2 Front View and Features ............................................................................................ 9
4.3 MD3200i and MD3220i Rear View ................................................................................. 12
4.4 Power Supply Indicator Codes .................................................................................... 13
5 Hard Drives ............................................................................................................. 14
5.1 Hard Drive Indicators .............................................................................................. 15
6. Storage Capacity Expansion ........................................................................................ 16
7. SAS Cables ............................................................................................................. 17
8. MD Storage Manager ................................................................................................. 18
8.1 MD3200i Series Storage Manager Software Packages ......................................................... 19
8.2 Enterprise Window ................................................................................................. 19
8.3 Array Window ....................................................................................................... 20
8.4 Recovery Guru ....................................................................................................... 27
9. Working with Physical and Logical Disks ......................................................................... 28
9.1 Disk Group Configuration .......................................................................................... 28
9.2 Virtual Disk Configuration ......................................................................................... 29
9.3 Configuration Metadata ........................................................................................... 29
9.4 Global Hot Spares ................................................................................................... 30
9.5 Storage Partitioning ................................................................................................ 30
9.6 Snapshot .............................................................................................................. 31
9.7 Virtual Disk Copy .................................................................................................... 31
9.8 Online Administration .............................................................................................. 32
9.9 iSCSI Support ........................................................................................................ 33
9.10 Host Operating System Support ................................................................................. 33
10 Environmental ........................................................................................................ 33
10.1 Power Supply Specs ............................................................................................... 33
10.2 Thermal management ............................................................................................ 34
10.3 Over-Temperature Shutdown ................................................................................... 34