Dell POWERVAULT MD3600I - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2
1 Introduction................................................................................................................................15
Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager .................................................................................................15
User Interface .........................................................................................................................................................15
Enterprise Management Window ...........................................................................................................................15
Inheriting The System Settings ........................................................................................................................16
Array Management Window ..................................................................................................................................16
Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Configuration Utility ...............................................................................................17
Other Information You May Need ...........................................................................................................................17
2 About Your MD Series Storage Array....................................................................................19
Physical Disks, Virtual Disks, And Disk Groups ......................................................................................................19
Physical Disks ..................................................................................................................................................19
Physical Disk States .........................................................................................................................................19
Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology ......................................................................................20
Virtual Disks And Disk Groups ..........................................................................................................................20
Virtual Disk States ............................................................................................................................................20
Disk Pools ...............................................................................................................................................................21
Thin Virtual Disks ....................................................................................................................................................21
RAID Levels .............................................................................................................................................................21
RAID Level Usage .............................................................................................................................................22
RAID 0 ...............................................................................................................................................................22
RAID 1 ...............................................................................................................................................................22
RAID 5 ...............................................................................................................................................................22
RAID 6 ...............................................................................................................................................................22
RAID 10 .............................................................................................................................................................23
Segment Size ..........................................................................................................................................................23
Virtual Disk Operations ...........................................................................................................................................23
Virtual Disk Initialization ...................................................................................................................................23
Consistency Check ...........................................................................................................................................23
Media Verification ............................................................................................................................................24
Cycle Time ........................................................................................................................................................24
Virtual Disk Operations Limit ............................................................................................................................24
Disk Group Operations ............................................................................................................................................24
RAID Level Migration .......................................................................................................................................24
Segment Size Migration ...................................................................................................................................25