Dell EqualLogic PS6210XV PS6210 Installation and Setup Guide - Page 37

6 Where to Go After Setting Up a Group After setting up a group, you can customize the group in order to more effectively manage your storage environment. You can also begin to use the full set of product features. The following documentation and additional products are included in the purchase of your array and are available at any time. • The Hardware Owner's Manual provides basic storage array information, maintenance information, and troubleshooting information for your PS Series storage array hardware. • The Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Guide provides details about configuring and using the PS Series firmware that is installed on each array. It includes information about storage concepts and how to use the Group Manager GUI to manage a group. • The Dell EqualLogic Group Manger CLI Reference Guide describes how to use the Group Manager CLI to manage a group and individual arrays. • The Manual Transfer Utility supports off-network replication of volume data. • In a VMware® environment, you can use the Dell EqualLogic Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) for VMware to manage snapshots and replicas on the PS Series group that can restore individual virtual machines or the whole VMware environment. • You can use the Dell EqualLogic Storage Replication Adapter for VMware Site Recovery Manager® (SRM), which allows SRM to understand and recognize PS Series replicas for full SRM integration. • The Dell EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module (MEM) provides enhancements to the VMware multipathing functionality. • In a Microsoft environment, you can use the Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition to create and manage snapshots, clones, and replica Smart Copies on the PS Series group that can restore applications such as SQL Server, Exchange Server, Hyper-V, SharePoint, and NTFS file shares. • If you have several PS Series groups, you can monitor and manage them with Dell EqualLogic SAN Headquarters. Common Group Customization Tasks Table 11 describes common group customization tasks. These tasks are fully documented in the Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Guide. Task Table 11: Common Group Customization Tasks Description Add network connections to a group member Multiple network connections increase performance and availability and are required for multipath I/O. Dell recommends that you connect all the network interfaces on both control modules to multiple network switches and then use the GUI or CLI to assign an IP address and netmask to the interfaces and enable them. Create administration accounts Set up event notification The grpadmin account is the default administration account. Dell recommends that you set up additional accounts for each administrator, and reserve the default grpadmin account for maintenance operations such as firmware upgrades. Accounts can be configured to be authenticated through the PS Series group, RADIUS, or by using LDAP or Active Directory authentication. To be informed of significant events in a timely manner, set up email or syslog notification. 29