Dell PowerVault MD1000 Hardware Owners Manual - Page 25

Managing Your Storage Enclosure, Downloading Firmware, of Server Administrator. - external storage array

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Managing Your Storage Enclosure Disk storage within the enclosure can be configured using either the PERC 5/E Ctrl-R BIOS firmware or Server Administrator. For optimal management and serviceability of your enclosure, Dell recommends use of Server Administrator. NOTE: Online configuration, enclosure status, and active event notification is supported with Server Administrator version 4.5.1 or later only. Dell OpenManage™ Server Assistant provides a comprehensive server/storage management solution with an integrated graphical view and command line interface. It enables online configuration and management for both server-internal storage and externally attached storage. Server Assistant obtains information about physical storage devices, disk enclosures, virtual disks/RAID arrays, and logical devices and displays the information in both physical and logical views. These views are accessed via a storage controller icon or a textual link. From the Server Assistant console, you can create and manage RAID storage configurations, display storage information, customize event reporting, and view logged events. Logged events can also be used to create alerts containing detailed enclosure (logical and physical) device status. From the Server Assistant console, you can also run diagnostics and perform firmware downloads to the enclosure. For more information, see the Server Assistant documentation for more details. Downloading Firmware You can download firmware updates for your storage enclosure using a Dell Update Package available at support.dell.com. NOTE: Firmware download may take several minutes per enclosure. During this time, the host may lose communication with the enclosure. After the download completes, a reboot of the host server is required. If loss of communication problems occur, refer to "Troubleshooting a Loss of Communication Condition." Operating Your Storage Enclosure 25

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Operating Your Storage Enclosure
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Managing Your Storage Enclosure
Disk storage within the enclosure can be configured using either the PERC 5/E Ctrl-R BIOS firmware or
Server Administrator. For optimal management and serviceability of your enclosure, Dell recommends use
of Server Administrator.
NOTE:
Online configuration, enclosure status, and active event notification is supported with Server Administrator
version 4.5.1 or later only.
Dell OpenManage
™
Server Assistant provides a comprehensive server/storage management solution with
an integrated graphical view and command line interface. It enables online configuration and
management for both server-internal storage and externally attached storage.
Server Assistant obtains information about physical storage devices, disk enclosures, virtual disks/RAID
arrays, and logical devices and displays the information in both physical and logical views. These views
are accessed via a storage controller icon or a textual link. From the Server Assistant console, you can
create and manage RAID storage configurations, display storage information, customize event reporting,
and view logged events. Logged events can also be used to create alerts containing detailed enclosure
(logical and physical) device status. From the Server Assistant console, you can also run diagnostics and
perform firmware downloads to the enclosure.
For more information, see the Server Assistant documentation for more details.
Downloading Firmware
You can download firmware updates for your storage enclosure using a Dell Update Package available at
support.dell.com
.
NOTE:
Firmware download may take several minutes per enclosure. During this time, the host may lose
communication with the enclosure. After the download completes, a reboot of the host server is required.
If loss of communication problems occur, refer to "Troubleshooting a Loss of Communication
Condition."