Dell PowerVault MD3200i Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in User’s - Page 7

Table 1. Configuration Worksheet Example (continued) vCenter Server Name VCENTER-4 Storage Administrator User ID DNS Name IP Address vcenter-4.dell.com 192.168.51. 217 Recommended Configurations The Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in utilizes SMI-S to communicate with the storage arrays that will be managed within the vSphere infrastructure. Due to the nature of the SMI-S protocol, numerous procedure calls must be made to obtain and send changes to the storage array, which require large amounts of data to be passed between the storage arrays, application server and vSphere Client. For this reason, it is recommended that you limit the size of the storage arrays and number of objects to be managed. The following are the recommended maximums for this release of the plug-in. The number of systems being managed and the number of virtual disks and physical disks on each system will determine the overall performance of the plug-in. Recommended maximum configuration: • 10 Dell MD Storage Arrays • 256 Objects per array (Virtual Disks, Virtual Disk Copies, or Snapshots) Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in 7