Contents
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
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1 Introduction
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Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager
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User Interface
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Enterprise Management Window
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Inheriting The System Settings
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Array Management Window
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Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Configuration Utility
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Other Information You May Need
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2 About Your MD Series Dense Storage Array
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Physical Disks, Virtual Disks, And Disk Groups
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Physical Disks
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Physical Disk States
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Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
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Virtual Disks And Disk Groups
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Virtual Disk States
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RAID Levels
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Maximum Physical Disk Support Limitations
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RAID Level Usage
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RAID 0
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RAID 1
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RAID 5
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RAID 6
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RAID 10
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Segment Size
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Virtual Disk Operations
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Virtual Disk Initialization
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Consistency Check
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Media Verification
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Cycle Time
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Virtual Disk Operations Limit
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Disk Group Operations
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RAID Level Migration
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Segment Size Migration
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Virtual Disk Capacity Expansion
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