Dell PowerVault MD3260 Information Update - Page 6

Support for Dense Storage Array Enclosure The MD Series Dense storage array is a five-drawer 4U enclosure managed by dual SAS, iSCSI (1 Gbps or 10 Gbps), or Fibre Channel (8 Gbps) RAID controller modules. The array can be expanded up to 120 physical disks (or 180 with premium feature activation) by attaching up to two MD3060e (SAS based) expansion enclosures. Support For New Storage Management Features This release includes support for Dynamic Disk Pooling and Asymmetric Logic Unit Access (ALUA). Redesigned MD Storage Manager Array Management Window The Array Management Window (AMW) has several new or renamed main menu options. New Main Menu option Feature/Function Storage Create disk pools, virtual disks, and virtual disk groups. Host Mappings Define hosts and create host-to-array mappings. Hardware Set RAID controller, drawer, physical disk, and LUN IDs, and blink array components. Monitor View system performance parameters, perform troubleshooting operations, and view other support information. Upgrade Upgrade and inventory RAID controller or expansion module firmware, NVSRAM, and view other enclosure configuration. The AMW tabs have changed as follows. Previous Tab Name New Tab Name Logical Storage & Copy Services Physical Hardware Mappings Support Host Mappings Not Available Feature/Function Create and manage virtual disk copies, snapshots, and remote replication. Shows storage array physical component in graphical view and supports ability to manage each component on the storage array. Shows the tree view of defined and undefined storage space, host servers and host port IDs. Deleted from this release. MD Storage Manager Online Help In some cases, the MD Storage Manager online help describes storage management features that are not supported in this release. Additionally, some terminology used in the online help may be inconsistent. 6