Locating the storage system in a rack
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41
Backing up and restoring the storage system configuration
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41
Backing up storage system does not save all settings
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41
Backing up the storage system configuration file
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42
Restoring the storage system configuration from a file
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42
Powering off or rebooting the storage system
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43
Powering on or off, or rebooting storage systems with modular components
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43
Rebooting the storage system
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44
Powering off the storage system
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45
Upgrading the SAN/iQ software on the storage system
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46
Upgrading the CMC and storage systems
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46
Setting upgrade preferences
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46
Checking for available upgrades
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46
Upgrading the CMC
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47
Upgrading storage systems in a management group or available storage systems
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47
Monitoring upgrade progress
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49
Reviewing the upgrade summary
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49
Registering advanced features for a storage system
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49
Determining volume and snapshot availability
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49
Checking status of dedicated boot devices
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50
Checking boot device status
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50
Getting there
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50
Replacing a dedicated boot device
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51
3 Storage Configuration: Disk RAID and Disk Management
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53
Configuring RAID and managing disks
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53
Getting there
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53
Status indicators
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53
Configuring and managing RAID
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54
RAID Levels
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54
Explaining RAID devices in the RAID setup report
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55
RAID devices by RAID type
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56
Virtual RAID devices
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56
Planning the RAID configuration
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56
Data protection
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56
Using RAID for data redundancy
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57
Using Network RAID in a cluster
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57
Using disk RAID with Network RAID in a cluster
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57
Mixing RAID configurations
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58
Setting RAID rebuild rate
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59
General guidelines for setting the RAID rebuild rate
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59
Setting the RAID rebuild rate
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59
Reconfiguring RAID
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59
To reconfigure RAID
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60
Monitoring RAID status
..............................................................................................................
60
Data reads and writes and RAID status
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60
Data redundancy and RAID status
........................................................................................
60
Managing disks
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61
Getting there
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62
Reading the disk report on the Disk Setup tab
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62
Verifying disk status
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63
Viewing disk status for the DL320s (NSM 2120)
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63
Viewing disk status for the IBM x3650
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64
Viewing disk status for the VSA
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65
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