Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator’s Guide PS Series Firmware Version 9.1 FS Series Firmware Version 4.0 Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Copyright © 2017 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. 2017 - 03 Rev. 110-6269-EN-R1 Contents About This Manual............................................................................................................16 Audience........................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Related Documentation.....................................................................................................................................................16 Dell Online Services...........................................................................................................................................................16 Dell EqualLogic Storage Solutions..................................................................................................................................... 16 Dell Technical Support and Customer Service...................................................................................................................16 Contacting Dell............................................................................................................................................................17 1 About Group Manager.................................................................................................... 18 About GUI and CLI Access................................................................................................................................................19 Log In to the Group Manager GUI...............................................................................................................................19 Access the Command-Line Interface (CLI)................................................................................................................. 19 About the Localized GUI................................................................................................................................................... 19 About the End-User License Agreement.......................................................................................................................... 20 Install the Group Manager GUI Locally..............................................................................................................................20 Show or Hide the Session Banner.................................................................................................................................... 20 Keyboard Shortcuts.......................................................................................................................................................... 21 GUI Icons..........................................................................................................................................................................22 Search for Volumes, Collections, Pools, Partners, and Members...................................................................................... 22 About Online Help for Group Manager............................................................................................................................. 23 Install the Group Manager Online Help as a Local Resource....................................................................................... 23 Access Online Help.....................................................................................................................................................23 Localized Online Help................................................................................................................................................. 23 Troubleshooting Online Help....................................................................................................................................... 24 2 Architecture Fundamentals........................................................................................... 25 About Groups...................................................................................................................................................................28 How Groups Work......................................................................................................................................................29 Group: Configuration Recommendations....................................................................................................................30 About Storage Pools......................................................................................................................................................... 31 Single-Pool Design...................................................................................................................................................... 31 Multiple-Pool Design................................................................................................................................................... 31 Storage Pool: Design Checklist....................................................................................................................................31 Storage Pool: Design Examples.................................................................................................................................. 32 About Volumes................................................................................................................................................................. 33 Volume Attributes.......................................................................................................................................................34 Volume Types............................................................................................................................................................. 36 About Volume Space Allocation..................................................................................................................................36 About NAS Architecture...................................................................................................................................................36 About NAS Clusters......................................................................................................................................................... 39 About NAS Controllers..................................................................................................................................................... 40 About NAS Containers...................................................................................................................................................... 41 3 About the NAS Reserve....................................................................................................................................................41 3 Set Up the iSCSI SAN................................................................................................... 43 4 Post-Setup Tasks.......................................................................................................... 44 About the Group Date and Time.......................................................................................................................................44 Change or Delete an NTP Server............................................................................................................................... 44 Change the Time Zone and Clock Time......................................................................................................................45 About Session Idle Timeout..............................................................................................................................................45 Change the Session Idle Timeout............................................................................................................................... 45 Set General GUI Policies...................................................................................................................................................45 Set GUI Communication Policies...................................................................................................................................... 46 Set Alarm Policies.............................................................................................................................................................46 Display NAS Cluster Alarms........................................................................................................................................46 Set Advanced Policies...................................................................................................................................................... 46 Monitor Events.................................................................................................................................................................46