Dell EMC Server Administrator Storage Management 10.0.1 User Guide

Summary

This user guide provides comprehensive documentation for the product. The document includes detailed information about setup, configuration, operation, and maintenance of the monitor. It covers key features, specifications, installation procedures, troubleshooting steps, and best practices. The manual is designed for system administrators, IT professionals, and end users who need to deploy, manage, or operate the equipment effectively. Readers will find step-by-step instructions, technical diagrams, safety information, and reference materials to ensure proper usage and optimal performance.

Dell EMC Server Administrator Storage Management 10.0.1
Contents
Overview
- What is new in this release
- OMSA Customer Survey
- Before Installing Storage Management
  - Version Requirements For Controller Firmware And Drivers
  - Supported Controllers
    
    Supported RAID Controllers
    
    Supported Non-RAID Controllers
  - Support For Disk And Volume Management
Getting Started
- Launching Storage Management
  - On Systems Running Microsoft Windows
  - On A System Running Linux And Any Remote System
- User Privileges
- Using The Graphical User Interface
  - Storage Object
  - Health
  - Information Or Configuration
- Using The Storage Management Command-Line Interface
- Displaying The Online Help
- Common Storage Tasks
Understanding RAID concepts
- RAID
  - Hardware and software RAID
  - RAID concepts
  - RAID Levels
- Organizing Data Storage For Availability And Performance
- Choosing RAID Levels And Concatenation
  - Concatenation
  - RAID level 0 - striping
  - RAID level 1 - mirroring
  - RAID level 5 -striping with distributed parity
  - RAID level 6 - striping with additional distributed parity
  - RAID level 50 - striping over RAID 5 sets
  - RAID level 60 - striping over RAID 6 sets
  - RAID level 10 - striped-mirrors
  - RAID Level 1- Concatenated Mirror
- Comparing RAID Level And Concatenation Performance
- No-RAID
Quick Access To Storage Status And Tasks
- Storage Health
- Hot Spare Protection Policy
- Storage Component Severity
- Storage Properties And Current Activity
- Alerts Or Events
- Monitoring Disk Reliability On RAID Controllers
- Using Alarms To Detect Failures
- Using Enclosure Temperature Probes
- Time Delay In Displaying Configuration Changes
PCI Express Solid-State Device Support
- PCIe SSD
- PCIe SSD Features
- PCIe SSD Subsystem Properties
- PCIe Extender Cards
- Physical Device Properties
- Physical Device Tasks
  - Blinking And Unblinking A PCIe SSD
  - Enabling Full Initialization On A Micron PCIe SSD
  - Performing A Full Initialization On A Micron PCIe SSD
    
    To Locate Full Initialization In Storage Management
  - Preparing To Remove A PCIe SSD
  - Exporting The Log
  - Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD
    
    To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management
- PCIe SSD In Slot Card Tasks
  - To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card
- PCIe SSD In Slot Card Properties
- Exporting The Log For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card
  - To Locate Export Log In Storage Management For NVMe PCIe SSDs
- Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD In Slot Card
  - To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card
- PCIe SSD Subsystem Health
  - Backplanes
  - Backplane Firmware Version
Storage Information And Global Tasks
- Storage Properties
- Global Tasks
  - Setting the Remaining Rated Write Endurance Threshold
  - Setting the Available Spare Threshold
- Storage Controller Properties
  - Storage Components
Controllers
- Controller
- RAID Controller Technology - SATA And SAS
  - SAS RAID Controllers
- RAID Controller Features
- Controller — Supported RAID Levels
- Controller — Supported Stripe Sizes
- RAID Controller Read, Write, and Disk Cache Policy
  - Read Policy
  - Write Policy
  - Disk Cache Policy
- Background Initialization On PERC Controllers
- Non-RAID Controller Description
  - Non-RAID SAS Controllers
- Firmware Or Driver Versions
  - Firmware Or Driver Properties
- Controller Health
  - Controller Components
- Controllers Properties And Tasks
- Controller Tasks
  - Creating A Virtual Disk
  - Enabling The Controller Alarm
  - Disabling The Controller Alarm
  - Turning Off The Controller Alarm
  - Testing The Controller Alarm
  - Setting The Rebuild Rate
    
    To Change The Rebuild Rate
    
    To locate Set Rebuild Rate In Storage Management
  - Resetting The Controller Configuration
    
    Reset The Controller Configuration
    
    To Locate Reset Configuration In Storage Management
  - Exporting The Controller Log File
    
    Export The Controller Log File
    
    To Locate Export Log In Storage Management
  - Foreign Configuration Operations
    
    Foreign Configuration Properties
    
    To Locate Foreign Configuration Operations Task In Storage Management
  - Importing Foreign Configurations
  - Importing Or Recovering Foreign Configurations
    
    To Locate Import Or Recover Foreign Configuration In Storage Management
  - Clearing Foreign Configuration
    
    To Locate Clear Foreign Configuration In Storage Management
  - Physical Disks In Foreign Virtual Disks
  - Setting Background Initialization Rate
    
    To Change The Background Initialization Rate For A Controller
    
    To Locate Background Initialization Rate In Storage Management
  - Setting The Check Consistency Rate
    
    To Change The Check Consistency Rate For A Controller
    
    To Locate Set Check Consistency Rate In Storage Management
  - Setting The Reconstruct Rate
    
    To Change The Reconstruct Rate For A Controller
    
    To Locate Set Reconstruct Rate In Storage Management
  - Setting The Redundant Path Configuration
    
    Set up single and multiple multipath connections
    
    Clearing The Redundant Path View
  - Setting The Patrol Read Mode
    
    To Set The Patrol Read Mode
    
    To Locate Set Patrol Read Mode In Storage Management
  - Starting And Stopping Patrol Read
    
    Locate Start Stop Patrol Read In Storage Management
  - Changing The Controller Properties
    
    To Locate Change Controller Properties In Storage Management
    
    To Locate Change Controller Properties In Storage Management - Method 2
  - Managing The Physical Disk Power
    
    Properties In Manage Physical Disk Power Option
    
    Physical Disk Power On Unconfigured Drives And Hot Spares
    
    Managing Physical Disk Power Using The Customized Power Savings Mode
    
    Managing Physical Disk Power Using The QoS Option
    
    Managing The Time Interval For The QoS Option
    
    To Locate Manage Physical Disk Power In Storage Management
  - Managing The Preserved Cache
  - Encryption Key
    
    Encryption Key Identifier
    
    Passphrase
    
    Creating An Encryption Key And Enabling LKM
    
    Changing Or Deleting The Encryption Key
    
    Managing The Encryption Key
  - Converting To Non-RAID Disks
  - Converting To RAID Capable Disks
  - Changing The Controller Mode
  - Auto Configure RAID0 Operation
  - Set the Auto Configure Behavior of a RAID controller
- System Configuration Lock Down Mode
  - Global Tasks Supported When System Configuration Lock Down Mode Is On
  - Controller Tasks Supported When System Configuration Lock Down Mode Is On
  - Controller Reports Supported When System Configuration Lock Down Mode Is On
  - Physical Disk Tasks Supported When System Configuration Lock Down Mode Is On
  - Virtual Disk Tasks Supported When System Configuration Lock Down Mode Is On
- Viewing Available Reports
  - Available Reports
  - Viewing Patrol Read Report
    
    To Locate View Patrol Read Report In Storage Management
  - Viewing Check Consistency Report
    
    To Locate View Check Consistency Report In Storage Management
  - Viewing Slot Occupancy Report
  - Viewing Physical Disk Firmware Version Report
  - Physical Disk Firmware Version Report Properties
Support For PERC 9, PERC 10, and PERC 11 Hardware Controllers
- Support For RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation On PERC Hardware Controllers
  - RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation With Uneven Span
- Support For Advanced Format 4KB Sector Hard-Disk Drives
  - Hot Spare Considerations — 4KBSector Hard-Disk Drives
  - Reconfiguration Considerations — 4KB Sector Hard-Disk Drives
Support for BOSS RAID Controllers
Enclosures And Backplanes
- Backplanes
- Enclosures
  - MX5016s
  - Enclosure Physical Disks
  - Enclosure Fans
  - Fan Properties
  - Enclosure Power Supplies
  - Power Supply Properties
  - Enclosure Temperature Probes
    
    Setting The Temperature Probe Properties And Tasks
    
    To Launch The Set Temperature Probe Wizard
    
    Temperature Probe Properties And Tasks
  - Enclosure Management Modules
    
    Verifying The EMM Firmware Version Of The Enclosure
    
    EMM Properties
  - Enclosure And Backplane Health
    
    Enclosure And Backplane Information
    
    Enclosure And Backplane Components
  - Enclosure And Backplane Properties And Tasks
    
    Enclosure And Backplane Properties
    
    Enclosure And Backplane Tasks
    
    Enclosure — Available Tasks
    
    Setting The Temperature Probe Values
    
    Checking The Temperature Of The Enclosure
    
    Changing The Warning Threshold On The Temperature Probe
    
    To Locate Set Temperature Probe Values In Storage Management
    
    Available Reports
- Enclosure Management
- Identifying An Open Connector On The Enclosure
- Enclosure Components
Connectors
- Channel Redundancy
- Creating A Channel-Redundant Virtual Disk
  - Creating A Physical Disk For Channel Redundant Virtual Disks On PERC Controllers
  - Creating A Channel-Redundant Virtual Disk Using RAID 10
  - Creating A Channel-Redundant Virtual Disk Using RAID 50
- Connector Health
  - Controller Information
  - Connector Components
- Connector Properties And Tasks
- Logical Connector Properties And Tasks
  - Path Health
  - Clearing The Connectors Redundant Path View
  - Connector Components
Tape Drive
- Tape Drive Properties
RAID Controller Batteries
- Battery Properties And Tasks
- Battery Tasks
- Battery — Available Tasks
- Starting A Learn Cycle
- Battery Transparent Learn Cycle
- Initiating The Battery Delay Learn Cycle
- Delay The Battery Learn Cycle
- To Locate Delay Learn Cycle In Storage Management
Physical Disks Or Physical Devices
- Guidelines To Replace A Physical Disk Or Physical Device
- Adding A New Disk To The System
  - For SAS Controllers
- Replacing A Physical Disk Receiving SMART Alerts
  - Disk Is Part Of A Redundant Virtual Disk
  - Disk Is Not Part Of A Redundant Virtual Disk
- Other Disk Procedures
- Physical Disk Or Physical Device Properties
- Physical Disk Or Physical Device Tasks
- Physical Disk Tasks
  - Blinking And Unblinking A Physical Disk
  - Removing Dead Segments
  - Preparing To Remove
  - Rebuilding Data
  - Canceling A Rebuild
  - Assigning And Unassigning Global Hot Spare
  - Setting The Physical Disk Online Or Offline
    
    Online Or Offline The Physical Disk
    
    To Locate Online Or Offline In Storage Management
  - Performing A Clear Physical Disk And Cancel Clear
    
    To Locate Clear In Storage Management
  - Enabling Revertible Hot Spare
    
    Enable Revertible Hot Spare
    
    To Locate Controller Task In Storage Management
  - Performing Cryptographic Erase
    
    To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management
  - Exporting The Log For PERC NVMe Drives
    
    To Locate Export Log In Storage Management For PERC NVMe drives
  - Convert To RAID Capable Disk
  - Convert To Non-RAID Disk
Virtual Disks
- Considerations Before Creating Virtual Disks
  - Virtual Disk Considerations For Controllers
  - Virtual Disk Considerations For PERC S100, S110, S130, And S300 Controllers
  - Virtual Disk Considerations On Systems Running Linux
  - Number Of Physical Disks Per Virtual Disk
  - Number Of Virtual Disks Per Controller
  - Calculation For Maximum Virtual Disk Size
    
    SATA RAID Controllers
    
    SAS RAID Controllers
  - Channel-Redundant Virtual Disks
- Creating Virtual Disks
- Reconfiguring Or Migrating Virtual Disks
- Starting And Target RAID Levels For Virtual Disk Reconfiguration And Capacity Expansion
- Maintaining The Integrity Of Redundant Virtual Disks
- Rebuilding Redundant Information
- Managing Virtual Disk Bad Block Management
- Recommendations For Clearing Bad Blocks
- Virtual Disk Properties And Tasks
  - Virtual Disk Properties
  - Virtual Disk Tasks
- Virtual Disk — Available Tasks
  - Reconfiguring A Virtual Disk
  - Format, Initialize, Slow, And Fast Initialize
  - Canceling Background Initialization
  - Restoring Dead Segments
  - Deleting Data On the Virtual Disk
  - Performing A Check Consistency
  - Cancelling A Check Consistency
  - Pausing A Check Consistency
  - Resuming A Check Consistency
  - Blinking And Unblinking A Virtual Disk
  - Renaming A Virtual Disk
  - Canceling A Rebuild
  - Changing The Virtual Disk Policy
  - Replacing A Member Disk
  - Clearing Virtual Disk Bad Blocks
  - Encrypting A Virtual Disk
- Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
- Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard Step 2
- Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard
- Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard Step 2
- Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard Step 3
- Span Edit
- Virtual Disk Task - Reconfigure Step 1 of 3
  - To Reconfigure A Virtual Disk - Step 1 of 3
    
    To locate Reconfigure In Storage Management
- Virtual Disk Task - Reconfigure Step 2 of 3
- To Reconfigure A Virtual Disk Expand Virtual Disk Capacity - Step 2 of 3
- Virtual Disk Task - Reconfigure Step 3 of 3
- Slow And Fast Initialize
  - Considerations For Slow Initialize
- Formatting Or Initializing A Disk
  - To Locate Virtual Disks Task In Storage Management
- Deleting A Virtual Disk
  - To Delete A Virtual Disk
  - To Locate Delete In Storage Management
- Renaming A Virtual Disk
  - To Rename A Virtual Disk
  - To Locate Rename In Storage Management
- Changing The Policy Of A Virtual Disk
  - Changing The Read, Write, Or Disk Cache Policy Of A Virtual Disk
  - To Locate Change Policy In Storage Management
- Split Mirror
  - Splitting A Mirror
  - To Locate Split Mirror In Storage Management
- Unmirror
  - To Unmirror
  - To Locate Unmirror In Storage Management
- Assigning And Unassigning Dedicated Hot Spare
  - Assigning A Dedicated Hot Spare
  - Unassigning A Dedicated Hot Spare
  - To Locate Assign Or Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare In Storage Management
- Virtual Disk Task - Replace Member Disk Step 1 of 2
  - Replacing A Member Disk Step 1 of 2
  - To Locate Replace Member Disk In Storage Management
- Virtual Disk Task - Replace Member Disk Step 2 of 2
Moving Physical And Virtual Disks From One System To Another
- Required Conditions
  - SAS Controllers
  - SAS Controller
- Migrating SAS Virtual Disks To Another System
Protecting Your Virtual Disk With A Hot Spare
- Understanding Hot Spares
- Setting Hot Spare Protection Policy
  - Dedicated Hot Spare Protection Policy
    
    Resetting The Hot Spare Protection Policy
  - Global Hot Spare Protection Policy
  - Considerations For Hot Spare Protection Policy
  - Considerations For Enclosure Affinity
- Dedicated Hot Spare Considerations
- Considerations For Hot Spares On PERC S100, PERC S300, PERC S130 and later controllers
  - Size Requirements For Global Hot Spares On S100 And S300 Controllers
Troubleshooting
- Common Troubleshooting Procedures
  - Cables Attached Correctly
  - System Requirements
  - Drivers And Firmware
  - Isolate Hardware Problems
  - Replacing A Failed Disk
    
    Replacing A Failed Disk That Is Part Of A Redundant Virtual Disk
    
    Replacing A Failed Physical Disk That Is Part Of A Non-Redundant Virtual Disk
  - Using The Physical Disk Online Command On Select Controllers
  - Recovering From Removing The Wrong Physical Disk
  - Resolving Microsoft Windows Upgrade Problems
- Virtual Disk Troubleshooting
  - A Rebuild Does Not Work
  - A Rebuild Completes With Errors
  - Cannot Create A Virtual Disk
  - A Virtual Disk Of Minimum Size Is Not Visible To Windows Disk Management
  - Virtual Disk Errors On Systems Running Linux
  - Problems Associated With Using The Same Physical Disks For Both Redundant And Non-Redundant Virtual Disks
- Specific Problem Situations And Solutions
  - Physical Disk Is Offline Or Displays An Error Status
  - Receive A Bad Block Alert With Replacement, Sense, Or Medium Error
  - Alerts 2146 Through 2150 Received During A Rebuild Or While A Virtual Disk Is Degraded
  - Alerts 2146 Through 2150 Received While Performing IO, Consistency Check, Format, Or Other Operation
  - Read And Write Operations Experience Problems
  - A Task Menu Option Is Not Displayed
  - A Corrupt Disk Or Drive Message Suggests Running Autocheck During A Reboot
  - Erroneous Status And Error Messages After A Windows Hibernation
  - Storage Management May Delay Before Updating Temperature Probe Status
  - Storage Management May Delay Displaying Storage Devices After Reboot
  - You Are Unable To Log Into A Remote System
  - Cannot Connect To Remote System Running Microsoft Windows Server 2003
  - Reconfiguring A Virtual Disk Displays Error In Mozilla Browser
  - Physical Disks Are Displayed Under The Connector Object Instead Of The Enclosure Object
- PCIe SSD Troubleshooting
  - Peripheral Component Interconnect Express Solid-State Drive Is Not Visible In The Operating System
  - PCIe SSD Is Not Visible In Disk Management In The Operating System
Frequently Asked Questions
- Why Is A Rebuild Not Working
- How To Avoid Removing The Wrong Disk
- How Can I Safely Remove Or Replace A Physical Disk
- How Do I Recover From Removing The Wrong Physical Disk
- How Do I Identify The Firmware Version That Is Installed
- Which Controllers Do I Have
- How Do I Turn Off An Alarm
- Which RAID Level Is Best For Me
Supported Features
- Supported Features On PERC Hardware Controllers
  - Controller Tasks Supported On PERC Hardware Controllers
  - Battery Tasks Supported On PERC Hardware Controllers
  - Physical Disk Tasks Supported By PERC Hardware Controllers
  - Virtual Disk Tasks Supported By PERC Hardware Controllers
  - Virtual Disk Specifications For PERC Hardware Controllers
  - RAID Levels Supported By PERC Hardware Controllers
  - Read, Write, Cache And Disk Cache Policy Supported By PERC Hardware Controllers
- Supported Features On PERC H200 Controllers
  - Controller Tasks Supported On H200 Controllers
  - Battery Tasks Supported On H200 Controllers
  - Connector Tasks Supported On H200 Controllers
  - Physical Disk Tasks Supported On H200 Controllers
  - Virtual Disk Tasks Supported On H200 Controllers
  - RAID Levels Supported By H200 Controllers
  - Virtual Disk Specifications For PERC H200 Controllers
  - Read, Write, And Cache Policy Supported By H200 Controllers
  - Enclosure Support On H200 Controllers
- Supported Features On The PERC Software RAID Controllers
  - Controller Tasks Supported On The PERC Software RAID Controllers
  - Physical Disk Tasks Supported By The PERC Software RAID Controllers
  - Virtual Disk Tasks Supported By The PERC Software Controllers
  - Virtual Disk Specifications For PERC Software RAID Controllers
  - RAID Levels Supported By The PERC Software RAID Controllers
  - Read Write Cache And Disk Cache Policy Supported By The PERC Software RAID Controllers
  - Enclosure Support On The PERC Software RAID Controllers
- Supported Features On The Non-RAID Controllers
  - Controller Tasks Supported On The Non-RAID Controllers
  - Battery Tasks Supported By Non-RAID Controllers
  - Connector Tasks Supported On The Non-RAID Controllers
  - Physical Disk Tasks Supported On The Non-RAID Controllers
  - Virtual Disk Tasks Supported By The Non-RAID Controllers
  - Enclosure Support On The Non-RAID Controllers
- Enclosure And Backplane Features
- Enclosure And Backplane Tasks
- Maximum Supported Configuration For SAS Controllers
Determining The Health Status For Storage Components
- Health Status Rollup - Battery Is Charging Or Dead
- Health Status Rollup - Physical Disks In A Virtual Disk Are Failed Or Removed
- Health Status Rollup - Physical Disks In A Virtual Disk Are Unsupported, Partially, Or Permanently Degraded
- Health Status Rollup - All Physical Disks In A Virtual Disk Are In Foreign State
- Health Status Rollup - Some Physical Disks In A Virtual Disk Are In Foreign State
- Health Status Rollup - Virtual Disk Is Degraded, Physical Disks Are Failed Or Rebuilding
- Health Status Rollup - Virtual Disk Is Failed
- Health Status Rollup - Unsupported Firmware Version
- Health Status Rollup - Enclosure Power Supply Failed Or Power Connection Removed
- Health Status Rollup - One Enclosure Fan Is Failed
- Health Status Rollup - One Enclosure EMM Is Failed
- Health Status Rollup - One Enclosure Temperature Probe Is Failed
- Health Status Rollup - Lost Both Power Connections To The Enclosure
- Health Status Rollup - One Or More Physical Disks Are Failed
- Health Status Rollup - Physical Disk Is Rebuilding
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Page 2 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 d...

Page 3 Contents Chapter 1: Overview.....................................................................................................................12 What is new in this release............................

Page 4 Storage Properties And Current Activity.................................................................................................................... Alerts Or Events...............................

Page 5 Disk Cache Policy........................................................................................................................................................ Background Initialization On P...

Page 6 Physical Disk Firmware Version Report Properties..............................................................................................81 Chapter 8: Support For PERC 9, PERC 10, and PERC 11 Har...

Page 7 Battery — Available Tasks............................................................................................................................................ Starting A Learn Cycle...............

Page 8 Virtual Disk Properties.............................................................................................................................................. Virtual Disk Tasks...................

Page 9 Assigning A Dedicated Hot Spare.......................................................................................................................... Unassigning A Dedicated Hot Spare................

Page 10 A Task Menu Option Is Not Displayed.................................................................................................................. A Corrupt Disk Or Drive Message Suggests Running A...

Page 11 Enclosure Support On The PERC Software RAID Controllers........................................................................175 Supported Features On The Non-RAID Controllers..........................

Page 12 Overview Server Administrator Storage Management provides enhanced features for configuring the locally attached RAID and non-RAID disk storage on a system. Storage Management enables you to perform c...

Page 13 Version Requirements For Controller Firmware And Drivers For Storage Management to function properly, the controllers must have the minimum required version of the firmware and drivers installed. The ...

Page 14 Support For Disk And Volume Management Storage Management does not provide disk and volume management. To implement disk and volume management, you must use the native disk and volume management utili...

Page 15 Getting Started Server Administrator Storage Management is designed for system administrators who implement hardware RAID solutions and understand corporate and small business storage environments. St...

Page 16 where <localhost> is the assigned name for the managed system and 1311 is the default port. or https://<IP address>:1311 where <IP address> is the IP address for the managed system a...

Page 17 The online Help is available as: Context-sensitive Help — Each Storage Management page has a icon. Click this icon to display the context-sensitive online Help that describes the contents of the displ...

Page 18 Understanding RAID concepts Storage Management uses the Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology to provide Storage Management capability. Understanding Storage Management requires an un...

Page 19 Stripe size — The total disk space consumed by a stripe not including a parity disk. For example, consider a stripe that contains 64KB of disk space and has 16KB of data residing on each disk in the s...

Page 20 RAID Level 6 (Striping With Additional Distributed Parity) RAID Level 50 (Striping Over RAID 5 Sets) RAID Level 60 (Striping Over RAID 6 Sets) RAID Level 10 (Striping Over Mirror Sets) Comparing RAID ...

Page 21 RAID 0 characteristics: Groups n disks as one large virtual disk with a capacity of (smallest disk size) *n disks. Data is stored to the disks alternately. No redundant data is stored. When a disk fai...

Page 22 Redundancy for protection of data. RAID 1 is more expensive in terms of disk space since twice the number of disks are used than required to store the data without redundancy. RAID level 5 -striping w...

Page 23 RAID 6 characteristics: Groups n disks as one large virtual disk with a capacity of (n-2) disks. Redundant information (parity) is alternately stored on all disks. The virtual disk remains functional ...

Page 24 RAID 50 characteristics: Groups n*s disks as one large virtual disk with a capacity of s*(n-1) disks, where s is the number of spans and n is the number of disks within each span. Redundant informatio...

Page 25 RAID 60 characteristics: Groups n*s disks as one large virtual disk with a capacity of s*(n-2) disks, where s is the number of spans and n is the number of disks within each span. Redundant informatio...

Page 26 RAID 10 characteristics: Groups n disks as one large virtual disk with a capacity of (n/2) disks, where n is an even integer. Mirror images of the data are striped across sets of physical disks. This ...

Page 27 Comparing RAID Level And Concatenation Performance The following table compares the performance characteristics associated with the more common RAID levels. This table provides general guidelines for ...

Page 28 Table 1. RAID Level and Concatenation Performance Comparison (continued) RAID Level Data Read Write Rebuild Minimum Disks Suggested Availability Performance Performance Performance Required Uses data ...

Page 29 Quick Access To Storage Status And Tasks This section describes various methods to determine the status or health of the storage components on your system and how to quickly launch the available contr...

Page 30 Table 2. Component Severity Severity Component Status Normal/OK — The component is working as expected. Warning/Non-critical — A probe or other monitoring device has detected a reading for the compone...

Page 31 NOTE: You may not receive SMART alerts when the I/O of a controller is paused. Using Alarms To Detect Failures Certain storage components have alarms which when enabled, alert you when the component f...

Page 32 PCI Express Solid-State Device Support This section provides an overview of the Storage Management device management support for Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) Solid-State Drive (SSD...

Page 33 PCIe Solid-State Device Table 3. PCIe SSD Subsystem Properties Properties Description ID Displays the subsystem ID assigned to the PCIe SSD subsystem by Storage Management. Storage Management numbers ...

Page 34 Table 4. PCIe Extender Card Properties Description ID Displays the ID assigned to the PCIe extender card by Storage Management. Status These icons represent the severity or health of the PCIe extender...

Page 35 Table 5. Physical Device Properties (continued) Properties Description spare sectors are less than 10 percent of the original pool, the drive enters read-only mode. Possible values for the device life...

Page 36 Table 5. Physical Device Properties (continued) Properties Description Firmware Revision Displays the firmware version of the physical device. NOTE: The updated firmware version reflects on the Storag...

Page 37 Blinking And Unblinking A PCIe SSD The Blink task allows you to find a device within a system by blinking one of the LEDs on the device. You can use this task to locate a failed device. Select Unblink...

Page 38 NOTE: Orderly hot swap is only supported when the PCIe SSDs are installed in a supported system running a supported operating system. To ensure that you have the correct configuration for your PCIe SS...

Page 39 4. Select the Physical Devices object. 5. Select Cryptographic Erase from the Tasks drop-down menu of the physical device you want to clear. 6. Click Execute. PCIe SSD In Slot Card Tasks You can perfo...

Page 40 Table 6. PCIe SSD in Slot Card Properties (continued) Properties Description State Displays the status of the PCIe SSD in slot card. Possible values are: Ready — The PCIe SSD in slot card is functioni...

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use the Storage Management interface on Microsoft Windows systems?

Yes, it can be launched on systems running Microsoft Windows.

What are the common health status rollups for storage components?

Common rollups include failed virtual disks, unsupported firmware, failed enclosure fans or power supplies, and failed physical disks.

What is the purpose of the RAID Battery in the storage enclosure?

The battery is used to preserve data integrity during power outages, with health rollups indicating if it is charging or dead.

What does it mean if physical disks in a virtual disk are in a foreign state?

It indicates that all physical disks in that virtual disk are in a foreign state.

Dell EMC Server Administrator Storage Management 10.0.1 User Guide

Summary

Version Requirements For Controller Firmware And Drivers

Supported Controllers

Supported RAID Controllers

Supported Non-RAID Controllers

Support For Disk And Volume Management

On Systems Running Microsoft Windows

On A System Running Linux And Any Remote System

Storage Object

Health

Information Or Configuration

Hardware and software RAID

RAID concepts

RAID Levels

Concatenation

RAID level 0 - striping

RAID level 1 - mirroring

RAID level 5 -striping with distributed parity

RAID level 6 - striping with additional distributed parity

RAID level 50 - striping over RAID 5 sets

RAID level 60 - striping over RAID 6 sets

RAID level 10 - striped-mirrors

RAID Level 1- Concatenated Mirror

Blinking And Unblinking A PCIe SSD

Enabling Full Initialization On A Micron PCIe SSD

Performing A Full Initialization On A Micron PCIe SSD

To Locate Full Initialization In Storage Management

Preparing To Remove A PCIe SSD

Exporting The Log

Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD

To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management

To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card

To Locate Export Log In Storage Management For NVMe PCIe SSDs

To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card

Backplanes

Backplane Firmware Version

Setting the Remaining Rated Write Endurance Threshold

Setting the Available Spare Threshold

Storage Components

SAS RAID Controllers

Read Policy

Write Policy

Disk Cache Policy

Non-RAID SAS Controllers

Firmware Or Driver Properties

Controller Components

Creating A Virtual Disk

Enabling The Controller Alarm

Disabling The Controller Alarm

Turning Off The Controller Alarm

Testing The Controller Alarm

Setting The Rebuild Rate

To Change The Rebuild Rate

To locate Set Rebuild Rate In Storage Management

Resetting The Controller Configuration

Reset The Controller Configuration

To Locate Reset Configuration In Storage Management

Exporting The Controller Log File

Export The Controller Log File

To Locate Export Log In Storage Management

Foreign Configuration Operations

Foreign Configuration Properties

To Locate Foreign Configuration Operations Task In Storage Management

Importing Foreign Configurations

Importing Or Recovering Foreign Configurations

To Locate Import Or Recover Foreign Configuration In Storage Management

Clearing Foreign Configuration

To Locate Clear Foreign Configuration In Storage Management

Physical Disks In Foreign Virtual Disks

Setting Background Initialization Rate

To Change The Background Initialization Rate For A Controller

To Locate Background Initialization Rate In Storage Management

Setting The Check Consistency Rate

To Change The Check Consistency Rate For A Controller

To Locate Set Check Consistency Rate In Storage Management

Setting The Reconstruct Rate

To Change The Reconstruct Rate For A Controller

To Locate Set Reconstruct Rate In Storage Management

Setting The Redundant Path Configuration