Overview
Dell™ OpenManage™ Server Administrator Storage Management provides enhanced features for configuring a system's locally-attached RAID and non-RAID disk storage. Storage Management enables you to perform controller and enclosure functions for all supported RAID and non-RAID controllers and enclosures from a single graphical or command-line interface without requiring use of the controller BIOS utilities. The graphical interface is wizard-driven with features for novice and advanced users. The command-line interface is fully-featured and scriptable. Using Storage Management, you can protect your data by configuring data-redundancy, assigning hot spares, or rebuilding failed physical disks. You can also perform data-destructive tasks. All users of Storage Management should be familiar with their storage environment and storage management.
Storage Management supports SCSI, SATA, ATA, and SAS but not fibre channel.
For more information, see the following:
What’s New in this Release?
This release of Storage Management provides the following new features:
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Support for firmware version 6.1
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Support for Intelligent Mirroring/RAID 10E
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Support for a new Battery Learn Mode — Warn mode. For more information see "Learn Mode."
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Support for hot-plug of enclosures. For more information, see "Enclosures."
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Enhancement to the Storage Dashboard. For more information, see "Storage Health."
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Support for managing the pinned cache on the controller. For more information, see "Manage Pinned Cache."
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Installation Considerations for Storage Management
The following sections describe considerations for installing Storage Management.
PERC Console and FAST Compatibility Issues When Installing Storage Management
To maintain the integrity of storage device configuration, installing Storage Management on a system that has File and Storage Technologies (FAST) or the PowerEdge™ RAID Controller (PERC) Console installed is an unsupported configuration. It is highly recommended that you uninstall FAST and the PERC Console before installing Storage Management. In particular, you may find that Storage Management or the FAST features are disabled at run time when using Storage Management on a system that also has FAST installed.
Storage Management replaces all storage management features provided by FAST and the PERC Console. In addition, Storage Management has features not provided by FAST and the PERC Console.
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It is highly recommended that you uninstall FAST before installing Storage Management. Uninstalling FAST on a system that has both FAST and Storage Management installed will also uninstall the Adaptec filter driver. In this situation, you will need to reinstall Storage Management to restore the Adaptec filter driver. To prevent this, verify that FAST is uninstalled before installing Storage Management.
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Compatibility With Linux Utilities
Installing Storage Management on a Linux system that has RAID storage management utilities provided by Dell™ or other vendors is an unsupported configuration. It is recommended that you uninstall these utilities before installing Storage Management. Storage Management replaces the storage management features provided by these utilities. Examples of the Dell or vendor-supplied Linux utilities include:
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LinFlash
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DellMgr
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DellMON
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LINLib
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MegaMgr
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MegaMON
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Prerequisite Drivers and Firmware on Linux Operating Systems
On Linux operating systems, Storage Management installation is unable to detect whether the drivers and firmware on the system are at the required level for installing and using Storage Management. When installing on Linux systems, you will be able to complete the installation regardless of whether the driver and firmware version meets the required level. If the driver and firmware version do not meet the required level, however, you may not have access to all functions provided by Storage Management. At Storage Management runtime, check your application log files for notifications on outdated firmware versions. See the Storage Management readme.txt for a complete listing of supported controller firmware and driver versions.
Version Requirements for Controller Firmware and Drivers
In order for Storage Management to function properly, the controllers must have the minimum required version of the firmware and drivers installed. The firmware and drivers listed in the readme.txt file refer to the minimum supported version for these controllers. Later versions of the firmware and drivers are also supported. See the Dell Support website at support.dell.com for the most recent driver and firmware requirements.
If you install Storage Management without the minimum required firmware and drivers, Storage Management may not be able to display any of the controllers or perform other functions. Storage Management generates alerts "2131" and "2132" when it detects unsupported firmware or drivers on a controller.
Supported Controllers
This release of Storage Management supports the following controllers.
The firmware and drivers listed in the Readme file refer to the minimum supported version for these controllers. Later versions of the firmware and drivers are also supported. See the Dell Support website at support.dell.com for the most recent driver and firmware requirements.
Supported RAID Controllers
Storage Management supports the following RAID controllers. See "RAID Controller Technology: SCSI, SATA, ATA, and SAS" for information on which technology the supported RAID controllers use.
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PERC 3/SC, 3/DC, 3/QC, 4/SC, 4/DC, 4e/DC, 4/Di, 4/IM, 4e/Si, 4e/Di, and CERC ATA100/4ch
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PERC 3/Si, 3/Di, CERC SATA1.5/6ch, and CERC SATA1.5/2s
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PERC 5/E
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PERC 5/i Integrated and PERC 5/i Adapter
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SAS 5/iR Integrated and SAS 5/iR Adapter
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PERC 6/E
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PERC 6/i Integrated and PERC 6/i Adapter
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CERC 6/I controller
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SAS 6/iR controller
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Integrated mirroring on the PERC 4/IM controller enables you to mirror a physical disk that resides internally in the server. You can implement the integrated mirror using the PERC 4/IM BIOS. When implemented, Storage Management recognizes the integrated mirror as a virtual disk. You cannot, however, use Storage Management to create a virtual disk on the PERC 4/IM controller. Storage Management supports other functions provided by the PERC 4/IM controller. See "Integrated Mirroring and the PERC 4/IM Controller" for more information.
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Supported Non-RAID Controllers
Storage Management supports the following non-RAID controllers.
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Ultra SCSI, Ultra2 SCSI, Ultra160 SCSI, LSI 1020, LSI 1030, and LSI PCI-e U320
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SAS 5/i Integrated
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SAS 5/E
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Supported Enclosures
This release of Storage Management supports the following enclosures:
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Dell™ PowerVault™ 20xS and 21xS storage systems
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Dell PowerVault 220S and 221S storage systems
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Dell PowerVault MD1000 and MD1120 storage system
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Support for Disk and Volume Management
Storage Management does not provide disk and volume management. To implement disk and volume management, you need to use the native disk and volume management utilities provided by your operating system.