Hardware manual

Group Administration Preface
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Part II: Using Group Storage:
• Chapter 7, Storage pools, describes how to or
ganize storage for a group.
• Chapter 8, iSCSI target security, de
scribes how to protect volumes and snapshots from unauthorized and
uncoordinated iSCSI initiator access.
• Chapter 9, Basic volume operations,
describes how to create volumes and perform basic volume tasks.
• Chapter 10, Advanced volume operations, describes thin provisi
oning, template and thin clone volumes, and
advanced volume management tasks.
• Chapter 11, Snapsho
t management, describes how to create and manage volume snapshots.
• Chapter 12, Volume r
eplication, describes how to create replicas and manage replication.
• Chapter 13, Data r
ecovery, describes how to recover data from replicas.
Part III: Troubleshooting
• Chapter 14, Group even
t logging, describes how the group logs events.
• Chapter 15, Group mon
itoring, describes how to monitor events, interpret status, identify and solve problems,
and monitor performance statistics.
In addition, this guide includes a Glossary of terms used in PS Series group management and related product
offerings from EqualLogic.
Conventions
Documentation conventions are shown in the following table.
Document Conventions
Convention Usage
fixed width Command, parameter, output, file name, link, bu
tton, field, URL address, or e-mail
address.
group_ip_address Variable. Replace the text in italics with the actual object name or identifier.
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Overview of EqualLogic Products
Thank you for your interest in EqualLogic™ PS Series storage products from Dell. We hope you will find them
intuitive and simple to configure and manage.
PS Series arrays optimize resources by automating performance and network load
balancing. Additionally, PS
Series arrays offer all-inclusive array management software, host software, and free firmware updates. The features
and products described next are available at no additional cost.