Install Guide

6 Where to Go After Setting Up a Group
Aftersettingupagroup,youcancustomizethegroupinordertomoreeffectivelymanageyour
storageenvironment.Youcanalsobegintousethefullsetofproductfeatures.Thefollowing
documentationandadditionalproductsareincludedinthepurchaseofyourarrayandare
availableatanytime.
• TheHardware Owner's Manualprovidesbasicstoragearrayinformation,maintenance
information,andtroubleshootinginformationforyourPSSeriesstoragearrayhardware.
• TheDell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Guideprovidesdetailsabout
configuringandusingthePSSeriesfirmwarethatisinstalledoneacharray.Itincludes
informationaboutstorageconceptsandhowtousetheGroupManagerGUItomanagea
group.
• TheDell EqualLogic Group Manger CLI Reference GuidedescribeshowtousetheGroup
ManagerCLItomanageagroupandindividualarrays.
• TheManualTransferUtilitysupportsoff-networkreplicationofvolumedata.
• InaVMware®environment,youcanusetheDellEqualLogicVirtualStorageManager
(VSM)forVMwaretomanagesnapshotsandreplicasonthePSSeriesgroupthatcan
restoreindividualvirtualmachinesorthewholeVMwareenvironment.
• YoucanusetheDellEqualLogicStorageReplicationAdapterforVMwareSiteRecovery
Manager®(SRM),whichallowsSRMtounderstandandrecognizePSSeriesreplicasfor
fullSRMintegration.
• TheDellEqualLogicMultipathingExtensionModule(MEM)providesenhancementstothe
VMwaremultipathingfunctionality.
• InaMicrosoftenvironment,youcanusetheAuto-SnapshotManager/MicrosoftEditionto
createandmanagesnapshots,clones,andreplicaSmartCopiesonthePSSeriesgroupthat
canrestoreapplicationssuchasSQLServer,ExchangeServer,Hyper-V,SharePoint,and
NTFSfileshares.
• IfyouhaveseveralPSSeriesgroups,youcanmonitorandmanagethemwithDell
EqualLogicSANHeadquarters.
Common Group Customization Tasks
Table11describescommongroupcustomizationtasks.Thesetasksarefullydocumentedinthe
Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Guide.
Table 11: Common Group Customization Tasks
Task Description
Addnetworkconnectionsto
agroupmember
Multiplenetworkconnectionsincreaseperformanceandavailability
andarerequiredformultipathI/O.Dellrecommendsthatyouconnect
allthenetworkinterfacesonbothcontrolmodulestomultiplenetwork
switchesandthenusetheGUIorCLItoassignanIPaddressand
netmasktotheinterfacesandenablethem.
Createadministration
accounts
Thegrpadminaccountisthedefaultadministrationaccount.Dell
recommendsthatyousetupadditionalaccountsforeachadministrator,
andreservethedefaultgrpadminaccountformaintenanceoperations
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