Users Guide

Key Features Of Dell MD Storage Array

Management Pack Suite

Table 1. Features And Functionalities

Feature Functionality

Discovering and Monitoring of Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays

• Supports discovery and monitoring of: MD3000, MD3000i,

MD3200, MD3200i, MD3220, MD3220i, MD3260, MD3260i,

MD3600i, MD3600f, MD3620i, MD3620f, MD3660i, and

MD3660f.

• Manges the recovery failure events from the Dell MD Storage

Arrays as alerts in the OpsMgr.

• Displays complete inventory of an MD Storage Array in the

OpsMgr's Diagram View.

Access Recovery Guru information The management pack provides Recovery Guru information as a

point of reference for troubleshooting the Dell MD Storage Array

recovery failures. The recovery failures show up as alerts in the

OpsMgr console. The Recovery Guru information appears in the

KB article associated with the alerts.

Supported Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays

And Configurations

The Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite version 5.0 supports the following Dell PowerVault MD storage arrays:

• MD3000/MD3000i and the daisy chain configuration with MD1000.

• MD3200/MD3200i and the daisy chain configuration with MD1200 or MD1220.

• MD3220/MD3220i and the daisy chain configuration with MD1200 or MD1220.

• MD3600i/MD3620i and the daisy chain configuration with MD1200 or MD1220.

• MD3600f/MD3620f and the daisy chain configuration with MD1200 or MD1220.

• MD3260/MD3260i and the daisy chain configuration with MD1200 or MD1220.

• MD3660i/MD3660f and the daisy chain configuration with MD1200 or MD1220.

Supported Operating Systems

For The Managed Node

When you discover storage arrays through in-band, install the Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) software on the system where you

attach the storage array through the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI), or Fibre Channels

(FC) ports.

For the list of the supported operating systems for MDSM, see the Support Matrices for Dell PowerVault MD3000/ MD3000i/ MD3200/

MD3200i/ MD3220/ MD3220i/ MD3260/ MD3260i/ MD3600i/ MD3600f/ MD3620i/ MD3620f/ MD3660i/ MD3660f systems

available at dell.com/support/manuals.

Details Of The Management Pack Suite

The Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite version 5.0 consists of two management packs — the Dell MD Storage Array

Management Pack (Scalable) and the Dell MD Storage Array Detailed Monitoring Overrides Management Pack (Detailed).

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