Users Guide

Introduction 11
Storage Management Service
The Storage Management Service provides storage management information in an integrated graphical
view. The current release of Server Administrator provides two staggered versions of the Storage
Management Service:
1 Basic Storage Management Service
The basic Storage Management Service is similar to the Storage Management Service provided in
earlier releases of Server Administrator.
The basic Storage Management Service of Server Administrator:
• Enables you to view the status of local and remote storage attached to a monitored system.
• Supports SATA and ATA. Does not support Fibre Channel.
NOTE: Array Manager is not available if no previous Dell OpenManage™ systems management software (with
Array Manager installed) is detected. It is only available for upgrade. Support for Array Manager will be
discontinued in a future release. It is recommended that you switch to use Storage Management Service where
applicable.
2 Enhanced Storage Management Service
The enhanced Storage Management Service provides additional features for configuring storage.
On Windows and Linux, the enhanced Storage Management Service is installed using Express Setup
providing that the system does not have an existing Array Manager installation.
In addition to the tasks that you can perform using basic Storage Management Service, enhanced
Storage Management Service of Server Administrator:
• Allows 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 the use of
the controller BIOS utilities.
• Supports SCSI, SATA, ATA, and SAS; however; Fibre Channel is not supported.
• Protects your data by configuring data redundancy, assigning hot spares, or rebuilding failed drives.
Diagnostic Service
NOTE: The Diagnostic Service is not available on modular systems.
The Diagnostic Service provides a suite of diagnostic programs that run locally on your system or remotely
on a system connected to the network. The Diagnostic Service is engineered to diagnose problems on
individual systems and to run concurrently with all other applications running on the system under test.
Logs
Server Administrator displays logs of commands issued to or by the system, monitored hardware events,
POST events, and system alerts. You can view logs on the home page, print or save them as reports, and
send them by e-mail to a designated service contact.