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 Overview
Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide
What's New in this Release?
Installation Considerations for Storage Management
Supported Controllers
Supported Enclosures
Support for Disk and Volume Management
Support for Security Key Management
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:
l "Getting Started"
l "Understanding RAID Concepts"
l "Quick Access to Storage Status and Tasks"
For information on Storage Management alerts, see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com/manuals.
What's New in this Release?
This release of Storage Management provides the following new features:
l AddedsupportforDellPowerVault™MD1200andMD1220enclosures.Theseenclosuressupport6Gbpsdrivesandbackplane
l Added support for PERC H200 Adapter, PERC H200 Integrated, and PERC H200 Modular controllers
l Added support for series 7 controllers — PERC H800 Adapter, PERC H700 Adapter, PERC H700 Integrated, and PERC H700 Modular
l Added support for virtual disk bad block management for PERC H700 and PERC H800 controllers
l Added support for RAID 10 on PERC H200 controllers
l Added a feature that notifies you of the non-Dell certified drives
l Added support for 6 Gbps physical drives
l Added support for collection and verification of minimum storport driver version
l Added support for Security Key Management on a security-capable controller.
This version of Storage Management User's Guide no longer carries information on Alert Messages and Command Line Interface.
For information on Alert Messages, see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide and for information on Command Line Interface, see
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Command Line Interface User's Guide, on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals.
Installation Considerations for Storage Management
The following sections describe considerations for installing Storage Management.
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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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NOTE: 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.