User's Manual

User and Power User privileges allow you to view storage status, but not manage or configure storage. With User and Power User privileges, you can use the
omreport storage command but not the omconfig storage command.
For more information on user groups and other Server Administrator security features, see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User's Guide.
Using the Graphical User Interface
The following sections describe how to access the Storage Management features using the Server Administrator graphical user interface (GUI).
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Storage Object
The Server Administrator tree view displays a Storage object. The Storage Management features are accessible by selecting the Storage object or expanding
the Storage object and selecting a lower-level object.
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Health Subtab
The Health subtab displays status information for the storage components. See "Storage Health" for more information.
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Information/Configuration Subtab
The Information/Configuration subtab displays the property information for a storage object. The Information/Configuration subtabs also have drop down
menus and buttons for executing storage tasks or launching wizards.
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Drop-down Menus and Wizards for Running Tasks
Many of the storage objects displayed in the tree view have tasks. Examples of these tasks include creating virtual disks, assigning hot spares, reconditioning
a battery, and so on. To access a storage object's task, select the component in the tree view and then select the Information/Configuration subtab. The
Information/Configuration subtabs have task drop-down menus or buttons for launching a task.
Using the Storage Management Command Line Interface
Storage Management has a fully-featured command line interface (CLI). See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Command Line Interface User's Guide on
the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals, for more information.
Displaying the Online Help
Storage Management provides extensive online help. This help is available from the Server Administrator graphical user interface when the Storage or lower-
level tree view object is selected. See "Storage Object" for more information.
The online help is available as:
l Context-sensitive Help. Each Storage Management screen has a Help button. Clicking the Help button displays context-sensitive online help that
describes the contents of the displayed screen.
l Table of Contents. The help screens for the context-sensitive (Help button) help contain links to the online help's Table of Contents. To access the
Table of Contents, first click a Storage Management Help button to display a help screen. Next, click the Go to Table of Contents for Storage
Management Online Help link to display the Table of Contents. This link is displayed at the top and bottom of each help screen. Use the Table of
Contents to access all topics covered in the online help.
Common Storage Tasks
This section provides links to information describing commonly performed storage tasks.
l Create and configure virtual disks (RAID configuration). For more information see:
¡ "Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard (Step 1 of 2)." This sub-section describes using the Express Wizard to create a virtual disk. Using the Express
Wizard is the quickest method for creating a virtual disk. The Express Wizard is appropriate for novice users.
¡ "Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 1 of 4)." This sub-section describes using the Advanced Wizard to create a virtual disk. The Advanced
Wizard requires a good knowledge of RAID levels and hardware and is appropriate for advanced users.
¡ "Virtual Disks." This sub-section provides detailed information regarding virtual disk management. This information includes controller-specific
considerations that affect virtual disk creation and management.
¡ "Understanding RAID Concepts." This sub-section describes basic storage concepts including "What Is RAID?", "Organizing Data Storage for
Availability and Performance," and "Choosing RAID Levels and Concatenation."