Users Guide

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Overview
Server Administrator Storage Management provides enhanced features for configuring the locally
attached RAID and non-RAID disk storage on a system. Storage Management enables you to perform
controller and enclosure functions for all supported RAID and non-RAID controllers and enclosures from
a single graphical user interface (GUI) or command-line interface (CLI). The GUI is wizard-driven and
includes features for novice and advanced users. The CLI 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. All users of Storage Management should be familiar with their storage
environment and Storage Management.
Storage Management supports SATA and SAS, but not Fibre Channel.
For information on Storage Management alerts, see the Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide
at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
What Is New In This Release
This release of Storage Management provides the following new features:
• Support for the following platforms:
– PowerEdge R330
– PowerEdge R230
– PowerEdge T330
– PowerEdge T130
• Support for the following operating systems:
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 and 7.1
– Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
– VMware vSphere (ESXi) 5.5 U3, 5.5 U2, and 6.0 U1
– VMware vSphere (ESXi) 5.1 U3 on 11
th
generation of PowerEdge servers.
• Support for the following web browsers:
– Google Chrome 42
– Mozilla Firefox 37
– Safari 7.1 and 8.0
• Support to configure physical disks into Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) 0 virtual disks —
Auto Configure RAID0 Operation
• Support for setting the Remaining Rated Write Endurance Threshold for Peripheral Component
Interconnect Express (PCIe), Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), and Serial ATA (SATA) Solid-state Drives (SSDs)
— Setting The Remaining Rated Write Endurance Threshold
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