Dell PowerVault MD3200i Series Technical Manualbook
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- Page 1 DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Series of Storage Arrays A Dell Technical Guide Book Version 1.0...
- Page 2 ERRORS AND TECHNICAL INACCURACIES. THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. © 2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of this material in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. For more information, contact Dell.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Contents 1. Product Overview ...................... 3 2.1 iSCSI ........................3 2.2 6Gb Serial Attached SCSI (SAS 2.0) ................4 3. Controller Architecture ....................5 3.1 MD3200i RAID Controller Module View - LEDs..............6 4. Chassis ........................8 4.1 Dimensions and Weight .................... - Page 4 DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book 10.4 Environmental Specifications ................... 35 11. Configuration Guidelines ..................36 11.1 General Configuration Rules ..................36 Tables Selected Controller Features: ................7 Table 1. Detailed Dimensions (mm) ................. 8 Table 2. MD3200i and MD3220i Front Panel Feature Description ..........11 Table 3.
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Page 5: Product Overview
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Product Overview The MD3200i series of storage arrays were designed with performance in mind. Each controller is equipped with four 1Gb Ethernet ports providing total aggregated bandwidth of 800MB/s of throughput for a dual controller system which is double the throughput of the MD3000i and most competitive products in the entry-level iSCSI SAN array market. -
Page 6: 6Gb Serial Attached Scsi (Sas 2.0)
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Advantages of iSCSI technology include: • Expansive Reach As a routable transport with no distance limitations, IP SANs can be located almost anywhere. The reach of a SAN throughout the organization is most often limited by the distance restriction of the interface. -
Page 7: Controller Architecture
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Controller Architecture Figure 1. RAID controller architecture of the MD3200i controller. RJ45 RJ45 RJ45 RJ45 iSCSI TOE 32-lane 8-port 1Gb Eth PCI-E PCI-E Switch DDR-II 6Gb SAS DDR-II 800MHz 36 Port Power PC Expander... -
Page 8: Md3200I Raid Controller Module View - Leds
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Each controller has the following external connections: • Four 1Gb Ethernet ports for host connectivity • One 6 Gb/s SAS port for drive enclosure expansion for additional capacity • One Ethernet management ports for LAN out-of-band management •... -
Page 9: Table 1. Selected Controller Features
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Location LED Term Color Icon General Behavior ON = Data is in cache Battery Fault Amber OFF = The battery is operating normally ON = The battery has defaulted or is missing Password Reset Switch... -
Page 10: Chassis
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Chassis Dimensions and Weight The PowerVault™ MD3200i and MD3220i enclosures use a rack mount 2U chassis. Detailed Dimensions (mm) Table 2. Max Sys Model Number Weight with with (kg) bezel bezel PV MD3200i 481.5 446.3... -
Page 11: Front View And Features
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Figure 4. Front View and Features MD3200i Front View and Features Figure 5. MD3200i Front Panel Indicators... -
Page 12: Figure 6. Md3220I Front View And Features
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Figure 6. MD3220i Front View and Features Figure 7. MD3200i Front Panel Indicators... -
Page 13: Table 3. Md3200I And Md3220I Front Panel Feature Description
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book MD3200i and MD3220i Front Panel Feature Description Table 3. FRONT PANEL / BEZEL INDICATOR AND FETAURE DESCRIPTION Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector Enclosure status LED The enclosure status LED lights when the enclosure power is on. -
Page 14: Md3200I And Md3220I Rear View
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Figure 8. MD3200i and MD3220i Front Bezel Feature and Indicators Figure 9. MD3200i and MD3220i Rear View RAID Controller Module 0 RAID Controller Module 1 Power Supply / Cooling Fan Modules... -
Page 15: Power Supply Indicator Codes
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Figure 10. Power Supply Indicator Codes Power Indicator Description POWER INDICATOR AND FETAURE DESCRIPTION Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector DC Power The LED lights green when the DC output voltage is within the limit. -
Page 16: Hard Drives
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Hard Drives The MD3200i and MD3220i support SAS hot-pluggable HDDs (hard-disk drives) and SSD (solid-state drives). MD3200i allows for both 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch form factor drives, and the MD3220i allows for 2.5-inch form factor drives. Note that 2.5” HDD in the MD3200i requires a unique drive carrier that houses a 2.5”... -
Page 17: Hard Drive Indicators
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Hard Drive Indicators Figure 11. Hard Drive Indicators (includes HDD and SSD) Drive Indicator Description Drive-Status Indicator Pattern Condition (RAID Only) Blinks green two times per second Identify drive/preparing for removal Drive ready for insertion or removal NOTE: The drive status indicator remains off until all hard drives are initialized after system power is turned on. -
Page 18: Storage Capacity Expansion
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Drive-Status Indicator Pattern Condition (RAID Only) Blinks green three seconds, amber Rebuild aborted three seconds, and off six seconds. Storage Capacity Expansion Both the MD3200i and MD3220i systems are capable of supporting up to 96 total hard drives. Adding additional drives past what the base platforms hold is a simple matter of connecting either MD1200 and/or MD1220 JBODs to the expansion ports on the MD3200i series of arrays. -
Page 19: Sas Cables
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book SAS Cables The MD3200i and MD3220i arrays and the MD1200 and MD1220 JBODs standardize on the 6Gb/s (SAS 2.0) mini-SAS cable (SFF 8088). The Mini-SAS cable is unique from the SAS cable used with the previous MD3000i array and MD1000 JBOD. -
Page 20: Md Storage Manager
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book MD Storage Manager The MD Storage Manager provides the perfect combination of robustness and ease-of-use—two attributes not commonly found together in an entry-level storage management tool. The new MD Storage Manager graphical user interface (GUI) is ideally suited for the full-time storage administrator, who wants complete control over their storage configuration, as well as the part-time system administrator, who needs an intuitive interface that helps them ensure optimal storage utilization. -
Page 21: Md3200I Series Storage Manager Software Packages
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book MD3200i Series Storage Manager Software Packages The MD3200i series Storage Manager software contains the following four packages: • Client – This package contains the graphical user interfaces (GUI) for monitoring and managing the storage arrays. It also contains an optional monitor service used to send alerts when there is a critical problem with the storage arrays. -
Page 22: Array Window
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book The Enterprise Window Setup tab is also accessible in the Enterprise Window. This Setup tab provides quick access to common setup tasks. For example, from the Setup tab window, a user can upgrade controller firmware, set alert notifications (email and SNMP), and perform other high-level configuration functions. -
Page 23: Figure 16. Md Storage Manager: Array Window
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Figure 16. MD Storage Manager: Array Window The Summary tab (shown above) provides administers with a quick look at all the pertinent information regarding the selected MD3200i or MD3220i storage array as well as links to various management tasks. -
Page 24: Figure 17. Md Storage Manager: Logical Tab
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book • The Hosts & Mappings area provides information about the number of hosts, virtual disk mappings, and storage partitions that have been configured. There is also a link provided to allow the user to get more detailed information about the hosts and mappings by launching a non-embedded dialog. -
Page 25: Figure 18. Md Storage Manager: Physical Tab
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book clicking a component, and selecting “View Associated Physical Components”. This physical view can also be retrieved by selecting the Physical tab which will be covered next. The Physical tab provides both a physical view of the storage array as well as detailed information regarding the physical components. -
Page 26: Figure 19. Md Storage Manager: Mappings Tab
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Figure 19. MD Storage Manager: Mappings Tab The Topology pane shows a tree-structured view of virtual disk that are related to the storage partitions. Click the plus (+) sign or the minus (-) sign adjacent to a node to expand or collapse the view. -
Page 27: Figure 20. Md Storage Manager: Setup Tab
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book The next tab is the Setup tab which provides access to nearly all routine administrative tasks that a user would typically run into. Figure 20. MD Storage Manager: Setup Tab The Setup tab includes tasks, such as: Blink Storage Array selection which allows the user to turn on the indicator lights of the storage array to identify it physically. -
Page 28: Figure 21. Md Storage Manager: Access To Tasks
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book It is important to note that many tasks can also be accessed from the pull down menus across the top; or, by going to the Logical, Physical or Mappings tabs in the AW and right-clicking on the appropriate object (i.e. -
Page 29: Recovery Guru
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book The final tab is the Support tab which provides a central location when storage array recovery, support information or a description of the storage array components are needed. Figure 22. MD Storage Manager: Support Tab... -
Page 30: Working With Physical And Logical Disks
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Working with about a selected problem, and recovery steps to follow for the selected problem. Physical and Logical Disks Disk Group Configuration A disk group is a set of physical disks that the controller... -
Page 31: Virtual Disk Configuration
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Supported RAID Configurations Table 5. RAID-6 RAID-0 RAID-1 and 1+0 RAID-5 Physical disks operated Physical disks operated Data is striped Data is “mirrored” independently with data independently with data Description across multiple to another physical... -
Page 32: Global Hot Spares
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book each physical disk stores that physical disk’s state and status, the worldwide name of its disk group, the virtual disks it contains and the definitions for those virtual disks. Storing metadata in this nonvolatile region provides the highest availability and enables easier reconfigurations and migrations. -
Page 33: Snapshot
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Snapshot The MD3200i series of arrays Snapshot functionality provides an additional level of data protection and the means to improve production data utilization. Snapshot enables non- production servers to access an up-to-date copy of production data for a variety of applications –... -
Page 34: Online Administration
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book based, it requires no host interaction or CPU cycles – minimizing the impact to applications and the storage infrastructure. Virtual disk copy can be used in conjunction with virtual disk snapshot – which creates a PiT image of a virtual disk while maintaining read / write access –... -
Page 35: Iscsi Support
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book • Non-disruptive firmware upgrades Enables controller firmware upgrades to occur with no interruption to data access. The new firmware is transferred to the first controller, its flash memory is updated, and the controller is rebooted. -
Page 36: Thermal Management
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Power Supply Specifications Table 6. AC Characteristics INPUT PARAMETER Requirement Input Voltage Range 90 – 264 VAC Input Frequency 47 – 63 Hz Peak Inrush Current 55 A for 10ms or less, 25 A for 10-150ms Power Factor over full AC input range 0.9 @ output load >... -
Page 37: Environmental Specifications
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Environmental Specifications Environmental Specifications Table 7. Temperature Operating 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) with a maximum temperature gradation of 10°C per hour Note: For altitudes above 2950 feet, the maximum operating temperature is de-rated 1°F/550 ft. -
Page 38: Configuration Guidelines
DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book Configuration Guidelines General Configuration Rules The MD3200i and MD3220i’s extensive configuration flexibility enables customized performance tuning, maximum capacity utilization and the highest data protection to support application servers with vastly different requirements. A single storage array can concurrently support multiple RAID levels (0, 1, 5, 10 and 6), multiple drive technologies (SSD, SAS and near-line SAS), multiple and various disk group sizes, and one or more virtual disks per disk group.