Dell MD3620F, MD3600f Automatic Discovery of Storage Arrays, Manual Addition of a Storage Array

Automatic Discovery of Storage Arrays

The Automatic Discovery process sends out a broadcast message across the local subnetwork (subnet) and adds any storage array that responds to the message. The Automatic Discovery process finds both in-band and out-of- band storage arrays.

NOTE: The Automatic Discovery option and the Re-scan Hosts option in the Enterprise Management Window provide automatic methods to discover managed storage arrays.

Manual Addition of a Storage Array

Use Manual Addition if the storage array resides outside of the local subnet. This process requires specific identification information to manually add a storage array.

To add a storage array that uses out-of-band management, specify the host name or management port IP address of each controller in the storage array.

Before using this option, verify that the applicable network configuration tasks are performed.

To add an in-band storage array, add the host through which the storage array is attached to the network.

NOTE: It can take several minutes for MDSM to connect to the specified storage array.

To add a storage array manually:

1Select Edit→ Add Storage Array.

2Select the relevant management method:

•Out-of-bandmanagement—Enter a host name or an IP address for the RAID controller Modules in the storage array.

•In-bandmanagement—Enter a name or an IP address for the Host through which the storage array is attached to the network.

NOTE: The host agent must be restarted before in-band management communication can be established. See "Starting or Restarting the Host Context Agent Software" on page 293.

3Click Add.

4Use one of these methods to name a storage array:

Configuration: About Your Storage Array

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