Dell MD3220, MD3200 Automatic Discovery of Storage Arrays, Manual Addition of a Storage Array

NOTE: For Linux, set the default gateway so that broadcast packets are sent to 255.255.255.0. For Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, if no gateway exists on the network, set the default gateway to the IP address of the NIC.

NOTE: MDSM uses TCP/UDP port 2463 for communication to the MD 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 for discovering 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 have been 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.

Configuration: About Your Storage Array

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