Dell MD3200, MD3220 owner manual Viewing Storage Array Connections, Password Guidelines

Password Guidelines

Follow these guidelines when you create a password:

•Use secure passwords for your storage array. A password should be easy for you to remember but difficult for others to determine. Consider using numbers or special characters in the place of letters, such as a 1 in the place of the letter I, or the at sign (@) in the place of the letter a.

•For increased protection, use a long password with at least 15 alphanumeric characters. The maximum password length is 30 characters.

•Passwords are case sensitive.

NOTE: You can attempt to enter a password up to ten times before the storage array enters a lockout state. Before you can try to enter a password again, you must wait 10 minutes for the storage array to reset. To reset the password, press the password reset switch on your RAID controller module, see Figure 3-1.

Viewing Storage Array Connections

You can use the View Connections option to view the expansion enclosures connected to the RAID controller module.

To view the storage array connections:

1From the toolbar in AMW, select Storage Array→ View→ Connections. The <Storage Array>:Connections dialog is displayed.

2Click the column name to sort the connections according to your preference.

3Click Close.

If you receive an error message for a port, you can use this dialog to identify the components on the port that might have caused the error. By isolating these components, you prevent accidentally disconnecting components that are still in operation, which could cause an interruption in data flow.

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