What can I do with the PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager?

Use the PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager to configure and manage one or more .

The graphical user interface includes a selector bar and tabs for a storage array. The Storage Array Selector Bar shows tasks or options available to this storage management station. You can select a storage array to manage, add another storage array to manage, or remove a storage array that you no longer want to manage.

Primary Tasks in the PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager

Summary Tab Configure Tab Modify Tab Tools Tab iSCSI Tab (if applicable) Support Tab
Show the status of your storage array Configure host access Edit the host topology Rename a storage array Change target authentication Recover from a failure
Show the hardware components Create a host group Edit host-to-virtual disk mappings Set or change a password Enter mutual authentication permissions Show the storage array profile
Show the capacity of the storage array Create host-to-virtual disk mappings Name or rename a disk group or a virtual disk Blink the storage array components Change target identification Gather support information
Show hosts and mappings and storage partitions Automatically configure your storage array Delete disk groups or virtual disks Show or enable premium features Change target discovery Download RAID controller module firmware, NVSRAM file, physical disk firmware, or EMM card firmware
Show disk groups and virtual disks Configure hot spare physical disks Add free capacity to a disk group Change enclosure ID numbers Configure iSCSI host ports Manage RAID controller modules
Links to the online help, FAQs, and the storage concepts tutorial Create disk groups and virtual disks Change the RAID level of a disk group Change the media scan settings View or end iSCSI sessions Perform advanced support tasks
Create snapshot virtual disks, if available Replace physical disks Change pre-read redundancy check settings View iSCSI statistics Show the online help topics
Create virtual disk copies, if available Change virtual disk ownership and the recommended path of virtual disks Set email alerts and SNMP alerts
Disable snapshot virtual disks, re-create snapshot virtual disks, or expand snapshot repository virtual disks Adjust RAID controller module clocks, configure Ethernet management ports, configure iSCSI host ports, or reset the battery age
Manage virtual disk copies Inherit system settings
Set or change enclosure tags

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