3.6 Users Guide

Compellent Storage Center
3.6 User Guide
Compellent Corporate Office
Compellent Technologies
7625 Smentana Lane
Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344
www.compellent.com
Compellent Storage Center 3.5 User Guide
Document No. 680-019-001 A
© Compellent Technologies
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Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 1 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Storage Center Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Key Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Storage Center Virtualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Dynamic Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Data Progression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Data Instant Replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Remote Instant Replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Enterprise Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 2 Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Creating Volumes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Next Action Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Advanced Create Volume Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
About Tiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Replay Management with Data Progression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
One-Step Method to Creating and Mapping Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Viewing General Volume Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Viewing Volume Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Viewing Volume Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Data Progression Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Set Volume Cache Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Viewing Multiple Volume Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Volume Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Delete Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Restore a Deleted Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Empty Recycle Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Configure Volume Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

General Volume Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Mapping Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Map Volume to a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Remove Mapping from a Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Difference between Copy, Mirror, and Migrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Copying a Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Mirroring a Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Migrating a Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Viewing Copy/Mirror/Migrate Volume Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Create Volume Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Viewing Volume Folder Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Delete Volume Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Viewing Copy/Mirror/Migrate Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Viewing Volume Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Expand Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Erase Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Move Volume to Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Create a Boot from SAN Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 3 Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Creating a Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
View Server Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
View Server HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
View Server Connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
View Server Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
View Server Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Viewing Server Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Deleting a Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Mapping Volumes to a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Removing Mappings from a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Adding HBAs to a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Removing HBAs from a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Creating Server Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
View Server Folder Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Viewing General Server Folder Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Deleting Server Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Moving a Server to a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Moving a Server Folder to Another Server Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 4 Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
View Disk Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
View Assigned Disks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Disk Folder Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Create Disk Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Grant User Access to a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Restrict User Access to a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Delete Disk Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Scan for Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Viewing Unassigned Disks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Manage Unassigned Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Add Unassigned Disks to a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Disk Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Classify Disk as External Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Disk Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Rebalance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Schedule Rebalancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rebalance Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Release Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Delete Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Move Managed Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Show Disk in Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Disk Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Chapter 5 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
System Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
System Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Cache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Disk Sparing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Multi-Pathing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SMTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Find Unmanaged Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Phone Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Submit a License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Configure Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Configure SMTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Configure iSNS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Configure Syslog Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Configure JRE URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Configure Local Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Dynamic Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
IP Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Create IP Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Remove IP Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
View IP Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Access Violation Viewer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Configure SNMP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Configure Secure Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Generate New SSL Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Reset License Acceptance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Upgrade Storage Center Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Configure Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Install the Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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Chapter 6 Users and Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

View Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Create User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Delete a User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
User Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
User Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
General User Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Change User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Configure User Volume Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Data Progression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Configure New User Volume Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
General New User Volume Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Advanced New User Volume Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Downgrade User Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Upgrade User Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Create User Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Add Folder to User Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Remove Folder from User Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Delete User Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Add User Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Remove User Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Add Folder to User Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 7 Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
System Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Topology Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Creating New Objects in the Topology Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Create New Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Create New Server Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Create New Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Create New Volume Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Create New External Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Map a Volume to a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Online Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Storage Consumption Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Data Progression Pressure Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Volume Distribution Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
System Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Servers Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Disks Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
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Volumes Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Local Ports Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Alert Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Understanding Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Alert Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Understanding System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Acknowledging Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Deleting Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Finding More Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Copy/Mirror/Migrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Replications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Scheduled Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Server Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Enclosure Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Background Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
System Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Chapter 8 Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rebalance Local Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Shutdown/Restart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Controller Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
CPU Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Controller Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
View Controller Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
IP Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Fibre Channel IO Card Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Change User Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
View Fibre Channel IO Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Fibre Channel IO Card Connectivity Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Fibre Channel IO Card Hardware Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
iSCSI IO Card Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
View General iSCSI Card Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Advanced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Preparing an iSCSI Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
iSCSI Card Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
General IO Card Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Advanced IO Card Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Add CHAP to an iSCSI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Add iSCSI Remote Compellent Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
If CHAP is Not Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
If CHAP is Enabled, Add Compellent Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Add Remote CHAP Initiators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Delete Remote CHAP Initiator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
View Remote Compellent Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Delete Remote Compellent Connections.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
View Remote Compellent Connection Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Change Remote iSCSI Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Change Advanced Remote Compellent Connection Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

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Change Remote Compellent Connections CHAP Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Temps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cache Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Chapter 9 Enclosures, UPS, and Racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Rename an Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Remove Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
IO Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Cooling Fan Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Temperature Sensors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Audible Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Add UPS to Storage Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Racks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Add/Remove Racked Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Remove Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Chapter 10 Data Progression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Value of Data Progression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Setting Data Progression Volume Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Changing Data Progression Properties for a Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
General Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Advanced Data Progression Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Grouping Disks into Tiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Scheduling Data Progression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Full/Non-Existent RAID Selections or Disk Tiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Adding Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Data Location for a Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Chapter 11 Data Instant Replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Creating a Replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Create Replay Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Import from Existing Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Name and Save a Replay Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
View Replay Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Replay Template Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Edit Replay Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Apply Replay Template to a Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Delete Replay Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Replays Attached to a Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
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View Replay Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Create View Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Delete View Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Expire a Replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Configure Replay Volume Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Pause Replays for the Entire System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Resume Paused Replays for System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Replay Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Replay Volume Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Create Immediate Replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Delete Replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
VSS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Clean Up Orphaned Replay Histories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Replay History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Volume Replay Calendar Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Chapter 12 Preparing for Replications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Synchronous and Asynchronous Replication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Synchronous Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Asynchronous Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Asynchronous Replication and Data Instant Replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Software Requirements for Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Replication Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Physical Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Viewing Server Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Creating the Server on the Remote Connection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Estimating Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
QoS Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Creating Simulated Replications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
View QoS Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
QoS Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Advanced QoS Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Disallowing Replications Between Compellent Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
View Replications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Replication Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Increasing Java Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
For Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
For Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Stripe Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Converting Blocks to Mb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Stripe Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
CHAP Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Contents
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Preface
Purpose of Manual
This document contains instructions for using the Compellent Storage Manager software to
manage a Compellent Storage Center system. The Storage Center System includes the physical
and logical components of the Compellent storage area network device (SAN). For more
information about installing a Compellent Storage Center SAN, refer to the Compellent Storage
Center 3.6 Setup Guide, Compellent Document No.680-022-001.
Intended Audience
The audience for this manual is a storage administrator or business partner.
Conventions
CAUTION A caution describes actions that can cause loss of data.
Note: A note has important information.
Customer Support
For customer support, call: 866-EZSTORE (866.397.8673), or email at:
support@compellent.com
Disclaimers
Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
© 3/22/07 Compellent Technologies. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in any manner without the express written permission of Compellent
Technologies is strictly prohibited.
Trademarks used in this text are property of Compellent Technologies, or their respective
owners.

Preface
Document Revision
Date Revision Description

3/22/07 A EO-1165-A, v. 8
Table 1. Revision History
Acknowledgements
To view Acknowledgements, including open-source and bundled software licenses,
from the Storage Center Help menu, select Acknowledgments. Acknowledgements are
are also available at: www.compellent.com/company/Acknowledgements.
Requirements
Storage Center requires Java Runtime Environment, version 1.5 or above, and a web
browser, such as Mozilla Firefox or Windows Internet Explorer.
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Overview
Components
The Compellent Storage Center SAN consists of modular hardware components and the
Storage Center Manager software that manages the components. Hardware components are
described in the Configuration Document that came with your system.
Storage Center Manager

To manage a Compellent Storage Center system, enter the name or Management IP address (for
a dual-controller system) or IP address (for a single controller system) in web browser on the
same network as the Storage Center system. The login window appears.
Figure 1. Login Window
Note: The name or IP address of the Leader controller can be found in the Compellent Pre-
Order document. JRE can be downloaded free from java.sun.com.

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Enter a user name and password. The default User ID is Admin. The default password
is mmm. You can change these in User Properties, described in Change User Password
on page 118
System Explorer
When the user name and password are recognized, the Storage Center opens the System
Explorer window by default. The System Explorer window is one of several views.
Other views are described in Chapter 7: Views, on page 125. The left frame of the
System Explorer displays the System Explorer Tree .
View menu Refresh icon For support, click

(Chapt. 7) refreshes system
Help > Compellent Home
info immediately
Storage Management menu List of licensed applications
System
Explorer
Tree
Figure 2. Explorer View
• Almost all commands are available from the Storage Management menu.
• An easy way of executing commands is to right-click a component. Applicable
commands appear in a short-cut menu and also at the top of the window.
• To phone home immediately, from the Storage Management menu, choose System
> Phone Home > Phone Home now.
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The Storage Center includes Storage Manager core applications. Additional

Compellent applications can be licensed, such as Data Progression described in
Chapter 10, on page 185, Data Instant Replay described in Chapter 11, on page 165, and
Replication (Remote Instant Replay), described in Chapter 12, on page 185. Both Core
and licensed applications use the same Storage Center Manager interface. If an
application is not licensed for your system, some options or windows may not appear.
Navigation
To view Storage Center commands, click on the Storage Management menu, directly
below the title bar. The Volume menu is expanded to show commands and submenus.
Storage Management menu
Figure 3. Storage Management Menu

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Commands available in the Storage Management menu are also available by right-
clicking on an item in the System Explorer Tree. The shortcut menu appears.
.
Same commands
shortcut menu Down arrow with
Selected additional commands
component
as
Right-click
component
to view
shortcut
menu
Figure 4. Shortcut Menu

Commands in the shortcut menu also appear at the top of the System Explorer window.
Not all windows have Advisor pages.
Key Concepts
The Compellent Storage Center may differ from other storage systems with which you
are familiar. These features are important:
• Storage Center Virtualization
• Dynamic Capacity
• Data Progression
• Data Instant Replay
• Remote Instant Replay
• Enterprise Manager
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Storage Center Virtualization

When disk drives are managed by the Storage Center, they are placed within a disk
folder, which is simply a logical grouping of physical drives. Disk folders can contain
a mixture of drive types, capacities, and speeds. The total capacity of the disk folder is
the sum of the capacities of the drives within the folder. Disk folders can also contain
disk drives which are specified as hot spares. These hot spare drives are reserved for
use as replacement drives in the event another disk in the disk folder fails. Since the
space on these hot spares is never used until another drive fails, their capacity is not
included in the total capacity for the disk folder.
The Storage Center uses the disk space contained within a disk folder to create
pagepools. The pagepool is the heart of the Storage Center's Dynamic Capacity and
Data Progression technologies. Within a pagepool, raw disk space is broken down into
the different RAID types to be used by volumes and replays. Pagepools expand
automatically, converting raw disk space to the RAID types needed as volumes grow.
Volumes and replays then, in turn, use the space available within the pagepool to store
data.
As the Storage Center approaches the end of the disk space available within the disk
folder, alerts are generated warning you of the possibility that you could run out of
space.
• The first alert generated is a disk folder alert. This alert occurs when the pagepools
for a disk folder have consumed disk folder space beyond the configurable disk
folder alert threshold. It is important to note that while the pagepools may exceed
the disk folder alert threshold, there may still be free pagepool space available for
volumes to consume.
• The second alert generated is a pagepool alert. This alert occurs when the pagepool
space consumed by volumes and replays exceeds the configurable pagepool alert
threshold, and there is no more free disk space available for the pagepool to
consume.
• The third alert generated is a conservation mode alert. This alert occurs when the
pagepool space available to be consumed by volumes and replays reaches 10%,
and there is no more free disk space available for the pagepool to consume. When
the Storage Center enters conservation mode, creation of new volumes and replays
will be inhibited, and replays will be expired more aggressively.
• The final alert generated is an emergency mode alert. This alert occurs when the
pagepool space available to be consumed by volumes and replays drops below 1%,
and there is no more free disk space available for the pagepool to consume. When
the Storage Center enters emergency mode, all volumes associated with this disk
folder will be taken offline, and replays will be expired more aggressively. Volumes
will not be able to be brought back online until enough pagepool space is freed to
exit this state.

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Dynamic Capacity
Dynamic Capacity™ uncouples the physical size of a volume with its logical size. In
combination with Advanced Virtualization, a front-end server is screened from back-
end storage. The size of a virtual volume can be larger than the available physical disk
space. The Storage Center only allocates space on writes; it does not need to reserve
space on the disks in advance of a write. Storage can grow in size based on use. This
allows you to create a volume of any size and add physical capacity only if and when
it is necessary. Dynamic Capacity is used when creating volumes and changing volume
properties, described in Chapter 2.
Data Progression
Data Progression™ is a separately-licensed Storage Center application.
Data Progression optimizes storage by automatically tracking user access to data at a
block level, according to configurable rules. Data Progression retains frequently-
accessed data on high-performance, high availability disks. Data that is not accessed
for a defined number of days is migrated down to lower cost disks. Data that is accessed
a defined number of days in succession is migrated back to higher-end storage. Data
Progression rules are configurable for each volume. Data Progression is documented in
the Chapter 10: Data Progression, on page 185.
Data Instant Replay

Data Instant Replay™ is a separately-licensed Storage Center application. Replays
may be integrated with Microsoft’s Volume Shadow copy Server (VSS).
A Replay is a point-in-time copy of changes made to a volume. Unlike standard
snapshots, a Replay preserves only pointers to blocks that have changed since a prior
Replay; space allocated to backup data is minimal. A Replay contains only metadata
pointers to data that has been changed until you combine it with data in a volume that
has not changed, as described in Create View Volume on page 177. When the View
Volume is mapped to a server (as described in Mapping Volumes to a Server on page 44),
you can access prior versions of data.
A Replay Template contains rules for when Replays are made and how long they are
saved. Multiple Replay templates can be applied to each volume. A default Replay
Template is supplied with each Storage Center system. Replays are described in
Chapter 11: Data Instant Replay, on page 165.
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Remote Instant Replay

Remote Instant Replay™ (also known as Replication) is a separately-licensed Storage
Center application.
Remote Instant Replay copies Replays to single or multiple local and remote locations.
Both local and remote data volumes are active and available. You can create bi-
directional Replications between a source site and remote sites. For more information,
refer to Chapter 12: Preparing for Replications, on page 185.
Enterprise Manager
The Enterprise Manager™ is a separately-licensed Storage Center application. It
manages multiple Compellent storage systems. Enterprise Manager differs from the
previous concepts and applications in that it appears in its own application window.
The Enterprise runs on a dedicated server platform that is continuously available to
receive and collect statistics and alerts from Storage Center systems. It aggregates
messages, reports, and Replication of multiple storage systems into one intuitive user
interface to facilitate storage planning and utilization.
The Enterprise Manager greatly simplifies local and remote system backup (Refer to
Remote Instant Replay on page 17) and manages Replications to non-Compellent
systems.
For more information about Enterprise Manager, refer to the Enterprise Manager 2.2
User Guide, Document No. 680-017-003.

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Volumes
A volume is logical storage repository.
Creating Volumes
Note: Create volume options are configurable by the system administrator through the
Configure Volume Defaults window. If some Create Volume options do not appear, defaults
were configured to disallow these choices. For more information, refer to Configure Volume
Defaults, on page 30.
Volumes can only be created from the storage pool of disks in a managed folder. If the system
asks you to “prime” storage, create a disk folder. Refer to Create Volume Folder, on page 35.
Once disks are organized in a folder, to create a volume:
1. From the Storage Management menu, select Create > Volume. The Create Volume wizard
appears.
2. Enter volume size in or accept the default. With Dynamic Storage, you can create volumes
that are larger than the available physical disk space. Dynamic volumes expand
automatically as storage is consumed. Click Continue. (To set advanced options, click
Advanced. Refer to Advanced Create Volume Options, on page 21. For more information on
converting blocks to Mb, refer to Appendix B page 201.
3. If Data Instant Replay is licensed for your system, the Replay window appears. Select a
Replay template or click Create New Replay Template. For more information on Replay
templates, refer to Chapter 11: Data Instant Replay, on page 165. Click Continue.
4. Select a volume folder. Volume folders group volumes together. Volume folders can be
hierarchical. Expand volume folders to view subfolders. Select a folder, enter the name of
a new folder, or accept the default. Click Continue.
5. Review the volume attributes. Click Create Now. The volume is created.

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The Next Action window appears.
Figure 5. Next Action Options
Next Action Options

When a volume is created, Storage Center presents the following options:
• Map the volume to a server. By mapping the volume to a server you create the link from
the volume to the server. This link displays servers to which to map this volume. For more
information, refer to Map Volume to a Server on page 31.
• Map different volume to a server. This link displays current volumes. Choose a volume to
map to a server. For more information, refer to Map Volume to a Server on page 31.
• Click Create Volume to return to the first window of the Create Volume wizard. Refer to
Creating Volumes on page 19.
• Create Server. Refer to Creating a Server on page 41.
• Click Close to exit the Create Volume wizard.
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Advanced Create Volume Options

While creating a volume in the Create Volume wizard (describe in Creating Volumes, on
page 19), click Advanced. The Data Progression window appears:
Figure 6. Data Progression Window
• If Data Progression is licensed for your system, the Data Progression window allows you
to define Data Progression for both writable and Replay data.
• If Data Progression is not licensed for your system, select a single RAID tier for active data
only. Define two distinct progressions: writable data, and Replay data. Writable data is
active, and is read and written by the server at any time. Writable data is best served by the
highest tier and RAID 10.
About Tiers
If Data Progression is licensed, Storage Center retains frequently-accessed data in higher level
drives and tiers. Blocks of data that are not accessed for a defined number of days are migrated
to and stored in lower tier and RAID levels. Refer to Full/Non-Existent RAID Selections or Disk
Tiers, on page 163. Blocks of data that are accessed a defined number of days in a row are
migrated to and stored on higher tier and RAID levels. If Data Progression is not licensed, the

Volumes
create volume wizard limits a volume to one RAID selection for each volume. For more
information, refer to the Chapter 10: Data Progression, on page 185. The available RAID and Tier
levels presented were configured when the disk folder was created.
RAID 10: Data is striped across available disk drives and is fully mirrored. RAID 10 maintains
a minimum of one full backup copy of all data on the volume. It provides optimum
performance, increased probability of withstanding multiple failures, and quickest data
restoration. But it consumes the most disk space and is the most expensive.
RAID 5-5: Maintains a logical copy of the data using a rotating parity stripe across five drives.
In the event of a disk failure, redundant data is reconstructed on the fly using the parity
information. Cost per gigabyte is less than RAID 10, but more than RAID 5-9. Redundancy is
greater than RAID 5-9 because a parity stripe is written every five drives.
RAID 5-9: Same as RAID 5-5, except that parity is striped across nine drives, instead of five.
Replay Management with Data Progression

In the second column, choose tiers for Replay Data. If Replay is not licensed, the Replay Data
check boxes are grayed out. Select tiers and levels on which Replays will be stored. Replay data
cannot be referenced directly and is inactive until mapped to a server as a View Volume. Since
most Replays are never mapped to a server and are obsolesced over time on the system, you are
given the opportunity to define a separate data progression for Replays. Replays are best served
by the lowest tier and RAID 5. By default, RAID 10 Replays are discouraged. Volume defaults
are changed in the Volume Properties window.
1. Click Continue. The Caching window appears. (If System Properties disallow caching for
the entire system, this window does not appear. Refer to System Properties, on page 66.)
2. Select or clear Cache. Caching options include:.
• Write Cache: Write cache holds written data in volatile memory until it can be safely
stored on disk. Improves Write performance.
• Read Cache: Read cache anticipates the next Read seek and holds it in quick volatile
memory. Improves Read performance.
• Enable Read Ahead: Storage Center prefetches data. Improves performance on
sequential Reads.
3. Click Continue. Normally, the Replay window appears. Select a Replay template or click
Create New Replay Template. For more information, refer to Chapter 11: Data Instant
Replay, on page 165. (The Replay window does not appear if Data Instant Replay is not
licensed or if user preferences are set to disallow this option. Refer to Configure User
Volume Defaults, on page 92.)
4. Click Continue.
5. Enter the name of the new volume or accept the default. Select a folder in which to create
the volume by clicking on its name, or click Create a New Volume Folder. To create a new
volume folder, refer to Create Volume Folder, on page 35.
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6. Click on Continue. The Review window appears, displaying the attributes for this volume.
7. If the attributes are correct, click Create Now. The Finish Volume Options window appears.
Refer to Next Action Options, on page 20.
One-Step Method to Creating and Mapping Volumes

Storage Center Version 3.6 adds a quick and easy procedure for creating volumes and mapping
them to a server in one step. This process assumes that servers have already been created for
this system, as described in Creating a Server, on page 41 and that you have Admin privileges.
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Servers to view individual servers.
2. Right-click on a server. The server shortcut menu appears.

3. Select Create Volumes. The Create Volumes window appears with a proposed default
volume name based on the name of the server. The remaining settings for the proposed
volume are taken from your volume defaults, as described in Configure User Volume
Defaults, on page 92.
Figure 7. Server Shortcut Create Volume
4. Clicking Add Volume continues to add more volumes to the list of volumes to be created.
• If Copy the selected volume when adding a volume is selected, the added volume uses
the same settings as the selected volume.
• If Use My Volume defaults when adding a volume is selected, the added volume uses
your volume defaults.
Remove Selected Volume removes a selected volume from the list of volumes to be
created.

Volumes
5. To change attributes, click Modify Selected Volume. The modification window appears.
Figure 8. Modify Create Volume Options
You can:
a. Enter a different name, size, or unit.
b. Changing the folder includes the option of creating a new volume folder.
c. Clicking on a Replay template in the Change Replay window displays Replay rules.
d. Changing Storage Classes displays the Data Progression window shown in Figure 6 on
page 21.
e. Changing Cache setting includes the option of turning system-wide cache settings from
Off to On.
f. Redundancy can be changed only if enabled in Data Progression defaults. Refer to
Setting Data Progression Volume Defaults, on page 159.
When volume options are set, click Apply Changes. The Create Volumes window
reappears.
6. When you are finished adding volumes, click Create Volumes Now. If Map Volumes to this
server using default settings is selected, the created volumes are mapped to the server from
which the Create Volumes wizard was initiated. Storage Center balances volumes between
server ports.
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Viewing General Volume Info

To view general volume storage information:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Storage > Volumes to view individual volumes.
2. Select a volume. The Volume Information window appears in the right frame. This window
is display only. Commands for a volume appear at the top of the window. View additional
commands by clicking the down arrow to the right of volume commands.
Volume
commands
Figure 9. General Volume Info

Volumes
Viewing Volume Mapping

To view volume mapping information:
2. Select a volume. The Volume Information window appears.

3. Click the Mapping tab. Storage Center displays the server to which this volume is mapped.
4. Map Volume to Server
• Click on the Map Volume to Server link at the top of the Mapping window. For more
information about mapping, refer to Mapping Volumes to a Server, on page 57.
• Click on Delete to remove mapping from the chosen volume. Storage Center asks if
you are sure. Click on yes. The mapping is deleted.
Viewing Volume Properties

To view general volume properties:
2. Right-click on a volume. The Volume shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Properties. The Volume Properties window appears.
4. In the Volume Properties window, click the General tab. Change the volume name, if
necessary. View volume properties.
5. Click OK to save changes.
Data Progression Properties

Data Progression properties are discussed in Chapter 10: Data Progression, on page 157.
Set Volume Cache Properties

To set Volume Cache Properties
4. In the Volume Properties window, click the Cache tab. (Caching set system-wide
overwrites individual volume cache. For more information about system cache, refer to
Cache, on page 66.)
• Select or clear volume write cache.
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• Select or clear volume read cache.

• If read cache is selected, select or clear Read Ahead caching
To set multiple volume cache properties:

1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Storage > Volumes to view volume folders.
2. Select a volume folder. The list of volumes appears in the main frame.
3. In the main window select volumes by holding down the Shift key or Ctrl key and clicking
on volumes.
4. From the shortcut menu at the top of the window, choose Cache. (Caching set system-wide
overwrites individual volume cache. For more information about system cache, refer to
Cache, on page 66.)
• Select or clear volume write cache.

• Select or clear volume read cache.
• If read cache is selected, select or clear Read Ahead caching
5. Click OK to save changes. Storage Center makes cache changes.
Viewing Multiple Volume Info

To view multiple volume information:
2. Select a volume folder. A list of volumes appears in the main frame. Note the following:
• Status can be up or down.
• If a volume is down, Status Information includes the reason it is down, warnings, if
pagepool is in emergency mode, paused Replays
• Volume Type can be dynamic, replay enabled, or Replication
• Redundancy denotes any RAID-striped volume, except RAID 0.
To view multiple volume information:

Volumes
3. In the main window select volumes by holding down the Shift key or Ctrl key and
clicking on volumes.
Figure 10. Selected List of Volumes
4. From the shortcut menu, select Properties. The Multiple Volume Properties
window appears.
Figure 11. Multiple Volume Properties
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The Multiple Volumes Property window displays the number and total volume space
configured (mapped to a server) of the selected volumes. General multiple volume
properties is a display-only window.
Volume Info
To view volume information
4. In the Volume Properties window, click the Info tab. Storage Center displays the date the
volume was created and by whom, and the date the volume was updated and by whom.
5. Enter notes for this volume. Click OK.
Delete Volume
To delete a volume:
3. Select Delete. Storage Center informs you if the volume is actively mapped to a server and
asks you to confirm.
4. Click Yes.
Deleting a volume moves data on that volume to the Recycle Bin. You can recover the volume
from the Recycle Bin, but once the Recycle Bin is emptied, data on that volume cannot be
recovered.
To delete multiple volumes:
on volumes.
4. From the shortcut menu at the top of the window, choose Delete. Storage Center warns you
if a volume is mapped to a server.
5. Storage Center asks you to confirm. Click Yes. The volumes are deleted.

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Restore a Deleted Volume

When a volume is deleted, it is moved to the Recycle Bin. You can restore a deleted volume
from the Recycle Bin.
CAUTION: If the Recycle Bin is emptied when any item (including a volume) is in the Recycle
Bin, it is gone.
To restore a volume from the Recycle Bin:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Storage > Volumes to view volume components
including the Recycle Bin.
2. Expand the Recycle Bin. The Recycle Bin lists restorable volumes.
3. Right-click the volume to be restored.
4. From the shortcut menu, choose Restore Volume. The volume is restored.
Empty Recycle Bin

CAUTION: Deleting a volume moves data on the volume to the Recycle Bin. You can recover
data from the Recycle Bin until the Recycle Bin is emptied.
To empty the recycle bin, from the Storage Management menu, choose Volume > Empty
Recycle Bin. Storage Center lists items in the recycle bin and asks you to confirm. Click on Yes.
The Recycle Bin is emptied.
Configure Volume Defaults

Volume defaults limit or permit options for creating volumes in the future. Configuring volume
defaults requires Administrative privileges. Subsequent volumes will be created with these
defaults. Existing volumes are not affected.
General Volume Defaults

To set general volume defaults:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose Volume > Configure My Volume Defaults.
The Configure User Volume Defaults window appears.
2. Click the General tab. The General Volume Default window appears.
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3. Set these defaults:
Default Description
Allow User to Modify If you allow users to modify changes, when a volume is created,
Preferences Storage Center queries the user for the general options. If you
disallow users to modify changes, the defaults you enter in this
window are preconfigured for all new volumes and cannot be
changed.
Disk Folder Default folder for new disks. Allow or disallow changes.
Cache The default value is to enable write and read cache and read ahead.
Allow or disallow changes.
Volume Size Choose a default volume size for new volumes created.
Base Volume Name If the volume is not named when it is created, enter a default name.
Table 2. General Volume Defaults
Mapping Defaults
To set mapping volume defaults:
2. In the Configure User Volume Defaults window, click the Mapping tab. Set these defaults:
Default Description
Always accept suggested mappings Check this option to enforce the default mapping.
Automatically map volumes to default If you enforce default mapping, select a default
server server to which to map
Table 3. Mapping Volume Defaults
Map Volume to a Server

Mapping presents a volume to a server or port. To map a volume to a server:
2. Right-click on a volume. The volume shortcut menu appears.
3. From the volume shortcut menu, select Map Volume to Server. The Mapping window
appears.
4. Click Continue. The Select Server to Map window appears.

5. From the list of servers, check a port. Volumes cannot be mapped to ports from more than
one fault domain (unless multi-pathing is enabled - refer to Map Volume to a Server, on
page 31).

Volumes
6. Click Continue. The New Mappings window appears.
7. Enter a logical unit number

8. Select or clear Create Read Only Mapping.
9. Click on Create Now. The volume is mapped.
Remove Mapping from a Volume

To remove mappings from a server:
3. From the volume shortcut menu, select Remove Mappings from Volume. The Remove
Mappings from Volume window appears.
4. Select the mapping to remove.
5. Click Remove Now. If a mapping is still active, Storage Center asks you to confirm. Before
removing the mapping, confirm that the volume is no longer in use by the server. If you
remove a mapping to a volume which is in use, the server will no longer have access to the
volume and will have read/write errors.
Difference between Copy, Mirror, and Migrate

Volume copy options includes:
• Copying a Volume
• Mirroring a Volume
• Migrating a Volume
Copy, mirror, and migrate copy data from the source volume to the destination volume. The
commands are differentiated in Table 4
Copy Explanation
Copy Copies data from source volume to destination volume. Changes made to the source
volume during the copy process are added to the destination volume. Does not
dynamically update the destination volume after the copy is completed.
Mirror Dynamically updates the destination volume when the source volume changes. The
source and destination volumes are kept synchronized.
Migrate Same as Copy, except that when the copy is finished, all volume-server mappings
are moved to the destination volume. The source volume is deleted. The copied data
(and its mappings) now reside on the destination volume.
Table 4. Copy, Mirror, and Migrate
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Copying a Volume
To make a simple copy of a volume:

3. From the volume shortcut menu, select Copy > Copy Volume. The Copy Volume window
appears.
4. Select a destination volume.

• To copy the source volume to an existing volume, select a destination volume from the
list of volumes displayed. The destination volume cannot be smaller than the source
volume. The destination volume cannot be mapped to a server. Click continue.
• Specify a priority relative to other Copy/Mirror/Migrate and Replication
operations.
• By checking Copy historical Replay information, you are copying the volume and
all associated Replays. If you do not select this option, you exclude Replay data
from being copied. Click Continue.
• To copy to and create a new volume, click on Create New Volume. Follow the
procedure described Creating Volumes, on page 19.
• To copy a new volume with the same attributes as the source volume, click on Create
Exact Duplicate. A duplicate volume is immediately created.
• If Remote Instant Replay is licensed, you can click on Create Replication Volume. This
command does not create a volume, but serves as a conduit for Replications. To
understand this option, refer to Compellent Storage Center 3.6 Remote Replication
5. Click Continue. A review window appears.

• Click Return to close the screen without creating a copy.
• Click Schedule to set the start date and time. In the scheduling window, enter a date and
time. Click on Schedule Now.
• Click Start to make a mirror the volume now.
Mirroring a Volume
To create a volume mirror:
3. From the volume shortcut menu, select Copy > Mirror Volume. The Mirror Volume
window appears.
4. Select a destination volume

Volumes
• To mirror the source volume to an existing volume, select a destination volume from
the list of volumes displayed. The destination volume cannot be smaller than the source
volume. The destination volume cannot be mapped to a server. Click continue.
operations.
from being copied. Click Continue.
• To mirror to and create a new volume, click on Create New Volume. Follow the
• To create a new volume with the same attributes as the source volume, click on Create
• If Remote Instant Replay is licensed, the Create Replication Volume button appears.
This command does not create a volume, but serves as a conduit for Replications. To

Migrating a Volume
Copy/Migrate first copies data from the source volume to the destination volume. Changes to
the source volume while the copy is in progress are reflected in the destination volume. When
Storage Manager is finished with the copy, all volume-to-server mappings are moved to the
destination volume.
3. From the volume shortcut menu, select Copy > Copy/Migrate. The Copy/Migrate Volume
window appears.
4. Select a destination volume
• To migrate data an existing volume, select a destination volume from the list of
volumes displayed. The destination volume cannot be smaller than the source volume.
The destination volume cannot be mapped to a server. Click continue. Complete the
Copy/Migrate options:
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from being copied.
• Select or clear delete source volume after migration.
• Select or clear reverse mirror after migrate. Compellent mirrors updates back to the
source volume after the Copy/Migrate command is complete, using the source
volume as a backup.
• Click Continue.
• The Copy/Migrate options are displayed. Click Continue to migrate now. Click
Schedule to schedule the migration at a later time.
• To mirror to and create a new volume, click on Create New Volume. Follow the
• To create a new volume with the same attributes as the current volume, click on Create
• Click on Create Replication Volume if Remote Instant Replay is licensed. This
command does not create a volume, but serves as a conduit for Replications. To

6. Click OK.
Viewing Copy/Mirror/Migrate Volume Info

To view Copy/Mirror/Migrate information for a volume:
2. Select a volume. The Volume Information window appears in the right frame.
3. Click on the Copy/Mirror/Migrate tab.
Create Volume Folder

Volume folders group volumes for organizational purposes, and to restrict administrative user
access. Volume folders can be hierarchical. To create a volume folder:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, right-click on any component: Storage, Volumes, Volume
Folders, or Volumes. A shortcut menu for that component appears.
2. Select Create Volume Folder. The Create Volume Folder window appears.

Volumes
3. Choose a folder in which to create the new folder. Enter a volume folder name, or accept
the default. Enter any Notes
4. Click Create Now. The volume folder is created.
Viewing Volume Folder Properties

To view volume folder properties:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose Properties > Folder > Volume Folder. In the
Select a Volume Folder window, Storage Center displays a list of volume folders.
2. Expand a folder to view sub-folders.
3. Choose a folder.
4. Click on Continue. The Volume Folder Properties window appears. In the General Volume
Folder Properties window appears.To change the name of the folder, enter a new name.
5. Click OK.
6. Click the Info tab to view Date Created, Created By, Date Updated, Updated By, and Notes.
Delete Volume Folder

You cannot delete a volume folder that contains volumes, volume folders, or is referenced by
volumes that are in the recycle bin. To delete a folder:
2. Right-click on a volume folder. The volume folder shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Delete. You cannot delete a folder that contains volumes, volume folders, or is
reference by volumes in the recycle bin.
4. Click Continue.
5. Storage Center asks you to confirm.
6. Click on Yes. The folder is deleted.
Viewing Copy/Mirror/Migrate Information

To Copy/Mirror/Migrate:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Volumes to view individual volumes.
2. Select a volume.
3. The Volume Information window appears.
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4. Click the Copy/Mirror/Migrate tab. Storage Center displays the information described in
Table 5.
Status Description
Type Can be Replication, Replication mirror, or copy migrate
State Can be running or down
Priority Can be High, Medium, or Low
Source Volume Name of volume from which data is copied
Destination Volume Name of volume to which data is being copied
Percent Synced Percentage that destination volume matches source volume
Remaining Percentage of data left to copy
Current Replay ID of latest Replay
Copy History History of Replays
Delete After Migrate Will source volume be deleted after copy
Reverse Mirror After Copy back to original source.
Migrate
Table 5. Copy/Mirror/Migrate Status

Volumes
Viewing Volume Statistics

To view a volume statistics

3. Click the Statistics tab. Storage Center displays volume statistics.
Figure 12. Volume Statistics
The Volume Statistics window displays the following information in GBs.

• Volume Space Consumed
• Amount of space on volume used by data.
• Data Instant Replay overhead
• Disk space consumed
• Savings vs. basic RAID 10 storage
Storage Center displays distribution usage for volumes and Replays for each disk tier and RAID
selection within the tier. If there is no contention for storage space in the first Raid selection, it
is assigned storage from that selection. Savings vs. basic RAID 10 storage shows the storage
savings through the effective use of RAID 5 rather than RAID 10.
The difference between volume space consumed and disk space consumed is the space required
for by RAID parity. For example, a RAID 10 volume is written twice. The disk space required
is twice the volume space require. Disk space is required for RAID 5 parity blocks that is not
used in the volume space.
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Expand Volume
To expand the virtual capacity of a volume (which may be greater than the physical capacity):
2. Right-click on volume. The volume shortcut menu appears.

3. Select Expand Volume. The Expand Volume window appears.
4. Choose a number in blocks, Gigabytes, Terabytes, or Petabytes.
5. Click Continue. Storage Center warns you that because of overhead, the actual final size
will be slightly larger than the size indicated.
6. Click Expand Volume Now.
Erase Data
To erase data from a volume (but not Replays):
3. From the shortcut volume links at the top of the System Explorer window, click on Erase
Data. You may have to click the down arrow to the right of the links to view all commands.
4. The Erase Volume Data window appears. Storage Center asks you to confirm and warns
you that the operation cannot be undone.
5. Click on Continue. The data is erased.
Move Volume to Folder

To move a volume to a folder:
2. Right-click on a volume. The volume short-cut menu appears.
3. Select Move to Folder. The Move Volume window appears. Select a folder to which to
move the volume.
4. Click Continue. Storage Center asks you to confirm.
5. Click Apply Now. The volume is moved to the selected folder.
To move more than one volume at a time to a folder:

Volumes
on volumes.
4. From the shortcut menu at the top of the window, choose Move to Folder. The Move
Volumes window appears.
5. From the list of folders displayed, select the folder to which to move the volumes.
6. Storage Center asks you to confirm. Click Apply Now. The volumes are moved.
Create a Boot from SAN Copy

The Boot from SAN function allows servers to use an external SAN volume as a the boot
volume for the server. To create a Boot from SAN copy:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose Volume > Create a Boot from SAN Volume.
The Create Boot from SAN Volume window appears.
2. Click Continue.
3. Select a source volume. Click on Continue. The Name window appears.
4. Enter the name to associate with the Boot from SAN copy. The default is the name of the
source volume Copy 1.
5. The verification window appears. Click on Create Now.The Select Server to Map window
appears.
6. From the list of Servers, select a server to map. Expand the list of servers if necessary.
7. Click Continue. The Select Server Ports window appears.

8. Check the server ports to be mapped.
9. Click Continue. The New Mappings window appears.
10. Select or clear Read Only Mappings. Enter a Logical Unit Number (LUN). The LUN is the
number the server uses to access the volume. If another Compellent System or other devices
are plugged into the Fibre Channel Network, you may need to manually enter a LUN.
11. Click Create Now. The Boot from SAN volume is created.
12. Click on Return.
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Servers
Servers represent the physical hardware connected to the Storage Center, enabling the servers
to use Storage Center volumes for storage. Servers on the Compellent Storage Center are
defined by the server-side HBA ports used to connect them. Each HBA port on a server is
identified by its World Wide Name (WWN).
Creating a Server
To create either a Fibre Channel server or an iSCSI server that has been prepared (as described
in Preparing an iSCSI Server, on page 131):
1. In the Storage Management window, right-click on Servers. The Servers shortcut menu
appears.
2. Select Create Server. The Create Server wizard appears.
3. Select the server’s host bus adapter (HBA) port from the list of adapters. If the server-side
HBA has more than one port, you can select one or more than one. (Usually servers have
only one HBA port.)
• If the detected HBAs do not match the expected HBAs, click Refresh HBA Data to
detect any changes since the last scan. Select or clear Only Show Active/Up
Connections. Click Refresh again.
• If the HBA is not listed, click Refresh HBA Data. If the HBA was recently added, click
Scan for new HBAs.
• If the HBA is still not listed, click Find HBA. Storage Center asks if the server is
already connected to the network. If Yes, click Yes. Unplug the server from the
network, wait 30 seconds, and click Continue. If No, click no. Plug the server into the
network, wait 30 seconds, and click Continue.
• If new HBAs are detected, the screen displays the message that Host Bus Adapters have
been detected. If new HBAs are still not detected, check the connection between the
server and the controller, and click Scan Again. If new HBAs are still not detected,
there is a problem with your network, HBAs, or fiber cables.
Note: If you are using iSCSI CHAP, add remote CHAP initiators to the Compellent
system to communicate with the server you are creating. Refer to Add Remote CHAP
Initiators, described on page 137. For more information, refer to Appendix C on page
203.
4. Enter a name for the server.

Servers
5. Select the server folder. Click Use the Selected Folder when selecting the folder
from the Servers Node or click Create New Folder.
6. Enter any notes. Click Continue. The screen displays the name and attributes of the
server.
7. Click Create Now.
Note: Folders organize servers for maintenance and administrative security. To

create a folder at this time, click on Create a New Folder. For more information, refer
to Creating Server Folders on page 46.
View Server Information

To view general server information:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, click on Servers. The main window displays a list of
servers, including Name, HBA type (such as iSCSI or Fibre Channel), connection
status, and IP address.
2. Expand the Servers folder if necessary to view individual servers.
3. Select a server. The display-only server information window appears. Commands

for a server appear at the top of the window. View additional commands by clicking
the down arrow to the right of server commands.
Figure 13. General Server Information
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View Server HBAs

To view server HBAs:
2. Select a server. The server information window appears in the right frame.
3. Click on the Server HBAs tab. The system displays server port, type of server,
status, connected controller ports, the port ID, symbolic port name, node name, and
symbolic node name.
4. The following commands appear at the top of the Server HBAs window: Set
Update Frequency, Find, Scroll Setting, Add HBAs to Server, and Delete HBA.
View Server Connectivity

To view server connectivity:
3. Click on the Connectivity tab. The system displays server port, type of server,
status, controller, controller port, controller port information, MB written, MB
read, read IOPs, write IOPs, Average read latency, average write latency, and
average transfer ready latency.
4. The following commands appear at the top of the server connectivity window: Set
Update Frequency, Find, and Scroll Setting.
View Server Mapping

To view server mapping:

3. Click on the Mapping tab. The system displays the volumes that are mapped to this
server, including status, volume name, type of server, server port, controller port
for each server port, LUN, and whether the volume is read only or not.
Update Frequency, Find, Scroll Setting, Map Volume to Server, and Delete volume.
View Server Volumes

To view volumes mapped to the server:

Servers
3. Click on the Volumes tab. The system displays the volumes that are mapped to this
server, including volume name, type of volume, whether the volume is redundant,
the amount of disk space consumed by the volume, and the logical size of the
volume.
Update Frequency, Find, and Scroll Setting.
Viewing Server Properties

To view server properties:
1. In the Storage Management window, right-click on Servers. The Servers shortcut

menu appears.
2. Select Properties. The Server Properties window appears. The Properties window
indicates if the server is an iSCSI server.
3. To view General properties, including name, and address, click the General tab.
4. To change the serve name or IP address, enter the new information and click OK.
To view the dates the server was created and updated and by whom, click the Info
tab. You can make notes in the notes field.
Note: Enterprise Manager, a separately licensed Compellent application, uses a

server IP address of the systems it monitors to retrieve volumes mapped to the server.
5. Click OK.
Deleting a Server
To delete a server:

3. Select Delete. The system asks you to confirm.
4. Click Yes. The server is deleted.
Mapping Volumes to a Server

Refer to Map Volume to a Server, on page 31.
Removing Mappings from a Server

To remove mappings from a server:
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3. Select Remove Mappings from Server.The Remove Mappings from Server
window appears.
4. Select mappings to remove.

• Make sure that the volume mapped to this server is no longer mounted; if you
remove an active map entry, the server using the volume will have read/write
errors. The system warns you if you are attempting to remove an active map
entry.
• Make sure that removing this mapping will not create a gap in the LUN
sequence. Most operating systems require contiguous LUN sequencing
starting with LUN 0. A gap in the LUN sequence may cause the server to not
recognize subsequent volumes.
5. Click Remove now. The mapping is removed.
Adding HBAs to a Server

To add HBAs to a sever:
3. Select Add HBAs to Server.The Add HBAs to a Server window appears.
Figure 14. List of Scanned HBAs
4. Select from these options:

Servers
• Select or clear Only Show Active/Up Connections.

• Refresh HBA Data. This is a simple refresh command. Storage Center does not
scan for new HBAs; it merely re-displays the current list of HBAs.
• Scan for New HBAs. If you expect to see an HBA but don’t, check the cabling
and connections. Click on Scan for New HBAs. Storage Center retrieves
current data, checks for HBAs not on the previous list, and adds any newly
found HBAs to the list. To make sure that the network acknowledges the HBA:
a. Locate and unplug the HBA on the back of the server.
b. Wait 60 seconds.
c. Plug the HBA back into the server.
d. Click on Scan for New HBAs again.
5. Select an HBA. Click on continue. The system asks you to confirm.
6. Click on Modify Now. The HBA is added to the server.
Removing HBAs from a Server

Before removing the HBAs, make sure that no volumes are mounted to this server
through this HBA. If you remove an active HBA entry, the server using the volume no
longer has access to the volume and will have read or write errors. When you map a
volume to a server, you are really mapping that volume to one (or possibly more than
one) of that server's HBAs. When you remove an HBA to which a volume is mapped,
the maps are also deleted.
To remove HBAs from a Server that does not have volumes mapped to it:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, right-click on Servers. The server shortcut menu
appears.
2. Select Remove HBAs from Server . The Create Server Folder window appears.
3. Click on Continue. The Remove HBAs from Server window appears.
4. Check the HBA to remove. Click Continue. The system asks you to confirm or
warns you of an active HBA.
5. Click Remove HBA now. The system removes the HBA and closes the window.
Creating Server Folders

Server folders group servers for easier management. Server folders can be hierarchical.
To create a server folder:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, right-click on Servers. The server shortcut menu
appears.
2. Select Create Server Folder. The Create Server Folder window appears.
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3. Select the Servers icon to create a top-level folder. If the window lists current server
folders, select a current folder to create a subfolder.
4. Enter a server folder name or accept the default. Add notes, if any.
5. Click on Create Now. Storage Center creates the folder and closes the window.
View Server Folder Info

To view server folder info:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Servers to view server folders.
2. Select a server folder. The main window lists the servers grouped into that folder,
including name, type, HBA Type, connection status, and IP address. The
commands applicable to a server folder appear at the top of the window. Right-
click on a server to view the shortcut commands applicable to the server.
Viewing General Server Folder Properties

To view server folder properties:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Servers to view server folders.

2. Right-click on a server folder. The server folder shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Properties. The Server Folder properties window appears.
• To change the server folder name, enter a new name and click OK.
• To enter notes, click on the Info tab. Enter notes and click OK.
Deleting Server Folders

You cannot delete a server folder that contains a server or nested server folders.(First
delete the server or server folders in the folder. When it is empty, you can delete the
folder.) To delete a server folder:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, click on Servers. Expand Servers to view server
folders.
2. Right-click on a server folder. The server folder shortcut menu appears.

4. Click on Yes. The system deletes the server folder and closes the window.
Moving a Server to a Folder

To move a server to a folder:

Servers
2. Right-click on a server to be moved. The server shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Move to Folder. The system displays current folders. Expand the list of
folders, if necessary, to view sub-folders.
4. Select a folder to move the server to.
5. Click on Continue. The system asks you to confirm.
6. Click Apply Now. The system moves the server and closes the window.
Moving a Server Folder to Another Server Folder

To move a server folder to a another server folder:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Servers to server folders.

2. Right-click on a server folder to be moved. The server folder shortcut menu
appears.
3. Select Move to Folder. The system displays current folders. Expand the list of
folders, if necessary, to view sub-folders.
4. Select a folder to move the server folder to.
5. Click on Continue. The system asks you to confirm.
6. Click Apply Now. The system moves the folder and closes the window.
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Disks
The Storage Center displays disks in both a physical and logical representation. The physical
representation displays where the disks are physically located within the enclosures connected
to the Storage Center. This representation of the disks can be found in the System Explorer
under the Enclosures node. The logical representation displays the way in which disks are
logically grouped for use by volumes. This representation of the disks can be found in the
System Explorer under the Disks node.
For disks to be used as storage space for volumes, disks are grouped together into Disk Folders.
Volumes distribute data across all the disks within the disk folder. On the Compellent Storage
Center, disk folders can contain a mixture of disks with differing drive types, capacities, and
speeds. The total storage capacity of the disk folder is the sum of capacity of the disks within
the folder. Disk folders can contain both managed and spare drives. The managed drives are
used for data storage. The spare drives are held in reserve and will automatically replace a
managed drive should one fail.
The Storage Center creates pagepools from the disk space in a disk folder. A pagepool is the
heart of the Storage Center Dynamic Capacity and Data Progression technology. Within a
pagepool, Storage Center separates raw disk space into different RAID types to be used by
volumes and Replays. Pagepools expand automatically, converting raw disk space to the RAID
types needed as volumes grow. Volumes and Replays, in turn, write data to the space available
within the pagepool. For this reason, the fewer disk folders on your system, the more efficiently
Storage Center can utilize disk space.

Disks
This chapter describes the logical representation of disks. For a description of the
physical representation of disks, refer to Chapter 9: Enclosures, UPS, and Racks, on
page 145.
Logical view
of disks
Physical view
of disks
Figure 15. Logical View of Disks vs. Physical View
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View Disk Folders

Disks that are placed within a disk folder become either Managed or Spare. Managed
disks are used for data storage. Spare disks are held in reserve to replace any of the
Managed disks, should one fail. Disks that have not been placed into a disk folder are
Unmanaged. These disks reside in the Unassigned folder.
When disks are placed into a disk folder, they are grouped into separate class folders
by classification, such as 15K-RPM, 10K-RPM, FCATA, and SATA.
View Assigned Disks

To view assigned disks, click on the assigned disk folder. Storage Center groups active
disks into tiers by type, such as 10K-RPM, FC-ATA, SATA. This window is display-
only. The name of the folder appears at the top of the window.
Figure 16. Assigned Disk Folder
Important information in this window includes Capacity, Free Space, Health, and
Control Type (such as managed or spare).

Disks
Disk Folder Properties

Folder properties are only available for user-created disk folders. No folder properties
are available for the Unassigned or External Device folders. To view disk folder
properties:
1. In the System Explorer, right-click on a disk folder, such as Assigned.
2. From the shortcut menu, click Properties. The Disk Folder Properties window
appears.To change the folder name, click the General tab. Enter a new folder name.
Click OK.
To view General Redundant Storage Folder Information
appears.
3. Click on Redundant Storage tab. The general Redundant Storage window appears:
Figure 17. General Redundant Disk Folder Properties
The Redundant Storage window shows the RAID levels that are enabled in each
tier and the available disk classes. In general, all raid levels are enabled. Disabling
a RAID level could cause the system to go into emergency mode. In this example,
notice that, because no disks were assigned to Tier 2 storage (as shown in
Figure 16), the disk folder properties show no available disk classes in Tier 2.
Disks could be added to Tier 2 in the future.
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To view Advanced Redundant storage folder information

appears.
3. Click on Redundant Storage tab. The general Redundant Storage window appears.
4. Click on the Advanced link to the right of Tier 1 Storage. Advanced Redundant
storage appears.
Figure 18. Advanced Redundant Disk Folder Properties
The advanced window displays the stripe size and repeat factor for each RAID
level in each tier. To change a stripe size, click the down arrow to the next RAID
level. Choose from the stripe sizes. To change the repeat factor, click the down
arrow next to the RAID level and select a different repeat factor. For more
information about stripe size, refer to Stripe Size, on page 201.
If you created non-redundant volumes, a similar Non-Redundant Storage window
appears. This window doesn’t have an Advanced portion (since this isn’t
necessary for non-redundant storage) but you can select the tiers of storage that
are enabled.

Disks
Create Disk Folder

The fewer disk folders on a system, the more efficiently Storage Center optimizes
storage. Ideally, all disks reside in one disk folder from which Storage Center can
manage storage. However, if you require multiple disk folders (for example, to release
a disk):
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose Disks > Folder > Create Disk
Folder. The Create Disk Folder window appears, asking you to confirm.
2. Click Yes. Storage Center displays unassigned disks to be added to the new folder.
Select disks to add to the new folder.
3. Click Continue. Storage Center displays the disks you selected, and asks you to
choose one or more to be a hot spare. The hot spare is not part of the pagepool in
this folder. It will only be used to rebuild data on the fly in the event that a data disk
fails.
4. (Optional) Select a disk to be designated as a hot spare.
5. Click Continue.
6. Enter a folder name. Add notes if necessary.
7. Click Create Now. The system asks you to configure Data Progression classes.
Selecting a type of class simply means that the selection is presented as an available
option when creating volumes. Accept the default. Optional: If the applications on
your system require other than the default RAID striping, click the Advanced
tab.Configure the stripe size and repeat factor.
8. Click Continue. The system creates the folder.
Grant User Access to a Folder

To grant access to a Volume Manager or Reporter user or user group:
1. In the System Explorer, right-click on a disk folder. The disk folder shortcut menu
appears.
2. From the shortcut menu, click Add Folder to User Group.
3. A list of user groups appears. (To create a new user group, refer to Create User
Group, on page 96.)
4. Select a user group.
5. Click Add Now. Storage Manager give access to the folder by the group and closes
the window.
Volume managers in this user group are allowed access to the storage in this disk folder.
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Restrict User Access to a Folder

To restrict Volume Manager or Reporter users from accessing storage in a disk folder:
1. In the System Explorer, right-click on a disk folder. The disk folder shortcut menu
appears.
2. From the shortcut menu, click Remove Folder from User Group.
3. A list of user groups that have access to this folder appears.
4. Select a user group.
5. Click Remove Now. Storage Manager removes access to the folder by the group
and closes the window.
Delete Disk Folder

Before a disk folder can be deleted, it must be empty of all disks. Release or delete all
disks within a folder before you delete the disk folder. To release a disk, refer to Release
Disks, on page 61. To delete a disk, refer to Delete Disk, on page 61.
To delete a disk folder:
1. In the System Explorer, right-click the folder to be deleted.

2. From the shortcut menu, choose Delete. Storage Center asks you to confirm.
3. Click Yes to delete the folder. Storage Center deletes the folder.
Scan for Disks

If you expect to see a disk listed in the Unassigned disk folder, scan for disks. To scan
for disks:
1. In the System Explorer, right-click on Disks.
2. Select Scan for Disks.
3. Storage Center scans for new disks that were inserted into a Storage Center disk
enclosure.
4. Disk are displayed by serial number, connection status, and whether or not
synchronous Replication is allowed.
Viewing Unassigned Disks

To view unassigned disks, right-click on the Unassigned disk folder. Storage Center
displays all unassigned disks., including position, capacity, free space, type of disk,
status (such as Up), and health.

Disks
Manage Unassigned Disks

To manage unassigned disks:
1. Expand the Disks icon to view unassigned disks.
2. Click on the Unassigned disk folder. The system displays a list of unassigned disks.
3. Using the Ctrl or Shift key, select the disks to manage.
4. From the shortcut menu at the top of the page, select Managed Unassigned Disks.
The Unassigned Disks window appears.
5. Select a folder to which to add the disks. (If no disk folder have been created, the
system gives you the option of creating one.)
Create New Folder

If you click Create New Folder:
a. The system asks you to select disks to be designated as Hot Spares.
b. Select a disk or disks to be used as hot spares.
c. Enter a folder name or accept the default. Click Create Now. The system
creates a folder with the selected disks and creates a pagepool.
d. The Configure Data Progression window appears, similar to Figure 17 on
page 52. Accept the defaults or select other RAID levels. For more information,
refer to Chapter 10: Data Progression, on page 157.
e. Click continue. The system displays the managed disk folder.
Select Existing Folder

If you select a folder to which to add the disks:
a. Click Continue. The system asks you to select disks to be designated as Hot
Spares.
b. Select a disk or disks to be used as hot spares.
c. Click Continue. The system indicates that the folder will be modified.
d. Click Modify Now. The system displays the Rebalance window. Refer to
Rebalance, on page 59.
Add Unassigned Disks to a Folder

Adding unassigned disks to a folder is similar to Managing Unassigned Disks, except
that the folder is selected first. To add unassigned disks to a folder:
1. Expand the disks icon to view disk folders.
2. Right-click on a disk folder.
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3. From the shortcut menu, select Add Unassigned Disks to Folder. The system
displays a list of unassigned disks.
4. Select disks to be added.
5. Click Continue. The system displays the disks you selected.
6. From the list of disks, select on or more disks to be designated as hot spares.
7. Click Continue. The system asks you to confirm.
8. Click Modify Now. The disks are added. The Rebalance window appears. To
continue, refer to Rebalance, on page 59.
Disk Information
To view disk information:
1. In the Storage Management window, expand disk folders to view an individual

disk.
2. Click on the disk. General disk information appears.
Figure 19. Disk Information

Disks
Important information in this window includes:

• Position, listed as enclosure and position. For example, disk 3-2 resides in
Enclosure 3. Disks are numbered as follows:
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16
• Disk number. This is an internal number, used by Storage Center for internal alerts.
• Free space.
• User Allocated blocks must be zero to delete or release a disk.
Classify Disk as External Device

You must have a Remote Replication License to classify disks as an external device.
(Refer to the System Explorer main window, as shown in Figure 2 on page 16, to view
licenses for your system.) For more information on Replays, refer to Chapter 11:
Replay, on page 199.
Only unassigned disks can be classified as external devices. You can select multiple
disks, but you must name and save each disk as a separate device. The external device
disks become targets, which are used to Load, Replicate, or Restore data to or from an
non-Compellent System. If a disks appears as Disk-00-00, it is because the Compellent
System does not have enclosure information for these disks. External Disks do not
count toward licensed storage.
To classify a disk as an external device:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose Disks > Classify Disk as External
Device.
2. The Select Disk window appears. Select disks. Click Continue.
3. Enter an External Device name that helps to identify the intended use of this device.
Click Classify Now. This window reappears for each disk selected in the previous
screen.
When you are through, the External Devices appear in the External Devices folder in
the Compellent Explorer.
Disk Properties
To view disk properties:
1. In the Storage Management window, right-click on Disks. Expand disk folders to

view an individual disk.
2. Right-click on a disk. The Disk shortcut menu appears.
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3. Select Properties. The system displays the same information contained in the Disk
Folder window.
4. Select or clear Alert when only one path is available.
5. Click OK.
Rebalance
The Storage Center distributes data across disks in a pagepool. As disks are added or
removed, data in the pagepool can be unevenly distributed across disks. Use
Rebalancing to redistribute data evenly across disks when new disk drives are added to
a system, or to attempt to move data from drives that are being replaced. To rebalance
RAID devices:
1. From the Storage Management menu select Disk > Rebalance RAID devices. The
RAID Rebalancing window appears.
2. In the Rebalancing window, click View RAID Devices. Storage Center displays a
list representing RAID devices on the system, similar to Figure 20:
Figure 20. View RAID Devices

Disks
The current score of a RAID device determines whether it can or should be rebalanced.
A RAID rebalancing score is based on:
• Whether new disks were added to the enclosure
• Whether disks in the RAID unit are no longer in the original disk folder.
• If the data is fragmented and there is surrounding free space.
• If RAID devices are not all of the same disk type. (For example, if a Rebuild used
a SATA drive to replace a failing Fibre Channel drive.)
• If the RAID level and number of disks in the stripe do not match.
• If the selected stripe size does not match the actual stripe size.
The Current Score is a percentage that represents optimum placement of a device. A

device cannot be rebalanced if its Current Score is 90% or above.
Schedule Rebalancing
To schedule rebalancing at a later time (for example, over a weekend):
1. Click Schedule RAID Rebalancing. The Scheduling window appears.
2. Enter a date or click the down arrow to view a calendar. Use the up/down arrows
to select a time.
3. Click Schedule Rebalancing.
To view a Rebalance scheduled in the future, from the View menu, choose Scheduled
Events. The RAID rebalance appears as a scheduled event. To delete the scheduled
Rebalance
1. Right-click on the Rebalance event.
2. From the shortcut menu, choose Delete. The system asks you to confirm.
3. Click Yes.
Rebalance Now
To Rebalance now:
1. Click Rebalance Now.The RAID Rebalancing window appears, showing the

progress of the Rebalance.
2. Click OK. The Rebalance continues in the background, showing you the number
of remaining passes, until the Rebalance is complete.
To stop the Rebalance, click Stop Rebalancing.
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Release Disks
Releasing a disk removes it from the pagepool. To release a disk, move the disk out of
a managed disk folder to another disk folder. Rebalance the data among the remaining
managed disks (as described in Rebalance, on page 59). By emptying a disk of User
Allocated Blocks, Storage Center prepares it so that it can be logically deleted and
physically removed. Because rebalancing data can occupy system resources, you have
the option of rebalancing now or later. To move data off a disk so that the disk can be
removed:
1. Make sure that you have a folder to move the disk to. If necessary, create a disk
folder as described on Create Disk Folder, on page 54
2. In the System Explorer window, expand the managed disk folders to view
individual disks.
3. Select a disk to be released. In the Disk Information window, shown in Figure 19

on page 57, notice the Status, Health, and User Allocated Blocks.
4. Right-click on the disk to be released. The disk shortcut menu appears.
5. Select Move Managed Disk. Storage Center displays available disk folders.
6. Select a disk folder to move the disk to.
7. From the Storage Management menu, choose Disk > Rebalance RAID
Devices.Refer to Rebalance, on page 59.
8. Schedule Rebalancing or select Rebalance Now. Storage Center will attempt to

redistribute the data across the remaining drives. If the User Allocated blocks that
were on the released disk are now redistributed across the remaining disks, the
original disk can be logically deleted and physically removed.
Delete Disk
You cannot delete a disk unless:
• The disk failed. In the System Explorer window, a failed disk appears with a red
dot on the disk icon.
• The disk has no user allocated blocks. To remove User Allocated Blocks from a disk,
release the disk as described in Release Disks, on page 61.
To delete a failed or released disk:
1. In the Storage Management window, expand the disk folders to view an individual
disk.
2. Right-click on a disk. The Disk shortcut menu appears.

Disks
3. Select Delete Disk. If the disk is not down or has User Allocated Blocks, Storage
Center warns you that the disk cannot be removed. If the disk has failed or is empty
of User Allocated Blocks, Storage Center asks you to confirm. Click Yes. The
system deletes the disk from the folder and closes the window. You can now
physically remove the disk from the system.
Move Managed Disk

To move a managed disk from one disk folder to another:
1. In the Storage Management window, expand the Disks icon to view the folder
containing the disk or disks to move.
2. Using the Ctrl or Shift key, select disks to move.
3. From the shortcut menu at the top of the page, select Move Managed Disk. The
Move Managed Disk window appears.
4. Select a folder to move the managed disks to.
6. Click Yes (Move Now).
7. The system asks you to rebalance the data on the disk. For more information on
rebalancing, refer to Rebalance, on page 59
Show Disk in Enclosure

To view the physical location of a disk:
1. In the Storage Management window, expand the disk folders to view an individual
disk.
2. Right-click on the disk.
3. From the shortcut menu, choose Show Disk in Enclosure. The system displays the
physical location of the disk. A green disk is good, gray disk indicates an empty
slot, a red disk has failed.
Disk Alerts
Storage Center has four levels of safeguards to inform you of the proper time to add
real physical space to the virtual size of a disk folder.
• Storage Center first generates a disk folder alert when a disk folder consumes space
above the configurable disk folder alert threshold limit. Note that even if a
pagepool exceeds the disk folder alert threshold limit, it can still have free pagepool
space available.
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• Storage Center next generates a pagepool alert when the pagepool space for
volumes and Replays exceeds the configurable pagepool alert threshold, and there
is no more free disk space available for the pagepool to consume.
• The third alert generated is a conservation mode alert which occurs when the
pagepool space available for volumes and Replays reaches 10%; there is no more
free disk space available for the pagepool to consume. When Storage Center enters
conservation mode, it prohibits new volumes and Replays; Replays are
aggressively expired.
• The final alert generated is an emergency mode alert which occurs when the
pagepool space available for volumes and Replays drops below 1%, and there is no
more free disk space available for the pagepool to consume. When Storage Center
enters emergency mode, all volumes associated with this disk folder are taken
offline. Replays are expired more aggressively. Volumes cannot be brought back
online until enough pagepool space is freed to exit the emergency mode state.

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System
System Commands
To view the System menu, from the Storage Management menu, choose System. The System
menu appears.
Figure 21. System Menu

System
System Properties
To view system properties, from the Storage Management menu, choose Properties >
System. The General system properties window appears.
Figure 22. General System Properties
To configure general system properties, in the System Properties window, click the
General tab. View or change system name and Storage Center ID. Change Operation
mode during maintenance or installation to prevent the system from sending false error
reports to CoPilots. Click OK to save.
Cache
To configure cache properties, from the Storage Management menu, choose Properties
> System. The General system properties window appears. Select the Cache tab. These
global cache settings overwrite cache settings for individual volumes.
• Select or clear system-wide read cache. Write Cache: holds written data in volatile
memory until it can be safely stored on disk. Improves Write performance.
• Select or clear system-wide write cache. .Read Cache: anticipates the next Read seek
and holds it in quick volatile memory. Improves Read performance.
To enable caching for some volumes and not others, enable caching system-wide.
Disable caching for individual volumes. Refer to Set Volume Cache Properties, described
on page 26. Click OK to save changes.
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Thresholds
To configure threshold properties, in the System Properties window, click the
Thresholds tab. Choose from these properties:
Property Description
Allocate Space to Specify a percentage of free space, to an absolute maximum,
Pagepool Threshold below which you instruct Storage Center to automatically
allocate more storage from the disk folder into the pagepool.
Page Pool Alert Specify an amount of free space, below which Storage Center
Threshold sends an alert that the reserve storage in the pagepool will
become insufficient.
Disk Folder Alert Specify a percentage of free space available in all disk folders
Threshold below which you instruct Storage Center to automatically send
an alert. Note that this alert threshold only occurs when Storage
Center cannot allocate the enough space from the disk folder.
Table 6. Threshold Properties
Click OK to save changes.
Disk Sparing
To configure global spares, in the System Properties window:
1. Click the Disk Sparing tab.
2. Enter the default number of spares per storage enclosure. This is the minimum
number of disks to be selected in an enclosure when creating a disk folder before a
hot spare is selected.
3. Enter the minimum disks per enclosure before auto-sparing. This is the number of
disks that have to be selected in a Compellent Storage Enclosure before a hot spare
is selected.
Multi-Pathing
On dual-controller systems, primary ports are designated for data traffic; reserved ports
assume the load of data transfer in the event of a failed primary port. Reserved ports are
also used for InterProcess Communication (IPC) traffic and Replication. Fault
Domains group a primary and reserved front end port to one another. The primary and
reserved ports are assigned the same Fault Domain ID (an arbitrary number) to
designate where traffic will be moved in the event of a failover or rebalance. Refer to
Configure Local Ports, described on page 93.

System
In most cases, volumes are mapped to ports in the same fault domain. For multi-
pathing, all primary ports are on the same controller. Volumes can be mapped to ports
in more than one fault domain. To permit multi-pathing:
1. In the System Explorer, right-click on a system. The system shortcut menu

appears.
2. Select Properties.The System Properties window appears.
3. Click on the Mapping tab. The Mapping properties window appears.
4. To permit volumes to be mapped to ports in more than one fault domain, enable
multiple fault domains.
5. Click OK.
SMTP
To configure SMTP email, in the System Properties window, click the SMTP tab.
1. Select or clear SMTP email.

2. Enter the IP address of the mail server
3. Enter the IP address of a backup mail server.
4. Enter an email address of sender
5. Enter common subject line to control mail delivery and filtering.
6. Configure use of extended hello for mail system compatibility. Instead of

beginning the session with the HELO command, the receiving host issues the
EHLO command. If the sending host accepts this command, the receiving host then
sends it a list of SMTP extensions it understands, and the sending host then knows
which SMTP extensions it can use to communicate with the receiving
host.Implementing ESMTP requires no modification of the SMTP configuration of
either the client or the mail server. Most modern SMTP mail systems support
ESMTP.
7. Enter authorized login User ID and password.
8. Test server.
9. To add notes, click the Info tab.
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Find Unmanaged Hardware

To find unmanaged hardware, from the Storage Management menu, choose System >
Find Unmanaged Hardware. Storage Center displays the Unmanaged Hardware
window.
Figure 23. Unmanaged Hardware Window
Choose from the following:

• Enable Storage Center to check for unmanaged hardware at startup.
• Classify Disk External
• Manage Unassigned Disks
• Create Server
• Close

System
Phone Home
To phone home immediately, from the Storage Management menu, choose System >
Phone Home > Phone Home Now. Storage Center displays the log that it sends back to
Compellent.
Figure 24. Phone Home Alerts
To configure a Phone Home proxy server:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose System > Phone Home > Phone
Home Now. The Configure Phone Home Proxy window appears.
2. Select or clear Use Phone Home Proxy Server. If you use a proxy server, enter:
• Proxy Server address

• Port
• Proxy user name
• Enter and confirm the proxy server password.
3. Click OK.
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Setup
To view the setup menu, from the Storage Management menu, choose System > Setup. The
System Setup menu appears. For more information about System Setup commands, refer to the
Storage Center 3.6 Setup Guide, Compellent Document No. 680-022-001
Submit a License
If you add Compellent applications, or increase the number of disks licensed for your system,
you may need to submit a new license. The license is emailed to your from your system
provider. Save the license file to a host system. To submit a license, from the Storage
Management menu, choose System > Setup > Submit a License.
1. Browse to the license file. The license files has a .lic extension.
2. Select the license file. Click on Load License. Storage Center notifies you that the license
submission was successful.
Configure Time
To configure time for the system, from the Storage Management menu, choose System > Setup
> Configure Time. The Configure Time window appears.
Enter the Network Time Protocol (NTP) address or manually set the time region, time zone, and
current time. Click Continue. The time is set.
Configure SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is a protocol for sending email messages between
servers. Storage Center uses SMTP to send automated emails to an administrators account when
management is required. To configure SMTP, from the Storage Management menu, choose
System > Setup > Configure SMTP.

System
The SMTP window appears.
Figure 25. SMTP
1. Enter the IP address or fully-qualified domain name of the SMTP mail server in the SMTP
Mail Server box.
2. Enter the IP address or fully-qualified domain name of the backup SMTP mail server in the
Backup SMTP Mail Server box.
3. Enter the email address of the sender in the Sender E-mail Address (MAIL FROM) box,
and a common subject line for all emails from the Storage Center in the Common Subject
Line box.
4. Configure use of extended hello for mail system compatibility. Instead of beginning the
session with the HELO command, the receiving host issues the EHLO command. Most
SMTP mail systems support ESMTP.
5. Check the Use Authorized Login (AUTH LOGIN) and complete the Login ID and
Password boxes if the email system requires the use of an authorized login.
6. Click OK to complete your actions and close the dialog box.
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Configure iSNS Server

To configure iSNS for the system, from the Storage Management menu, choose System > Setup
> Configure iSNS. The Configure iSNS Server window appears. Enter the IP address of the
Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) server.
iSNS is analogous to DNS. Just as DNS provides name service for servers and workstations in
a LAN, an iSNS server provides name service for initiators and targets in a SAN. This makes
the task of managing the storage network easier because data is centralized on a server.
The iSNS protocol facilitates automated discovery, management, and configuration of iSCSI
and Fibre Channel devices on a TCP/IP network. iSNS provides intelligent storage discovery
and management services comparable to those found in Fibre Channel networks, allowing an
IP network to function in a similar capacity as a storage area network. iSNS also facilitates a
seamless integration of IP and Fibre Channel networks, because of its ability to emulate Fibre
Channel fabric services, and manage both iSCSI and Fibre Channel devices.Using iSNS
thereby provides value in a Compellent system.
Configure Syslog Server

To configure syslog server for the system, from the Storage Management menu, choose System
> Setup > Configure Syslog Server. The Configure SysLog window appears.
All syslog messages have a logging facility, which is the location where messages are sent. The
syslog daemon sends the messages based on the configured facility. If no facility is specified,
local0 is the default outgoing facility. Follow these steps to configure a syslog server and
logging facility.
1. Enter the IP address of the syslog server in the SysLog Server IP Address box.
2. From the drop-down box, choose the syslog facility from the list. This is the location where
the messages are sent. The following facilities are available: User, Local0, Local1, Local2,
Local3, Local4, Local5, Local6, and Local7.
3. Click OK to complete your actions and close the dialog box.
Configure JRE URL

The Compellent System requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2, or later.
When Storage Manager is first opened, if a suitable JRE is not detected, Storage Center
downloads JRE from the Compellent website. To change the download location to a local
location, enter the URL here.
Note: Refer to the Compellent Release Notes for Java settings to improve GUI
performance. Java is available at http://www.java.com/en/download/.

System
Configure Local Ports

To configure local ports for the system
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose System > Setup > Configure Local Ports.
The Configure Local Ports window appears.
Figure 26. Configure Local Ports
The window displays a list of controllers, slots, and ports present on the Storage Center.
Initiator, Target, and Both columns display the number of remote ports with the respective
roles attached to the local port. Initiators are typically servers on the Front End. Targets are
typically disk enclosures on the Back End. Connection to another storage system can be
either front or back end.
2. For each port on the system, select Front End or Back End in the Network box. Servers
connect to the front end, disk drive enclosures connect to the back end.
3. Select Primary or Reserved in the Usage box. Primary ports are used for data traffic;
reserved ports are used in the event of a failover.
4. Using a Fault Domain ID (such as 1 or 2) associate a Primary and Reserved port. In a single-
controller system, make sure the primary port is on a different card than the reserved ports.
In a dual-controller system, make sure the primary port is on a different controller than the
reserved port. The fault domain ensures that if a primary port fails, data is routed to the
reserved port.
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5. Click Assign Now.
Note: Primary and Reserved port settings are binding. For more information about slots and
ports, refer to the Compellent System Connectivity, Compellent Document No. 680-027-001.
Dynamic Controllers
Dynamic Controllers are a separately licensed feature. Multi-Controller commands manage a
two-controller Storage Center system. These commands include:
• Prepare to Join Another System
• Unprepare
• Add Controller to System
• Rebalance Local Ports
Prepare to Join Another System

If a controller is replaced or added, prepare a new controller to join the current controller. The
controller being prepared is the Peer controller. The controller it is joining is the Leader. The
Leader is the Mentoring controller which will configure the Peer controller. If, in the future, the
Leader fails and is replaced, the current Peer controller becomes the Mentoring controller for a
new controller.
Note: These instructions are a guide for adding a controller. Steps to add
components to an existing system vary. Consult with Compellent Copilot Services for
advice or assistance when adding components to an existing system.
To add a new controller to the Compellent Storage Center system:
1. In a web browser, enter the IP address of the Peer controller that is listed in the Compellent
CoPilot Preorder Document. The Storage Center window for the Peer controller appears.
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose System > Setup > Multi-Controller >
Prepare to Join Another System. The Prepare to Join Another System window appears.
2. Enter the Mentoring Controller ID. By default, the Mentoring Controller ID is the ID (such
as 408) supplied by Compellent.
3. Enter the Eth0 IP address of the Mentoring controller. Remember, Eth0 is marked LAN 1
on the rear of the controller.
4. Click on Prepare Now. The Peer controller is prepared.
Note: For more detailed instructions, refer to the Compellent Storage Center 3.6
System Setup Guide, Compellent Document No. 680-022-001.
Unprepare
Unprepare cancels a Prepare to Join Another System command that is in process. To cancel a
Prepare to Join Another System command:

System
Unprepare. Storage Center asks you to confirm.
2. Click Yes. The Prepare Controller command is cancelled.
Add Controller to System

To add a controller that you prepared (see Prepare to Join Another System, described on page 75):
1. In a web browser, enter the IP address of the Mentoring controller. The Storage Center
window for the Mentoring controller appears.
2. From the Storage Management menu, choose System > Setup > Multi-Controller > Add
Controller to System. The Add Controller wizard appears.
1. Enter the IP Address, Net Mask, and Gateway for the Ethernet 0 and Ethernet 1 ports of a
prepared controller. The hardware serial number and IP Address are listed in the
Compellent CoPilot Preorder Document.
2. Enter the IP address of the DNS server, if you use one.
CAUTION A Prepared controller only remains in a prepared state for a limited time. The Add
Controller command must be submitted within 10 minutes to be accepted.
3. Click on Continue. The Contact information window appears.
4. Add the name of a contact person and the system location.
5. Click Continue. The confirmation window appears.
Figure 27. Confirm Add Controller
6. If everything is accurate, click on Join Now.
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Rebalance Local Ports

In a two-controller system, both controllers share the work load. But if one controller is taken
off-line or fails, the second controller takes over for both. This is referred to as a failover. When
a failover occurs, the Compellent System moves WWN port bindings from the failing controller
to reserved ports on an active controller.
In the Startup wizard, you can enable Storage Center to check for unbalanced local ports at
startup. To rebalance ports, click Yes (Rebalance). If Check for unbalanced local ports at startup
is disabled:
Rebalance Local Ports.
2. Click Yes (Rebalance) to rebalance the port load and restore the original port bindings.
IP Filtering
By default, IP filtering is off, implying an Allow Any rule. Once you create an IP filter, Storage
Center infers that no one has access except for the specific access granted in the IP filter. Make
sure that the IP filters grant sufficient access to all Storage Center users.
CAUTION Be careful using the IP filter command. It is possible to lock yourself out of the
system.
IP Filtering creates lists of access control either by user type (for example, Administrator) or
specific user. If you use IP Filtering, you must use it to control all system access. IP Filtering
creates an Allow Access Control List. If there is no specific allow rule, access is denied.
By default, IP filtering is off, implying an Allow Any rule. If you use network address
translation (NAT) be sure to specify the IP address that is seen by the Compellent systems. It
will not necessarily be the same as the local IP of the machine you use to access the Compellent
system GUI.
Create IP Filter
To create an IP filter:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose > System > Access > IP Filtering > Create
IP Filter. Storage Center notifies you if there is no current filter.
2. Click Create Filter and Continue. Storage Center creates a default filter for the Admin user
to allow access from the IP you are currently using. This is a safeguard to prevent you from
accidentally locking yourself out of the system.
3. Do one of the following:
• To allow access to a specific user, click on Specific User. A list of users appears. Click
on users to be given access.

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• To allow access for all users of a specified privilege level, choose All Users.
Remove IP Filter
To remove an IP filter, from the Storage Management menu, choose System > Access > IP
Filtering > Remove IP Filter. Choose from a list of filter. Click on Remove.
View IP Filter
To view an current IP filters, from the Storage Management menu, choose System > Access >
IP Filtering > View IP Filter. The View IP Filter window appears.
Access Violation Viewer

To view access failures, from the Storage Management menu, choose System > Access > IP
Filtering > Access Violation Viewer. The Access Failures window appears.
Figure 28. Access Violation Viewer
Access Failures lists details of access attempts that failed.
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Configure SNMP Server

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) properties monitors Storage Center over
the network using the SNMP application.
To configure an SNMP server:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose System > Access > Configure SNMP
Server. The SNMP window appears.
Figure 29. Configure SNMP
2. Complete the SNMP information.
Configure Secure Console

A secure console allows Compellent Support personnel to access to a Storage Center console
via SSH without connecting through the serial port.
CAUTION A machine used as a proxy server for phone home cannot be dependent upon the
Storage Center itself. If a proxy server is dependent on the Storage Center, the system cannot
Phone Home or connect via SSH as it is booting. Do not modify secure console configuration
without the assistance of Compellent Copilot Services.
To configure a secure console
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose System > Access > Configure Secure
Console. The system warns you not to modify the secure console without the assistance of
Compellent Copilot Services.

System
2. If you are being assisted by Copilot services, click Continue. The Configure Secure
Console window appears.
Figure 30. Secure Console
3. For additional information, contact Copilot Services.
Generate New SSL Certificate

To generate a new SSL Certificate, from the Storage Management menu, choose System >
Access > Generate New SSL Certificate. The Generate New SSL Certificate window appears.
Generate a new SSL Certificate set to match your System IP Address or DNS name. The initial
certificates shipped with the Compellent System probably will not match the IP Address or
DNS name assigned to your system once it is set up on your network. This means that when
you connect to the Compellent system, you see a pop up message identifying a mismatch when
comparing the IP Address or DNS name in the certificate, to the IP Address or DNS of the
system. To correct this mismatch, enter the IP Address or DNS name of Storage Center as you
refer to it in your browser. Storage Center generates a new certificate set with this IP Address
or DNS name, eliminating the mismatch message when connecting.
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This command closes the current connection. You must login again to the system after the new
certificate is generated.
Click Generate Now to create and install the new certificates.
Reset License Acceptance

To reset a license acceptance, from the Storage Management menu, choose System > Access >
Reset License Acceptance. Click on Yes (Reset Now).
Upgrade Storage Center Software

Your service provider will advise you that an applicable upgrade is available. Request that
Compellent CoPilot Services make the upgrade package available to you by calling
866.397.8673 or emailing support@compellent.com
Before You Begin

Because a system must be reset after an upgrade, schedule an upgrade of a single-controller
system during non-production hours A dual-controller system can be scheduled during
production hours if necessary. A better practice is to upgrade a dual-controller system during
non-production hours.
CAUTION For dual-controller systems, make sure that you upgrade controllers immediately
prior to a scheduled failover of the controllers. This ensures that no unplanned Peer or Leader
controller reset occurs, which would result in two controllers running on different revisions of
code.
Back up data. If Replication is licensed, create a Replay of all volumes being replicated and
wait for volumes to get in sync. If Replication is not licensed, create a backup via normal
practices.
Disable cache: From the Storage Management menu, choose System > Properties > Cache.
Disable Read and Write cache. Click OK.
Phone home: From the Storage Management menu, choose System > Phone Home > Phone
Home Now.
For a dual controllers system, make sure that failover is successful. If necessary, disable a
controller, bring it back on line, and rebalance local ports as described in Dynamic Controllers,
described on page 75.

System
Configure Upgrades
To configure upgrades:
1. From the Storage Management menu, select System > Upgrade > Configure Upgrades.
The Configure Upgrades window appears.
2. Choose to not check for updates, automatically check and be notified, automatically check
for updates and download them. Click OK.
Download Now
1. From the Storage Management menu, select System > Upgrade > Configure Upgrades.
The Configure Upgrades window appears.
2. Click Check Now.
1. The Check for Version Upgrade window appears. If the system finds a new upgrade, the
System Status icon displays an upgrade flag.
Upgrade flag
Figure 31. Upgrade Available Flag
2. The system automatically downloads the .pkg file.
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Download from the Compellent FTP Site

Alternatively, download the upgrade package from the Compellent FTP site. CoPilot Services
will give you instructions for the FTP process.
1. When the .pkg file is downloaded, from the Storage Management menu choose System >
Upgrade > Upgrade Compellent Firmware. The file location window appears. Browse to
and select the .pkg file that was downloaded in Step 1.
Figure 32. File Location
2. Click Continue. The Confirmation window appears.
3. Click Start. The Transfer window appears.
4. Click Finish. The Upgrade procedure automatically writes code to all controllers.

System
Install the Upgrade

1. Verify the download. From the View window, choose Background Processes. The System
displays the percentage downloaded.
Figure 33. Background Processes
2. When the download is 100% complete, from the System Status menu, choose Upgrade
Downloaded - Install Now.
Figure 34. Install Now Command
CAUTION For dual-controller systems, it is important that you perform the next step
immediately prior to a planned controller reset.
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3. The System asks for the Install Password.
Figure 35. Install Password
4. Enter password. (This step may be optional.) The system notifies you that the upgrade is
being installed. For dual-controller systems, the upgrade procedure automatically updates
both controllers simultaneously.
5. Click OK. When the installation is complete, the system displays the Restart Now message.
(This is an informational message. Clicking OK does not reset a controller.)
Note The next step depends on whether this is a single- or dual-controller system.

System
Upgrading a Single Controller System
1. From the System Status menu, choose Upgrade Complete - Restart Controllers.
Figure 36. Upgrade Complete Command
2. Go to the Compellent controller. Press the Power button manually.
Power button
Figure 37. CT-SC010 Controller Power Button
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Power button
Figure 38. CT-SC020 Power Button
3. Verify the controller is running the new version of code. From the Help menu, choose
About Compellent Storage Center. The System Version window appears.
Figure 39. Confirm Version
4. Enable read and write cache by choosing > Storage Management > System > Properties >
Cache. Enable Read and Write cache. Click OK.
5. Phone home by choosing Storage Management > System > Phone Home > Phone Home
Now.
The code upgrade is complete for a single controller.
Upgrading a Dual-Controller System

1. Identify Leader and Peer controller. From the Storage Management menu, choose
Properties > Controller Properties. Click Continue. The Leader controller indicates True.
The Peer controller indicates False.

System
2. Press the Power button on the Peer controller.Refer to Figure 37 on page 86 or Figure 38 on
page 87.
Note If the Rebalance Local Ports message appears, ignore it.
3. After the Peer powers up and all subsystems initialize, press the Power button on the Leader
controller.
4. After Leader controller powers up and all subsystems are initialized, the Rebalance Local
Ports message appears.
Note Do not continue if the Rebalance Local Ports option does not appear after the Lead
Controller is powered up. Call Compellent support.
5. Click OK to rebalance ports.

6. Verify that both controllers are running the new version of code. From the Help menu,
choose About Compellent Storage Center. The System Version window appears.
Figure 40. Confirm Dual Upgrade Version
7. Enable read and write cache by choosing > Storage Management > System > Properties >
Cache. Enable Read and Write cache. Click OK.
8. Phone home by choosing Storage Management > System > Phone Home > Phone Home
Now.
The upgrade is complete for dual controllers.
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Users and Groups
View Users
To view users on a system, in the System Explorer click on the Users icon. The main window
displays a list of user, including privileges, full name, and user groups.
Create User
You must have System Administer privileges to create a user. To create a user:
1. In System Explorer, right click on the Users icon.

2. From the shortcut menu, choose Create User. The Create User window appears.
3. Enter a user name and the full name of the user.
4. Choose a privilege level for this user:

• Administrators perform all tasks assigned to Volume Managers and Reporters, as well
as using and configuring any other functions of the Compellent system.
• Volume Managers create, delete, and control mappings to volumes to which they have
access. Volume Managers can view properties of servers and disk folders to which they
have access.
• Reporters can view properties of volumes, servers, and disk folders to which they have
access.
5. Select a Session Timeout for this user. Enter any notes.
6. Click Continue. The User email window appears.
7. Enter up to three email addresses and a pager email. These fields are optional. Test the
email. If this user is to be notified of critical system alerts, it is important that you test the
email. (SMTP must be configured to user system Email.)
8. Click Continue. The contact information appears.

9. Enter contact information. These fields are optional.
10. Click Continue.
11. Enter and re-enter a password for this user. These fields are required.

Users and Groups
12. Click Continue.
13. Select a user group for this user. The scope and control of a Volume Manager user
or Reporter is limited through the use of User Groups. User Groups restrict Volume
Manager access and visibility of the Servers and Disk folders on the system and
also pre-select responses, such as RAID types. User Groups can give a Volume
Manager or Reporter the impression that they are the only users of the Compellent
System; they can only see the servers and disk folders made available to them.
Access control is accomplished by placing access rights on the folders containing
servers, volumes, and disks. Select the User Groups to be associated with this User.

16. User Properties
Delete a User
To delete a user, you must have Administrator privileges.
1. In the System Explorer, expand the Users icon to view all users and groups.
2. Right-click on a user. The Users shortcut menu appears.
4. Click Yes. The user is deleted.
User Information
To view user information:
2. Select a user. The general user information appears in the main window.
User Properties
To view or change properties for all users, you must be an Administrative user. If you
are Volume Manager or Reporter, you can change your own properties but you cannot
change properties for anyone else.
General User Properties

To view or change general user properties:
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3. From the shortcut menu, select Properties.
4. The General User Properties window appears. To change user name, privileges, or session
timeout, enter changes. A user with Administrative privileges has access to all user groups.
A user with Volume Manager or Reporter privileges may be restricted to a user group.
5. Clear Enabled to deny a user access to the system. A user must be enabled to log into the
system.
CAUTION: A user who is disabled cannot log in. If you disable yourself, you will not be able
to log in again. If all users are disabled, no one will be able to log in to change the restriction.
Everyone will be locked out of the system.
6. Click OK.
Contacts
To to view or change user contact information:
2. Right-click on a user. From the shortcut menu, select Properties.
3. Click on the Contact tab. View or change any of the fields
4. To send a test email, click test email next to an address. (SMTP must be configured to user
system Email.)
5. Click OK.
Tabs
To change views to which a user has access:

3. Click on the Tabs tab. Storage Center displays a list of Views to which this user has access.
(For more information about Views, refer to Chapter 7: Views, on page 101.)
4. Select or clear views to which this user has access.
5. Enable Save tab changes across sessions to ensure that the Tab Setting remains after the
user logs off the system.
6. Click OK.

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Notes
To add or delete notes to a user:
3. Click on the Info tab. Storage Center displays the date the user was created,
updated, and by whom. Add or delete notes. Click OK.
Change User Password

To change a password for another user, you must have administrator privileges. If you
have Volume Manager or Report privileges, you can change your own password, but
you cannot change the password of another user. To change a password
1. Expand the Users icon to view users.
3. From the shortcut menu, select Change User Password. The Change User
Password window appears.
4. Enter and re-enter a password.
5. Click OK. The password is changed.
Configure User Volume Defaults

To configure user volume defaults:
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3. From the shortcut menu, select Configure User Volume Defaults. The General Configure
User Volume Defaults window appears.
Figure 41. Configure User Volume Defaults General Window
General
To enter general volume defaults
1. Click the General tab:
• Allow Changes: If you allow users to modify changes, when a volume is created,
Storage Center queries the user for the general options. If you disallow users to modify
changes, the defaults you enter in this window are preconfigured for all new volumes
and cannot be changed.
• Disk Folder: Choose a default disk folder from which new volumes will be created. If
you allow changes, when a volume is created, Storage Center defaults to the disk folder
you select, but asks the user to choose a disk folder. If you disallow changes, the disk
folder you select in this window is preconfigured for all new volumes and cannot be
changed.
• Cache: Choose a default for enable write and read cache. If you allow changes, when a
volume is created Storage Center defaults to the setting you set, but the user can make
changes. If you disallow changes, the caching options you select in this window are
preconfigured for all new volumes and cannot be changed when volumes are created.
• Volume Size: Choose a default volume size for new volumes created.

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• Base Volume Name: Enter a default name for new volumes created by this user.
2. Click OK.
Data Progression
This tab only appears if your system is licensed for Data Progression. To set Data
Progression defaults for a user:
1. Click the Data Progression tab.

• Select or clear Always use redundant storage. If selected, the default for
volumes created by this user will be Redundant.
• Select or clear Allow use of RAID 10 storage for Replays. If cleared, by default
Replays created by this user will not use RAID 10.
• Select or clear RAID levels. These RAID level options are presented to the user
when he or she creates volumes.
• Select or clear Allow Changes. If selected, the options in this window are
presented as defaults, but the user can override them. If cleared, the user will
not be able to change the values in this window.
2. Click OK.
Replay
This tab only appears if Data Instant Replay is licensed for your system. To set Replay
defaults for a user:
1. Click the Replay tab.

2. Choose one of the following:
• Never schedule Replays during volume creation

• Always prompt for replay scheduling during volume creation.
• Always us the default replay template to schedule replays for new volumes.
3. Select a default Replay template or none.
4. Enter the minimum allowed Replay interval.
5. Click OK.
Mapping
To configure mapping defaults for a user:
1. Click the Mapping tab.
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2. Clear Always accept suggested mapping to permit the user to chose a server to map to.
Select Always accept suggested mapping to automatically map new volumes to the selected
server.
3. Select Automatically map volumes to default server to automatically map volumes to the
default server.You can still remove those mappings and map the volume to a different server
later. Clear Automatically map volumes to default server always present a choice to the
user.
4. If either of these two options is enabled, select a server.

5. Click OK.
Configure New User Volume Defaults

These defaults apply to all new users created, not current users. To configure new user volume
defaults:
3. Select New User Volume Defaults.
General New User Volume Defaults

To configure general new user volume defaults:
1. Click on the General tab.
2. Choose a default disk folder for new disks added to the system. To permit a user to change
the disk folder, select Allow Changes. To force the user to add disks to the selected folder,
clear Allow Changes.
3. Select Enable Write Cache for new users to create volumes with write cache by default.
Clear enable write cache for new users to create volumes without write cache by default.
4. Select Enable Read Cache for new users to create volumes with Read cache by default.If
you enable Read Cache, select Enable Read Ahead for users to create new volumes with
Read Ahead by default. Clear enable write cache for new users to create volumes without
Read cache by default.
5. To permit a user to change caching, select Allow Changes. To force the user to create
volumes with the selected caching, clear Allow Change.
6. Enter a default volume size for volumes created by new users.
7. Click OK.

Users and Groups
Advanced New User Volume Defaults

To configure advanced new user volume defaults:
1. Click the Advanced tab.
2. Select Always use redundant storage to force the user to create volumes with RAID
10, 5-5, or 5-9. Clear Always use redundant storage to permit the user to create
volumes without redundancy.
3. Select Allow use of RAID 10 storage for Replays to permit a user to create a
volume using mirrored volumes for Replays. Clear Allow use of RAID 10 storage
for replays to force the user to use a lesser RAID level for Replays.
Downgrade User Privileges

To downgrade a user
1. Delete the user. From the Storage Management menu, choose User > Delete User.
(Or, select the user from the item tree on the left of the System Explorer view.
Right-click to view shortcut menu.)
2. Re-create the user with downgraded privileges. From the Storage Management
menu, choose User > Create User.
Upgrade User Privileges

To upgrade a user:
1. Select a user from the item tree on the left of the System Explorer view.
2. From the shortcut menu, choose Properties.
3. In the Privileges field, select an upgraded privilege level.
4. Click OK.
Create User Group

User groups have access to some volume, server, and disk folders.
1. To create a new group, from the Storage Management menu, choose User >
Manage User Groups. The Manage User Groups window appears, displaying
current user groups.
2. Click on New Group. The Create User Group window appears, listing available
volume folders.
3. If a volume folder exists to which the group will have access, skip to Step 5. To
create a new volume folder, click on Create New Folder.
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4. The New Folder window appears, listing current volume folders. Do one of the following:
• Select either the Volume icon (to create a volume folder at the top level), or select a
current volume folder. The new folder will be a subfolder of the selected folder.
• Enter a new volume folder name and notes, if any. Select the Include Sub Folder check
box. Click on Create Now.
5. Select a volume folder for this user group. Include or exclude subfolders. Click on Next.
6. If a server folder exists to which the group will have access, skip to Step 8.To create a new
server folder, click on Create New Folder.
7. The Create New Server window appears, listing current server folders.
• Select either the Servers icon (to create a server folder at the top level), or select a
current server folder. The new folder will be a subfolder of the selected folder.
• Enter a new server folder name and notes, if any. Click on Create Now.
8. Select a server folder for this user group. Include or exclude subfolders. Click on Next. The
Select Disk Folder window appears.
9. Select a disk folder. Click on Next. The new user group appears in the User Group List.
Add Folder to User Group

To add a folder to a user group:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose User > Manage User Groups. The Manage
User Groups window appears, displaying current user groups.
2. From the list of user groups, select a group. Click on Update Group. The Update User
Group window appears.
3. Click Add Folder. The Add Folder window appears.
4. Click on one of the following:

• Add Volume Folder. Storage Center displays a list of volume folders. Select a volume
folder. Include or exclude subfolders. Click on Add Now.
• Add Server Folder. Storage Center displays a list of server folders. Select a server
folder. Include or exclude subfolders. Click on Add Now.
• Add Disk Folder. Storage Center displays a list of disk folders. Select a disk folder.
Click on Add Now.
5. The Update User Group window reappears. When you are through adding folders, click
Return.
6. The Manage User Groups window reappears. Click Close.

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Remove Folder from User Group

To remove a folder from a user group:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose User > Manage User Groups. The
Manage User Groups window appears, displaying current user groups.
2. From the list of user groups, select a group. Click on Update Group. The Update
User Group window appears with a list of folders to which this user group has
access.
3. Click Remove Folder. The folder is deleted from the list of folders to which this
user group has access.
4. When you are through managing this group, click Return. The Manage User
Groups window reappears with a list of user groups. Click Close.
Delete User Group

To delete user groups:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose Groups. The Manage User Groups
window appears, displaying current user groups.
2. Click on Delete Group. The group is deleted.
3. Click Close to return to the main window.
Add User Groups

You cannot add a user group to an Administrator User because, by definition, the
Administrator has access to all folders. User groups are added to existing users to allow
access to folders contained in that user group. To add a user group:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose User > Add User Groups. The Add
User Groups window appears, displaying current users.
2. Select a user. Click Continue.
3. The Add User Group to User window appears.

4. Select a user group to add to this user.
5. Click Continue. The user is added to the group. The window closes.
Remove User Groups

To remove a user from a user group:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose User > Remove User Groups. The
Remove User Groups window appears, displaying current users.
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2. Select a user from which to remove the user group.
3. Click Continue. The Remove User Groups window appears with a list of groups
for this user.
4. Select a group from which to remove the user.
5. Click Continue. The user is removed from the selected group.
Add Folder to User Group

For more information about users and groups, refer to Chapter 6: Users and Groups, on
page 89.Storage Center uses user groups to restrict access to server and volume folders.
The default is access to all folders. By adding a folder to a user group, the group is then
restricted from all other folders.

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Views
Overview
The View menu provides multiple ways to configure a system or view system properties.
Options are specific to each individual view. To display the view menu, click on the View menu
at the top of the Storage Center window.
View menu
Figure 42. View Menu

Views
Once a View window is open, the tab for that view appears at the top of the window.
Close view window box Scroll arrows
View tabs
Figure 43. Open View Tabs
If a tab is displayed, click a tab to display the view window. View windows remain open
during a Storage Management session. Close a view window and tab by clicking on the
X in the right corner of the tab. If more tabs are available than can be displayed, click
the scroll arrows at the far right of the tabs to scroll through the open tabs. Selecting a
view that is already opened displays the window; it does not open a second window.
System Explorer
The System Explorer view is the default view. To display the System Explorer window,
from the View menu, choose System Explorer. For more information on the System
Explorer window, refer to System Explorer on page 16.
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Topology Explorer
The Topology Explorer is valuable for very small systems because you can map
volumes to servers and external (remote) system easily by dragging one component to
another. For larger systems, the Topology Explorer is less helpful because many
volumes or servers require a lot of scrolling.
To view the topology explorer, from the View menu choose Topology Explorer.
Folder button
Connections button
Figure 44. Topology Explorer without Folders
• Left column displays servers

• Middle column displays volumes
• Right column displays remote or external systems
• Click the Connections button to view mappings between servers and volumes.
Numbers indicate the logical unit for that map. When there are replications, you
will also see connections between the Volumes and the Remote Volume they are
replicating to.
• Click the Folder button to view servers, volumes, and remote systems grouped into
folders. Click on a plus sign to expand folders.

Views
Show connections and folder
Figure 45. Show Connections Topology View
To view or hide folders, click on the Show \ Hide Folder toggle button.
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When the button is toggled to show folders, a red line is drawn through the button and
unmapped folders are displayed.
Figure 46. Topology Explorer with Folders
Notice that when the Topology Explorer displays folders, two additional command
objects appear at the bottom of the screen: Create New Server Folder and Create New
Volume Folder.

Views
Creating New Objects in the Topology Explorer

Use the Topology Explorer to execute commands, such as the following:
• Create New Server
• Create New Server Folder
• Create New Volume
• Create New Volume Folder
• Create New External Device
• Map a Volume to a Server
Create New Server

To create a new server with the Topology Explorer:
1. Drag the New Server command object to the Topology Explorer window. The
Create Server wizard appears.
2. Follow the instructions described in Create a Server on page 53.
Create New Server Folder

To create a new server folder with the Topology Explorer:
1. Make sure the Show Folders toggle is enabled and the Show Folder command
object appears.
2. Drag the New Server Folder command object to the Topology Explorer window.
The Create New Server Folder wizard appears.
3. Follow the instructions described in Creating Server Folders on page 60.
Create New Volume

To create a new volume:
1. Drag New Volume command object to the Topology Explorer window. The New
Volume wizard opens.
2. Follow the New Volume wizard instructions described in Create a Volume on

page 24.
Create New Volume Folder

To create a new server folder with the Topology Explorer:
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1. Make sure the Show Folders toggle is enabled and the Show Folder command
object appears.
2. Drag the New Volume Folder command object to the Topology Explorer window.
The Create New Volume Folder wizard appears.
3. Follow the instructions described in Create Volume Folder on page 40.
Create New External Device

To create a new external device:
1. Drag the New External Device command object to the Topology Explorer
window. The New External Device wizard opens.
2. Follow the New Volume wizard instructions described in Manage Unassigned

Disks on page 69
Map a Volume to a Server

To map a volume to a server
1. Drag a server onto a volume or drag a volume onto a server. The Mapping
window appears.
2. Following the Mapping instructions described in Map Volume to a Server on

page 36.
Note: The Topology Explorer manages Storage Center components only. It does not
manage a Fibre Channel or IP network
Online Storage
The Online Storage view provides reports detailing the current and historical utilization
of storage on the Storage Center.
Available Storage Summary

The Available Storage Summary window contains an overview of storage use for the
Storage Center. To view the available storage summary:
1. From the Storage Center View menu, choose Online Storage.

Views
2. Click on the Available Storage Summary tab. The Available Storage Summary
window appears.
Figure 47. Available Storage Summary
• Space allocated to pagepools is the amount of raw disk space that was converted to
pagepool space for volumes and Replays.
• Space consumed in pagepools is the amount of pagepool space used by volumes
and Replays.
• Unhealthy/Bad disk space is the amount of space found on an unhealthy disk, or
any bad space found on disks that are healthy.
• Additional space used by system is the amount of space used to store system data
such as configuration information and logs.
• Total disk space is the total amount of space on all disks in the disk folder, minus
space designated as hot spares.
• Disk folder alert threshold is the threshold at which a disk folder alert is generated.
The alert is generated when the amount of space allocated to pagepools exceeds
this amount.
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Storage Consumption Trends

The Storage Consumption Trends window reports the history of storage consumption
for each disk folder and each class of disk. It also includes an estimated date at which
all space within the disk folder or disk class will be consumed, based on past
consumption trends. To view Storage Consumption Trends:
1. From the Storage Center View menu, choose Online Storage.
2. Click on the Storage Consumption Trends tab. The Storage Consumption Trends
window appears.
Figure 48. Storage Consumption Trends

Views
Data Progression Pressure Reports

The Data Progression Pressure Reports window reports the way in which space is
allocated and consumed across different RAID types and storage tiers for each
pagepool. To view the Data Progression Pressure Reports
1. From the View menu, select Online Storage.
2. Click on the Data Progression Pressure Reports tab. The Data Progression Pressure
Reports tab appears.
Pull down menu Up/down arrows
Figure 49. Data Progression Pressure Reports
To view previous progression states and movement over the last 30 data progression
runs, click the up/down arrows, or the pull down menu.
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Each blue box indicates how the pagepool is using storage across different RAID levels
within a storage tier. The vertical bar to the right of each storage tier indicates the total
amount of disk space available on disks within that tier and the total amount of space
this pagepool uses on disks within that tier. For each storage tier and RAID selection,
the storage consumption report shows the amount of storage currently in use on Storage
Center for all volumes, according to the following key:
Figure 50. Data Progression Pressure Report Key
• Pagepool space allocated is the amount of raw disk space that was converted to
pagepool space of the given RAID type. The disk space for each allocation is drawn
from the disks within that storage tier.
• Pagepool space consumed is the amount of pagepool space of the given RAID type
and storage tier that was consumed by volumes and Replays.
• Space to move up to higher class of storage is the amount of space within a given
RAID type and storage tier that Data Progression intends to move to a higher RAID
type or storage tier.
• Space to move down to lower class of storage is the amount of space within a given
RAID type and storage tier that Data Progression intends to move to a lower RAID
type or storage tier.
• Unhealthy/Bad disk space is the amount of space on unhealthy disks, or the amount
of bad space on disks that are healthy. It is indicated on the vertical bar to the right
of each storage tier, and represents only the unhealthy, bad space from disks within
that tier.
• Additional space used by system is the amount of space that stores system data
such as configuration information and logs. It also includes space consumed by
other pagepools that use the same disks as this pagepool, including space
consumed by non-redundant volumes. It is indicated on the vertical bar to the right
of each storage tier, and represents only the space used from disks within that tier.
• Total disk space is the amount of space available on all disks within a storage tier.
It is indicated by the vertical bar to the right of each storage tier.

Views
• Within a Tier and RAID Selection, you may see a green area with a up arrow or an
orange area with an down arrow designating the amount of storage and direction
designated for movement by the next data progression run. The vertical bar to the
right of a data progression tier indicates the overall available storage and the
amount of storage consumed for that tier.
Volume Distribution Reports

The Volume Distribution Reports window reports on the way in which volumes are
consuming storage space. Information includes how the logical space of each volume
is consumed, and how logical space corresponds to physical space consumed by that
volume.
Figure 51. Volume Distribution Reports
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• Server - Storage Center groups volumes by the server to which they are mapped. The row
beneath each server grouping details the totals for all volumes mapped to that server.
• Volume is the name of the volume.
• Defined Size is the defined logical size of the volume.
• Replay Count is the number of Replays associated with the volume. The Replay count
includes the active Replay, each volume has a Replay count of at least one, even if no
manual or scheduled Replays have been taken.
• Logical Space Consumed details logical volume space consumed by a volume and any
associated Replays. It also details growth rate trends for both the volume and the associated
Replays. Finally, it displays the total logical space consumed by the volume and all
associated Replays.
• Physical Space Consumed details the physical disk space consumed by a volume and all
associated Replays. If this volume is a View volume related to another volume, it could be
borrowing space from that volume Replay branch because the two volumes share some
Replays. The amount of space borrowed is indicated in the Borrowed column.
Charts
While Enterprise Manager displays a long-term history of performance, Storage Center charts
display real-time performance information, such as IO request counts and bandwidth measures.
To view charts, from the View menu, choose Charts. Choose the system component from the
upper tab, and the performance metric from the lower tab.
Notice the tabs at the top of the charts window. Choose a time interval for auto refresh. Choose
the amount of data to display by selecting a cutoff time from 5 minutes to four hours.
Note: Charts display a maximum of 4 hours of data. Larger systems or data points reduce the
sample size.
Click the tabs at the top of the window to view charts.

Views
System Chart
To view the system chart, from the View menu, choose Charts. Click the System tab at the top
of the charts window. The System Chart window appears.
Bottom tabs
Figure 52. System Chart
To view Storage Center attributes available for System chart, click on one of the tabs at the
bottom of the System Chart window.
• KB Performance
• IO Performance
• System IO Pending
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Servers Chart
To view the server chart, from the View menu, choose Charts. Click the Servers tab. From the
list of servers, choose a server. Click on a tab at the bottom of the Server chart window to view
the following:
• Servers IO
• Servers Latency
Disks Chart
To view the disks chart, from the View menu, choose Charts. Click the Disks tab. The Disks
Chart window appears. Click on a tab at the bottom of the Disk chart window to view the
following.
• Disks IO/Sec
• Disks KB/Sec
Volumes Chart
To view the volumes chart, from the View menu, choose Charts. Click the Volumes tab at the
top of the charts window. From the list of Volumes in the left frame of the chart, choose a
volume. Expand the volume folders, if necessary. Click on a tab at the bottom of the Volumes
chart window to view the following.
• Volumes IO
• Volume Read Cache
• Volume Write Cache
• Volumes latency
• Volumes IO Pending
Local Ports Chart

To view the local ports chart, from the View menu, choose Charts. Click the Local Ports tab at
the top of the charts window. From the list of ports in the left frame of the chart, choose a port
about which to view information. Click on a tab at the bottom of the Local Ports window to view
the following.
• Local Ports IO
• Local Ports Latency

Views
Alert Monitor
The Alert Monitor view provides a listing of current and past alerts that are relevant to operation
and maintenance of the Compellent Storage Center. To view the system Alert monitor, click on
the System Status button at the top of the System Explorer.
Alert Monitor button
Figure 53. Alert Monitor
The Alert Monitor view appears. Current alerts remain current until they are resolved.
Indications are informational only. The Alert History folder displays acknowledged alerts.
Current alerts display:
• Message
• Date and time created
• Object of the alert, such as system drive, enclosure, Replication
• Status
• Date Cleared
• Acknowledged
WARNING Acknowledging an Alert acknowledges it for all users.
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Command options:
• Click on the top of a column to sort alerts by that column, ascending or descending.
• To refresh immediately, click Refresh.
Clicking on an alert displays additional information.
• To view more information about an alert, right-click on an alert. From the shortcut menu,
select Show object. The view displays the window that contains the most information about
the Alert. For example, showing a system component displays that component in the
System Explorer. Showing a Phone Home alert displays the System Log view. Selecting
Show Replication object opens the Replications view. Note: some alerts do not have a
related object to be shown. For these alerts, the Object column is blank.
• To acknowledge an alert, select Acknowledge. Acknowledging an alert acknowledges it for
everyone.
• Properties displays additional information. Click the Advanced tab in the Alert Properties
window to display the Reference number. The Reference number may be important for
communication with Compellent CoPilots.
Understanding Alerts
Alerts are indicators of a variety of events on the Compellent Storage Center. They come in a
variety of types and categories. To better understand alerts, know the various types of alerts and
what they mean.
Alert Category
Alerts This category contains normal alerts. These alerts represent current issues present on
the Compellent Storage Center. They are also being actively monitored by the system, and will
clear themselves automatically should the situation that has caused them corrects itself. Once
an alert of this type becomes cleared, a record that it occurred can be found under the Alert
History category. Alerts in the Alert category are the only alerts that impact this system status.
For more information about system status, see the System Status section below.
Indications: This category contains alerts that are for informational purposes only. These
alerts exist to warn you about a condition on the Compellent Storage Center that may require
direct user intervention to correct.
Maintenance This category contains any alerts that occur while the Compellent Storage
Center's Operation Mode is set to Install, Maintenance, or PreProduction. This category exists
to isolate these alerts from alerts that occur during normal operation.
Alert History This category contains a history of the normal alerts that appeared and were
cleared automatically. This category exists to allow you to keep a record of any past conditions
that have occurred on the Compellent Storage Center.
Alert Status
Down Alerts with an alert status of Down indicate that an item on the Compellent Storage
Center is down and not currently operational.

Views
Critical Alerts with an alert status of Critical indicate that an item on the Compellent Storage
Center is in a critical state and may be nearing failure.
Emergency Alerts with an alert status of Emergency indicate that an item on the Compellent
Storage Center requires immediate attention in order to remain operational.
Degraded Alerts with an alert status of Degraded indicate that an item on the Compellent
Storage Center is currently operating in a degraded mode. Items in this condition may operate
in degraded mode indefinitely, but are not functioning to their full capability.
Unavailable Alerts with an alert status of Unavailable indicate that an item on the Compellent
Storage Center that is expected to be present cannot currently be found for use.
Inform Alerts with an alert status of Inform provide information regarding some operation that
is occurring or has occurred on the Compellent Storage Center.
Complete Alerts with an alert status of Complete indicate that an operation on the Compellent
Storage Center has completed.
Alert Type
Alerts occur in various types depending upon the area of the Compellent Storage Center
affected. The type of the alert is indicated by the icon that appears before the alert message.
Understanding System Status

The current status of the Compellent Storage Center is indicated by the color of the System
Status icon in the top-right corner of the System Manager software. The color of this icon
changes depending upon the types of unacknowledged alerts that exist in the Alert category.
Red (Critical) The System Status icon will appear red when an alert exists that has a status of
Down, Critical, or Emergency. When the System Status icon is red, this indicates a condition
that requires prompt attention.
Yellow (Warning) The System Status icon will appear yellow when an alert exists that has a
status of Degraded or Unavailable. When the System Status icon is yellow, this indicates a
condition of which you should be aware, but which does not require immediate attention.
Green (Normal) The System Status icon will appear green when no alerts exist, when the only
alerts that exist are of status Inform or Complete. The System Status icon returns to green when
all alerts higher than 'Inform' are acknowledged. The System Status icon will not return to Red
or Yellow until an alert with a status of down, critical, emergency, degraded or unavailable is
posted. Additional alerts with a status of 'inform' will not change the System Status icon.
Acknowledging Alerts
Alerts in the Alert and Maintenance categories can be acknowledged to indicate to the
Compellent Storage Center that you have read the alert message and are aware of the problem.
Once all alerts have been acknowledged, the System Status icon will return to the green
(normal) state until additional alerts occur.
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Deleting Alerts
Alerts in the Indication and Alert History categories can be deleted. Once an alert is deleted, it
cannot be recovered.
Finding More Information

Many alerts are associated with items that can be monitored in other areas of the System
Manager software. These items are displayed in the Object column. To see more information
about one of these objects, select the alert and then select the Show... button in the Alert Monitor
toolbar.
For example, if you have an alert indicating that New Volume 1 is down, you can select that
alert, then select the Show New Volume 1 in System Explorer button. The System Explorer will
be brought forward and New Volume 1 will be selected.
Copy/Mirror/Migrate
To monitor and manage all copy volume, mirror volume and copy/migrate volume events, from
the View menu, choose Copy/Mirror/Migrate. The Copy/Mirror/Migrate view appears.
Figure 54. Copy/Mirror/Migrate View
The Copy/Mirror/Migrate view includes information such as the type, state, priority, source
volume, destination volume, percent synchronized, and the amount that remains.
Replications
To monitor and manage remote Replications, from the View menu, choose Replications. For
more information, refer to View Replications on page 196.

Views
Scheduled Events
To view Scheduled Events, from the View menu, choose Scheduled Events. A window similar
to Figure 55 appears.
Figure 55. Scheduled Events
Use the Scheduled Events view to monitor and manage events. Included in Scheduled Events
are Replays, Phone Home schedules, data progression runs, and checks for software updates
from Compellent.
Server Connectivity
To view server connectivity, from the View menu, choose Server Connectivity. The displayed
report lists local ports that see a WWN, and primary/reserved pairings within fault domains.
The following commands appear at the top of the server connectivity window: Set Update
Frequency, Find, and Scroll Setting.
Enclosure Connectivity
To view enclosure connectivity, from the View menu, choose Enclosure Connectivity. The Back
End Loops window appears. In the Enclosure Connectivity view, select an individual loop to
view loop connectivity.
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In the Enclosure Connectivity view, click on the topology tab to view the enclosure connectivity
topology.
Figure 56. Loop Connectivity Topology
Background Processes
Many Storage Center tasks, such as Replications, and data progression, run as background
processes. Monitor and manage these processes from the Background Processes view by
selecting Background process from the View menu.

Views
System Log
To view the system log, from the View menu, choose System Log. The Filter Log Messages
window appears.
Figure 57. Filter Log Messages Window
Use the filter log menu to filter the content of the log to be retrieved. Click the columns to re-
sort data.
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Controllers
Controllers
To view controller information, in the System Explorer Tree, click the Controllers icon. In the
main window, Storage Center displays a list of controllers with the following information
• Name
• Status
• Local Port Condition
• Leader
• Controller ID
• Last Boot Time
Not all of the windows described in this chapter appear in all Storage Center systems. Storage
Center windows and commands depend on your system configuration. For example, if a system
does not contain iSCSI cards, the iSCSI icons and windows do not appear.
Rebalance Local Ports

If local ports are unbalanced in a dual-controller system:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Controllers.

2. Right-click on a controller. The controller shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Rebalance Local Ports.
4. In the Rebalance Local Ports window, select or clear Check for unbalanced local ports at
Startup.
5. The system asks if you want to rebalance local ports now.
6. Click Yes.

Controllers
Shutdown/Restart
You cannot shutdown or restart until all controllers are in the Up state.To shut down or restart
the system, from the from the Storage Management menu, select System > Shutdown/Restart.
The system makes sure that the system shuts down elegantly.
To shutdown/restart an individual controller, find that controller in the System Explorer and
select Shutdown/Restart Controller.
Controller Information
To view general controller information, in the System Explorer Tree, expand Controllers. Select
a controller. The system displays general controller information.
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CPU Performance
To view CPU performance information:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Controllers. Select a controller. The system displays
general controller information.
2. Click on CPU Performance. The CPU Performance window appears, showing percent
usage.
Figure 58. CPU Performance
The system automatically starts retrieving statistics of all controllers. The GUI automatically
stops gathering statistics when a CPU Performance window is not opened for one hour or if
your session times out before the hour has passed.

Controllers
Controller Back
To view a picture of the back of the controller,
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand the Controllers. Select a controller.
2. Click on Back. The system displays a visual representation of the controller.
View Controller Properties

To view general controller properties:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Controllers.
2. Right-click on a Controller. The Controller shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Properties. The General Properties window appears. Storage Center displays:
• Controller name. Enter a new controller name and click OK.
• Type of component in Controller Properties window is controller.
• Local Port Condition: Can be balanced or unbalanced.
• Leader: This controller is either the leader (true) or not the leader (false). If a controller
is not the leader, it is a peer.
• Controller ID: Index of this controller.
• Storage Center ID: A number that identifies this Storage Center system
• Date and time of last reboot.
4. Click OK.
IP Properties
To view controller IP properties:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Controllers icon.
2. Right-click on a Controller. The Controller shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Properties. The General Properties window appears. Select Properties. The
Controller Properties window appears.
4. In the Controller Properties window, click the IP tab. Change any of the following:
• Eth 0 and Eth 1 Interface, IP Address, net mask, and gateway.

• DNS Server and Domain Name
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6. Click on the Info tab to add notes. Click OK.
Fibre Channel IO Card Folder

To view a list of Fibre Channel IO adapter cards on the controller, in the System Explorer Tree,
expand controllers and IO cards to view the FC card folder. The FC status window appears with
the following information:
• World Wide Name
• Status
• PCI Slot
• Speed
• Slot
• Slot Port
• Fault domain
• Whether the card is front end or back end
• Usage, such as reserved, primary, in use, or unknown.
• Device Name
• Description
Change User Alias

To enter a user alias (port name):
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand controllers and IO cards to view FC cards.
2. Right-click on an FC card. The FC card shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Properties. The General FC Properties window appears.

4. Enter a user alias.
5. Click OK.
To reset the user alias back to the default of Undefined, click Reset User Alias.
View Fibre Channel IO Card

To view information for an individual Fibre Channel IO Card:
2. Select an FC card. The system displays General FC card information.

Controllers
Fibre Channel IO Card Connectivity Status

To view the connectivity status of a Fibre Channel IO card:
2. Select an FC card.
3. In the Fibre Channel IO Card window, click the Connectivity tab. The Fibre Channel IO
card Connectivity window appears, showing.
• WWN
• Status
• Server
• Role (initiator or target)
• Port ID
• Node Name
• Symbolic Port Name
• Symbolic Node Name
Setting Update Frequency of FC Card Status

To set the update card frequency of FC card status:
1. In the Fibre Channel IO Card Connectivity Status window, click on the Connectivity tab.
2. From the links at the top of the FC Card Connectivity window, click Set Update Frequency.
3. Choose one of the following: Off, 5 Seconds, 30 Seconds, 1 Minute, or 5 Minutes.

The following commands appear at the top of the server connectivity window: Set Update
Frequency, Find, and Scroll Setting.
Fibre Channel IO Card Hardware Status

To view the hardware status of a Fibre Channel IO card, in the Fibre Channel IO Card window,
click the Hardware tab. The Fibre Channel IO card Hardware Status window appears. The
location of this port is highlighted in green.
iSCSI IO Card Folder

To view iSCSI cards on the system, in the System Explorer Tree, expand controllers and IO
cards to view an iSCSI card folder. The system lists iSCSI cards on this controller. For each
card, the system displays:
• World Wide Name
• Status
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• IP Address
• Subnet mask
• Gateway
• Slot
• Slot Port
• Fault Domain
• Network
• Usage
• Device name
• Description
View General iSCSI Card Information

1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand controllers and IO cards to view iSCSI cards.
2. Select an iSCSI card. The system displays General iSCSI card information.
Advanced
To view iSCSI card advanced information:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand controllers and IO cards to view iSCSI cards. The
system displays General iSCSI card information.

Controllers
2. Click on Advanced. The system displays information similar to the following:
Figure 59. Advanced iSCSI Information
The Advanced window displays the information that you can enter in the IO Card Properties
windows. Refer to Advanced IO Card Properties, on page 133 and Add CHAP to an iSCSI Card,
on page 134.
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Preparing an iSCSI Server

Before you an create an iSCSI server, you must configure the iSCSI initiator with an IP address.
Preparing an iSCSI server is OS-dependent and hardware-dependent. To prepare an iSCSI
server:
1. In the System Explorer, expand Controllers to view the IO Cards > iSCSI folder.
2. Right-click on an iSCSI HBA.The HBA shortcut menu appears.
Figure 60. Preparing iSCSI Server

Controllers
3. Select Properties. The iSCSI IO Card Properties window appears.
Figure 61. IO Card Properties Window
4. For each iSCSI IO card, enter an IP address and subnet mask.The local iSCSI card is now
prepared. To create a server, continue with Creating a Server, on page 41.
iSCSI Card Properties
General IO Card Properties

To view general iSCSI card properties:
2. Right-click on an iSCSI card. The iSCSI card shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Properties. The IO Card Properties window appears.
4. Enter a user alias or click Reset User Alias.
5. To add and IO card to your system, enter an IP address, subnet mask, or gateway IP address.
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Advanced IO Card Properties

To change advanced IO card properties:
4. Click on Advanced. The Advance IO Card Properties window appears:
Figure 62. Advanced IO
5. Enter any of the following:
• Port number
• Enable data digest
• Enable header digest
• Enable immediate write data
6. Select any of the following:
• Window size: from 32 to 2048 KB

• Keep alive timeout: from 5 seconds to 18 hours
• SCSI command data timeout: from 5 seconds to 18 hours
• Default time to wait: from 1 second to 10 minutes
• Default time to retain: from 1 second to 10 minutes.

Controllers
7. Click OK.
Add CHAP to an iSCSI Card

To add Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) to an iSCSI IO card:
4. Click on CHAP. The IO Card CHAP window appears with the iqn name.
5. Select or clear CHAP authentication.
6. Enter the CHAP secret name (must be 12 characters).

7. Click OK. The system warns you that adding CHAP to a card will disrupt current iSCSI
traffic.
8. Click Yes (Save Changes). CHAP is added to the card.
Add iSCSI Remote Compellent Connections

Remote systems are automatically created when a system detects FC or iSCSI connections to
or from another Compellent system. Use the Add iSCSI Remote Compellent Connections
command on both the local system and the remote system to add iSCSI connections between
the systems. To add a remote system to a local system for Remote Replication:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Controllers to view IO cards.
2. Right-click on the iSCSI card folder. The iSCSI Folder shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Add iSCSI Remote Compellent Connections.
If CHAP is Not Enabled

The system asks if Network Address Translation (NAT) is configured between this system and
the remote Compellent system.
If there is no NAT
1. Click No NAT. The IP Addresses window appears.
2. Enter the IP addresses of the remote system iSCSI cards.
3. Click Continue. The link speed window appears.
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4. Enter the speed of the network link between this system and the remote Compellent.
system: T1, T3/100 MB, Gigabit or greater.
Network Type Window Size Keep Alive Timeout

T1 16 KB 3 minutes
T3/100 MB 32 KB 3 minutes
Gigabit or greater 64 KB 10 Seconds
Table 7. Default Values for Link Speed and Window Size
5. (Optional) Click Advanced. The Advanced Options window appears.
Figure 63. Advanced Options
6. Change any of the following:
• Port number
• Enable or disable data digest
• Enable or disable header digest
• Enable or disable immediate data
• Select a window size, from 16KB to 2048 KB.
• Select a keep alive timeout, from 3 minutes to 18 hours.
• Select a SCSI command data timeout, from 5 seconds to 18 hours.
• Click Continue.
7. Click Add Now.
If there is NAT
1. Click Yes NAT.

Controllers
2. Enter the NATed IP addresses and iSCSI Names for the remote Compellent iSCSI IO cards.
Figure 64. NATed IP Addresses and iSCSI Names
3. Click Continue. The link speed window appears. Continue with Step 4, on page 135.
If CHAP is Enabled, Add Compellent Connections

To establish a remote connection if CHAP is enabled on a local iSCSI card:
3. Select Add iSCSI Remote Compellent Connections.

4. The Remote Connection with CHAP window appears.
Figure 65. Remote Connection IP Address
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5. Enter the IP address and the iSCSI name of the remote Compellent system iSCSI IO card.
6. Click continue. The remote card CHAP authentication window appears.
Figure 66. Remote iSCSI Card CHAP Secret
7. Enter the Remote IO card secret.
8. Select or clear Perform Mutual Authentication. If selected, enter the connection secret and
the remote connection secret. (Refer to CHAP Information, on page 203.)
9. Click Continue. The link speed window appears. Continue with Step 4 on page 135.
Add Remote CHAP Initiators

To add Remote CHAP Initiators:
3. Select Add Remote CHAP Initiators. The Add iSCSI Remote CHAP Initiators window
appears.
4. Enter the CHAP name, secret, and the server secret.
5. Click Add now. The Remote CHAP Initiator is added.

Controllers
Delete Remote CHAP Initiator

To delete the Remote CHAP initiator:

3. Click on Remote CHAP Initiators.
4. At the top of the window, click on Delete. The system asks you to confirm.
Figure 67. Delete Remote CHAP Initiator
5. Click Yes. The CHAP Initiator is deleted.
View Remote Compellent Connections

To view remote iSCSI Compellent connections:
2. Select an iSCSI card. The iSCSI information window appears.
3. Click the Remote Compellent Connections tab. The system displays the Remote System
serial number, IP address, status, status information, iSCSI Name, and the information that
was added in the Advanced window (as shown in Figure 63 on page 135), the Remote
Connection IP address window (as shown in Figure 65 on page 136) and the Remote iSCSI
CHAP Secret window (as shown in Figure 66 on page 137).
Delete Remote Compellent Connections.

To delete remote Compellent connections:
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3. Click the Remote Compellent Connections tab.
4. At the top of the window, click Delete.

5. The connection is deleted.
View Remote Compellent Connection Properties

To view Remote Compellent Connection Properties:

4. At the top of the window, click Properties. The Remote Connection General Properties
window appears.
Figure 68. Remote Compellent Connection Properties
Change Remote iSCSI Name

To change a remote Compellent Connection iSCSI name
1. View properties, as described in View Remote Compellent Connection Properties, on

page 139. Click Change iSCSI Name.
2. Enter a new name.

3. Click OK. The system warns you that this change will disrupt iSCSI traffic currently in
progress. Click Yes (Save Changes). The name is changed.
Change Advanced Remote Compellent Connection Properties

To change the advanced Remote Compellent Connection Properties:

Controllers

4. At the top of the window, click Properties. The Properties window appears
5. Click on Advanced. The Advanced Remote Compellent Connection Properties window

appears, similar to Figure 63 on page 135.
6. Change any of the following:
• Port number
• Enable or disable data digest
• Enable or disable header digest
• Enable or disable immediate data
• Select a window size, from 16KB to 2048 KB.
• Select a keep alive timeout, from 3 minutes to 18 hours.
• Select a SCSI command data timeout, from 5 seconds to 18 hours.
7. Click OK. The settings are changed.
Change Remote Compellent Connections CHAP Settings

To change Remote Compellent Connection CHAP settings:
4. At the top of the window, click Properties. The Properties window appears
5. Click on CHAP. The CHAP authentication window appears, similar to Figure 66 on

page 137.
6. Select or clear CHAP Authentication Enabled. If it is enabled, enter the Remote IO card
secret.
7. Select or clear Perform Mutual Authentication. If you select mutual authentication, enter
the connection secret and the remote connection secret.
Connectivity
To view iSCSI IO card connectivity:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand controllers and IO cards to view iSCSI cards. The
system displays General iSCSI card information.
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2. Click on the Connectivity tab. The system displays iSCSI card connectivity, including:
• WWN
• Status (up or down)
• Server mapped to this card
• Role (Initiator or target)
• IP address
• TCP ports
• iSCSI Name
• Alias
Hardware
To view iSCSI adapter card hardware status:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Controllers and IO Cards to view individual iSCSI
cards.
2. Select an iSCSI card.
3. Click the Hardware tab. The iSCSI adapter card hardware status window appears,.
The system displays:
• Description
• Revision
• Firmware Version
• Device Name
• Slot
• Slot Port
The graphic shows the location of the iSCSI card.
Fans
To view the location of each fan in the fan module:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Controllers. Select a controller.
2. Click on the Fans tab. The system displays the fan module.
To view fan status, in the System Explorer Tree, expand Controllers. Expand an individual
controller to view hardware components. Select Fans. For each of the four blowers in the fan
module, Storage Center displays fan properties.
• Status and Current RPM are non-configurable indicators.

Controllers
• RPM Gauge: System should operate in green zone. If system is not operating in green zone,
adjust ambient temperature of system
• Normal Min, Normal Max, Upper Critical Threshold, Lower Critical Threshold, Upper
Warning Threshold, and Lower Warning Threshold are non-configurable indicators.
Power Supplies
To view power supply status, in the System Explorer Tree, expand Controllers. Expand an
individual controller to view hardware components. Select Power Supplies. Storage Center
displays power supply properties.
• Name
• Present
• Failure
• ACLost
Temps
To view controller temp status of the sensors on the controller board, in the System Explorer
Tree, expand Controllers. Expand an individual controller to view hardware components. Select
Temps. Storage Center displays temp properties, including:
• Position of the sensor
• Status
• Current Temp
• Temp Gauge
• Normal Min(imum)
• Normal Max(imum)
• Upper Critical Threshold
• Lower Critical Threshold
• Upper Warning Threshold
• Lower Warning Threshold
Voltage
To view controller voltage, in the System Explorer Tree, expand Controllers. Expand an
individual controller to view hardware components. Select Voltage. Storage Center displays
voltage status, including:
• Description of the sensor
• Status
• Current Voltage
• Voltage Gauge
• Normal Min(imum)
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• Normal Max(imum)
• Upper and Lower Critical Threshold
• Upper and Lower Warning Threshold
Cache Card
To view controller cache card status, in the System Explorer Tree, in the System Explorer Tree,
expand Controllers. Expand an individual controller to view hardware components. Select
Cache Card. Storage Center displays cache card status, including:
• Cache Size
• Board Failures
• Ram Multiple Bit Error count
• Ram Single bit Error count
• Board Uptime
• Battery Voltage
• Battery Design Capacity
• Battery Remaining Capacity
• Battery Status and Serial Number
• Battery Manufacture Date
• Battery Expire Date
• Battery Expire Status
• Battery Cycle count
• Firmware Version

Controllers
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Enclosures, UPS, and
Racks
Enclosures
This chapter displays the status of enclosures and the following components:
• Disks
• Power Supplies
• IO Modules
• Cooling Fan Sensors
• Temperature Sensors
• Audible Alarms
To view enclosure information, in the System Explorer Tree, select Enclosures. Storage Center
lists enclosures attached to the Storage Center system with the following information:
• Name
• Index
• Shelf ID
• Status, up or down
• Status description (frequently blank)
• Indicator (on or off) refer to
• Logical ID
• Enclosure type
• Model
• Revision
• A and B Side Firmware
• If the enclosure is split
• Unrecoverable, critical, and non-critical condition as yes or no
• Non-Critical Condition

Enclosures, UPS, and Racks
The information displayed in the list of disks is the same as the information displayed in the
information window for each individual disk. To view individual enclosure information, in the
System Explorer Tree, expand the Enclosures icon to view individual enclosures. Select an
enclosure. To view a graphical representation of the enclosure, click the Physical Display tab.
Storage Center displays a front and back view of the enclosure:
Figure 69. Single Enclosure
The enclosure displays status and location of:

• Disks
• Power Supplies
• IO Modules
• Cooling Fan Sensors
• Temperature Sensors
Icons indicate if a component was swapped. To clear the swap icon, click on Request Swap
Clear.
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Rename an Enclosure
To change the name of an enclosure:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Enclosures.
2. Right-click on an enclosure. The Enclosure shortcut menu appears.

3. Select Properties. The Enclosure Properties window appears.
4. Enter a name in the User Alias field.
5. Click OK. The enclosure name is changed.
Remove Enclosure
You cannot remove an active enclosure unless it is down or offline. If an enclosure is down or
offline:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Enclosures.
2. Right-click on an enclosure. The Enclosure shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Delete. The enclosure is deleted from the system.
Disks
This chapter deals with physical status of disks. For logical information about disks refer to
Chapter 4: Disks, on page 49.
To view a list of disks:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Enclosures. Expand an individual enclosure to view
components.
2. Select Disks. Storage Center displays a list of the slots in the enclosure. Slots can be empty,
in which case the status is Not Installed. For disks that Storage Center recognizes, it
displays:
• Disk Position
• Status
• Status Description
• Fault Sensed: on or off
• Indicator: on or off
• Swap Detected
• Vendor
• Product
• Port ID

• Bypass A Side: enabled or disabled

• Bypass B Side: enabled or disabled
To view status information for just one disk, in the System Explorer Tree, expand Enclosures
to view an individual disk. Select a disk. Storage Center displays status and location. Status can
be green (good), red (failed), or gray (no disk). To identify the physical location of a disk:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Enclosures to view individual disks.
2. Right-click on a disk. The Disk Shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Indicator On.
Storage Center displays an amber light on the graphical user interface.
Figure 70. Disk Indicator Light On
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The front of the physical drive shows a blinking amber light.
Figure 71. Drive at Front of Enclosure
To turn the indicator light off:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Enclosures to view individual disks.
2. Right-click on a disk. The Disk Shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Indicator Off.
Power Supplies
To view a list of power supplies, in the System Explorer Tree, expand the Enclosures icon to
view Power Supplies. Storage Manager list the power supplies and displays the following
information:
• Name
• Status
• Swap Detected
• AC failure, DC failure
• DC over- and under voltage
• Failure
• High Temp Warn
• High Temp Fail

To view power supply location as viewed from the back of the enclosure n the System Explorer
Tree, expand Enclosures to view power supplies. Select a power supply.
Figure 72. Power Supply
The hardware in the enclosure reports an under-voltage to Storage Center so that you can be
informed that the DC voltage was under some threshold. To clear the flag, select Request
Undervoltage Clear.
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IO Modules
To list IO module properties, in the System Explorer Tree, expand Enclosures to view the IO
Modules folder. Storage Center displays a list of IO modules with name, position, status, and
swap detected. To view IO module location, in the System Explorer Tree, expand Enclosures to
view an individual IO module.
Figure 73. IO Modules

Cooling Fan Sensors

To view cooling sensor, in the System Explorer Tree, expand Enclosures to view Cooling Fan
Sensors. Storage Center displays a list of cooling sensors with the name, position, location,
status, fan speed, and swap detected. To view fan sensor location, select a fan sensor.
Temperature Sensors
To view temperature sensors:
In the System Explorer Tree, expand Enclosures to view Temperature sensors. Storage Center
displays:
• Name
• Status
• Swap Detected
• Temperature Gauge
• Temperature
• Minimum temperature
• Minimum time
• Maximum temperature
• Maximum time
To view current temperature range, select a temperature sensor. To clear minimum and
maximum temp history, select Request Min/Max Temps Clear.
Audible Alarms
To view audible alarms, expand Enclosures to view Audible Alarms. Storage Center displays
the audible alarm.
• Request Mute On causes the alarm to sound if there is a component failure.
• Request Mute Off mutes the alarm. It will not sound in the event of failure.
Add UPS to Storage Center

A universal power supply (UPS) is not a component of the Storage Center system. The Storage
Center power supplies run power through it. By adding the UPS IP address to Storage Center,
the system will report the status of the UPS. In the event of a power failure, the UPS supplies
power to the Storage Center system.To add the address of a UPS so that Storage Center can
report its status:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, right-click UPS. The shortcut menu appears.
2. Select Create New UPS. The Create UPS window appears.
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3. Enter the IP address of the UPS to register. Enter the IP Address of the UPS System on the
network. This tells the Compellent system to accept messages from this UPS. You can
create up to 16 UPS entries on the Compellent System for APC UPS devices.
Note: You must also configure the UPS to point to the Compellent System. On Single
Controller Systems, point to the Eth0 IP address. On Dual Controller systems, point to the
Management IP address.
View UPS Status

To view UPS status, in the System Explorer Tree, select a UPS.Storage Center displays:
• Name
• IP address
• Status
• Battery life
• Model number
• Serial Number
• Last Update (the last time the system polled the device)

Racks
The Rack utility shows the placement of the Compellent components. To view the Compellent
rack, in the System Explorer Tree, select Racks. Storage Center displays a rack with the location
of Storage Center components.
Figure 74. Racks
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Add/Remove Racked Items

To add or remove items in a rack:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, select Racks.
2. Right-click on a rack to view the Rack shortcut menu.
3. Select Add/Remove Racked Items. The Add/Remove Racked Items window appears,.
Figure 75. Add/Remove Rack Items
4. Select components to add or remove. Move items up and down as required. Create a new
device as required. When you are through, select Save Rack.
Properties
To view rack properties:
3. Select Properties. Storage Center displays the rack name and Foreign Device URL (if this
is a foreign device).

Remove Rack
To delete the rack view from the system
3. Select Remove Rack. Storage Center asks you to confirm.
4. Click Yes to delete the rack configuration.
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Data Progression
Note: Data Progression is separately licensed Storage Center application.
Overview
Data Progression™ optimizes storage usage by tracking user access to data at the block level.
Data Progression scans data once a day to track blocks that have been accessed in the previous
24 hours. Data that is not accessed for a defined number of days is automatically migrated down
to lesser level of storage. Data that is accessed a defined number of days in succession is
automatically migrated up to a higher level of storage. co
Disk Tiers are automatically ranked by disk performance. Tier 1 is fastest, Tier 3 the slowest.
The check boxes represent available RAID selections within each Disk Tier. You do not have
to have disks present in a class to be able to make RAID Selections in the class, as the system
will use the best available alternate (below then above) until that class of storage becomes
available. When you create a volume with Data Progression licensed, you are allowed multiple
checkboxes to control volume data and replay data distinctly; moreover, the data can exist in
multiple RAID selections and Disk Tiers simultaneously.
When you create a volume without Data Progression licensed, you are allowed only one
checkbox selection, meaning all volume and replay data resides within only one RAID
Selection and Disk Tier.
If Data Progression is not licensed and you have more than one Disk Tier:
You can create and use separate disk tiers by checking RAID Selections within the Tiers. This
allows you to control what disks are used by your volume. When you create the volume,
however, you are allowed to choose only one RAID Selection in one Disk Tier. Volume and
Replay data exist in only one RAID Selection and Disk Tier.
Value of Data Progression

Data Progression leverages cost and performance differences between disk types, allowing the
maximum use of lower cost SATA drives for bulk storage, while maintaining high performance
Fibre Channel drives for high speed data access.

Data Progression
Data Progression maintains IO performance while maximizing storage utilization

across various disk technologies.Writable data (data not captured with a Replay) can be
maintained on the highest tier, such as Raid 10 on the fastest, most reliable disks. Data
captured in a Replay is read-only. Replays by default are moved to the lowest tier: Raid
5 storage on older, slower disks. Speed and capacity of disks increases continuously.
Data Progression enables you to add new and better disk drives, while moving less-
accessed data to older disk drives.
As data moves, it gets re-striped. As you add disks, new writes are applied across all
drives, eliminating hot spots. Frequently accessed data can be re-striped to faster disk
drives. Data Progression moves available storage to the appropriate Raid selection
within a disk tier. Data does not have to be manually reviewed and moved to and from
RAID arrays. Compellent dynamically adapts RAID allocations to the application
write and Replay patterns to optimize storage use while maintaining read and write
performance.
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Setting Data Progression Volume Defaults

Volume defaults limit or permit options for creating volumes in the future. Configuring volume
defaults requires Administrative privileges. Subsequent volumes will be created with these
defaults. Existing volumes are not affected. To set Data Progression defaults for volumes
created in the future:
The Configure User Volume Defaults window appears. If Data Progression is licensed for
your system, the Data Progression tab appears.
2. Click the Data Progression tab. The Data Progression Volume Defaults window appears.
Figure 76. Data Progression Volume Defaults
3. Set these defaults:
• Always use redundant storage: Unless this is selected, a user can create a RAID 0
volume. Data in RAID 0 is striped across a series of disks. It is not a true RAID volume
because it does not provide data redundancy; if one disk fails, the entire volume
becomes unavailable. If redundancy is important, make sure Always use redundant
storage is selected.

Data Progression
• Allow use of RAID 10 storage for Replays: In general, Replays are stored on
the least expensive RAID level. A checkbox allows or disallows a user to
create a Replay on a RAID 10 tier. To optimize cost-effective use of disk
classes, make sure Allow use of RAID 10 storage for Replays is cleared.
• Tiers: Select or clear Tier and RAID levels for written data and Replays. These
are the defaults that appear when users create a volume. These tiers and RAID
levels will be an option for new volumes; they need not be selected when
creating a new volume.
• Allow changes: To enforce Tier and RAID levels, disallow changes.
4. Click OK. User volume defaults are set.
Changing Data Progression Properties for a Volume

Data Progression properties are derived from Data Progression defaults when a volume
is created. To change Data Progression settings for a volume:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose Volume > Volume Properties.
2. Click the Data Progression tab. The Data Progression window appears with current
settings.
Figure 77. General Data Progression Settings
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Set any of the following for a volume:
Writable Data Tier and RAID Levels

Select or clear tiers and RAID levels for writable data. Storage Center will migrate date to this
level. If a box is grayed out, it is unavailable.
Replay Data Tier and RAID Levels

Select or clear tiers and RAID levels for Replay data. If a box is grayed out, it is unavailable.
For example, in Figure 77 on page 160, the Replay Data checkbox is grayed out for Tier 1, RAID
10 because the default was set to disallow the use of RAID 10 storage for Replays, as described
in Setting Data Progression Volume Defaults on page 159.
If Data Progression contains more than one option for Replays it moves pages differently
depending on whether the data is read-only or writable and overwritten. If data captured in the
Replay is read-only and cannot be overwritten, it is moved to the next lower tier or RAID level
available on the Replay Data Progression list. If data captured in the Replay is overwritten, by
definition, the data in the Replay cannot be referenced until the Replay is mapped. In this case,
Data Progression moves the overwritten data directly to the lowest available storage location,
not the next one on the list.
Sticky Time
Sticky time is the number of cycles (days) after which Data progression is migrated down. Data
Progression checks once in a 24 hour period to see if a block of data has been accessed. If the
block has not been accessed for the number of days entered in the Sticky Time field, that block
is migrated down one RAID level within a tier (if available), and then down one tier.By default
Data Progression migrates data that has not been accessed for 12 successive days To change the
the number of days a block before a block is migrated down, enter a number of days in the
Sticky Time field.
Down/Up Ratio
Down/Up Ratio describes the number of days date is migrated up a RAID level and tier. Data
Progression checks once in a 24 hour period to see which blocks of data have been accessed. If
a block of data is accessed the number of days entered in the Down/Up Ratio field, Data
Progression migrates that block up one RAID level within a tier (if available), and then up one
tier. The number of successive days that data must be access before it is migrated up is derived
from applying the down/up ratio to the number of days is the sticky time field. For example, if
the Sticky Time is 10 days and the Down/Up ratio is 2:1, data will be migrated down if it is not
accessed for 10 days and migrated up if it is accessed 5 days in successive. In another example,
if Sticky Time is 12 days and the Down/Up ratio is 4:1, data will be migrated down if it is not
accessed for 12 days and migrated up if it is accessed 3 days in succession.

Data Progression
Advanced Data Progression Properties

To set Data Progression properties by percentages, view the Advanced Data
Progression Properties window.
1. To view advanced data progression properties for this volume, from the Storage
Management menu, choose Volume > Volume Properties.
2. Click the Data Progression tab. The Data Progression window appears with current
settings.
3. Click the Advanced tab to the left of Tier 1. The Advanced Data Progression
properties appear.
Figure 78. Advanced Volume Data Progression Properties
Writable Data by Percentage

The percentage of storage in this volume writable data is allocated to different RAID
levels within one tier. The percentage can never be more than 100% of available storage
in the tier. If a box is grayed out, it is unavailable.
Replay Data by Percentage

The percentage of storage in this volume allocated to different RAID levels within a
tier. The percentage can never be more than 100% of available storage in the tier. If a
box is grayed out, it is unavailable.
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Grouping Disks into Tiers

Tiers are determined by the mix of disk speeds and RAID levels in a system. Compellent maps
disks into disk groups via the Compellent Phone Home feature. Different Compellent systems
may have drives in different tiers. Disks can be in any tier. Tiers provide a control point for Data
Progression. For more information, refer to Phone Home on page 70.
Scheduling Data Progression

To schedule Data Progression:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose Volume > Schedule Data Progression. The
Schedule Data Progression window appears.
2. Using the up and down arrows, choose a time.
3. Click OK. Data Progression scans blocks of data at that time, once every 24 hours, noting
which blocks of data have or have not been accessed by applications.
Full/Non-Existent RAID Selections or Disk Tiers

You can check a Raid Selection that is currently unavailable (non-existent or full). In this case,
the system:
• Selects the next available RAID Selection below.
• If there is no storage below, it selects the first available storage above (regardless of whether it
was selected for use by this volume). This means that Storage Center fills storage from the
bottom-up as storage consumption nears the limits.
• Once disks are added to a tier, Data Progression can take advantage of them.
To take advantage of RAID technology, make sure there is at least one spare per enclosure.
Adding Storage
Increasing Size in an Existing Disk Tier
When you add disks to an existing disk folder, storage is allocated to the matching Disk Tier
(and implicitly to the chosen RAID selections) based on the existing Disk Tier/RAID Selection
proportions, selected in the Disk Folder Properties.
Creating and Using New Disk Tiers

When you manage disks that represent a new Disk Tier, enable the Disk Tier on the disk folder
(Storage Center will prompt you.) Volumes enabled to use the Disk Tier and RAID Selections
begin using them. Data will be moved to new disks tiers in future Data Progressions as required.

Data Progression
Data Location for a Volume

To view the tier and RAID location of data on an existing volume:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand the Storage folder to view volumes.
2. Select a volume.
3. Click on the Statistics tab. Storage Center displays distribution usage for the
volume, Replays, and access rates for each disk tier and RAID selection for a
volume. Every time a data progression runs, it categorizes the location of the data
in a volume. Data listed as Next Progression on this chart will be categorized
during the next progression run.
Figure 79. Data Location
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Data Instant Replay
Note: Data Instant Replay is separately licensed Storage Center application.
A Replay is point-in-time-copy of a volume to provide fast recovery from hazards such as

viruses, power outages, hardware failure, or human error. Storage Center uses Replay templates
to make using Replays easier and more automatic. A Replay template is a collection of rules
that specify when a Replay will occur and how long it will be saved. A template can contain
multiple rules. Once a template is created, it can be applied to one or more volumes. Replay
template are stored in the Replay Template Folder.
Creating a Replay
Although you can create an immediate Replay (refer to Create Immediate Replay, on page 181)
Replays are created by creating a Replay template, attaching it to a volume, and letting Storage
Center replicate the volume periodically until you change the template.
Create Replay Template

A Replay template enables you to set Replay rules, and apply them to new volumes as they are
created. (Refer to Create Replay, on page 27.)
To create a Replay template:
1. Expand the System Explorer Tree to view Storage > Replay Templates.
2. Right-click the Replay Template folder. The Replay Template shortcut menu appears.

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3. Select Create Replay. The Create Replay Template window appears.
Figure 80. Schedule Replay Template
Rather than create a new rule, you can import a rule from an existing template. Refer to Import
from Existing Templates, on page 171
From the Schedule Type list, select a Schedule Type:
• Once
• Daily
• Weekly
• Monthly
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Once
In the Schedule Type list, choose Once for a one-time Replay. The window shown in Figure 81
appears.
Figure 81. Schedule Replay Once
1. Enter a start date and time when the Replay will be taken.
2. Enter a time period in minutes, hours, days, or weeks for the Replay to expire (be deleted).
3. Click Add New Rule. The wizard displays the schedule and lifetime for this rule.
4. Continue to create additional rules for this volume or click Continue to go to the next screen
as described in Name and Save a Replay Template, on page 171.

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Daily
In the Schedule Type list, choose daily for a once-a-day Replay. Select At. The window shown
in Figure 82 appears.
Figure 82. Schedule Replay Once Daily
1. Click on At: to choose a a time each day for a Replay to be written.
2. Chose an expiration interval after which this Replay will be deleted.
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Weekly
In the Schedule Type list, choose weekly for a weekly Replay. The window shown in Figure 83
appears.
Figure 83. Schedule Weekly Replays - Once a Week or Intervals
1. Select one or more days of the week.
2. Either choose a time each day for a Replay, or an interval. If you choose an interval, limit
the number of Replays by choosing the hours during which Replays will be taken

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Monthly
In the Schedule Type list, choose Monthly. To schedule per day, click on the Day tab. The
window shown in Figure 84 appears.
Figure 84. Schedule Date Certain Each Month
1. Click on one or more days on which a Replay is taken.
2. Choose one or more days of the month on which a Replay is taken, such as the first, third,
fourth, and so forth.
3. Either choose a time each day for a Replay, or an interval. If you choose an interval, limit
the number of Replays by choosing the hours during which Replays will be taken.
4. To limit the number of months during which this Replay is taken, click on the Select
Months tab. Click on one or more months.
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Import from Existing Templates

To create a Replay template with rules imported from an existing template:
1. Expand the System Explorer Tree to view Storage > Replay Templates.
2. Right-click the Replay Template folder. The Replay Template shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Create Replay. The Create Replay Template window appears.
4. Click on Import Rules from Existing Template link at the bottom of the window. The Import
rules from Template window appears.
5. Select a template.
6. Click OK. The rules are imported into the current template. You can now modify selected
rules, as described in Edit Replay Template, on page 174.
Name and Save a Replay Template

When you have finished entering rules for this template, click on Continue. Enter a name and
notes for the template. Click on Save Template.
Chose one of the following:
• Map this volume to a server. For more information, refer to Map Volume to a Server, on
page 36
• Map a different volume to a server. For more information, refer to Mapping, on page 36
• Create (another) volume. Return to Step 1 on page 24
• Create a server. For more information, refer to Create a Server, on page 53.
Close the wizard. Rules in the template are not executed until the template is applied to a
volume. Refer to Apply Replay Template to a Volume, described on page 175.

Data Instant Replay
View Replay Templates

1. Expand the System Explorer Tree to view Storage > Replay Templates folder.
2. Select a Replay template to view the rules for that template in the main window,.
Figure 85. Replay Templates
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Replay Template Properties

To view a Replay template properties:
2. Right-click a Replay template. The Replay template shortcut menu appears.
3. Select Properties. The rules for that Replay template appear.
Figure 86. Replay Template General Properties
• To view rules for this template, click on the General tab. If a volume uses this template, a
Replay is made according to these rules.
• To view creation and update info, click on Info. Make additional notes if necessary. Click OK to
save the notes.

Data Instant Replay
Edit Replay Template

Editing a Replay template does not update a Replay schedule that was previously applied. To
change a previous schedule, reapply the template to a volume, as described in Apply Replay
Template to a Volume, on page 175.
3. Select Edit. Storage Center warns you that changing the template does not change the
Replay schedule of volume to which the template has already been applied.
4. Click Continue. The Edit Replay Template appears.
1. Select a rule in the list of rules at the bottom of the Create Replay Template window.
2. Change any of the properties of this rule. In the example shown in Figure 87, a daily rule is
changed from expiring in one hour to expiring in 15 minutes.
Last, click on Modify Selected Rule
First, change
rule.
Rule is changed
to expire in 15
minutes
Original rule expired in one hour
Figure 87. Edit Replay Template
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3. After you change the property, click on Modify Selected Rule. Only then is the rule
changed.
4. Click Continue.
5. The template Name window appears. Keep the same name or change the name.
6. Enter optional notes.
7. Click Save Template.
Note: Renaming the template does not create a new template; it changes the title of this
template.
If necessary, reapply this template to existing volumes.
Apply Replay Template to a Volume

To apply a template to an existing volume
3. Select Apply Replay Template to Volumes. The apply Replay Template window appears,
displaying volumes on this system. Expand volume folders, if necessary.
4. Enter a check next to volume to which to apply this template.
5. Click Continue. The Apply Template Confirmation window appears.
6. Click Apply Now.
Delete Replay Template

To delete a Replay template:
3. Select Delete.
4. Storage Manager asks you to confirm.
5. Click Yes. The template is deleted.

Data Instant Replay
Replays Attached to a Volume

To view a list of Replays for a volume:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand the Storage folder to view individual volumes.
2. Select a volume. Only volumes that contain Replays display the Replay tab.
3. If this volume contains Replays, click on the Replays tab.
4. A list of unexpired Replays for that volume is displayed.
Figure 88. List of Replays
The buttons in the upper right corner change the view of Replays:
• Show freeze times. Click on this icon to view the date and time Replays were taken.
• Show expire times: Click on this icon to view the date and time the Replay expires.
• Show Replay sizes: Click on this icon to view the size the Replays occupy on the volume.
• Show descriptions: Click on this icon to display the rule that took the Replay
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View Replay Properties

To view Replay properties:
1. Expand the System Explorer Tree to view Storage > Volumes > individual volumes.
2. Select a Volume. The system displays general volume information.
3. Click on the Replays tab.
4. From the list of Replays, right click on a specific replay.
5. Select Properties. A Replay Properties window appears.
Figure 89. General Volume Replay Properties
6. If you change expiration time or description, click on OK.
Create View Volume

To recreate a local copy of a prior version of a volume:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand the Storage folder to view individual volumes.
2. Select a volume.
3. Click on the Replays tab. A list of unexpired Replays for that volume appears.
4. Right-click on a Replay. The Replay shortcut menu appears.

Data Instant Replay
5. Select Local Recovery. The Local Recover window appears.
6. Enter a name or accept the default.
Figure 90. Name View Volume
7. Click on Create View. Compellent creates a recovered volume. The Map Volume to Server
window appears. Mapping allows you to access this volume.
Note: Data cannot be accessed in a view volume (or, indeed, any volume) until it is mapped
to a server.
8. Choose a server. The mapping window appears. Click Create Now.
9. Click on Close. The View Volume appears in the same volume folder as the original
volume.
Delete View Volume

Delete a View Volume as you would any volume. Right-click on the volume in the System
Explorer Tree to the left of the System Explorer. The Volume Shortcut menu appears. Choose
Delete. Storage Center asks you to confirm. Click Yes. Storage Center moves the volume to the
Recycle Bin.You can recover the View Volume until the Recycle Bin is emptied, as described
in Empty Recycle Bin, on page 32.
Expire a Replay
To immediately expire a Replay:
1. Expand the System Explorer Tree to view Storage > Volumes to view individual volumes.
2. Select a volume. The main window displays general volume information.
3. Click on the Replays tab. A list of unexpired Replays for that volume appears.
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4. Right-click on the replay to want to expire. The Replay shortcut menu appears.
5. Chose Expire. Storage Center asks you to confirm.

6. Click Yes. The Replay is deleted.
Configure Replay Volume Defaults

Replay volume defaults are set per user. To set volume defaults:
1. Expand the System Explorer tree to view Users.
2. Right-click on a user. The User shortcut menu appears.
3. From the User shortcut menu, choose Configure User’s Volume Defaults. The User Volume
Defaults window appears.
4. Click on Replay tab. Set the defaults listed in Replay Volume Defaults, on page 179:
Default Description
Scheduling (drop down When user creates volume, Storage Center will:
list) • Always prompt for Replay scheduling
• Never schedule Replays while creating a volume
• Always use the default Replay template
Default Replay Template Choose a default Replay template. The default template is used.
Minimum allowed
Configure Replay interval.
Replay Interval
Table 8. Replay Volume Defaults
Click OK to save changes.
Pause Replays for the Entire System

To suspend all Replays across the entire system:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose Volume > Replay > Pause Replay Creation.
The Pause Replay Creation window appears. Pausing Replay creation disables both
manual and scheduled Replay creation for all volumes on the system.
2. If you are sure you want to disable Replays, click Continue. Replays are disabled.
While Pause Replay is enabled, no Replays can be created for this system.
Resume Paused Replays for System

When Replays are paused, the Storage Management menu changes. To resume Replays, from
the Storage Management menu, choose Volume > Replay > Resume Replay Creation.

Data Instant Replay
Replay Command
To view volume Views:
1. Expand the System Explorer Tree to view Volumes > individual Volumes.
2. Select a volume. The main window displays general volume information.

3. Click the Replay tab. This view shows the list of Replays taken on this volume. The check
boxes in the upper right hand corner control the presentation of the Replays. The upper-
right corner shows Replay controls.
Figure 91. Replay Controls
The icons at the top do the following:

• Display Replays
• Delete Replays
• Save Replays
• Print Replays
Icons shown in the legend are added to Replays to show
• Expiration pending
• Coalescing Replays
• Replay created manually, by schedule, by external application, and by Replication
Replay Volume Defaults

To set Replay Volume defaults:
2. Click the Replay tab. Select any of the following options.

• Choose a default for options presented to users. From the drop-down list, select one of
the following:
• Never schedule Replays if you want all volumes created without Replays.
• Always prompt for Replay scheduling if you want the user presented with the
option to create a volume with a Replay.
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• Always use default Replay template if you want the user to be allowed to create
volumes with Replays, but not choose which Replay.
• Choose a default Replay template by highlighting it.
• Enforce a minimum Replay interval.
3.To save changes, click OK.
Create Immediate Replay

To create an immediate Replay:
1. Expand the System Explorer Tree to view Volumes > individual Volumes.
3. Choose Replay > Create Replay.
Figure 92. Create Replay from Volume Shortcut Menu
4. Enter an expiration interval and a description of this Replay.
5. Click on Create Now. A Replay is taken.

Data Instant Replay
6. Select the volume. Click on Replays. The new Replay appears in the list of Replays for that
volume.
Delete Replay
Deleting a Replay is the same as Expiring a Replay. For more information, refer to Expire a
Replay, on page 178.
VSS
The VSS integration application runs on Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition. VSS integrates the
Compellent Replay system with Microsoft’s Volume Shadow copy Service (VSS feature).
For more information, refer to:
2. 2 Replay Manager for Microsoft Servers (VSS) User Guide, Compellent Document No.
680-008-002
2.2 Replay Manager for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 User Guide, Compellent Document No.
680-009-002
Clean Up Orphaned Replay Histories

Volume histories can become orphaned when a volume delete process is interrupted by a system
outage or other error. When a volume history becomes orphaned, the disk space it consumes is
not released and cannot be used by other volumes. Eliminate orphaned histories to free up disk
space for other volumes.
To eliminate orphaned Replay histories:
1. From the Storage Management menu, choose Volume > Clean Up Orphaned Replay
Histories. The Clean Up Orphaned Replay Histories window appears.
2. Click OK. Orphaned Replays are deleted.
Replication
Note: The Replication tab appears only if the volume is a Replication volume.
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand the Volumes folder if necessary to view individual
volumes. Select a volume.
3. Click on the Replication tab.
Replication is a separately-licensed Compellent Application. Replication is described in:
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• Compellent Storage Center 3.6 Remote Replication User Guide, Document No.
680-020-001
• Compellent Storage Center 3.6 Remote Replication Best Practices, Document
No. 680-023-001
Replay History
To view Replay history:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand the Volumes folder if necessary to view individual
volumes. Select a volume.

3. Click the Replay tab.
4. Compellent displays is list of unexpired Replays.

Data Instant Replay
Volume Replay Calendar Tab

To view a volume Replay schedule:
1. Make sure you are in the System Explorer window
2. Select a volume.
3. Click the Replay Calendar tab. Storage Center displays the Replay calendar.
Color bar select ion arrows
Previous/Next Month
buttons
Figure 93. Volume Replay Calendar
4. Click on Previous Month and Next Month to view previous or projected months. Click the
arrows to the right of the schedule to change the color of the Replay schedule bar graph.
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Preparing for
Replications
Remote Instant Replay copies Replays to remote systems. Replications are created and
managed in the Enterprise Manager, which is licensed with Remote Instant Replay. For more
information about Enterprise Manager and disaster recover, refer to the Enterprise Manager
online Help.
Keep in mind the following:
• Replicating System is the system initiating Replication. Data moves from a Replicating
System.
• Remote Compellent Connection is the system receiving Replication data. A Remote
Connection system receives writes from a Replicating System.
A system can be simultaneously both a Replicating System and a Remote Compellent
Connection.
Compellent uses Replication to duplicate volume data. Typically, data is replicated over some
distance to safeguard against local or even regional data threats as part of an overall Disaster
Recovery Plan. Before implementing a Replication solution, you must create a Disaster
Recovery Plan to determine the most appropriate threat mitigation and recovery strategies for
your data.
Synchronous and Asynchronous Replication

The Compellent System provides two Replication types: Synchronous and Asynchronous.
Synchronous Replication
Synchronous replication sends writes to the Remote Compellent Connection. A Synchronous
Replication makes sure that the write is successfully written to the Remote Compellent
Connection before returning a Successful Completion command to the server IO request.
Typically Synchronous Replication is used only to load storage from other vendors, or to enable
immediate remote volume availability during Disaster Recovery. You must have Administrator
privilege for Replication.Establish physical connectivity between Replicating System and the

Preparing for Replications
Remote Connection system. Remote Instant Replay must be licensed on the Replicating System
to push data from it. Replays taken on the Replicating System are not copied to the Remote
Connection system.
Synchronous Replication proxy's Replication data like Server IO to a volume. Every write
issued by the server is sent to the local volume and to the Replication. The Compellent Storage
Center does not acknowledge completion of the write-back to the Server until both the write IO
to the local volume and the IO sent over the Replication are complete. This means the local
volume and Replication are fully synchronized - there will be no data loss in the event of a
failure on the local system.
Synchronous Replication does not maintain recovery points between the local volume and the
Replication. If connectivity is lost between the Replicating System and the Remote Connection
system, the entire data volume must be re-copied to ensure all data is present and accounted for
in both locations. This also means historical instant Replay information will not be available
from the replicated volume.
Asynchronous Replication
Asynchronous Replication acknowledges a write IO back to the server as soon as it has been
completed on the local system. The write IO is also queued for delivery to the Remote
Connection system. This allows for more efficient link utilization and data transfer
optimization. It also means that writes present on the local system may not be present on the
Remote Connection system in the event of a local failure; you could lose writes.
Note: When doing Async Replication, you have the option to Replicate the Active Replay. If
you do not specify this option and no replays have been taken, replication will not begin to
copy/replicate the data until the first replay is taken. (Until that time all the data is in the Active
Replay that you are not replicating)
If a volume does not already have a Replay, Replication does not begin until after an
asynchronous replication is finished. An active replay cannot be replicated.
Asynchronous Replication and Data Instant Replay

Asynchronous Replication uses Data Instant Replay to create checkpoints between the local
volume and the Replication. A replay created on the Replicating System is sent intact to the
Remote Connection system.
Replay checkpoints serve as re-synchronization points, reducing the amount of data that needs
to be transferred from the local system to the remote system in the event of a communication
failure between the Replicating System and the Remote Connection system.
Replay checkpoints copied to the Remote Connection system also serve as remote recovery
points in the event the data must be recovered from the Remote Connection system.
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Data Instant Replays are scheduled regularly on the Replicating (local) System as described in
Chapter 11: Data Instant Replay, on page 165. Specifying replay schedules on the Remote
Connection system is not recommended, because they are provided by the schedule on the
Replicating System.
Software Requirements for Replication

The Compellent Enterprise Manager creates, monitors, and manages Replications between
Compellent Systems. When using the Compellent Storage Manager for Replications, make sure
that you increase the memory allocation in Java when you connect simultaneously to multiple
systems. Refer to Appendix A on page 197 for a description of how to increase Java memory
allocation for your platform.
Replication Connectivity
Physical Connectivity
Both the Replicating System and the Remote Connection system must have front end port
visibility for the desired Replication type. These ports may be in the form of iSCSI or Fibre
Channel depending on the connectivity choice.
Additional information for Asynchronous Replication:

WWN visibility of the front-end ports on controllers between the Remote Connection and
Replicating Systems must include both Primary and Reserved ports (from dual controller
systems) to withstand failovers. Replication messaging uses any and all connections between
the systems; however, only Primary ports carry Replication data to the Remote Connection
system
Remote FC cards are automatically recognized. Remote iSCSI cards are added via the Add
iSCSI Remote Compellent Connections wizard, described in Add iSCSI Remote Compellent
Connections, on page 134.

Viewing Server Connectivity

To view WWNs on the Remote Connection system, from the View menu, select Server
Connectivity. The Server Connectivity window appears.
Figure 94. Server Connectivity
Creating the Server on the Remote Connection system

When connectivity has been established, from the Storage Management menu, select System >
Find Unmanaged Hardware. This prompts the GUI to present unmanaged WWNs and define
the Replicating System Server on the Remote Connection system If the Replicating System is
a dual controller, include all visible Front End Primary WWN ports in the Server Definition.
This applies to both Fibre Channel and iSCSI.
Estimating Bandwidth
Overview
Replication bandwidth cost, capacity, availability, and usability are key considerations when
developing a Replication plan. Consider the time and cost of replicating the initial data load
from the Replicating System to the Remote Connection system.
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Consider how far behind a Replication is allowed to become after it has been established. The
larger the tolerance for missing data, the less you have use peak utilization time, requiring less
overall bandwidth that may go under-utilized during off hours.
There are two basic strategies in determining the amount of bandwidth required for Replication.
Have a good idea of the volumes you want to replicate from your Disaster Recovery Plan. It is
very possible you will use the first strategy to get started and the second once you are in
production.
• Derive the Required Bandwidth based on modeling the list volumes to be replicated and the
recovery requirements.
• Replicate data as required. Add volumes to the Replication as bandwidth allows. Tune
Replay schedules to meet Disaster Recovery requirements with the available bandwidth.
There are other considerations outside the realm of the Compellent Storage Center that can
affect Replications. Nearly all of these considerations relate to using iSCSI connectivity for
Replication.
• Quality of the link (dropped packets, fragmented packets, resends, link down)
• Competition on the link (other traffic)
• Ability of the link to handle bursts of traffic
• Ability of the link to handle larger packet sizes
• Latency on the link
• Security on the link (if encryption is required)
• Cyclical business cycles affecting bandwidth requirements
QoS Definition
Before you establish Replications, define a QoS Node to specify the speed of the link and the
amount of bandwidth that Replications are allowed to use between the systems.
To define a QoS:
1. From the Storage Management menu, select Volume > Replication > Manage Replication
QoS Definitions. The Manage Replication QoS Definitions window appears.
2. Click New. The New QoS Definitions window appears.
3. Select a link speed that most closely represents your link or select Other to enter the
appropriate link speed. The link speed is used to size and utilize replication link resources
to the remote system. This setting defines link attributes only.
4. If you have more than one link to the remote system, enter that number. This adjusts the
maximum bandwidth allowed without changing the communication link settings. These
setting distribute link resources
5. Click Continue. The system asks if you want to perform bandwidth limiting. Bandwidth
limiting incurs additional overhead on the system and is inherently less bandwidth efficient;
therefore, use of limiting is recommended only for cases where the link is truly shared with
other traffic.

6. Click Yes to create a bandwidth limit schedule. For Replications to use all of the bandwidth
on the link at all times, click No. If you click No, the Name QoS window appears. Continue
with Step 7, below. If you click Yes to limit bandwidth, drag the mouse point down and right
to select hours. Right-click to select a percentage bandwidth limit.
Figure 95. Bandwidth Limitation

Release the mouse. The system shows the percentage you selected and the hours
bandwidth will be limited. Click Continue.
7. The Name QoS definition window appears. Use the intended destination name of the
replicated volume so that the QoS object is self-evident.
8. Click Create Now. The QoS is created.
Creating Simulated Replications

Simulated Replications determine an optimal balance of volumes, replay schedules, bandwidth
schedules, and recovery.
To create a simulated Replication:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Storage to view individual volumes.
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3. Select Replicate Volume > Replicate to Simulation. The Replicate to Simulation window
appears.
Figure 96. Replicate to Simulation
4. The Sync Mode default of Asynchronous is strongly recommended for bandwidth

optimization.
5. Select a QoS definition.

6. Select any of the following:
• Select Replicate Active Replay to copy all writes from the active replay area of the
volume. This activity can cause significant bandwidth use because the system can send
and resend the same page repeatedly if updated by the application before the data is
captured in a replay.
• Select Skip Initial Synchronization to skip the initial copy of the data over the
Replication link. For cases where the volumes are large, or you are only interested in
using the Replication link to maintain updates between Compellent Storage Center
locations, use this feature.
• Select Deduplication to copy only the changed portions of the replay history on the
source volume, rather than all data captured in each replay.
• If you have not created a QoS definition, create one now. Refer to QoS Definition, on
page 189
7. Click Continue.

8. If the attributes are set correctly, click on Replicate Now to begin Replication simulation.
The system creates a simulated Copy/Mirror/Migrate of the data and begins the Replication
process.
To view the state of the Replication, from the View menu, select Replications. The Replications
window appears.
View QoS Definitions

To view QoS definitions:
1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Remote Systems to view QoS Definitions.
2. QoS general information appears.

To limit bandwidth, similar to Figure 95 on page 190, click the Limit tab. Drag the mouse down
and to the left to select hours. Right-click to select percentage.
To view Advanced information, click the Advanced tab. The Advanced QoS information
window appears.
Figure 97. Advanced QoS Information Window
To view the QoS proposed balance between controllers, click the Balance tab.
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To view Replications that are using this QoS definition, click on Replications. A list of
Replications appears.
Figure 98. QoS Definition Replications
QoS Replications list:

• Replication name
• Source volume
• Whether Replication is up or down
• Name of the remote system
• Percent synced
• Size in GB and blocks remaining to be replicated
• Time of current Replay
• Whether or not the active Replay is being replicated
• Whether Deduplication is allowed
• Name of the QoS definition
QoS Properties
To view QoS properties:
2. Right-click on an individual QoS definition. The QoS shortcut menu appears.
3. From the QoS shortcut menu, select Properties. General QoS properties appear, including
name, link speed, and number of links.
Advanced QoS Properties

To view Advanced QoS Properties:

2. Right-click on an individual QoS definition. The QoS shortcut menu appears.

3. From the QoS shortcut menu, select Properties.
4. In the QoS Properties window, click the Advanced tab. Advanced QoS chopper settings
appear:
Figure 99. Advanced QoS Properties
Chopper settings include:

• Global maximum sectors per IO
• Global maximum number of IOs
• Global maximum number of sectors
• Destination maximum number of IOs
• Destination maximum number of sectors
• Maximum IOs per queue pass
• Maximum sectors per queues pass
• Controller bandwidth balancing.
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Disallowing Replications Between Compellent Systems

By default, Compellent Systems accept Replications from other Compellent Systems. If the
systems can see each other via Fibre Channel or configured iSCSI connectivity, you are allowed
to define Replications between them (if properly licensed).
To disallow Replications between systems:
1. From the Storage Management menu, select Volume > Replication > Allow Replications
to/from Remote Systems. The Remote System window appears.
Figure 100. Remote Systems Window
2. From the pull-down menu, select Not Allowed.
3. Click OK.

View Replications
To view Replications, from the View menu, choose Replications. A list of Replications appears.
Figure 101. View Replications
Information displayed includes:

• Replication name
• Source volume
• Replication status (up or down)
• Remote system Replication was made to
• Percentage synced
• Size of data in GigaBytes and blocks remaining to be synced.
• Date and time of current Replay (or active Replay)
• Whether or not the active Replay is being replicated
• Whether Deduplication is active or not
• The QoS Definition under which this Replication was made.
Replication Properties
To view Replication properties:
1. From the View menu, choose Replications. A list of Replications appears.
2. Right-click on an individual Replication. The Replication shortcut menu appears.
3. From the Shortcut menu, select Properties > Replication. The Replication Properties
window appears with specific information about the Replication.
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Increasing Java Memory
Storage Center users of larger Compellent Storage Center installations can experience browser
load or browser load hangs. Correct this by increasing the system memory allocation to the JRE.
Unfortunately, the JRE does not provide error messaging or recovery when it runs out of
memory. Configure a minimum of 1 GB of RAM on the system and allocate approximately
40% of available memory to the JRE. You may need to play with these settings to find the
optimal memory allocation for your system.
For Windows
To alter Java settings:
1. Close all browser windows
2. From the Start menu, open the Control Panel.
3. Double-click Java. The Java Control Panel appears.

4. Click on the Java tab. Under Java Applet Runtime Settings, click View.
Figure 102. Java Applet Runtime Settings

5. Click View. The Java Runtime Settings window appears.
6. Double-click on the Java Runtime Parameters entry and enter the

Xmx<size>settings.
Figure 103. Java Runtime Settings
In this case -Xmx350M was entered.

7. Click OK. The Java Applet Runtime Settings, shown in Figure 102, reappears.
8. Click Apply.
9. Click the General tab. The General Java Control Panel window appears.
Figure 104. General Window - Temporary Internet Files
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10. Under Temporary Internet Settings, click Delete Files. The Delete Temporary Files
window appears.
Figure 105. Delete Temporary Internet Files.
11. Click OK.
12. Close the Java Control Panel. Close the Control Panel.
For Linux
Enter the command /usr/java/bin/ControlPanel, changing the path to the java bin files
if they have been installed in another location. When the Java Control panel appears,
follow from Step 4, above.

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Stripe Size
Converting Blocks to Mb
To convert blocks to megabytes, divide the number of megabytes by 2048. (One megabyte
equals 1048576 bytes. This, divided by 512 bytes, equals 2048.)
Stripe Size
For most SANs, the default values for storage pool stripe breadth and volume block allocation
size result in good performance. However, in some cases you might be able to improve read and
write performance by adjusting these values to suit a specific application.
The stripe breadth of a storage pool is the number of file allocation blocks that are written to a
LUN in the pool before moving to the next LUN. To choose an efficient stripe breadth, consider
two other factors:
• The most efficient data transfer size of the LUN storage device
• The size of the data blocks written and read by the critical application that uses the volume
(as reflected in the block allocation size for the volume)
Knowing these values, choose a stripe breadth using this formula:
stripe breadth (in blocks) = transfer size (in bytes) / block allocation size (in bytes)
For Compellent RAID systems, which have an optimal transfer size of 1 MB, this is:
stripe breadth = 1048576 / block allocation size

Stripe Size
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CHAP Information
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol is an option for authentication of iSCSI

communications. Not many systems use this type of authentication.
The Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) is used to periodically verify the
identity of the peer using a 3-way handshake. This is done upon initial link establishment, and
can be repeated anytime after the link has been established.
After the Link Establishment phase is complete, the authenticator sends a challenge message to
the peer. The peer responds with a value calculated using a one-way hash function. The
authenticator checks the response against its own calculation of the expected hash value. If the
values match, the authentication is acknowledged; otherwise the connection SHOULD be
terminated.
CHAP provides protection against playback attack through the use of an incrementally
changing identifier and a variable challenge value. The use of repeated challenges is intended
to limit the time of exposure to any single attack. The authenticator is in control of the frequency
and timing of the challenges.
This authentication method depends upon a secret known only to the authenticator and that
peer. The secret is not sent over the link. This method is most likely used where the same secret
is easily accessed from both ends of the link.
CHAP requires that the secret be available in plaintext form. To avoid sending the secret over
other links in the network, examine the challenge and response values at a central server, rather
than each network access server. Otherwise, the secret should be sent to servers in a reversibly
encrypted form.
The CHAP algorithm requires that the length of the secret must be at least 1 octet. The secret
should be at least as large and un-guessable as a well-chosen password. Preferably, the secret
must be at least the length of the hash value for the hashing algorithm chosen (16 octets for
MD5). This is to ensure a sufficiently large range for the secret to provide protection against
exhaustive search attacks.
The one-way hash algorithm is chosen such that it is computationally infeasible to determine
the secret from the known challenge and response values.
The challenge value satisfies two criteria: uniqueness and unpredictability. Each challenge
value must be unique, since repetition of a challenge value in conjunction with the same secret
would permit an attacker to reply with a previously intercepted response. Since it is expected
that the same secret might be used to authenticate with servers in disparate geographic regions,
the challenge must exhibit global and temporal uniqueness. Each challenge value should also
be unpredictable, lest an attacker trick a peer into responding to a predicted future challenge,

CHAP Information
and then use the response to masquerade as that peer to an authenticator. Although
protocols such as CHAP are incapable of protecting against real-time active
wiretapping attacks, generation of unique unpredictable challenges can protect against
a wide range of active attacks.
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Glossary
B Copilot Services
Combination of centralized support, product
Backup education and sales resources that proactively
Migration of data from a primary storage source to a monitor Storage Center and recommend corrective
secondary storage source in order to enable resto- actions to improve performance and availability of
ration of primary data in the event of a failure. the system.
Bandwidth Copy-Mirror-Migrate
The amount of data that can be sent to or from Compellent Storage Center feature allowing
Storage Center per internal time. volumes to be migrated between different disk types
and RAID levels.
C
D
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol. It’s DNS
an option for authentication of iSCSI communica- Domain Name Service
tions, particularly between two Compellent systems
when doing Replication over iSCSI. Data Instant Replay
Enables backup and recovery of a volume without
Cache impacting system resources. Captures a point in
A high speed memory or storage device used to time copy of the volume, based on user-defined
reduce the effective time required to read data from intervals and schedules. This provides the ability to
or write data to a lower speed memory or device. roll back a volume to a previous point in time. Only
Compellent provides 2.5 GB of cache to minimize data that has changed from the previous PITC is
disk latencies. Compellent's cache has a 72 hour stored.
battery backup in the event of power loss.
Data Progression
Clustering Automatically migrates data to the right class of
A collection of devices that are interconnected storage based on assigned or recommended
(typically at high-speeds) for the purpose of policies. Allows businesses to optimize utilization of
improving reliability, availability, serviceability and/or storage resources through migration to the appro-
performance (via load balancing). Server Clustering priate class of storage devices, to higher or to lower
allows an application to be shared across multiple performance devices, based on data access
servers. Compellent's Storage Clustering software requirements.
provides automatic controller failover through
Deduplication
multiple controllers in an active-active configuration.
In Replays, copies only the changed portions of the
Fully mirrored, battery backup cache provides
replay history on the source volume, rather than all
automatic restart in the event of a controller failure.
data captured in each Replay.
Volumes are moved between controllers in the
event of controller failure as well. Disk Enclosure
A physical enclosure that provides a single
interface, power and cooling to multiple disks.

Glossary
Disk Folders Fibre Channel

A collection of physical disks that can be assigned High-speed, fully duplexed serial communication
attributes by the user. Performance is improved by protocol permitting data transfer rates of up to 10
maximizing the number of disk drives in a folder. Gigabit per second.
Volumes draw storage from disk folders. Folders
may be associated with multiple pagepools.
G
Disk Position
GUI
An example of a disk position is 01-01. The first
number is the row number, from the top of the Graphical User Interface
enclosure. The second number is column number
from the left of the enclosure. For example, Disk 01- H
02 is in the first (top row) and second column from
the left. HNR
Dynamic Capacity Host Name Resolution
Volume sizes can be defined that are greater than HTTP
the actual physical storage. Storage space is only Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
used when data is written Dynamic capacity allows
organizations to reduce their overall disk expendi- Hot Spare
tures, increase availability and achieve greater A hot spare disk is a backup disk. In the event that
performance. a used disk fails, the controller makes the hot spare
part of the array and rebuilds data on the fly.
Although the hot spare becomes an active disk
E without human intervention, remember to replace
the failed drive as soon as possible, so that the array
Ethernet
is again protected with a new hot spare. Hot spares
A protocol that defines a common set of rules and
can span multiple disk enclosures. A Storage Center
signals for networks.
hot spares can have a different capacity than the
Eth0 data drive it replaces.
Ethernet port 0. Compellent uses Eth0 to support
system login and access for the GUI, Replication, I
and to send email, alerts, SNMP traps, and phone
home data. Instant Replay
Eth1 See Data Instant Replay.
Compellent uses Eth1 for dedicated InterProcess IO
Communication between controllers in a multi- Acronym for input/output. The process of moving
controller system. data between a computer system's main memory
and an external device or interface such as a
F storage device, display, printer, or network
connected to other computer systems. IO is a
FS collective term for reading, or moving data into a
File system computer system's memory, and writing, or moving
data from a computer system's memory to another
FTP location.
File Transfer Protocol. Program used to transfer
iSCSI
files from another computer.
iSCSI (Internet SCSI) is the specification that
Fabric defines the encapsulation of SCSI packets over
A combination of interconnected switches that act ethernet using the TCP/IP transport protocol.
as a unified routing infrastructure. It allows multiple
connections among devices on a SAN and lets new
devices enter unobtrusively.
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J N
JBOD NAT
Just a bunch of disks. An enclosure that contains In computer networking, the process of network
storage disks, fans, and an HBA port with which it address translation (NAT, also known as network
connects to a controller. masquerading or IP-masquerading) involves re-
writing the source or destination addresses of IP
packets as they pass through a router or firewall.
L Most systems using NAT do so in order to enable
multiple hosts on a private network to access the
LAN
Internet using a single public IP address. According
Local Area Network to specifications, routers should not act in this way,
Lead Controller but many network administrators find NAT a conve-
In a dual controller system, the lead controller is the nient technique and use it widely. Nonetheless, NAT
primary controller. Under ordinary circumstances, can introduce complications in communication
the controllers share read/write duties, thus between hosts.
doubling IOs. In the event the peer controller fails, NDMP
the lead controller assumes the duties of both Network Data Management Protocol is an open
controllers. See Peer Controller standard for backing up data in a heterogeneous
LUN environment
Logical Unit Number. A numeric identifier to the NFS
server of mounted volumes. Network File System
M P
Managed Disks
Pagepool
Disks that have been assigned to a folder.
A pool of storage.
Manual Replay
Peer Controller
Compellent Storage Center feature that allows the
The peer controller is the equal of the Lead
user to manually create point in time copies of
controller. In a dual controller system, both
volumes.
controllers share read/write duties, thus doubling
Mapping IOs. But in the event the lead controller fails, the
Mapping defines which servers can access specific peer controller assumes the duties of both
volumes. Once this linkage is established, the controllers.
volume will appear to the server as a single, local
disk drive of the specified size. R
Mentoring Controller
RAID
During installation or after replacing or adding a
Redundant array of independent disks is a common
controller, the mentoring controller copies system
system for high-volume data storage at the server
configuration to the new or added controller. Either
level. RAID systems use many small-capacity disk
the lead or peer controller can become a mentoring
drives, which appear as a single logical unit.
controller.
RAID 0
MIB
Data is striped across the available disks providing
Management Information Base. A database of
improved performance. RAID 0 does not provide
objects that can be accessed by SNMP.
any data redundancy.

Glossary
RAID 5 SCSI
Maintains a logical copy of the data using a mathe- SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface) is a
matically derived rotating parity stripe. The parity collection of ANSI standards that define IO buses
stripe is derived from the data stripes. This method primarily intended for connecting storage devices to
has less overhead for the redundant information servers.
than RAID 10 however write performance is slower
SBOD
than RAID 10 due to the calculation of the parity
stripe for every write. Read performance is similar to Switched Bunch of Disks.
RAID 10. Server
RAID 9 Servers define connectivity to the Compellent
Same as RAID 5, except 9 disks are used. RAID 9 System. They allow you to associate your server
is typically 40% faster than an equivalent RAID 5 name to the hardware connectivity presented by the
array. However, RAID 9 is more vulnerable to data server for easy identification.
loss in the event of multiple disk failures. Server Interface (front end)
RAID 10 Refers to the server interface of the Storage
Data is striped across available disk drives and Controller.
mirrored, providing data availability and improved SMB
performance. Maintains a minimum of one full copy
Server Message Block
of all data on the volume. RAID 10 provides
optimum Read / Write performance, increased SMTP
probability of withstanding multiple failures, and the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) defines a
quickest restoration of data. message format and forwarding procedure to
Remote Instant Replay enable messages to be sent between hosts on the
Internet.
Remote Instant Replay provides the same benefits
as Data Instant Replay over a distance to a remote Snapshot
sites. The sites can be active-active, with bi-direc- See Replay.
tional remote copies that can either have matched
or split intervals. Also knows as Replication. SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is
Replay an Internet-standard Layer-7 (application layer)
A fully usable copy of a defined collection of data protocol for collecting information from and config-
that contains an image of the data as it appeared at uring network devices such as servers, hubs,
the point in time at which the copy was initiated. For switches, and routers on an Internet Protocol (IP)
more information, refer to Data Instant Replay. network. SNMP can be used to collect information
Replication about network statistics from these devices and to
relay this information to a central management
See Remote Instant Replay.
console to monitor network health, trap errors,
perform diagnostics, and generate reports.
S SOIP
SAN Storage Over Internet Protocol, San Jose-based
Storage Area Network. High-speed subnetwork of Nishan Systems Inc.'s term for linking SCSI and
shared storage devices. Heterogeneous servers Fibre Channel storage interfaces with IP and
sharing common storage resources. Ethernet network interfaces
SATA SSL
Serial ATA creates a point-to-point connection Secure Sockets Layer
between devices. Transfer rates for Serial ATA Storage Area Network
begin at 150MBps. Thinner serial cables facilitate
See SAN
more efficient airflow inside a form factor and also
allow for smaller chassis designs.
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Storage Center Volume

A complete storage solution that provides unified A virtual disk drive. A volume is created through and
physical storage and storage management. managed by the Storage Center software.
The Storage Center Architecture integrates multiple VSS
disk technologies with multiple interfaces and
Volume Shadow Copy Service, an MS Windows
controllers.
feature that takes a snapshot (aka Shadow Copy) of
Storage Clustering the state of content stored on selected volume
Compellent software providing automatic controller shares. VSS stores only the changes for the shares,
failover through multiple controllers in an active- not the entire share content. VSS configuration
active configuration. Fully mirrored, battery backup options are accessible through Windows Disk
cache provides automatic restart in the event of a Management Console, accessed by entering the
controller failure. DISKMGMT.MSC command at the Run prompt.
Storage Controller
An intelligent controller to which storage devices are W
attached.
WINS
Storage Interface (back end) Windows server that translates a NetBIOS name to
Refers to the storage interface of the Storage an IP address.
Controller.
WWN
World Wide Name
T
Target System
Receiver of Replication data from a Replicating
System.
TCP/IP
Terminal Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Tunneling (Storage tunneling)
Fibre Channel SAN frames are encapsulated in IP
packets for transport to another Fibre Channel SAN
U
Unassigned Disk
Disk drives that have not been assigned to a disk
folder and therefore cannot be used by the system.
Virtualization
The amalgamation of multiple network storage
devices into what appears to be a single storage
unit. Virtualization makes tasks such as archiving,
back-up, and recovery easier and faster. Virtual-
ization is implemented through the Compellent
controller software.
Ability to span volumes across any number of
physical disks. A logical representation of physical
storage assets.

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Index
A volume defaults 30
A side frmware 145 connectivity 120
administrator 89 server 43
alert conservation mode alert 15
conservation mode 15 controller
create 67 ID 126
disk folder 15 lead 126
emergency mode 15 controllers 123–143
monitor 116 copy, history of replay 37
pagepool 15 copy/mirror/migrate 36
allocate space to pagepool 67 core 13
auto spare, auto sparing 67 create
boot from SAN volume 40
B disk folder 54
background processes 121 external device 107
bandwidth, definition 205 server 106
boot from SAN volume, create 40 folder 106
user 89
C volume 19, 106
cache 26, 115 volume folder 106
card status 143 customer support 9
definition 205
disable system-wide 66
D
global 66 Data Instant Replay 16
calendar, of replays 184 data progression 16
caution, definition 9 definition 205
CHAP 41 how to schedule 163
charts 113–116 pressure reports 110
disks 115 volume properties 160
local ports 115 defaults, configure volume 30
servers 115 delete
system 114 disk 61
volumes 115 disk folder 55
CIFS, definition 205 orphan replay histories 182
clean orphan replay histories 182 server 44
Compellent customer support 9 volume 29
components 11 after migration 37
configure folder 36
iSCSI initiator 131 destination volume 37
user volume defaults 92 device, create external 107

Index
disk 49–55 create 35, 106

chart 115 delete 35
classify as external device 58 properties 36
delete 61 free space
folder 15 threshold 67
alert threshold 67 FTP, definition 206
create 54
delete 55 G
folder alert 15 general system properties 66
scan for 55 global spares 67
DNS graphical user interface (see GUI)
definition 205 group, add user 98
server, change 126 GUI, definition 206
domain name
service (See DNS) H
domain name, change 126 HBA 41
drives (see disk) properties 131
dynamic capacity 16 HNR, definition 206
dynamic capacity, definition 206 host bus adapter 41
host name resolution (see HNR)
E hot spare 15
emergency mode alert 15 HTTP, definition 206
empty recycle bin 30 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (see HTTP)
enclosure
model 145 I
type 145 ID of Storage Center 66
Enterprise Manager 17 index 145
erase data 39 indicator 145
Ethernet, definition 206 Installation Manual 9
events, view scheduled 120 IO
expand volume 39 card properties 132
external device module properties 151
classify disk as 58 pending 114, 115
create 107 performance 114
IP address
F of mail server 68
fabric, definition 206 IP address, change 126
fan, status 141 iSCSI
fault domain 68 card 128
Fibre Channel definition 206
definition 206 server, prerequisite to create 131
I/O adapter cards 127 iSCSI CHAP 41
Fibre Channel server 41 iSCSI server 41
file system, definition 206
file transfer protocol (see FTP) K
folder 47 KB performance 114
disk 54 key concepts, overview 11
disk, threshold 67
server L
create 106 LAN definition 207
properties 47 latency, volume 115
volume lead controller 126
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license 71 performance
local port IO 114
chart 115 KB 114
condition 126 phone home 12
log, system 121 port
logical ID 145 chart 115
LUN primary
definition 207 reserved pairings 120
priority, copy 37
M privilege, change user 91
map properties
remove from volume 32 controller
volume to server 26 general 126
map, remove from server 44 HBA 131
mentoring controller. See lead controller IO card 132
menu server 47
view 101 storage thresholds 67
MIB definition 207 system 66
mirror cache 66
definition 207 spares 67
reverse 37 volume 26
model data progression 160
enclosure 145 folder 29, 36
monitor alerts 116
move volume to folder 39 R
multi-pathing 68 RAID
multiple fault domains 68 definition 207
RAID 10
N allow use of for replay 94
name read
of system 66 cache 22, 66, 115
NAT 77 recycle bin
definition 207 empty 30
navigation 13 Remote Instant Replay 17
NDMP definition 207 remove
net mask, change 126 map from volume 32
NetBIOS definition 209 user groups 98
NFS definition 207 remove mappings from server 44
non-critical condition 145 replay 165–184
note, definition 9 calendar 184
data 161, 162
O number of 37
orphan replay histories (about) 182 volume defaults 179
Replication 17
P replication 119
pagepool 67 reporter user 89, 91
definition 207 reverse mirror 37
pagepool alert 15 right-click 12
pagepools 15
pending S
IO 114 SATA, definition 208
percent synced 37 scan for disk 55

Index
schedule, data progression 163 unrecoverable condition 145

serial ATA See SATA UPS 152
server 41–48 user
chart 115 and groups 89–99
connectivity 43, 120 configure volume defaults for 92
create 41, 106 create 89
delete 44 group
DNS 126 add 98
Fibre Channel 41 remove 98
folder name, change 91
create 106 privilege, change 91
properties 47 timeout 91
iSCSI 41
mapping 43 V
properties 44 view
remove mapping from 44 access failures 78, 79
view information 42 close 102
setup guide 9 how to open 102
shelf ID 145 menu 101
SMTP 68 previous progression states 110
source volume 37 views 101–122
spare, create 67 virtualization, definition of 209
split mode 145 voltage 142
statistics, of volume 38 volume 19–40
status description 145 cache properties 26
storage allocation 67 chart 115
Storage Center ID 126 configure
setting 66 defaults 30
Storage Center menu, location of 13 user defaults 92
synchronization 37 create 19, 106
system data progression properties 160
chart 114 definition 209
global cache 66 delete 29
log 121 destination 37
properties 66 distribution report 110
System Explorer expand 39
window 11 folder
system-wide cache - enable, disable 66 create 106
delete 36
T properties 29, 36
TCP/IP definition 209 latency 115
temp properties 142 manager, definition 89
threshold mapped to server 43
disk folder 67 mapping command 25, 26
pagepool 67 move 39
properties 67 pending IO 115
time 71 properties 26
timeout, change user 91 remove mapping from 32
tunneling definition 209 source 37
statistics 38
U vrtualization 15
universal power supply 152 VSS 182
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W write cache 22, 66, 115

WINS definition 209 WWN definition 209
writable data 162

Index
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Configure Volume Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Viewing Unassigned Disks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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Chapter 6 Users and Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Volumes Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

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Change Remote Compellent Connections CHAP Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

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CAUTION A caution describes actions that can cause loss of data.

Note: A note has important information.

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Date Revision Description

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Storage Center Manager

Figure 1. Login Window

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View menu Refresh icon For support, click

Figure 2. Explorer View

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The Storage Center includes Storage Manager core applications. Additional

Storage Management menu

Figure 3. Storage Management Menu

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Figure 4. Shortcut Menu

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Storage Center Virtualization

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Data Instant Replay

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Remote Instant Replay

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A volume is logical storage repository.

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The Next Action window appears.

Figure 5. Next Action Options

Next Action Options

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Advanced Create Volume Options

Figure 6. Data Progression Window

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Replay Management with Data Progression

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One-Step Method to Creating and Mapping Volumes

1. In the System Explorer Tree, expand Servers to view individual servers.

2. Right-click on a server. The server shortcut menu appears.

Figure 7. Server Shortcut Create Volume

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Figure 8. Modify Create Volume Options

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Viewing General Volume Info

Figure 9. General Volume Info

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Viewing Volume Mapping

2. Select a volume. The Volume Information window appears.