The Storage Management Service provides storage
management information in an integrated graphical view. The Server Administrator Storage Management
Service enables you to view the status of local and remote storage attached to a
monitored system. The Storage Management Service obtains logical and
physical information about attached
storage devices from the Array Manager managed system.
See the Server Administrator Command Line Interface User's
Guide for information about running the Storage Management Service from the command
line.
When using the Storage Management Service, you can click Help on the
global navigation bar for more detailed information about the specific window you are
viewing. Storage Management Service help is available for all windows
accessible to the user based on user privilege level and the specific hardware
and software groups that Server Administrator discovers on the managed system.
The Server Administrator Storage Management Service requires that Dell
OpenManage Array Manager version 3.1.1 or later is installed on the system to be
managed as part of the Express Setup or Custom Setup managed system software installation from the Systems Management CD.
Managed systems that do not have Array Manager 3.1.1 or later installed will
still be able to perform diagnostics for direct-attached storage devices. See
the Array Manager User's Guide for complete software and hardware
requirements.
NOTE: Array Manager version 3.1.1 or later
is installed as part of the Express Setup and Custom Setup
installation options when installing managed system software from the Systems
Management CD, provided that the managed system meets all of the
Array Manager installation prerequisites. The Storage Management
Service requires that you install Array Manager as part of the Server
Administrator installation from the Systems Management CD. See the Array
Manager User's Guide for complete software and hardware requirements.
NOTE:
Array Manager is not supported on Red Hat Linux operating systems.
The managed system must have a supported redundant array of
independent disks (RAID) controller
installed in order to view the status of local and remote storage attached to
the system.
For a list of the supported RAID controllers and for other information about Storage Management Service hardware requirements, see
the Server Administrator readme file on the Systems Management CD.
NOTE:
Array Manager version 3.1.1 or later is installed as part of the Express
Setup and Custom Setup installation options when installing managed system software from the Systems Management CD, provided that the managed system meets all of the Array Manager installation prerequisites. The
Storage Management Service requires that you install Array Manager as part of
the Server Administrator installation from the Systems Management CD. See
the Array Manager User's Guide for complete software and hardware
requirements.
The Storage Management Service obtains logical and physical data from storage devices.
Server Administrator Storage Management Service allows you to perform the
following tasks:
Display all of your storage information in a graphical environment.
See the Storage object section in "Instrumentation Service" for a description of the available
storage information.
Run the Server Administrator Diagnostic Service to diagnose problems
with your storage devices. See "Diagnostic Service" for complete
instructions.
NOTE:
You must use Array Manager 3.1.1 Console or later to perform storage management functions
such as configuring your local and remote attached storage devices, creating and
managing software and hardware RAID configurations, formatting disks, assigning drive
letters, and creating partitions and volumes. See the Array Manager User's
Guide for instructions.
