Dell PowerVault MD3600f Hardware Installation And Troubleshooting Manual page 49

Automatic Storage Array Discovery
1 Launch MDSM.
The Enterprise Management window opens. The Enterprise
Management window contains the following tabs:
• Devices tab—Provides information about the storage arrays.
• Setup tab—Presents the initial setup tasks that guide you through
adding storage arrays and configuring alerts.
If this is the first storage array to be set up, the Add New Storage Array
window appears.
2 Select Automatic and click OK.
It may take several minutes for the discovery process to complete.
You can manage the array by launching the Array Management window
from the Enterprise Management window. The Array Management
window provides management functions for a single storage array. You can
have multiple Array Management windows open simultaneously to
manage different storage arrays.
To launch the Array Management window, click on the Devices tab from
Enterprise Management window, and double-click on the relevant storage
array.
Defining a Host
If the Host Context Agent is running on the host, the hosts and the host ports
connected to the storage array are automatically detected by MDSM and
appear in the Mappings tab in the Array Management window, under the
Default Group.
After the storage software is installed, all the hosts should show up. If one
host is not detected, it can be manually added:
1 In the Array Management window, select the Mappings tab and select the
appropriate storage array.
2 Perform the following actions:
Select MappingsDefineHost.
a
Select the Setup tab and click Manually Define Hosts.
b
Select the Mappings tab.
c
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