OpenManage Storage Services (OMSS)

OpenManage Storage Services (OMSS)

DellOpenManageServerAdministrator-StorageManagement-Wiki

DellOpenManageServerAdministrator(OMSA)providesacomprehensive,one-to-onesystems
managementsolutionintwoways:fromanintegrated,webbrowser-based
graphicaluserinterface(GUI)andfromacommandlineinterface(CLI)through
theoperatingsystem.ServerAdministratorisdesignedforsystem
administratorstomanagesystemslocallyandremotelyonanetwork.Itallows
systemadministratorstofocusonmanagingtheirentirenetworkbyproviding
comprehensiveone-to-onesystemsmanagement.

DellOpenManageServerAdministratorStorageManagementisdesignedforsystemadministrators
whoimplementhardwareRAIDsolutionsandunderstandcorporateandsmall
businessstorageenvironments.StorageManagementenablesyoutoconfigurethe
storagecomponentsattachedtoyoursystem.ThesecomponentsincludeRAIDand
non-RAIDcontrollersandthechannels,ports,enclosures,anddisksattachedto
them.

UsingStorageManagement,youcanconfigureandmanagecontrollerfunctionswithoutaccessing
theBIOS.ThesefunctionsincludeconfiguringvirtualdisksandapplyingRAID
levelsandhotsparesfordataprotection.Youcaninitiatemanyother
controllerfunctionslikerebuilds,troubleshooting,settingthresholds,andso
on.Mostfunctionscanbeconfiguredandmanagedwhilethesystemremains
onlineandcontinuestoprocessrequests.

StorageManagementreportsthestatusofstoragecomponents.Whenthestatusfora
componentchanges,StorageManagementupdatesthedisplayforthatcomponent
andsendsanalerttotheAlertLog.TheStorageManagementService
providesstoragemanagementinformationinanintegratedgraphicalview.

Createandconfigurevirtualdisks(RAIDconfiguration)

EnhancementsinVirtualDiskCreationWizardfeaturefromOpenManageStorageServices(OMSS)
areavailablefromOpenManagev7.2onwards.

1. VirtualDiskcreationusingtheExpressWizard
2. VirtualDiskcreationusingtheAdvancedWizardwithDedicatedHotspare
3. VirtualDiskcreationusingtheAdvancedWizardwithDedicatedHotspareandEncryption

FordetailedinformationontheStorageManagementService,seetheDellOpenManage
ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuideat

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/

Downloads

TheOpenManageSystemToolsandDocumentationDVDISOcanbedownloadedhere:

http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/driverdetails?driverid=WRRHK

Whitepaper-Videos

Abovewhitepapertargetsthebelowfeatures

• EnhancementsinVirtualDiskCreationWizardfeature  fromOpenManageStorageServices(OMSS)areavailablefromOpenManagev7.2  onwards.

• VirtualDiskcreationusingtheExpressWizard
• VirtualDiskcreationusingtheAdvancedWizard  withDedicatedHotspare
• VirtualDiskcreationusingtheAdvancedWizardwithDedicatedHotspareandEncryption

• ThisfeaturesprovidesanimprovedalgorithmthatallowsyoutocreateRAIDvolumesinamoreusableandeffectiveapproach.
• Thefeaturehasbeendevelopedkeepinglegacy compatibilityinmindthereforeretainingallotherfeatureandsupportwhichwereavailableinthepreviousversions.

Videos 

[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKFIcPMCOEw]

OpenManage Storage Services 7.2 - Enhancements in virtual Disk Creation Wizard 

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