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Installation

  Before You Begin

  Overview

  Installation Requirements

  Access Rights

  Using the MMC Snap-in

  Installation Considerations for a SAN

  Running the Installation

  Starting the Array Manager Service for the First Time

  Changing the Array Manager Installed Components

  Uninstalling Array Manager for NetWare

This chapter explains how to install Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager, including hardware and software requirements, upgrading information, and installation types and components.


Before You Begin

Before installing, you should:

Note: Array Manager can be installed from more than one source, including the Dell OpenManage Applications CD and the Array Manager CD. Throughout this section, these are collectively referred to as the Array Manager CD.

Overview

This overview section has the following topics:

Installation Components

Array Manager has three installation components:

There are three different ways to install these components:

  1. Typical installation for Microsoft® Windows

  2. Typical installation for Novell® NetWare

  3. Custom installation

Array Manager and Windows 2000 Disk Management

Installing Array Manager on a Windows 2000 machine replaces Disk Management, the built-in disk and volume manager that comes with Windows 2000. Array Manager extends the functionality of Disk Management with both hardware and software RAID management, while maintaining the disk and volume functions originally found in Disk Management.

If you uninstall Array Manager on a Windows 2000 machine, the Disk Management program will be restored to its original state. For further information, see the section More on the Array Manager and Disk Management Relationship at the end of the Overview chapter.

Note: Disk Management is not disabled on a Windows 2000 computer that has a console-only installation of Array Manager.

Installation Requirements

This section lists the installation requirements for the three installation components:

Please see the Readme file for the latest software versions for Microsoft Windows and NetWare.

Management Console

Your system must meet or exceed the following requirements:

Managed Node for Windows

Managed Node for NetWare

You can use one of the following versions of Novell NetWare:

Additional requirements include:


Access Rights

Array Manager uses the host operating system's native security policies. These govern the access rights of a user to the Array Manager managed node. You need Administrator level access rights to install and use Array Manager.


Using the MMC Snap-in

You can use Array Manager's Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in instead of the Array Manager console. For more information, click Start | Programs | Dell OpenManage Applications | Array Manager | MMC Snap-in and select How to Use Array Manager's MMC Support.

With Windows NT 4.0, you must install the MMC files before you can use the MMC snap-in. The MMC files are available on the Array Manager CD-ROM under the MMC directory. After you have installed the MMC files, run the Array Manager Snap-In shortcut from the Start menu to access the MMC snap-in.

With Windows 2000, the MMC files are already installed. You can access the MMC snap-in immediately through the Array Manager Snap-In shortcut from the Start menu. In Windows 2000, you can also run Array Manager from the Computer Management window. In this window, Array Manager is available as one of the computer management programs or utilities provided in one convenient location for system administrators.

To access the Computer Management window, use Start | Programs | Administrative Tools| Computer Management.


Installation Considerations for a SAN

When installing an Array Manager managed node onto a Windows NT or Windows 2000 server connected to a Storage Area Network (SAN), you must take the following into consideration:

  1. You can have at most one Managed Node managing a Dell PowerVault 660F Fibre Channel RAID Array.

During installation on a Windows server connected to a SAN or a PowerVault 660F, you will be asked whether this managed node will manage a PowerVault 660F controller. Answer "Yes" for only one Windows server on each PowerVault 660F controller. The only exception to this is if the server is part of an MSCS cluster. You can set up the Array Manager managed node on both servers of the MSCS cluster to manage the PowerVault 660F controller, but only one server should be used to manage the RAID array at a time.

Note: Multiple PowerVault 660F RAID Arrays that are in a single Fibre Channel zone can be managed by a single Windows server that is running Array Manager managed node.

If you answer "Yes" to manage a PowerVault 660F controller, you may be asked whether you want to manage it in a Direct Attach configuration. Answer "Yes" only when this server is directly attached to the PowerVault 660F and is not part of a SAN, or if you intend to use the PowerVault 660F in a SAN and you don't need the LUN masking functionality of the Dell OpenManage Storage Consolidation software.

  1. If the Array Manager managed node will not manage a Dell PowerVault 660F Array, it can still be installed onto Windows NT or Windows 2000 servers connected to the SAN to take advantage of the Online Volume Expansion features. This allows Windows NT volumes to be expanded without rebooting. See Working with Dynamic Volumes in the Volume Management chapter of this document for more information.

  2. If the Windows server contains PERC controllers and is connected to a SAN, Array Manager can be used to simultaneously manage both the SCSI and Fibre Channel RAID adapters and arrays.


Running the Installation

The Setup program takes you through the process of installing the Array Manager software. Before proceeding, you should exit all Microsoft Windows programs and log on with Administrator rights.

Note: Regardless of installation type, the Array Manager installation must be run from a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 machine. A NetWare installation requires Novell Client for Windows NT version 4.6 or greater to make the connection to the remote NetWare server.
  1. Insert the Array Manager CD. Setup should begin automatically. If not, begin Setup by double-clicking on the Setup icon in the setup directory of the CD.

  2. Follow the instructions shown in the Setup wizard.

  3. When finished, you can reboot and then begin using Array Manager.

Note: When installing the managed node component on a Windows 2000 system, the Windows 2000 Plug and Play Manager will activate after the reboot, indicating that it has discovered new hardware. You may be required to perform a second reboot if volumes are present on your system. Otherwise, allow Plug and Play to register the new driver. (This will occur automatically.)

Starting the Array Manager Service for the First Time

This section describes how to start the Array Manager service for the first time for both Windows and NetWare computers.

On Windows NT and Windows 2000

The Array Manager service starts automatically each time the machine is booted. No other action is necessary.

On NetWare

  1. Add the Array Manager folder to the system search path. This is automatically added to your autoexec.ncf file by install, but will not take effect until after you reboot.

  2. To avoid rebooting, you can manually add the folder to the search path by typing:

Search Add SYS:\installdir

where installdir is the directory in which you installed Array Manager.

  1. To start the Array Manager service, type:

arraymgr

If you selected the Automatically load Array Manager when Netware is started checkbox during install and have rebooted the machine, you will not need to do this.

For further information on the Array Manager service, see the section Starting and Stopping the Array Manager Service in this chapter.


Changing the Array Manager Installed Components

After you have installed Array Manager for the first time, you can modify, repair, or remove components of the installation through the Windows Control Panel. This section covers changes to all installed components except uninstalling Array Manager from the NetWare node, which is covered in the next section.

Note: To make changes in the installation, you must be logged on with administrator rights and you must exit the Array Manager application.

To change the Array Manager installed components:

  1. Open the Control Panel.

  2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.

  3. Click to select Dell OpenManage Array Manager unless it is already selected.

  4. In Windows NT 4.0, click the Add/Remove button. In Windows 2000, click the Change/Remove button.

  5. A dialog will pop up with three options: Modify, Repair, Remove. Choose the desired option as described below.

This option will allow you to change the components that are installed on your system. Checked components will be installed. Unchecked components will not be installed and will be removed if they are currently installed.

CAUTION! If you do not select a component that you currently have installed, then this component will be removed.

This option will automatically detect which components you currently have installed on your system and reinstall those components.

This option will completely remove Array Manager from your Windows NT or Windows 2000 system. For uninstalling Array Manager from a NetWare node, see the next section.

Note: Files that were in use during the uninstall will not be deleted until the machine is rebooted.

Uninstalling Array Manager for NetWare

To uninstall Array Manager for NetWare, run the amuninst.nlm.


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