Dell EMC PowerVault MD 34XX/38XX Series Storage Arrays Administrator's Guide

Storage array profile

The storage array profile provides a description of all of the components and properties of the storage array. The storage array profile also provides the option to save the storage array profile information to a text file. You may want to use the storage array profile as an aid during recovery or as an overview of the current configuration of the storage array. Create a new copy of the storage array profile if your configuration changes.

1. To open the storage array profile, in the AMW, perform one of the following actions:
   • Select Monitor > Reports > Storage Array Profile.
   • Select the Summary tab, and click View Storage Array Profile in the Monitor area.
   The Storage Array Profile dialog is displayed. The Storage Array Profile dialog contains several tabs, and the title of each tab corresponds to the subject of the information contained.
2. Perform one of these actions in the Storage Array Profile dialog:
   • View detailed information — Go to step 3.
   • Search the storage array profile — Go to step 4.
   • Save the storage array profile — Go to step 5.
   • Close the storage array profile — Go to step 6.
3. Select one of the tabs, and use the horizontal scroll bar and the vertical scroll bar to view the storage array profile information.
   NOTE: You can use the other steps in this procedure to search the storage array profile, to save the storage array profile, or to close the storage array profile.
4. To search the storage array profile, perform these steps:
   1. Click .
   2. Type the term that you want to search for in the Find text box.
      If the term is located on the current tab, the term is highlighted in the storage array profile information.

      NOTE: The search is limited to the current tab. If you want to search for the term in other tabs, select the tab and click the Find button again.
   3. Click the Find button again to search for additional occurrences of the term.
5. To save the storage array profile, perform these steps:
   1. Click Save As.
   2. To save all sections of the storage array profile, select All sections.
   3. To save information from particular sections of the storage array profile, select the Select sections, and select the check boxes corresponding to the sections that you want to save.
   4. Select an appropriate directory.
   5. In File Name, type the file name of your choice. To associate the file with a particular software application that opens it, specify a file extension, such as .txt.
      NOTE: The file is saved as ASCII text.
   6. Click Save.
6. To exit the storage array profile, click Close.