Dell PowerVault ME4 Series entry-level storage systems offer many robust hardware and software features that rival those found in more expensive storage systems. The Linux® operating system is an extremely robust, scalable, and popular enterprise-class operating system (OS) used by many organizations. PowerVault ME4 Series supports various Linux distributions. Refer to the ME4 Series Storage System Support Matrix on Dell.com/support for a complete list of supported operating systems.
When configured using the best practices presented in this paper, the Linux operating systems provide an optimized experience with ME4 Series storage. The recommendations in this document include guidelines for volume discovery, multipath configuration, logical volume manager, and file-system and snapshot data protection.
This paper uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to provide administration and configuration examples. These examples are intended to provide a starting point for storage and system administrators.