Dell EMC Unity 300 - User Manual

Dell EMC Unity
™
Family
Unity 300/300F, Unity 350F, Unity
380/380F, Unity 400/400F, Unity 450F,
Unity 500/500F, Unity 600/600F and
Unity 650F
Installation Guide
P/N 302-002-562
REV 05

Dell EMC Unity 300 Specifications

General

Max Drives	150
Form Factor	2U
Operating System	Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment
Protocols	iSCSI, FC, NFS, SMB
Drives Supported	SAS, NL-SAS
Host Connectivity	10GbE, 16Gb FC
RAID Levels Supported	RAID 5, RAID 6
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v4

Summary

Chapter 1 Prepare your system

Before you begin

Steps to prepare before starting the storage system installation.

Site and equipment preparation

Requirements for the installation site and necessary tools and equipment.

Avoiding electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage

Procedures to prevent damage to electronic components from static electricity.

Chapter 2 Unpack your system

Unpack the disk processor enclosure

Chapter 3 Install your storage system components into a rack

Install the disk processor enclosure

Procedures for installing the Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE) into a rack.

Chapter 4 Cable and power up your storage system components

Attach the storage processors to the network

Connecting the storage processors to the network infrastructure.

DPE power up

Steps for powering on the Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE).

Verify status LEDs

Chapter 5 Set up a management interface connection

Connect a Windows-based computer to your storage system

Automatically assigning a dynamic storage system management port IP address

Manually assigning a static storage system management port IP address

Chapter 6 Unpack your DAE

Unpack the (optional) disk-array enclosures

Chapter 7 Install your DAE components into a rack

Install the disk array enclosure

Chapter 8 Cable and power up your DAE components

Cabling the DPE to a DAE

Cabling an expansion DAE to an existing DAE to extend a back-end bus

Connecting power to the DAE