Dell EMC Unity 350F - 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 350F Specifications

General

Model	Dell EMC Unity 350F
Category	Storage
Form Factor	2U
Processors	Dual Intel Xeon
RAID Levels Supported	RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10
Management Interface	Unisphere
Storage Type	All-Flash Array
Drive Types Supported	SSD
Supported Protocols	iSCSI, NFS
Host Connectivity	10GbE iSCSI
Connectivity	10 GbE, 25 GbE
Data Reduction	Deduplication, Compression
Operating System	Unity Operating Environment

Summary

Prepare your system

Site and equipment preparation

Lists essential tools, console requirements, and physical space needed for installation.

Avoiding electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage

Provides procedures to prevent ESD damage to sensitive electronic components during installation.

Emergency procedures (without an ESD kit)

Offers alternative precautions to minimize ESD risk when an ESD kit is unavailable.

Install your storage system components into a rack

Install the disk processor enclosure

Guides on installing the Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE) into the rack.

Installing the rails in the cabinet

Details the procedure for installing cabinet rails for the DPE.

Installing the DPE on the rails

Provides steps to mount the Disk Processor Enclosure onto the installed cabinet rails.

Cable and power up your storage system components

Attach the storage processors to the network

DPE power up

Step-by-step instructions for powering up the Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE).

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

Steps for automatic IP address assignment using DHCP and DNS.

Manually assigning a static storage system management port IP address

Run the Connection Utility

Install your DAE components into a rack

Install the disk array enclosure

Install 15-drive DAE

Installing snap-in rails in the cabinet

Installing the DAE on the rails

Install 25-drive DAE

Cable and power up your DAE components

Cabling the DPE to a DAE

Cabling the first optional DAE to create back-end bus 1

Instructions for connecting the first DAE to form back-end bus 1.

Cabling the second optional DAE to extend back-end bus 0

Steps for connecting a second DAE to extend back-end bus 0.

Cabling the DPE SAS module ports to create back-end buses 2 through 5

Guides on using SAS modules for creating multiple back-end buses.

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