Dell EMC Unity 380 - 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 380 Specifications

General

Model	Dell EMC Unity 380
Maximum File System Size	256 TB
Form Factor	2U
RAID Levels Supported	RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10
Protocols	iSCSI, FC, NFS, SMB
Drives Supported	SAS
Host Connectivity	16 Gb FC, 10 GbE iSCSI
Operating System	Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment

Summary

Prepare your system

Before you begin

Steps to take before starting the system installation.

Site and equipment preparation

Avoiding electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage

Provides precautions to prevent ESD damage during hardware handling.

Unpack your system

Unpack the disk processor enclosure

Install your storage system components into a rack

Install the disk processor enclosure

Guide for installing the DPE into a server rack.

Installing the DPE on the rails

Procedure for mounting the DPE onto the installed rack rails.

Cable and power up your storage system components

Attach the storage processors to the network

DPE power up

Steps for powering on the Disk Processor Enclosure.

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

Steps for manually configuring a static IP address using the Connection Utility.

Unpack your DAE

Unpack the (optional) disk-array enclosures

Install your DAE components into a rack

Install the disk array enclosure

Guide for installing DAEs into a server rack.

Installing the rails in the cabinet

Installing the DAE on the rails

Procedure for mounting the DAE onto the installed rack rails.

Cable and power up your DAE components

Cabling the DPE to a DAE

Instructions for connecting the DPE to Disk Array Enclosures.

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

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

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

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

Connecting power to the DAE