Dell DL1000 - Introduction to Dell DL1000 Appliance

Contents
1 Introducing your Dell DL1000............................................................................5
Dell DL1000 core technologies............................................................................................................5
Live Recovery...................................................................................................................................5
Universal Recovery.......................................................................................................................... 5
True Global Deduplication .............................................................................................................6
Encryption........................................................................................................................................6
Dell DL1000 data protection features..................................................................................................6
Dell DL1000 Core............................................................................................................................6
Dell DL1000 Smart Agent................................................................................................................7
Snapshot process.............................................................................................................................7
Replication — disaster recovery site or service provider................................................................7
Recovery.......................................................................................................................................... 8
Recovery-as-a-Service ...................................................................................................................8
Virtualization and cloud.................................................................................................................. 8
Dell DL1000 deployment architecture.................................................................................................8
Other information you may need.......................................................................................................10
2 Installing your Dell DL1000...............................................................................11
Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 11
Available configurations.................................................................................................................11
Installation overview............................................................................................................................ 11
Installation prerequisites......................................................................................................................12
Network requirements...................................................................................................................12
Recommended network infrastructure........................................................................................ 12
Setting up the hardware......................................................................................................................13
Installing the DL1000 appliance in a rack.....................................................................................13
Using the system without a rack...................................................................................................13
Cabling the appliance....................................................................................................................14
Connecting the Cable Management Arm (Optional)...................................................................14
Turning on the DL1000 Appliance................................................................................................14
Initial software setup........................................................................................................................... 14
AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard.................................................................................15
DL Appliance Configuration Wizard..............................................................................................17
Rapid Appliance Self Recovery........................................................................................................... 23
Creating the RASR USB key...........................................................................................................23
Executing RASR............................................................................................................................. 23
Recovery and Update Utility............................................................................................................... 24
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