Dell DR series - Terminal Emulation Applications; DR Series - Expansion Shelf Cabling

– RAID controllers
– Hard drives (internal)
– Hard drives (external)
– Expansion unit limits
– USB flash drives
– Network interface controllers
– iDRAC Enterprise
– Marvell WAM controller
• Software
– Operating System
– Supported backup software
– Network file protocols and backup client operating systems
– Supported web browsers
– Supported system limits
– Supported OST software and components
– Supported RDS software and components
– Supported RDNFS and RDCIFS software and components
Terminal Emulation Applications
To access the DR Series system command line interface (CLI), the following terminal emulation applications can be
used:
• FoxTerm
• Win32 console
• PuTTY
• Tera Term Pro
NOTE: The listed terminal emulation applications are not the only ones that work with the DR Series system. This
list is only intended to provide examples of terminal emulation applications that can be used.
DR Series — Expansion Shelf Cabling
Each DR Series system appliance is capable of supporting additional storage capacity by connecting Dell PowerVault
MD1200 data storage expansion shelf enclosures. Each expansion shelf enclosure contains 12 physical disks that
provide additional data storage capacity for a basic DR Series system. For the expansion unit limits and supported
capacities, see the Dell DR Series System Interoperability Guide .
Figure 1 and Figure 2 display the recommended method for cabling between the DR Series system’s PERC controller
card to the appropriate connectors on the rear of the Dell PowerVault MD1200 expansion shelf enclosure.
Make sure that the Dell PowerVault MD1200 front panel selector switch is set to its Unified mode (with the switch set to
its “up” position, indicated by a single Volume icon). Figure 1 shows the SAS In ports on the Enclosure Management
Module (EMM) on the rear of the Dell MD1200. Figure 2 shows the recommended redundant path cabling configuration,
which includes cable connections from both PERC H800 connectors on the DR4000 system (or the PERC H810 on a
DR4100 system) to the two SAS In ports on the EMM rear chassis of the Dell PowerVault MD1200.
If you plan on installing multiple expansion shelf enclosures, then the two SAS In ports on the rear chassis of the EMM
on the additional enclosure are daisy-chained to the two SAS Out ports on the EMM rear chassis on the first enclosure.
This is considered a redundant mode connection via the SAS In/Out connectors on the enclosures with the DR Series
system appliance.
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