Dell PowerVault MD3200 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Management Station Requirements
. . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction to Storage Arrays
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Planning the Storage Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting the Storage Array
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cabling the Storage Array
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Redundant and Non-Redundant Configurations
. . 13
Single Controller Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . 13
Dual Controller Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cabling PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion
Enclosures
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Expanding With Previously Configured
PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion
Enclosures
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Expanding With New PowerVault MD1200
Series Expansion Enclosures. . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3 Installing PowerVault MD Storage
Software
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Graphical Installation (Recommended) . . . . . . 28
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