Dell PowerVault MD3400 series - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
1 Introduction........................................................................................................... 5
System Requirements............................................................................................................................5
Management Station Requirements............................................................................................... 5
Introduction to Storage Arrays..............................................................................................................5
Related Documentation........................................................................................................................6
Locating Your System Service Tag........................................................................................................7
Contacting Dell......................................................................................................................................7
Documentation Feedback.....................................................................................................................7
2 Hardware Installation...........................................................................................8
Planning The Storage Configuration ...................................................................................................8
Connecting The Storage Array ............................................................................................................ 8
Cabling The Storage Array.................................................................................................................... 9
Redundant And Nonredundant Configurations.............................................................................9
Single Controller Configurations.................................................................................................. 10
Dual Controller Configurations.....................................................................................................13
Cabling PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures..............................................................19
Expanding With Previously Configured PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures.....20
Expanding With New PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures.................................. 21
3 Installing PowerVault MD Storage Software................................................. 22
Graphical Installation (Recommended)..............................................................................................23
Console Installation............................................................................................................................ 23
Silent Installation................................................................................................................................. 24
Silent Installation On Windows Systems...................................................................................... 24
Silent Installation On Linux Systems.............................................................................................24
Upgrading MD Storage Software........................................................................................................24
4 Uninstalling MD Storage Software..................................................................25
Uninstalling MD Storage Software From Windows............................................................................25
Uninstalling MD Storage Software From Windows Server GUI Versions....................................25
Uninstalling MD Storage Software From Windows Server Core Versions.................................. 25
Uninstalling MD Storage Software From Linux.................................................................................. 25
5 Load Balancing....................................................................................................26
Load Balance Policy............................................................................................................................26
Round Robin With Subset............................................................................................................. 26
Least Queue Depth....................................................................................................................... 26