Dell PowerVault MD3600i - 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
Storage Configuration Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About the Storage Array Connections
. . . . . . . . . . 12
Cabling the Storage Array
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Redundant and Non-Redundant
Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Direct-Attached Configurations . . . . . . . . . . 13
Network-Attached Configurations
. . . . . . . . . 20
Cabling PowerVault MD1200 Series
Expansion Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Expanding With Previously Configured
PowerVault MD1200 Series
Expansion Enclosures
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Expanding With New PowerVault MD1200 Series
Expansion Enclosures
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3 Software Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing MD Storage Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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