Name: Dell PowerVault MD3800f series
Brand: Dell
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Contents

1 Introduction........................................................................................................... 5

System Requirements............................................................................................................................5

Management Station Requirements............................................................................................... 5

Introduction to Storage Arrays..............................................................................................................5

Related Documentation........................................................................................................................6

Contacting Dell......................................................................................................................................7

Locating your system Service Tag........................................................................................................ 7

2 Hardware Installation...........................................................................................8

Planning The Storage Configuration ...................................................................................................8

Connecting The Storage Array ............................................................................................................ 8

Configuring Fibre Channel With Dell MD Series Storage Arrays......................................................... 9

Configuring Fibre Channel On SAN Attached Storage Arrays.............................................................9

Configuring Fibre Channel..............................................................................................................9

Other Information You May Need...................................................................................................... 10

Installing Supported Fibre Channel HBAs.......................................................................................... 10

Installing Fibre Channel HBA On Your Host Server......................................................................10

Using Fibre Channel Switch Zoning................................................................................................... 10

World Wide Name Zoning............................................................................................................. 11

Switch Zoning Guidelines..............................................................................................................12

Setting Up Zoning On The Fibre Channel Switch Hardware....................................................... 12

Cabling The Storage Array ................................................................................................................. 12

Redundant And Non-Redundant Cabling.................................................................................... 12

SAN-Attached Cabling........................................................................................................................ 13

SAN-Attached Cabling Example................................................................................................... 13

Remote Replication Cabling Example.......................................................................................... 15

Mixed Environment........................................................................................................................17

Cabling PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures..............................................................18

Expanding With Previously Configured PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures..... 18

Expanding With New PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures.................................. 19

3 Installing PowerVault MD Storage Software................................................. 21

Installing Host Bus Adapters and Drivers........................................................................................... 22

Graphical Installation (Recommended)..............................................................................................22

Console Installation............................................................................................................................ 23

Silent Installation................................................................................................................................. 23

Silent Installation On Windows Systems...................................................................................... 23

Silent Installation On Linux Systems.............................................................................................23