Dell SC8000 - Required Materials; Required Documents; Required Software Versions

Chapter 5 Set up the Storage Center Software
120 Storage Center SC8000 Controller Deployment Guide
Required Materials
RemoteconnectionstotheStorageCenterarerequiredduringdifferentstagesof
configuration.
Makesurethatyouhavetheitemslistedinthefollowingtable.
Required Documents
AStorageArchitectorBusinessPartnerdesignedthecomponentsofStorageCenterforthe
specificsite.Pre‐ins tallationdocumentationcontainsdetailedinformationfromthedesign
thatisusedduringthesetupprocess.
Pre‐installationdocumentsinclude:
 Listofhardwareneededtosupportstoragerequirements
 HardwareSerialNumber(HSN)andSystemSerialNumber(SSN)usedtoconfigurethe
controller(s)
 Optionalconnectivitydiagramstoillustratecablingbetweenthecontrollers,
enclosures,switches,andservers
 Optionalnetworkinformation,suchasIPaddresses,subnetmasks,gateways
Refertothesedocumentsforinformationaboutsite‐specificsettingsusedduringcontroller
configuration.
Required Software Versions
StorageCenterhardwarehasminimumsoftwareversionrequirements.
Required Item Purpose
RS‐232serialcableandPCor
laptop
Usedtoruncommandsandviewconsolemessagesduring
controllerconfiguration.
Computerconnectedtothe
samenetworkastheStorage
Center
UsedtoconnecttotheStorageCenterSystemManager(througha
webbrowser)tocompletetheStorageCenterconfiguration.
StorageCenterlicensefile Usedto
activatepurchasedfeatures.
Licensefilesusethenamingconventionsnxxx_35_date.lic,where:
• snxxxistheserialnumberoftheStorageCenter.
• 35indicatesthatthesystemrunssoftwarehigherthanversion3.5.
• dateshowsthelicensegenerationdateinYYMMDDformat.
• .licisthefileextension.
Hardware Minimum Software Version
SC8000(controller) 6.1.2
SC200/220(enclosures) 6.2.1
SC280(enclosures) 6.4.1