Dell SCv3020 Deployment Guide

Contents
About This Guide.............................................................................................................................................. 7
Revision History.................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Audience..............................................................................................................................................................................7
Contacting Dell................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Related Publications...........................................................................................................................................................7
1 About the SCv3000 and SCv3020 Storage System........................................................................................9
Storage Center Hardware Components..........................................................................................................................9
SCv3000 and SCv3020 Storage System..................................................................................................................9
Expansion Enclosures.................................................................................................................................................10
Switches...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Storage Center Communication..................................................................................................................................... 10
Front-End Connectivity............................................................................................................................................. 10
Back-End Connectivity.............................................................................................................................................. 16
System Administration............................................................................................................................................... 16
Storage Center Replication....................................................................................................................................... 16
SCv3000 and SCv3020 Storage System Hardware.................................................................................................... 17
SCv3000 and SCv3020 Storage System Front-Panel View................................................................................. 17
SCv3000 and SCv3020 Storage System Back-Panel View..................................................................................19
Expansion Enclosure Overview................................................................................................................................ 22
2 Install the Storage Center Hardware.............................................................................................................31
Unpacking Storage Center Equipment.......................................................................................................................... 31
Safety Precautions........................................................................................................................................................... 31
Installation Safety Precautions..................................................................................................................................31
Electrical Safety Precautions....................................................................................................................................32
Electrostatic Discharge Precautions........................................................................................................................32
General Safety Precautions...................................................................................................................................... 33
Prepare the Installation Environment.............................................................................................................................33
Install the Storage System in a Rack............................................................................................................................. 33
3 Connect the Front-End Cabling................................................................................................................... 36
Types of Redundancy for Front-End Connections...................................................................................................... 36
Port Redundancy....................................................................................................................................................... 36
Storage Controller Redundancy............................................................................................................................... 36
Connecting to Host Servers with Fibre Channel HBAs...............................................................................................37
Fibre Channel Zoning................................................................................................................................................. 37
Cable the Storage System with 2-Port Fibre Channel IO Cards..........................................................................38
Cable the Storage System with 4-Port Fibre Channel IO Cards..........................................................................39
Labeling the Front-End Cables.................................................................................................................................40
Connecting to Host Servers with iSCSI HBAs or Network Adapters........................................................................ 41
Cable the Storage System with 2–Port iSCSI IO Cards........................................................................................ 41
Cable the Storage System with 4–Port iSCSI IO Cards....................................................................................... 42
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Dell SCv3020 Specifications

General

Controller	Dual controllers
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Product Type	Storage array
Processor	Intel Xeon
Form Factor	2U
Maximum Capacity	460TB
Memory	64GB per controller
Connectivity	iSCSI, Fibre Channel, SAS
Power Supply	Dual, hot-plug, redundant power supply (1+1)
Drive Support	SAS
Protocols	iSCSI, FC
Operating System	Storage Center Operating System (SCOS)