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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