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Hardware Installation ........................................................................................ 32
Installation Prerequisites....................................................................................... 32
Installation Procedures Overview ........................................................................ 33
Unpacking the System ........................................................................................... 34
Box Contents ............................................................................................................ 34
Preinstalled Components ......................................................................................... 34
Components to be Installed...................................................................................... 34
Installing Hard Drive .............................................................................................. 35
Hard Drive Installation Prerequisites ........................................................................ 35
SAS Interface ........................................................................................................... 37
Hard Drive Designation ............................................................................................ 38
Installing the Hard Drive into Drive Tray ................................................................... 39
Installing the Hard Drive Tray into the Enclosure ..................................................... 40
Installing CBM ........................................................................................................ 41
Removing the Controller .......................................................................................... 41
Flash Backup Module & Battery Backup Unit .......................................................... 42
Flash Backup Module Installation ............................................................................ 42
Battery Backup Unit (BBU) Installation .................................................................... 44
Super Capacitor & Flash Backup Module Installation .............................................. 46
Flash Backup Module Installation ............................................................................ 46
Installing the Super Capacitor .................................................................................. 48
Installing the Controller............................................................................................. 50
System Connection .......................................................................................... 51
General Considerations on Making Connections ............................................... 51
Host-Side Topologies ............................................................................................... 52
Host-Side Parameters .............................................................................................. 52
Maximum Concurrent Host LUN Connection (“Nexus” in SCSI) ............................. 53
Maximum Queued I/O Count ................................................................................... 54
Fibre-Host RAID Connections ............................................................................... 55
Fibre-Host Components (including 10GB iSCSI) ..................................................... 55
Fibre-Host Topologies .............................................................................................. 57
Fibre Cabling ............................................................................................................ 58
Simple End-to-End Connection ................................................................................ 59
DAS (Direct-Attached) Connection .......................................................................... 61
Switched Fabric Connection (Dual-Controller) ......................................................... 63
Switched Fabric Connection (Single-Controller) ...................................................... 66
SAS-Host Connections .......................................................................................... 69
DAS (Direct-Attached Storage) Connection with Redundant Host Path .................. 70
DAS (Direct-Attached Storage) Connection to Two Servers .................................... 72
iSCSI-Host Connections ........................................................................................ 73
Network & Host Connection Topologies ................................................................... 74
High Availability IP SAN with Redundant Controller ................................................ 75
Single-Controller with Fault-Tolerant Path ............................................................... 77
High Availability IP SAN (Recommended Cabling Method for Remote Replication) 78
High Availability IP SAN with Port Trunk (Remote Replication Enabled) ................. 80
Hybrid Host Connections ...................................................................................... 82
Single Hybrid Unit Connected to FC/iSCSI Hosts .................................................... 82
Utilizing Hybrid iSCSI ports for Data Replication ..................................................... 83
Expansion Enclosure Connections ...................................................................... 84
SAS Expansion Enclosure Configuration ................................................................. 85
Configuration Rules .................................................................................................. 86
Dual Controller Expansion Connection .................................................................... 88
Single Controller Expansion Connections ................................................................ 89
Management Console Connections ..................................................................... 90
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