Component Assumptions
Storage management
station
• You are using a 1 Gbps or faster management network.
• You are using a separate station for management rather than the data (I/O attached) host.
• You are using out-of-band management, in which a storage management station sends
commands to the storage array through the Ethernet connections to the controller.
• You have attached the management station to the same subnet as the storage
management ports.
IP addressing
• You have not yet made an Ethernet connection between the management station and the
storage array.
Storage provisioning
• You will not use shared volumes.
• You will create pools rather than volume groups.
Protocol: FC
• You have made all host-side FC connections and activated switch zoning.
• You are using Lenovo-supported FC HBAs and switches.
• You are using FC HBA driver versions as listed on the
DE Series Product Support Site.
Protocol: iSCSI
• You are using Ethernet switches capable of transporting iSCSI traffic.
• You have configured the Ethernet switches according to the vendor’s recommendation for
iSCSI.
Protocol: SAS
• You are using Lenovo-supported SAS HBAs.
• You are using SAS HBA driver versions as listed on the
DE Series Product Support Site.
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