Setup Guide

32 Configuring Storage
Deploying XenServer Dell Edition With Dell
Storage Arrays
This section describes deployment steps to use the Dell PowerVault™ and
Dell EqualLogic™ storage arrays with Citrix XenServer Dell Edition.
Dell PowerVault MD1000 and PowerVault MD1120 Storage Enclosure
• The PowerVault MD1000 storage enclosure is capable of housing up to
fifteen 3.5-inch disk drives. This direct-attached storage enclosure
supports both SAS and Serial ATA (SATA) disk drives.
• The PowerVault MD1120 storage enclosure is capable of housing up to
twenty-four 2.5-inch SAS disk drives.
• Each port on the PERC 6/E enables up to three PowerVault MD1120
storage enclosures to be daisy-chained to a single host. Alternatively,
you can split the PowerVault MD1120 storage enclosure’s disk drives
between two systems.
• You must set the enclosure mode switch to the mode you want to use
before the you turn on the enclosure.
• Shared storage for XenServer resource pools is not supported in the
PowerVault MD1000 or PowerVault MD1120 storage enclosure host-based
RAID solution.
Creating an SR on PowerVault MD1000 or PowerVault MD1120
Storage Enclosures
The process to create an SR on virtual disks on the PowerVault MD1000 or
PowerVault MD1120
controller is the same as creating an SR on the local hard
disk storage of the host. For more instructions on creating an SR on the
PowerVault MD1000 or PowerVault MD1120 storage enclosures , see "Local
Storage Repository (SR) Configuration" on page 29.