Setup Guide

32 Configuring Storage
Deploying XenServer Dell Edition With Dell
Storage Arrays
This section describes reference configurations and deployment steps to
use Dell PowerVault™ and EqualLogic
®
storage arrays with Citrix XenServer
Dell Edition.
Dell PowerVault MD1000 and MD1120 Storage Enclosure
• The PowerVault MD1000 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 enclosure to be daisy-chained to a single host. Alternatively,
the PowerVault MD1120 storage enclosure’s disk drives can be split
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.