Setup Guide

36 Configuring Storage
Reference Configurations
• Single Host with a Non-redundant Data Path — This configuration
contains one XenServer host with one SAS 5/E card and one PowerVault
MD3000 RAID enclosure with one RAID controller. One port of the
SAS 5/E card is connected to one PowerVault MD3000 RAID controller.
Two optional PowerVault MD1000 storage enclosures can be daisy-chained
to the PowerVault MD3000 RAID enclosure to provide additional storage
capacity. See Figure 5-6 for an illustration of this configuration.
Figure 5-6. PowerVault MD3000 RAID Enclosure– Single Host With a Non-redundant
Data Path
XenServer host
PERC 6/E
PowerVault MD3000
storage array
PowerVault MD1000
(optional) storage
array
PowerVault MD1000
(optional) storage
array
Controller 0
Port 0