Setup Guide

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Configuring Storage
PowerVault MD1000 and MD12x0 Storage
Enclosures
The PowerVault MD1000 and MD12 x 0 storage enclosures support mixing
both SAS and SATA drives within a single enclosure making it ideal for high-
capacity applications. The versatility of the PowerVault MD1000 and
MD12 x 0
arrays enable you to configure the specific combination of storage resources.
PowerVault MD1000 and
MD12 x 0 support the following features:
• The PowerVault MD1000 storage enclosure is capable of housing up to
fifteen 3.5-inch, 3.0 Gb/s disk drives.
•The PowerVault MD12
x 0 storage enclosure is capable of housing up to
twenty-four 2.5-inch SAS disk drives or up to twelve 3.5-inch, 6 GB/s SAS
or SSD disk drives.
• Each port on the PERC 6/E or H800 enables up to three PowerVault
MD1000 or MD12
x 0 storage enclosures respectively to be daisy-chained to
a single host.
• You can split the storage enclosures disk drives between two systems.
You must set the mode switch before you turn it on.
• Shared storage for XenServer resource pools is not supported in the
PowerVault MD1000 or PowerVault MD12
x 0 storage enclosure.
Creating a Storage Repository on PowerVault MD1000 or MD12x0
Storage Enclosures
The process to create an SR, on virtual disks, on the PowerVault MD1000 or
PowerVault MD12
x 0 controller is the same as creating an SR on the local hard
disk drive of the host. For more instructions on creating an SR on local
storage, see the XenServer reference notes at mycitrix.com.