Deployment Guide
Contents
1 Introducing your Dell DL1300............................................................................6
Dell DL1300 core technologies............................................................................................................6
Live Recovery...................................................................................................................................6
Universal Recovery.......................................................................................................................... 6
True Global Deduplication ............................................................................................................. 7
Encryption........................................................................................................................................7
Dell DL1300 data protection features...................................................................................................7
Dell DL1300 Core............................................................................................................................ 7
Dell DL1300 Smart Agent................................................................................................................8
Snapshot process............................................................................................................................ 8
Replication — disaster recovery site or service provider............................................................... 8
Recovery.......................................................................................................................................... 9
Recovery-as-a-Service ...................................................................................................................9
Virtualization and cloud.................................................................................................................. 9
Dell DL1300 deployment architecture................................................................................................. 9
Other information you may need....................................................................................................... 11
2 Installing your Dell DL1300...............................................................................12
Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 12
Available configurations................................................................................................................ 12
Installation overview............................................................................................................................12
Installation prerequisites......................................................................................................................13
Network requirements...................................................................................................................13
Recommended network infrastructure........................................................................................ 13
Setting up the hardware......................................................................................................................13
Installing the DL1300 appliance in a rack..................................................................................... 13
Using the system without a rack...................................................................................................13
Cabling the appliance....................................................................................................................14
Connecting the Cable Management Arm (Optional)...................................................................14
Turning on the DL1300 Appliance................................................................................................14
Initial software setup........................................................................................................................... 14
AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard.................................................................................15
DL Appliance Configuration Wizard..............................................................................................17
Recovery and Update Utility............................................................................................................... 23
Rapid Appliance Self Recovery........................................................................................................... 23
Creating the RASR USB key...........................................................................................................23
Executing RASR............................................................................................................................. 24
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