Deployment Guide

Multichain configuration
Figure 3. Multichain configuration
Multichain configuration supports up to four enclosures. The first two enclosures are daisy-chained with one of the enclosures
connected to a single port on the controller card. The other two enclosures are daisy-chained with one of the enclosures connected
to the second port on the controller card.
Connecting the Cable Management Arm (Optional)
If the appliance includes a Cable Management Arm (CMA), locate the CMA Installation Instructions that shipped with the CMA kit
and follow the instructions to install the CMA.
Cabling the appliance
Locate the Getting Started With Your System document at Dell.com/support/home that shipped with your appliance. Follow the
instructions to attach the keyboard, mouse, monitor, power, and network cables to the appliance.
Turning on the appliance
After cabling the appliance, turn on the MD1400 storage enclosure, and then turn on the DL4300 system.
NOTE: It is recommended that you connect the appliance to an Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) for maximum
reliability and availability.
DL4300 disk configurations
The DL4300 supports both nearline SAS drives and SATA drives. The operating system resides on a RAID 1 (mirrored) virtual disk
located in slots 12 and 13. For information on these disks, see the Dell DL4300 Appliance Owner’s Manual at Dell.com/support/
home. Drives available in slots 0–11 and 14–17 are available for automatic configuration by the AppAssure Appliance Configuration
Wizard (recommended) but can be manually configured for custom configurations if required. The disks are auto-provisioned as
RAID 6. Capacity expansion using an MD1400 storage enclosure is optional.
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