Owner's Manual

SAS Cluster Setup for the PowerVault Expansion Enclosure 23
SAS Cluster Setup for the Dell™
PowerVault™ MD3000 and MD1000
Expansion Enclosures
WARNING: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, read the
safety information that shipped with your system. For additional best practices
information, see the Dell Regulatory Compliance website at
www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
To configure the Dell PowerEdge™ systems and the PowerVault MD3000
and MD1000 storage enclosure to function in a Oracle
®
Real Application
Cluster (RAC) environment:
1
Verify the hardware and software configurations as described in this
section by using Figure 4-1, Table 4-1, and Figure 4-2 for reference.
2 Follow the steps in "Setting up the SAS Cluster With PowerVault MD3000
and MD1000 Expansion Enclosures" on page 25.
CAUTION: Before you upgrade the firmware on your PowerVault MD3000 storage
array, ensure that you backup your data.
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