Deployment Guide

Contents

1 Introduction......................................................................................... 5

System Requirements................................................................................. 5

Management Station Requirements............................................................ 5

Introduction to Storage Arrays...................................................................... 5

Related Documentation.............................................................................. 6

2 Hardware Installation............................................................................. 7

Planning The Storage Configuration ............................................................... 7

Connecting The Storage Array ...................................................................... 7

Configuring Fibre Channel With Dell MD Series Storage Arrays.................................8

Configuring Fibre Channel On SAN Attached Storage Arrays....................................8

Other Information You May Need................................................................... 9

Installing Supported Fibre Channel HBAs.......................................................... 9

Installing Fibre Channel HBA On Your Host Server.......................................... 9

Using Fibre Channel Switch Zoning................................................................. 9

World Wide Name Zoning...................................................................... 10

Switch Zoning Guidelines...................................................................... 11

Setting Up Zoning On The Fibre Channel Switch Hardware...............................11

Cabling The Storage Array ......................................................................... 11

Redundant And Non-Redundant Cabling..................................................... 11

SAN-Attached Cabling............................................................................... 12

SAN-Attached Cabling Example............................................................... 13

Remote Replication Cabling Example........................................................ 14

Mixed Environment..............................................................................17

Cabling PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures..................................... 18

Expanding With Previously Configured PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion

Enclosures........................................................................................ 20

Expanding With New PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures................ 21

3 Installing PowerVault MD Storage Software................................................. 22

Installing Host Bus Adapters and Drivers......................................................... 23

Graphical Installation (Recommended)........................................................... 23

Console Installation.................................................................................. 24

Silent Installation.................................................................................... 24

Silent Installation On Windows Systems..................................................... 24

Silent Installation On Linux Systems......................................................... 24

Enabling Premium Features (Optional)........................................................... 25

Upgrading MD Storage Software................................................................... 25

4 Post Installation Tasks........................................................................... 26

Verifying Storage Array Discovery................................................................. 26

Initial Setup Tasks...............................................................................27

5 Uninstalling MD Storage Software............................................................. 28

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