Deployment Guide

Figure 1. SCv2080 without an Expansion Enclosure
• An SCv2080 storage system with one SC180 expansion enclosure
Figure 2. SCv2080 with One Expansion Enclosure
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SC180 expansion enclosure 2. SCv2080 storage system
Storage Center Replication
Storage Center sites can be collocated or remotely connected and data can be replicated between sites. Storage Center replication
can duplicate volume data to another site in support of a disaster recovery plan or to provide local access to a remote data volume.
Typically, data is replicated remotely as part of an overall disaster avoidance or recovery plan.
The SCv2000 Series Storage Center supports replication to other SCv2000 Series Storage Centers. However, a Dell Storage
Manager Data Collector must be used to replicate data between the storage systems.
For more information about installing, managing the Data Collector, and setting up replications, see the Dell Storage Manager
Administrator’s Guide .
Storage Center Communication
A Storage Center uses multiple types of communication for both data transfer and administrative functions.
Storage Center communication is classified into three types: front end, back end, and system administration.
Front-End Connectivity
Front-end connectivity provides I/O paths from servers to a storage system and replication paths from one Storage Center to
another
Storage Center. The SCv2080 storage system provides the following types of front-end connectivity:
• Fibre Channel: Hosts, servers, or Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances access storage by connecting to the storage
system Fibre Channel ports through one or more Fibre Channel switches. Connecting host servers directly to the storage
system, without using Fibre Channel switches, is not supported.
When replication is licensed, the SCv2080 can use the front-end Fibre Channel ports to replicate data to another Storage
Center.
About the SCv2080 Storage System
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