Release Notes

Table of contents
4 Dell PS Series Configuration Guide
8.2.3 Comparing inter-switch connection types ......................................................................................................... 41
9 Building a high-availability SAN .................................................................................................................................. 43
9.1 Multi-path I/O .................................................................................................................................................... 43
9.1.1 PS Series MPIO requirements ......................................................................................................................... 44
9.1.2 PS Series MPIO general recommendations ..................................................................................................... 44
9.2 Redundant SAN configuration .......................................................................................................................... 44
9.3 Controller redundancy in all models ................................................................................................................. 45
9.4 Basic controller failover behavior in all models ................................................................................................ 46
9.4.1 Basic controller failover for models prior to PS4100/PS6100 .......................................................................... 46
9.4.2 Controller failover behavior for: PS42x0/PS41x0/PS62x0/PS61x0/PS6610 .................................................... 47
9.4.3 Failover behavior in the PS-M4110 .................................................................................................................. 48
9.5 Vertical port failover behavior in PS4100/PS6100 controllers .......................................................................... 48
9.6 Vertical port failover behavior in PS4110/PS6110 controllers .......................................................................... 51
9.7 Vertical port failover behavior in PS4210/PS6210/PS6610 controllers ............................................................ 54
10 Mixed-speed environments: Integrating 1GbE and 10GbE SANs ............................................................................. 56
10.1 Mixed-speed SAN best practices ..................................................................................................................... 56
11 Blade server chassis integration ................................................................................................................................ 57
11.1 Designing a SAN using blade chassis I/O modules with arrays ....................................................................... 58
12 FS Series NAS configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 59
12.1 FS7500 connection paths ................................................................................................................................. 60
12.2 FS7600/FS7610 connection paths ................................................................................................................... 62
13 Data Center Bridging (DCB) ....................................................................................................................................... 65
13.1 DCB overview ................................................................................................................................................... 66
13.2 DCB requirements for PS Series arrays ........................................................................................................... 66
13.3 VLANs for iSCSI ............................................................................................................................................... 67
A Network ports and protocols ....................................................................................................................................... 68
A.1 Required ports and protocols ........................................................................................................................... 68
A.2 Optional ports and protocols ............................................................................................................................. 68
B Upgrade paths for PS Series arrays........................................................................................................................... 70