Dell PowerVault 3000i System Installation Manual

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Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Management Station Hardware Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction to Storage Arrays
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Storage Configuration Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
About the Enclosure Connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cabling the Enclosure
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Redundancy vs. Nonredundancy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Direct-Attached Solutions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Network-Attached Solutions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Attaching MD1000 Expansion Enclosures
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Expanding with Previously Configured MD1000 Enclosures
. . . . . . . . 16
Expanding with New MD1000 Enclosures
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3 Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
System Assembly and Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Install the iSCSI Initiator Software (iSCSI-attached Host Servers Only)
. . . . 19
Installing the iSCSI Initiator on a Windows Host Server
. . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing the iSCSI Initiator on a Linux Host Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing MD Storage Software
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installing MD Storage Software on an iSCSI-attached Host
Server (Windows)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installing MD Storage Software on an iSCSI-attached Host
Server (Linux)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing a Dedicated Management Station (Windows and Linux)
. . . . 27