Dell PowerVault 3000i - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
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Contents
1 Introduction
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System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Management Station Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction to Storage Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Hardware Installation
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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)
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Installing MD Storage Software on an iSCSI-attached Host
Server (Linux)
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Installing a Dedicated Management Station (Windows and Linux) . . . . 27