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Contents
1 Introduction........................................................................................................... 5
System Requirements............................................................................................................................5
Management Station Requirements............................................................................................... 5
Introduction to Storage Arrays..............................................................................................................5
Related Documentation........................................................................................................................6
Contacting Dell......................................................................................................................................7
Locating your system Service Tag........................................................................................................ 7
2 Hardware Installation...........................................................................................8
Planning The Storage Configuration ................................................................................................... 8
Connecting The Storage Array ............................................................................................................ 8
Configuring Fibre Channel With Dell MD Series Storage Arrays......................................................... 9
Configuring Fibre Channel On SAN Attached Storage Arrays.............................................................9
Configuring Fibre Channel..............................................................................................................9
Other Information You May Need...................................................................................................... 10
Installing Supported Fibre Channel HBAs.......................................................................................... 10
Installing Fibre Channel HBA On Your Host Server......................................................................10
Using Fibre Channel Switch Zoning................................................................................................... 10
World Wide Name Zoning............................................................................................................. 11
Switch Zoning Guidelines..............................................................................................................12
Setting Up Zoning On The Fibre Channel Switch Hardware....................................................... 12
Cabling The Storage Array ................................................................................................................. 12
Redundant And Non-Redundant Cabling.................................................................................... 12
SAN-Attached Cabling........................................................................................................................ 13
SAN-Attached Cabling Example................................................................................................... 13
Remote Replication Cabling Example.......................................................................................... 15
Mixed Environment........................................................................................................................17
Cabling PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures..............................................................18
Expanding With Previously Configured PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures..... 18
Expanding With New PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures.................................. 19
3 Installing PowerVault MD Storage Software................................................. 21
Installing Host Bus Adapters and Drivers........................................................................................... 22
Graphical Installation (Recommended)..............................................................................................22
Console Installation............................................................................................................................ 23
Silent Installation................................................................................................................................. 23
Silent Installation On Windows Systems...................................................................................... 23
Silent Installation On Linux Systems.............................................................................................23