DELL MD3820f User Manual

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