Deployment Guide

Contents
About This Guide............................................................................................................... 5
Revision History..................................................................................................................................................................5
Audience............................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Related Publications........................................................................................................................................................... 5
Documents Intended for Dell Customers...................................................................................................................... 5
Documents Intended for Dell Installers and Certied Business Partners....................................................................... 5
1 Introduction..................................................................................................................... 6
FS8600 Appliance Overview.............................................................................................................................................. 6
Internal Storage............................................................................................................................................................ 6
Internal Cache.............................................................................................................................................................. 6
FluidFS Architecture Overview........................................................................................................................................... 6
Storage Center............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Internal Backup Power Supply...................................................................................................................................... 7
SAN Network............................................................................................................................................................... 8
LAN/Client Network.....................................................................................................................................................8
2 Deployment Prerequisites............................................................................................... 9
Rack and Infrastructure...................................................................................................................................................... 9
Materials.............................................................................................................................................................................9
Network Credentials......................................................................................................................................................... 10
SAN and Internal Network for Fibre Channel Appliances....................................................................................................11
Fibre Channel SAN Fabric............................................................................................................................................ 11
Internal Network for Multi-Appliance Clusters..............................................................................................................11
SAN and Internal Networks for iSCSI Appliances.............................................................................................................. 12
Client Network..................................................................................................................................................................12
IP Addresses and Network Infrastructure..........................................................................................................................13
Network Ports...................................................................................................................................................................13
SAN Conguration............................................................................................................................................................ 13
3 Install and Connect the FS8600 Hardware.....................................................................15
Install the FS8600 Hardware.............................................................................................................................................15
Congure Network Connections for FC Appliances (1GbE).............................................................................................. 15
Connect FC Appliances (1GbE) ..................................................................................................................................15
Example of Single-Appliance FC 1GbE Cluster Conguration...................................................................................... 16
Example of Multi-Appliance FC 1GbE Cluster Conguration........................................................................................17
Congure Network Connections for FC Appliances (10GbE)............................................................................................ 18
Connect FC FS8600 Appliances (10GbE) .................................................................................................................. 18
Example of Single-Appliance FC 10GbE Cluster Conguration.................................................................................... 19
Example of Multi-Appliance FC 10GbE Cluster Conguration.....................................................................................20
Congure Network Connections for 10GbE iSCSI Appliances........................................................................................... 21
Connect 10GbE FS8600 iSCSI Appliances.................................................................................................................. 21
Example of 10GbE iSCSI Cluster Conguration.......................................................................................................... 22
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