Installation manual

iSCSI connections.......................................................................................................................25
NIC cards.................................................................................................................................25
TOE cards................................................................................................................................25
iSCSI security..........................................................................................................................25
Fibre Channel connections.........................................................................................................25
Emulex HBAs...........................................................................................................................26
QLogic HBAs: QLogic settings................................................................................................26
Data path.....................................................................................................................................26
Host bus adapters....................................................................................................................26
Dell/EMC CX Series SP ports.................................................................................................26
Zoning......................................................................................................................................27
Port-to-HBA relationships........................................................................................................27
Fabric connectivity...................................................................................................................27
Multipath software....................................................................................................................28
LUN presentation.....................................................................................................................28
RAID group to back-end bus connections...............................................................................28
Back-end connectivity..............................................................................................................29
Clustering....................................................................................................................................29
Sun clusters.............................................................................................................................29
VERITAS clusters....................................................................................................................29
IBM clusters.............................................................................................................................29
Windows clusters: Microsoft Cluster Server ...........................................................................30
Linux (RedHat) clusters...........................................................................................................30
HP TruCluster..........................................................................................................................30
Scaling: Storage system sizes.........................................................................30
Small storage system..............................................................................................................30
Medium storage system...........................................................................................................30
Large storage system..............................................................................................................30
Host connectivity.........................................................................................................................30
Exchange environments..............................................................................................................31
Disk-array enclosure (disk shelves) ...............................................................31
Availability....................................................................................................................................31
Drive types per DAE....................................................................................................................31
Drives per DAE............................................................................................................................31
Drive types per storage system...................................................................................................31
Drives per RAID group................................................................................................................32
Cabinets......................................................................................................................................32
Conclusion.........................................................................................................32
References.........................................................................................................32
Replication software....................................................................................................................32
Other references.........................................................................................................................32
Dell/EMC CX Series Initial Configuration
Best Practices Planning 4