Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerVault MD3860f Series Storage Arrays Deployment Guide
- Introduction
- Hardware installation
- Planning the storage configuration
- Connecting the storage array
- Configuring Fibre Channel with Dell EMC MD Series storage arrays
- Configuring Fibre Channel on SAN attached storage arrays
- Other information you may need
- Installing supported Fibre Channel HBAs
- Using Fibre Channel switch zoning
- Cabling storage array
- SAN-attached cabling
- Cabling PowerVault MD3060e expansion enclosures
- Installing MD Storage Manager
- Post installation tasks
- Uninstalling MD Storage Manager
- Load balancing
- Appendix — Working with SFP modules and fiber optic cables
- Appendix — Hardware cabling best practices
- Getting help
Table 2. Remote Replication cabling (continued)
Switch Fabric A Switch Fabric B
Array1_Ctrl-0-0 Array1_Ctrl-0-1
Array1_Ctrl-1-0 Array1_Ctrl-0-2
Array1_Ctrl-1-2 Array1_Ctrl-1-1
Zone2_Server2_HBA_0_0 Zone7_Server2_HBA_0_1
Server2_HBA_0_0 Server2_HBA_0_1
Array1_Ctrl-0-0 Array1_Ctrl-0-1
Array1_Ctrl-1-0 Array1_Ctrl-0-2
Array1_Ctrl-1-2 Array1_Ctrl-1-1
Zone3_Server2_HBA_1_0 Zone8_Server2_HBA_1_1
Server2_HBA_1_0 Server2_HBA_1_1
Array1_Ctrl-0-0 Array1_Ctrl-0-1
Array1_Ctrl-1-0 Array1_Ctrl-0-2
Array1_Ctrl-1-2 Array1_Ctrl-1-1
Zone4_Server3_HBA_0_1 Zone9_Server3_HBA_0_0
Server3_HBA_0_1 Server3_HBA_0_0
Array2_Ctrl-0-1 Array2_Ctrl-0-0
Array2_Ctrl-0-2 Array2_Ctrl-1-0
Array2_Ctrl-1-1 Array2_Ctrl-1-2
Zone5_Server3_HBA_1_1 Zone10_Server3_HBA_1_0
Server3_HBA_1_1 Server3_HBA_1_0
Array2_Ctrl-0-1 Array2_Ctrl-0-0
Array2_Ctrl-0-2 Array2_Ctrl-1-0
Array2_Ctrl-1-1 Array2_Ctrl-1-2
Replication_Zone_1 Replication_Zone_2
Array1_Ctrl-0-3 Array1_Ctrl-1-3
Array2_Ctrl-0-3 Array2_Ctrl-1-3
Mixed environment
The following figure shows mixed configuration, that is SAS direct attached and host connectivity via the SAN (that is FC or
Ethernet switch).
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