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
Figure 6. Dual expansion diagram
Expanding with new PowerVault MD3060e expansion enclosures
NOTE:
Hot plug of MD3060e expansion enclosure is not recommended. Power on all MD3060e expansion enclosures
before you power on the array enclosure. For helpful videos and other resources on PowerVault MD series, see dell.com/
PVresources.
Perform the following steps to attach new PowerVault MD3060e expansion enclosures to a PowerVault MD3860f Series
storage array:
1. Before adding the expansion enclosure(s), ensure that the storage array software is installed and is up to date.
For more information, see the Support Matrix at dell.com/powervaultmanuals.
2. Install the software and driver package included on the PowerVault MD Series resource media.
For information about installing the software, see Installing MD Storage Manager.
3. Using MD Storage Manager, update the RAID controller module firmware and NVSRAM to the latest versions available on
dell.com/support.
4. Click Tools > Upgrade RAID Controller Module Firmware from the Enterprise Management Window (EMW) by
selecting the array enclosure that you want to update.
5. Stop all I/O to the storage array and turn off affected host systems attached to the storage array.
6. Turn off the storage array.
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