Deployment Guide

About This Guide............................................................................................................................ 7
Revision History..................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Audience..................................................................................................................................................................................7
Contacting Dell.......................................................................................................................................................................7
Related Publications.............................................................................................................................................................. 7
1 About the SCv3000 and SCv3020 Storage System.......................................................................... 9
Storage Center Hardware Components.............................................................................................................................9
SCv3000 and SCv3020 Storage System.....................................................................................................................9
Expansion Enclosures......................................................................................................................................................9
Switches..........................................................................................................................................................................10
Storage Center Communication.........................................................................................................................................10
Front-End Connectivity.................................................................................................................................................10
Back-End Connectivity..................................................................................................................................................16
System Administration...................................................................................................................................................16
Storage Center Replication...........................................................................................................................................16
SCv3000 and SCv3020 Storage System Hardware.......................................................................................................16
SCv3000 and SCv3020 Storage System Front-Panel View.................................................................................... 17
SCv3000 and SCv3020 Storage System Back-Panel View.....................................................................................19
Expansion Enclosure Overview....................................................................................................................................22
2 Install the Storage Center Hardware............................................................................................ 29
Unpacking Storage Center Equipment.............................................................................................................................29
Safety Precautions..............................................................................................................................................................29
Electrical Safety Precautions....................................................................................................................................... 30
Electrostatic Discharge Precautions........................................................................................................................... 30
General Safety Precautions..........................................................................................................................................30
Prepare the Installation Environment................................................................................................................................ 31
Install the Storage System in a Rack................................................................................................................................. 31
3 Connect the Front-End Cabling................................................................................................... 33
Types of Redundancy for Front-End Connections......................................................................................................... 33
Port Redundancy...........................................................................................................................................................33
Storage Controller Redundancy...................................................................................................................................33
Connecting to Host Servers with Fibre Channel HBAs..................................................................................................34
Fibre Channel Zoning.................................................................................................................................................... 34
Cable the Storage System with 2-Port Fibre Channel IO Cards.............................................................................35
Cable the Storage System with 4-Port Fibre Channel IO Cards.............................................................................36
Labeling the Front-End Cables.................................................................................................................................... 36
Connecting to Host Servers with iSCSI HBAs or Network Adapters...........................................................................38
Cable the Storage System with 2–Port iSCSI IO Cards...........................................................................................38
Cable the Storage System with 4–Port iSCSI IO Cards.......................................................................................... 39
Connect a Storage System to a Host Server Using an iSCSI Mezzanine Card.................................................... 40
Labeling the Front-End Cables..................................................................................................................................... 41
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