SMI-S Provider Installation Guide
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... proxy interface that receives, validates, and authenticates CIM requests from the client application. 1 Introduction The Dell PowerVault Modular Disk (MD) storage arrays provide an industry standard application programming interface (API) called SMI-S Agent or CIM Agent) ...SAN) environment. This interface enables third party SMI-S client applications to as an embedded agent. The SMI-S Provider provides the SMI-S interface to as SMI-S Provider, runs on a server on Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms only. Dell MD SMI-S Provider is sometimes referred to the Dell PowerVault...
... proxy interface that receives, validates, and authenticates CIM requests from the client application. 1 Introduction The Dell PowerVault Modular Disk (MD) storage arrays provide an industry standard application programming interface (API) called SMI-S Agent or CIM Agent) ...SAN) environment. This interface enables third party SMI-S client applications to as an embedded agent. The SMI-S Provider provides the SMI-S interface to as SMI-S Provider, runs on a server on Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms only. Dell MD SMI-S Provider is sometimes referred to the Dell PowerVault...
User Manual
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For example, a system used in a remote replication environment. Up to 64 hosts Switch 1 Switch 2 PowerVault MD3600f series storage array Corporate, public, or private network Getting Started With Your System 7 Cabling Your SAN-Attached Hosts The illustration below represents a redundant system.
For example, a system used in a remote replication environment. Up to 64 hosts Switch 1 Switch 2 PowerVault MD3600f series storage array Corporate, public, or private network Getting Started With Your System 7 Cabling Your SAN-Attached Hosts The illustration below represents a redundant system.
Deployment Guide
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... of your expansion enclosure is lost. To attach previously configured PowerVault MD1200 series expansion enclosures to the PowerVault MD3600f series storage array: 1 Back up all cabling configurations including direct and SAN-attached hosts, cabling for remote replication environments, the use of...be directly migrated to a PowerVault MD3600f series storage array or to a PowerVault MD1200 series expansion enclosure connected to a maximum of 96 physical disks using a maximum of zoning, and HBA installation, see Configuring Fibre Channel With the Dell MD3600f Series Storage Array, at support...
... of your expansion enclosure is lost. To attach previously configured PowerVault MD1200 series expansion enclosures to the PowerVault MD3600f series storage array: 1 Back up all cabling configurations including direct and SAN-attached hosts, cabling for remote replication environments, the use of...be directly migrated to a PowerVault MD3600f series storage array or to a PowerVault MD1200 series expansion enclosure connected to a maximum of 96 physical disks using a maximum of zoning, and HBA installation, see Configuring Fibre Channel With the Dell MD3600f Series Storage Array, at support...
Configuring Fibre Channel With Dell MD3600f Series Storage Arrays
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...Fibre Channel storage for both Dell PowerVault MD3600f and Dell PowerVault MD3620f. Configuring Fibre Channel 5 Configuring Fibre Channel on supported Fibre Channel hardware, see the Dell PowerVault MD3600f and MD3620f Storage Array Getting Started With Your System at support.dell.com/manuals. This document ...racking, power cabling, and recommended handling procedures, see the Support Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals. NOTE: Throughout the document, Dell PowerVault MD3600f series storage array refers to -storage array connection using a supported Fibre Channel cable •...
...Fibre Channel storage for both Dell PowerVault MD3600f and Dell PowerVault MD3620f. Configuring Fibre Channel 5 Configuring Fibre Channel on supported Fibre Channel hardware, see the Dell PowerVault MD3600f and MD3620f Storage Array Getting Started With Your System at support.dell.com/manuals. This document ...racking, power cabling, and recommended handling procedures, see the Support Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals. NOTE: Throughout the document, Dell PowerVault MD3600f series storage array refers to -storage array connection using a supported Fibre Channel cable •...
Configuring Fibre Channel With Dell MD3600f Series Storage Arrays
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... bit World Wide Name (WWN) port zoning to and from the fabric without reconfiguring the existing zone logic. By zoning specific ports on SAN FC HBA 1 FC HBA 2 SAN Switch 1 Zone 1 Zone 2 Switch 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 PowerVault MD3600f series storage array World Wide Name Zoning There are several different switch zoning techniques used across various...
... bit World Wide Name (WWN) port zoning to and from the fabric without reconfiguring the existing zone logic. By zoning specific ports on SAN FC HBA 1 FC HBA 2 SAN Switch 1 Zone 1 Zone 2 Switch 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 PowerVault MD3600f series storage array World Wide Name Zoning There are several different switch zoning techniques used across various...
Configuring Fibre Channel With Dell MD3600f Series Storage Arrays
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...path connectivity between the host server and storage array. SAN-Attached Cabling SAN-attached cabling configurations provide the highest level of a single path still allows access to two RAID controller modules. A SAN configuration using a supported Fibre Channel switch hardware is ...: A SAN configuration using a Fibre Channel compatible switch fabric allows you to establish multiple redundant paths to data on page 19. Figure 7. Four Host Servers With Single-Port HBAs Connected to a Dual-Controller (Duplex) Storage Array Using Cluster Cabling PowerVault MD3600f series storage...
...path connectivity between the host server and storage array. SAN-Attached Cabling SAN-attached cabling configurations provide the highest level of a single path still allows access to two RAID controller modules. A SAN configuration using a supported Fibre Channel switch hardware is ...: A SAN configuration using a Fibre Channel compatible switch fabric allows you to establish multiple redundant paths to data on page 19. Figure 7. Four Host Servers With Single-Port HBAs Connected to a Dual-Controller (Duplex) Storage Array Using Cluster Cabling PowerVault MD3600f series storage...
Configuring Fibre Channel With Dell MD3600f Series Storage Arrays
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Three SAN-Attached Host Servers Connected to the storage array. Portto-port connections in each switch fabric/zone are detailed in the text boxes. Figure 8. SAN-Attached Cabling Example Figure 8 shows a three-server, mixed HBA cabling configuration that uses two separate switch fabrics to establish multiple paths to a Storage Array Using Multiple Paths Server 1 Server 2 Server 3 Switch fabric A Switch fabric B PowerVault MD3600f series storage array 18 Configuring Fibre Channel
Three SAN-Attached Host Servers Connected to the storage array. Portto-port connections in each switch fabric/zone are detailed in the text boxes. Figure 8. SAN-Attached Cabling Example Figure 8 shows a three-server, mixed HBA cabling configuration that uses two separate switch fabrics to establish multiple paths to a Storage Array Using Multiple Paths Server 1 Server 2 Server 3 Switch fabric A Switch fabric B PowerVault MD3600f series storage array 18 Configuring Fibre Channel
Support Matrix
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... driver is best practice to a maximum of 30 physical disks Disk Groups can be √ migrated between a Dell PowerVault MD3200 or MD3200i or MD3600i by specifying the RAID Controller management port IP addresses on the SMcli invocation: SMcli 192... √ √ √ √ √ Only 1Gbps Supported √ Only 1Gbps Supported √ √ √ √ √ √ MD3600f will support boot from SAN √ √ N/A N/A 3 enclosures for a disk √ group must be a physical disk of equal or greater size than any of the member disks....
... driver is best practice to a maximum of 30 physical disks Disk Groups can be √ migrated between a Dell PowerVault MD3200 or MD3200i or MD3600i by specifying the RAID Controller management port IP addresses on the SMcli invocation: SMcli 192... √ √ √ √ √ Only 1Gbps Supported √ Only 1Gbps Supported √ √ √ √ √ √ MD3600f will support boot from SAN √ √ N/A N/A 3 enclosures for a disk √ group must be a physical disk of equal or greater size than any of the member disks....
