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General Safety Precautions...........................................................................................................30
Install the Storage System in a Rack...................................................................................................30
3 Front-End Cabling.............................................................................................. 32
Types of Redundancy for Front-End Connections........................................................................... 32
Port Redundancy...........................................................................................................................32
Storage Controller Redundancy................................................................................................... 33
Multipath IO...................................................................................................................................33
Cabling SAN-Attached Host Servers.................................................................................................. 34
Connecting to Fibre Channel Host Servers..................................................................................34
Connecting to iSCSI Host Servers................................................................................................46
Cabling Direct-Attached Host Servers............................................................................................... 55
Preparing Host Servers..................................................................................................................55
SAS Virtual Port Mode................................................................................................................... 56
Two Servers Connected to Dual 12 Gb 4–Port SAS Storage Controllers...................................56
Four Servers Connected to Dual 12 Gb 4–Port SAS Storage Controllers...................................57
Two Servers Connected to a Single 12 Gb 4–Port SAS Storage Controller...............................59
Labeling the Front-End Cables.....................................................................................................60
Cabling the Ethernet Management Port.............................................................................................61
Labeling the Ethernet Management Cables................................................................................. 61
Cabling the Embedded Ports for iSCSI Replication...........................................................................62
Cabling the Replication Port for iSCSI Replication...................................................................... 62
Cabling the Management Port and Replication Port for iSCSI Replication................................ 63
Cabling the Embedded Ports for iSCSI Host Connectivity................................................................64
Two iSCSI Networks with Dual Storage Controllers and Embedded Ethernet Ports.................64
One iSCSI Network with Dual Storage Controllers and Embedded Ethernet Ports...................65
4 Back-End Cabling and Connecting Power.................................................... 67
SC100/SC120 Expansion Enclosure Cabling Guidelines...................................................................67
SAS Redundancy............................................................................................................................67
SAS Port Types...............................................................................................................................67
Back-End Connections for an SCv2000/SCv2020 without Expansion Enclosures........................ 68
Back-End Connections for an SCv2000/SCv2020 with Expansion Enclosures..............................68
SCv2000/SCv2020 and One SC100/SC120 Expansion Enclosure.............................................69
SCv2000/SCv2020 and Two or More SC100/SC120 Expansion Enclosures............................. 70
Label the Back-End Cables................................................................................................................. 71
Connect Power Cables and Turn on the Storage System.................................................................72
5 Discover and Configure the Storage Center................................................. 74
Worksheet to Record System Information.........................................................................................74
Storage Center Information..........................................................................................................74
iSCSI Fault Domain Information....................................................................................................75
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