About This Guide.............................................................................................................................................. 7
Revision History.................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Audience.............................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Contacting Dell................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Related Publications...........................................................................................................................................................7
Expansion Enclosures.................................................................................................................................................10
Switches...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Storage Center Communication..................................................................................................................................... 10
Front-End Connectivity............................................................................................................................................. 10
Back-End Connectivity.............................................................................................................................................. 16
System Administration............................................................................................................................................... 16
Storage Center Replication....................................................................................................................................... 16
Expansion Enclosure Overview................................................................................................................................ 22
Safety Precautions........................................................................................................................................................... 31
Installation Safety Precautions..................................................................................................................................31
Electrical Safety Precautions....................................................................................................................................32
General Safety Precautions...................................................................................................................................... 33
Port Redundancy....................................................................................................................................................... 36
Storage Controller Redundancy............................................................................................................................... 36
Fibre Channel Zoning................................................................................................................................................. 37
Labeling the Front-End Cables.................................................................................................................................40
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