Table Of Contents - Dell NX3600 Deployment Manual

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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2

1 PowerVault NX3600/NX3610 NAS Appliance Overview.......................................................5

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Supported Hardware

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Supported Software

Other Information You May Need

2 Setting Up The Environment......................................................................................................7

Choosing The Switch Topology

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Cabling Overview

Dedicated SAN High-Availability (Recommended)

Dedicated SAN Solution In The Non-Redundant Option

All-In-One High-Availability Option

All-In-One Non-Redundant Option

Preparing Your Management Station

3 Running NAS IDU......................................................................................................................15

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Installing NAS IDU

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Launching NAS IDU

Deploying The NAS Appliance Using The NAS IDU

4 Setting Up Your MD Storage Solution...................................................................................19

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MD Topology

Enabling Jumbo Frames On The MD Storage Array

Considerations When Creating Disk Groups And Virtual Disks

One Disk Group (RAID 6), One Hot Spare

One Disk Group (RAID 1/10), One Hot Spare

Two Disk Groups (RAID 5), Two Hot Spares

Two Disk Groups (RAID 6), Zero Hot Spares

One Disk Group (RAID 5), One Hot Spare

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Creating Disk Groups

Creating Disk Groups Automatically

Creating Disk Groups Manually

Creating Virtual Disks Using PowerVault MDSM

For Version 10.80.x6.47 And Earlier

For Version 10.84.x6.25 And Later

Creating A Host Group

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