Striping methods .......................................................................................................... 27
RAID levels ................................................................................................................. 27
Spare disks ................................................................................................................. 28
Array sizing ................................................................................................................ 28
Preparing the site ...................................................................................................................... 29
Racking the disk enclosure ......................................................................................................... 30
Racking procedures ............................................................................................................ 31
Installing disk drives .................................................................................................................. 33
Overview .......................................................................................................................... 36
Cabling best practices ........................................................................................................ 36
Connecting power cords ..................................................................................................... 39
Power on best practices ....................................................................................................... 40
Power on procedures .......................................................................................................... 40
4 Configuration .................................................................................. 43
Configuration overview .............................................................................................................. 43
Supported software tools ........................................................................................................... 43
6 Cabling examples ............................................................................ 49
configuration ............................................................................................................................ 50
configuration ............................................................................................................................ 51
configuration ............................................................................................................................ 53
configuration ............................................................................................................................ 54
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