Table Of Contents - Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Deployment Manual

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1 Before you begin.......................................................................................................................... 6

Unpack the enclosure........................................................................................................................................................... 6

Safety guidelines.................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Safe handling.................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Safe operation.................................................................................................................................................................. 8

Electrical safety................................................................................................................................................................8

Rack system safety precautions....................................................................................................................................9

Installation checklist...............................................................................................................................................................9

Planning for installation........................................................................................................................................................10

Preparing for installation..................................................................................................................................................... 10

Preparing the site and host server...............................................................................................................................10

Required tools..................................................................................................................................................................11

Requirements for rackmount installation..................................................................................................................... 11

Disk drive module.................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Drive carrier module in 2U chassis................................................................................................................................ 11

Drive status indicators................................................................................................................................................... 12

Blank drive carrier modules........................................................................................................................................... 12

DDIC in a 5U enclosure..................................................................................................................................................13

Populating drawers with DDICs..........................................................................................................................................14

2 Mount the enclosures in the rack................................................................................................. 15

Rackmount rail kit.................................................................................................................................................................15

Install the 2U enclosure....................................................................................................................................................... 15

Install the 2U enclosure front bezel............................................................................................................................. 16

Install the 5U84 enclosure...................................................................................................................................................16

Connect optional expansion enclosures............................................................................................................................ 17

Cable requirements for expansion enclosures............................................................................................................ 18

3 Connect to the management network........................................................................................... 21

4 Cable host servers to the storage system..................................................................................... 22

Cabling considerations........................................................................................................................................................ 22

Connecting the enclosure to hosts................................................................................................................................... 22

CNC technology............................................................................................................................................................ 22

Fibre Channel protocol..................................................................................................................................................23

iSCSI protocol................................................................................................................................................................ 23

SAS protocol.................................................................................................................................................................. 24

Host connection.................................................................................................................................................................. 25

16 Gb Fibre Channel host connection......................................................................................................................... 25

iSCSI host connection...................................................................................................................................................25

12 Gb HD mini-SAS host connection.......................................................................................................................... 25

10Gbase-T host connection......................................................................................................................................... 25

Connecting direct attach configurations....................................................................................................................26

Single-controller module configurations..................................................................................................................... 26

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