Table Of Contents - EMC VPLEX Installation And Setup Manual

Preface
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Chapter 1 Introduction
VPLEX overview..................................................................................................... 14
Major components ............................................................................................ 16
Preparing for a new installation ........................................................................... 18
Required information....................................................................................... 18
Required hardware........................................................................................... 19
Required software ............................................................................................ 19
Required tools ................................................................................................... 19
Reference: VPLEX requirements .................................................................... 19
Chapter 2 Installing the Hardware
Installing a cluster................................................................................................... 22
Task 1: Unpack and set up the cabinet .......................................................... 22
Task 2: Check the components ....................................................................... 22
Task 3: Stabilize the equipment ...................................................................... 23
Task 4: Connect the front-end and back-end cables .................................... 24
Task 5: Connect to the customer network ..................................................... 26
Task 6: VPLEX Metro only: Connect the clusters ........................................ 26
Task 7: Power the components ON ................................................................ 27
Chapter 3 Setting up VPLEX
Preliminary tasks .................................................................................................... 32
Setting up a VPLEX Local implementation ........................................................ 33
Task 1: Set the management server's public IP address ............................. 33
Task 2: Launch the EZ-Setup Wizard ............................................................ 40
Task 3: Verify the product version ................................................................. 40
Task 4: Expose back-end storage .................................................................... 40
Task 5: Resume EZ-Setup ................................................................................ 41
Task 6: Create a meta-volume ......................................................................... 41
Task 7: Enable the front-end ports ................................................................. 42
Task 8: Set up ESRS if necessary ..................................................................... 42
Task 9: Expose storage to hosts ...................................................................... 42
Task 10: Perform a rescan ................................................................................ 45
Setting up a VPLEX Metro implementation ....................................................... 46
Task 1: Set the management server's public IP address ............................. 46
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