Prerequisites For Upgrading Poweredge Vrtx To Support Shared Storage - Dell PowerEdge VRTX Upgrade

3 Prerequisites for upgrading PowerEdge VRTX to support
shared storage
The following requirements must be met before upgrading PowerEdge VRTX to support shared storage
expansion:
Hardware requirements
1. Ensure that you have met the following hardware requirements before upgrading PowerEdge
VRTX to support shared storage expansion:
a. Shared PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) 8 External cards – Supports up to two controllers
Figure 1
1. External cable connectors
2. Shared PERC External card
3. Heat sink
4. Battery cable
5. Battery
b. Dell PowerVault MD1200 or MD1220 direct attached storage enclosures – Supports up to two
c. Mini SAS 6 Gb (SAS 2.0) cables.
For more information about the supported cabling technologies, see
Note: Note that any other cable topologies are not supported.
6 Upgrading PowerEdge VRTX to Support Shared Storage Expansion
per chassis
Shared PERC External card
enclosures per SAS domain.
Table 1.