Dell EqualLogic PS4100E Manuals

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Dell EqualLogic PS4100E Configuration Manual (152 pages)

Brand: Dell | Category: Storage | Size: 7.89 MB

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Table of Contents
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1 PS Series Storage Arrays

11
2 Controller Firmware

29
3 RAID Policies

34
4 Capacity Planning

39
5 PS Series Array Concepts

45
- Groups and Pools
  45
  - Pools
    45
- Volumes
  47
  - Volume Attributes
    47
  - Volume Features
    48
- Snapshots and Clones
  48
  - Clones
    49
- Thin Provisioning
  49
  - Template Volumes and Thin Clones
    50
6 Array Firmware Features

51
7 Equallogic SAN Design

69
8 Mixed Speed Environments - Integrating 1Gbe and 10Gbe Sans

87
- Design Considerations
  87
  - Optimizing Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Behavior
    88
- Mixed Speed SAN Best Practices
  89
9 Blade Server Chassis Integration

91
10 Fluid File System

112
- FS Series Architecture
  113
  - FS Series Solution for File Only Storage
    113
- Dell Fluidfs
  114
11 FS Series NAS Appliances

116
12 FS Series File Level Operations

122
- NAS Cluster
  122
- NAS Reserve
  122
  - Relationship between PS Series Groups, Pools and NAS Reserve
    122
- NAS Container
  123
  - NAS Container Security Styles
    124
- NAS Container Snapshots
  125
- NAS Snapshots and Replication
  126
  - Snapshots
    126
  - Replication
    126
13 FS Series NAS Configuration

129
- FS7500 Connection Paths
  129
- FS7600/7610 Connection Paths
  131
14 Data Center Bridging (DCB)

135
- DCB Overview
  135
- DCB Requirements for Equallogic
  138
- Methods for Configuring DCB
  139
- Basic Deployment Topology Example
  140
- Tested SAN Designs
  140
  - Blade IOM Switch Only
    141
  - Tor Switch Only
    141
  - Blade IOM Switch with Tor Switch
    142
- Data Center in a Chassis DCB Design
  143
- Vlans for Iscsi
  144
Appendix A Network Ports and Protocols

146
- A.1 Required Ports and Protocols
  146
- A.2 Optional Ports and Protocols
  146
Appendix B Recommended Switches

148
Appendix C Supported Iscsi Initiators

149
Appendix D Upgrade Paths for Equallogic PS Seriesarrays

150
- Related Publications
  151

Dell EqualLogic PS4100E Hardware Manual (50 pages)

EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI Storage Arrays With Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clusters

Brand: Dell | Category: Server | Size: 2.87 MB

Dell EqualLogic PS4100E Overview (7 pages)

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Brand: Dell | Category: Storage | Size: 0.24 MB

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Dell EqualLogic PS4100E Configuration Manual (152 pages)

Table of Contents

1 PS Series Storage Arrays

2 Controller Firmware

3 RAID Policies

4 Capacity Planning

5 PS Series Array Concepts

6 Array Firmware Features

7 Equallogic SAN Design

8 Mixed Speed Environments - Integrating 1Gbe and 10Gbe Sans

9 Blade Server Chassis Integration

10 Fluid File System

11 FS Series NAS Appliances

12 FS Series File Level Operations

13 FS Series NAS Configuration

14 Data Center Bridging (DCB)

Appendix A Network Ports and Protocols

Appendix B Recommended Switches

Appendix C Supported Iscsi Initiators

Appendix D Upgrade Paths for Equallogic PS Seriesarrays

Dell EqualLogic PS4100E Hardware Manual (50 pages)

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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

1 Introduction

2 Cluster Hardware Cabling

3 Preparing Your Systems for Clustering

Dell EqualLogic PS4100E Overview (7 pages)

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