Dell PowerVault DX6112, Administrator'S Manual

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Understanding About Adding a DR Series Expansion Shelf
The 2.0 release of the DR Series system appliance allows you to connect up to two Dell PowerVault MD1200 data
storage expansion shelf enclosures to provide additional data storage capacity beyond the capacity of the basic DR
Series system. Supported data storage expansion shelves can be added in 1 Terabyte (TB), 2 TB, or 3 TB hard drive
capacities. The process for adding an expansion shelf requires the following:
NOTE: The 300 Gigabyte (GB) drive capacity (2.7 TB) version of the DR Series system does not support the addition
of expansion shelf enclosures.
• Physically adding or installing the expansion shelf (for more information, see Adding a DR Series System
Expansion Shelf )
• Cabling the expansion shelf to the DR Series system (for more information, see DR Series System - Expansion
Shelf Cabling )
• Installing the license for an expansion shelf (for more information, see Installing an Expansion Shelf License )
Supported Software and Hardware
For a complete list of the latest supported software and hardware for the DR Series system, Dell recommends that you
see the
Dell DR Series System Interoperability Guide
at support.dell.com/manuals. For example, the
Dell DR Series
System Interoperability Guide
lists the following supported hardware and software categories:
• Hardware
– BIOS
– RAID Controllers
– Hard Drives (internal)
– Hard Drives (external)
– USB Flash Drives
– Network Interface Controllers
– iDRAC Enterprise
– Marvell WAM Controller
• Software
– Operating System
– Supported Backup Software
– Network File Protocols and Backup Client Operating Systems
– Supported Web Browsers
– Supported System Limits
– Supported OST Software and Components
Terminal Emulation Applications
To access the DR Series system command line interface (CLI), the following terminal emulation applications can be
used:
• FoxTerm
• Win32 console
• PuTTY
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