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Hot-Swapping........................................................................................................... 21
Hardware Installation................................................................................................. 21
Installation Prerequisites........................................................................................... 21
Installation Procedures Overview ............................................................................. 22
Unpacking the System.............................................................................................. 22
Box Contents ........................................................................................................ 22
Pre-installed Components..................................................................................... 23
Components to be Installed .................................................................................. 23
Installing Drives ........................................................................................................ 23
Drive Installation Prerequisites.............................................................................. 23
SAS Interface........................................................................................................ 24
Hard Drive Designation......................................................................................... 25
Installing the Hard Drive into Drive Tray (PS 3025 excluded)................................ 26
Installing the Hard Drive into Drive Tray for PS 3025 only..................................... 26
Installing the Drive Tray into the Enclosure ........................................................... 28
Installing Host Boards............................................................................................... 29
Removing the Controller ....................................................................................... 31
Installing the Controller ......................................................................................... 31
System Connection.................................................................................................... 31
General Considerations on Making Connections ...................................................... 31
Host-Side Topologies............................................................................................ 32
Host-Side Parameters........................................................................................... 32
Maximum Concurrent Host LUN Connection (“Nexus” in SCSI) ............................ 33
Maximum Queued I/O Count ................................................................................ 33
Fibre-Host Connections ............................................................................................ 33
Fibre-Host Topologies........................................................................................... 34
Fibre Cabling ........................................................................................................ 35
Simple End-to-End Connection ............................................................................. 36
DAS (Direct-Attached) Connection........................................................................ 36
Switched Fabric Connection (Dual Controller)....................................................... 38
Switched Fabric Connection (Single Controller) .................................................... 39
SAS-Host Connections ............................................................................................. 40
DAS (Direct-Attached Storage) Connection with Redundant Host Path ................ 41
DAS (Direct-Attached Storage) Connection to Two Servers.................................. 43
Ethernet-Host Connections....................................................................................... 43
Network & Host Connection Topologies................................................................ 44
High Availability IP SAN with Redundant Controller .............................................. 45
Single Controller with Fault-Tolerant Path............................................................. 47
High Availability IP SAN (Recommended Cabling Method for Remote Replication)
.... 48
High Availability IP SAN with Port Trunk (Remote Replication Enabled) ............... 50
Hybrid Host Connections .......................................................................................... 51
