Dell EMC PowerVault MD3860f Series Storage Arrays Deployment Guide February 2018 Rev. A03 Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2012 - 2018 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 5 System requirements..........................................................................................................................................................5 Introduction to storage arrays..........................................................................................................................................5 Related documentation...................................................................................................................................................... 6 Chapter 2: Hardware installation................................................................................................... 7 Planning the storage configuration ................................................................................................................................ 7 Connecting the storage array ..........................................................................................................................................7 Configuring Fibre Channel with Dell EMC MD Series storage arrays..................................................................... 8 Configuring Fibre Channel on SAN attached storage arrays....................................................................................8 Other information you may need..................................................................................................................................... 8 Installing supported Fibre Channel HBAs.......................................................................................................................8 Installing Fibre Channel HBA on your host server................................................................................................. 9 Using Fibre Channel switch zoning................................................................................................................................. 9 World Wide Name zoning...........................................................................................................................................10 Switch zoning guidelines............................................................................................................................................ 10 Setting up zoning on the Fibre Channel switch hardware..................................................................................11 Cabling storage array ........................................................................................................................................................11 Redundant and non-redundant cabling................................................................................................................... 11 SAN-attached cabling........................................................................................................................................................11 SAN-attached cabling example................................................................................................................................. 11 Remote Replication cabling example....................................................................................................................... 13 Mixed environment...................................................................................................................................................... 14 Cabling PowerVault MD3060e expansion enclosures...............................................................................................15 Expanding with new PowerVault MD3060e expansion enclosures..................................................................17 Chapter 3: Installing MD Storage Manager...................................................................................19 Installing host bus adapters and drivers...................................................................................................................... 20 Graphical installation (recommended)......................................................................................................................... 20 Console installation ...........................................................................................................................................................21 Silent installation ............................................................................................................................................................... 21 Silent installation on Windows...................................................................................................................................21 Silent installation on Linux..........................................................................................................................................21 Enabling premium features (optional)...........................................................................................................................21 Upgrading PowerVault MD Storage Manager.............................................................................................................21 Chapter 4: Post installation tasks................................................................................................22 Verifying storage array discovery..................................................................................................................................22 Initial setup tasks...............................................................................................................................................................23 Chapter 5: Uninstalling MD Storage Manager.............................................................................. 24 Uninstalling MD Storage Manager from Windows.................................................................................................... 24 Uninstall MD Storage Manager from Windows Server GUI version..................................................................... 24 Uninstall MD Storage Manager on Windows Server Core versions......................................................................24 Contents 3 Uninstalling MD Storage Manager from Linux........................................................................................................... 25 Chapter 6: Load balancing........................................................................................................... 26 Load balance policy...........................................................................................................................................................26 Round robin with subset............................................................................................................................................26 Least queue depth...................................................................................................................................................... 26 Least path weight........................................................................................................................................................26 Setting load balance policies in Linux........................................................................................................................... 27 Setting load balance policies in VMware..................................................................................................................... 27 Chapter 7: Appendix — Working with SFP modules and fiber optic cables...................................28 Guidelines for using SFP modules................................................................................................................................. 28 Installing SFP modules............................................................................................................................................... 28 Removing SFP modules............................................................................................................................................. 29 Guidelines for using fibre optic cables......................................................................................................................... 29 Installing Fibre Channel cables................................................................................................................................. 29 Removing Fibre Channel cables...............................................................................................................................30 Chapter 8: Appendix — Hardware cabling best practices............................................................. 31 Handling static sensitive components...........................................................................................................................31 Host cabling for Remote