Hardware |
- You have used the Installation
and Setup Instructions included with the controller shelves to install
the hardware.
- You have connected cables
between the optional drive shelves and the array controllers.
- You have applied power
to the storage array.
- You have installed all
other hardware (for example, management station, switches) and made
the necessary connections.
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Host |
- You have made a connection
between the storage array and the data host.
- You have installed the
host operating system.
- You are not using Windows
as a virtualized guest.
- You are not configuring
the data (I/O attached) host to boot from SAN.
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Storage management station |
- You are using a 1 Gbps
or faster management network.
- You are using a separate
station for management rather than the data (I/O attached) host.
- You are using out-of-band
management, in which a storage management station sends commands to
the storage array through the Ethernet connections to the controller.
- You have attached the
management station to the same subnet as the storage management ports.
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IP addressing |
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Storage provisioning |
- You will not use shared
volumes.
- You will create pools
rather than volume groups.
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Protocol: FC |
- You have made all host-side
FC connections and activated switch zoning.
- You are using Lenovo-supported
FC HBAs and switches.
- You are using FC HBA
driver versions as listed in Interoperability Matrix on the DE Series Product Support Site.
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Protocol: iSCSI |
- You are using Ethernet
switches capable of transporting iSCSI traffic.
- You have configured the
Ethernet switches according to the vendor’s recommendation for iSCSI.
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Protocol: SAS |
- You are using Lenovo-supported
SAS HBAs.
- You are using SAS HBA
driver versions as listed in Interoperability Matrix on the DE Series Product Support Site.
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