Dell FluidFS Version 6.0 FS8600 Appliance Pre-Deployment Requirements

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Materials

Make sure the following materials are available.

■	Prerequisite
□	Completed Solution Integration Document (SID)
□	VGA monitor and USB keyboard (for initial configuration)
□	Cables for SAN Fibre Channel with 1GbE appliance or Fibre Channel with 10GbE appliance – Four LC Fibre Channel cables for each appliance 10GbE iSCSI appliance – Four LC optical fiber cables or twinax cables for each appliance
□	Cables for client network Fibre Channel with 1GbE appliance – Eight RJ45/Cat 5e or better cables for each appliance Fibre Channel with 10GbE appliance or 10GbE iSCSI appliance – Four LC optical fiber cables or Twinax cables for each appliance
□	Cables for internal network Fibre Channel with 1GbE appliance: Single appliance – Four RJ45/Cat 5e or better cables for each appliance (controllers are directly connected to each other) Multiple appliances – Eight RJ45/Cat 5e or better cables for each appliance Fibre Channel with 10GbE appliance: Single appliance – Two LC optical fiber cables or twinax cables (controllers are directly connected to each other; two Twinax cables shipped with each appliance) Multiple appliances – Four LC optical fiber cables or twinax cables for each appliance 10GbE iSCSI appliance – None (shared with SAN cables)
□	(10GbE optical networks only) Intel SFP+ transceivers purchased from Dell for use in an FS8600 appliance Fibre Channel with 10GbE appliance: Client network – Four Intel SFP+ transceivers for each appliance Internal network – Four Intel SFP+ transceivers for each appliance 10GbE iSCSI appliance: Client network – Four Intel SFP+ transceivers for each appliance SAN/internal network – Four Intel SFP+ transceivers for each appliance NOTE: The FS8600 appliance is compatible with specific Intel SFP+ transceivers purchased only from Dell. Other SFP+ transceiver models do not work in the FS8600 appliance.