Dell EMC PowerVault MD3060e Storage Enclosure Deployment Guide

An enclosure containing physical disk drives accessed through Enclosure Management Modules (EMMs) is called a storage enclosure. A storage enclosure includes various hardware components such as physical disk drives, EMMs, fans, and Power Supply Units (PSUs). One or more host servers attached to the storage enclosure can access the data on the storage enclosure. You can also establish multiple physical network paths between the hosts and the storage enclosure so that loss of any single path (for example, through failure of a host server port) does not result in loss of access to data on the storage enclosure.

The storage enclosure is managed by the Storage Enclosure Management software running on a host server. On the host server system, the management software and the storage enclosure communicate management requests and event information by using in-band SAS connections.

• Storage Enclosure—When the MD3060e is attached to a server directly or other MD3060e enclosures, it is referred to as a Storage Enclosure. This document applies to the deployment and configuration of the MD3060e as a Storage Enclosure.

• Expansion Enclosure—When the MD3060e is used as an expansion with an MD3 (MD32/MD34/MD36/MD38) Series Dense Storage Array, it is referred to as an Expansion Enclosure. To use the MD3060e as an Expansion Enclosure, see the Dell PowerVault MD Series Support Matrix Storage for either the MD32XX/36XX or MD34XX/38XX Series arrays available at Dell.com/support/manuals.

The Storage Enclosure Management Software tools enable an administrator to monitor and update the storage enclosure for optimum usability. The Storage Enclosure Management Software is supported on various Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems (OSs). For more information about specific supported OSs, refer to the Dell Storage Enclosure Support Matrix at Dell.com/support/home.