- About this Guide
- Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
- About the SCv2000/SCv2020 Storage System
- Storage Center Hardware Components
- Storage Center Architecture Options
- Storage Center Communication
- SCv2000/SCv2020 Storage System Hardware
- SC100/SC120 Expansion Enclosure Overview
- Install the Storage Center Hardware
- Connect the
Front End
- Types of Redundancy for Front-End Connections
- Cabling SAN-Attached
Host Servers
- Connecting to
Fibre Channel Host Servers
- Preparing Host Servers
- Two Fibre Channel Fabrics with Dual 16 Gb 2-Port Storage Controllers
- Two Fibre Channel Fabrics with Dual 8 Gb 4-Port Storage Controllers
- One Fibre Channel Fabric with Dual 16 Gb 2-Port Storage Controllers
- One Fibre Channel Fabric with Dual 8 Gb 4-Port Storage Controllers
- Two Fibre Channel Fabrics with a Single 16 Gb 2-Port Storage Controller
- Two Fibre Channel Fabrics with a Single 8 Gb 4-Port Storage Controller
- Using SFP+ Transceiver Modules
- Fibre Channel Zoning
- Labeling the Front-End Cables
- Connecting to
iSCSI Host Servers
- Preparing Host Servers
- Two iSCSI Networks with Dual 10 GbE 2–Port Storage Controllers
- Two iSCSI Networks with Dual 1 GbE 4-Port Storage Controllers
- One iSCSI Network with Dual 10 GbE 2-Port Storage Controllers
- One iSCSI Network with Dual 1 GbE 4-Port Storage Controllers
- Two iSCSI Networks with a Single 10 GbE 2-Port Storage Controller
- Two iSCSI Networks with a Single 1 GbE 4-Port Storage Controller
- Labeling the Front-End Cables
- Connecting to
Fibre Channel Host Servers
- Cabling Direct-Attached Host Servers
- Cabling the Ethernet Management Port
- Cabling the Embedded Ports for iSCSI Replication
- Cabling the Embedded Ports for iSCSI Host Connectivity
- Back-End Cabling and Connecting Power
- Discover and
Configure the Storage Center
- Locating Your Service Tag
- Worksheet to Record System Information
- Supported Operating Systems for Storage Center Automated Setup
- Install and Use the Dell Storage Client
- Discover and Select an Uninitialized Storage Center
- Set System Information
- Set Administrator Information
- Configure iSCSI Fault Domains
- Confirm the Storage Center Configuration
- Initialize the Storage Center
- Review Fibre Channel Front-End Configuration
- Review SAS Front-End Configuration
- Configure Time Settings
- Configure SMTP Server Settings
- Configure Key Management Server Settings
- Review the SupportAssist Data Collection and Storage Agreement
- Provide Contact Information
- Update Storage Center
- Complete Configuration and Perform Next Steps
- Set Up a localhost or VMware Host
- Configure Embedded iSCSI Ports
- Perform Post-Setup Tasks
- Adding or Removing an Expansion Enclosure
- Troubleshooting Storage Center Deployment
Dell Storage Center SCv2000 and SCv2020 Storage System Deployment Guide
Front-End Connectivity
Front-end connectivity provides IO paths from servers to a storage system and replication paths from one Storage Center to another Storage Center. The SCv2000/SCv2020 storage system provides the following types of front-end connectivity:
-
Fibre Channel: Hosts, servers, or Network
Attached Storage (NAS) appliances access storage by connecting to
the
storage system Fibre
Channel ports through one or more Fibre Channel switches. Connecting
host servers directly to the
storage system, without using Fibre Channel switches, is not
supported.
When replication is licensed, the SCv2000/SCv2020 can use the front-end Fibre Channel ports to replicate data to another Storage Center.
-
iSCSI: Hosts, servers, or Network Attached
Storage (NAS) appliances access storage by connecting to the
storage system iSCSI ports
through one or more Ethernet switches. Connecting host servers directly
to the
storage system,
without using Ethernet switches, is not supported.
When replication is licensed, the SCv2000/SCv2020 can use the front-end iSCSI ports to replicate data to another Storage Center.
- SAS: Hosts or servers access storage by connecting directly to the storage system SAS ports.
-
NOTE: When replication is licensed, the
SCv2000/SCv2020 can use the
embedded REPL port to perform iSCSI replication to another SCv2000
series
Storage Center.
If replication is licensed and the Flex Port license is installed, the SCv2000/SCv2020 can use the embedded MGMT port to perform iSCSI replication to another SCv2000 series Storage Center. In addition, the SCv2000/SCv2020 can use the embedded MGMT and REPL ports as front-end iSCSI ports for connectivity to host servers when the Flex Port license is installed.
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