Dell 651F, 650F manual Supported Windows NT and Windows 2000 SAN Configurations, San

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Table 2-1. Supported Windows NT and Windows 2000 SAN Configurations

Component

Supported Maximum

Conditions/Requirements

 

 

 

Servers

Maximum of 20 servers

 

running Windows NT

 

and Windows 2000; a

 

maximum of 24 serv-

 

ers for a backup-only

 

SAN.

See the Release Notes on the Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Utilities CD Version 4.0 or the Dell Power- Vault Fibre Channel Update CD Version 4.0 or see the Dell Power- Vault Storage Area Network (SAN) Version 4.0 Revision Compatibility Guide at http://support.dell.com for a list of supported servers and required revision levels.

Host bus

Maximum of two HBAs

Allows a maximum of 40 HBAs in a

adapters

per server.

SAN and 48 HBAs in a backup-only

(HBAs)

 

SAN.

 

 

 

Target storage

Maximum of eight ports

A maximum of eight ports are avail-

ports

for storage per fabric.

able for any combination of the fol-

 

For the purpose of fault-

lowing devices: PowerVault 35F

 

tolerance and load-

bridges, PowerVault 650F and 651F

 

balancing, each 56F pro-

disk processor enclosures (DPEs), or

 

vides 10 ports for serv-

PowerVault 660F storage systems.

 

ers and four ports for

For information on the 530F, see

 

storage, and each 50F

 

and 51F provides five

Table 2-3.

 

ports for servers and

 

 

two ports for storage.

 

 

 

 

35F bridges

Maximum of eight Pow-

Allows a maximum of eight bridges

 

erVault 35F bridges

in a backup SAN.

 

 

 

120T

Maximum of four

Allows a maximum of 32 PowerVault

autoloaders

PowerVault 120T

120T autoloaders per SAN.

 

DLT4000 or DLT7000

 

 

autoloaders per Power-

 

 

Vault 35F bridge.

 

 

 

 

130T libraries

Maximum of two

Allows a maximum of 16 PowerVault

 

PowerVault 130T

130T libraries per SAN with a

 

DLT4000 or DLT7000

maximum of four tape drives per

 

libraries per PowerVault

PowerVault 35F bridge.

 

35F bridge.

 

 

 

 

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