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This chapter explains the different operating system environments and configurations that you can use in your storage area network (SAN). It also introduces the SAN com- ponents and provides examples of SANs with high-level installation guidelines.

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Dell supports Windows NT storage consolidation, Windows NT clustering, and Novell NetWare Storage Consolidation. Each of these operating system environments are supported on independent SANs or in separate zones on the same SAN.

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Table 2-1 lists the maximum Windows NT configurations that are supported by SAN 2.0.

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Maximum of 10 servers running Net-

See the Release Notes on the Dell

Ware; a maximum of 12 servers are

PowerVault Fibre Channel Utilities Ver-

supported if it is a backup only SAN.

sion 2.0 CD or the Dell PowerVault

 

Fibre Channel Update Version 2.0 CD

 

for a list of supported servers.

 

 

Maximum of four storage nodes

A maximum total of four of the follow-

 

ing nodes: PowerVault 35F bridge, Pow-

 

erVault 650F disk processor enclosure

 

(DPE), or PowerVault 651F DPE.

 

 

Maximum of four PowerVault 120T

Allows a maximum of 16 PowerVault

autoloaders per PowerVault 35F

120T autoloaders per SAN.

 

 

Maximum of two PowerVault 130T tape

Allows a maximum of eight PowerVault

libraries per PowerVault 35F

130T tape libraries per SAN.

 

 

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Dell 35F, 130T, 120T manual PowerVault Fibre Channel Utilities Ver, Sion 2.0 CD or the Dell PowerVault

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