Contents 3
Contents1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Management Station Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction to Storage Arrays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Storage Configuration Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
About the Enclosure Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cabling the Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Redundancy vs. Nonredundancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Direct-Attached Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Network-Attached Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Attaching MD1000 Expansion Enclosures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Expanding with Previously Configured MD1000 Enclosures. . . . . . . . 16
Expanding with New MD1000 Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3 Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
System Assembly and Startup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Install the iSCSI Initiator Software (iSCSI-attached Host ServersOnly) . . . . 19
Installing the iSCSI Initiator on a Windows Host Server. . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing the iSCSI Initiator on a Linux Host Server . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing MD Storage Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installing MD Storage Software on an iSCSI-attached Host
Server (Windows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installing MD Storage Software on an iSCSI-attached Host
Server (Linux). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing a Dedicated Management Station (Windows and Linux) . . . . 27