Table 2-3. Supported PowerVault 530F SAN Appliance Configurations (continued)

Component

Supported Maximum

Conditions/Requirements

 

 

 

Target storage

Maximum of eight ports

ports

for storage per fabric.

 

For the purpose of fault-

 

tolerance and load-

 

balancing, each Power-

 

Vault 56F switch pro-

 

vides 10 ports for

 

servers and four ports

 

for storage, and each

 

PowerVault 51F switch

 

provides five ports for

 

servers and two ports

 

for storage. (The Power-

 

Vault 50F switch is not

 

supported in a Power-

 

Vault 530F SAN appli-

 

ance configuration.)

A maximum of eight ports are avail- able for any combination of the following devices: PowerVault 35F bridges, PowerVault 650F and 651F disk processor enclosures (DPEs), PowerVault 660F storage systems, and PowerVault 530F SAN appliances.

Each stand-alone PowerVault 530F uses two storage ports per fabric between the server and the Power- Vault 530F. Each redundant pair of PowerVault 530Fs uses three storage ports per fabric between the server and the PowerVault 530F.

530F SAN

Maximum of four

appliances

PowerVault 530F SAN

 

appliances per SAN.

Maximum of four PowerVault 530Fs in a stand-alone configuration per SAN. Maximum of two pairs of PowerVault 530Fs in a redundant pair configuration.

650F or 651F

Maximum of four

DPEs and

PowerVault 650F, 651F,

660F storage

or 660F systems con-

systems

nected to each Power-

 

Vault 530F configuration

 

in a SAN.

Maximum of four PowerVault storage systems connected to one stand- alone or one redundant pair of Power- Vault 530Fs using Fibre Channel switches. Both 650Fs and 660Fs can be attached in the same 530F config- uration; however, you cannot mix the two types of storage systems in a clustered configuration.

Switches

Maximum of six Power-

 

Vault Fibre Channel

 

switches per SAN

 

between the server and

 

the 530F.

Between the server and the Power- Vault 530F: Three switches per fabric allowing six switches for redundant configurations and three for nonre- dundant configurations. PowerVault 56Fs are recommended for scalability. PowerVault 50Fs are not supported.

If 660F storage systems are used, one or more switches may be required between the 530F and the 660F.

Between the PowerVault 530F and 660F: One switch per fabric is required when using PowerVault 660F storage systems. PowerVault 51F and 56F switches are supported.

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