2-8 DellPowerVaultSAN Administrator’sGuide
Novell NetWare SAN Configurations
NetWare4.2 and 5.1 with the appropriate support pack aresupported (see the
ReleaseNotes on the
DellPowerVault Fibre Channels UtilitiesCD Version 4.0
orthe
DellPowerVault Fibre Channel Update CD Version4.0
forthe correct support pack).
Accessthe Dell Web site at http://support.de ll.com forthe latest information about
supportedoperating systems.
TheDell OpenManage Storage Consolidation software does not supportNetWare vol-
umes.A Dell SAN requires the administratorto manually control the mounting of SAN
volumeson each NetWare server.
Table2-2 lists the maximum number of devices supportedin NetWare SAN
configurations.
NOTICES: For volumes to be accessed by a NetWare server, the server must
mount them. You can mount them by issuing the Mount command; however,
most administrators place the command in the autoexec.ncf file. After Net-
Ware installation, the Mount all command is placed in the autoexec.ncf file
by default. The administrator must remove this command and replace it
with a series of Mount commands explicitly mounting each of the volumes
on the SAN that should be available to the server. For instructions, see
Chapter 12, “Installing, Configuring, and Uninstalling Components in a
Novell NetWare SAN.”
MSCSclusters Maximumof 10
MicrosoftCluster
Server (MSCS)clusters.
Each MSCS pair with its Powe rVault
storagesystem must be in its own
zone;see the latest clustering docu-
mentationfor your systems, the
Dell
PowerEdgeCluster F-SeriesSAN
Guide,
andthe
Dell PowerEdge Clus-
terFE100/FL100 and FE200/FL200
Installationand Troubleshooting
Guide
Switches Maximumof six Power-
VaultFibre Channel
switches per SAN.
Threeswitches are supported per
fabric,allowing six switches for
redundantconfigurations and three
fornonredundant configurations. At
leastone PowerVault 51F or 56F
switchper fabric is strongly recom-
mendedfor support of a zoning
graphicaluser interface (GUI); see
the
Dell PowerVault Systems Storage
AreaNetwork Revision Compatibility
Guide
, which is available at
http://support.dell.com,for the
latestrelease of the GUI.

Table 2-1. Supported Windows NT and Wind ows 2000 SAN

Configurations (continued)

Component Supported Maximum Conditions/Requirements