A storage system component that you can add to your storage system or replace in your storage system at your site. Examples of FRUs are disks, power supplies, memory cards, and power supplies.
storage processor (SP)
A
disk pool | A set of disks with the same capacity and RAID type on which you create |
| one of more virtual disks. |
virtual disk | A grouping of physical disk partitions into one span of disk storage space. |
| Each virtual disk you create is distributed equally across the disks in the |
| disk pool. A virtual disk looks like an individual disk to the server s |
| operating system. |
CHAP | Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol. An optional security |
| mechanism to control access to an iSCSI storage system over the iSCSI |
| data ports. |
iSNS | Microsoft Internet Storage Naming Service (iSNS) provides automated |
| discovery, management and configuration of iSCSI devices. |
An SSR212PPi storage system has one SP, so it is called a
SSR212PP2i storage system has two SPs, so it is called a
Before You Start
❑Review Tested Hardware and OS List (THOL) on the SSR212PP support website to confirm that the following are supported:
The server hardware that will access the storage system.
The operating system version running on the server hardware.
❑Complete the configuration planning worksheets in Procedure 3, "Planning Your iSCSI Storage System Configuration," on page 15.
❑For a new storage system installation, you will need:
An SSR212PPi or SSR212PP2i storage system and the cables, rails, and CDs that ship with it.
For an SSR212PP2i
Standard AC power for each power supply in the storage system from an independent AC source or a cabinet/rack power distribution unit.
A CAT 5, CAT 5e, or CAT 6 network cable for each management port you will use on the storage system.
The following management port network information, which the person responsible for your network should provide:
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