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Table of Contents
Default Chapter
3
Revision History
3
Table of Contents
5
1 PS Series Storage Arrays
11
Array Models
11
PS Series Supported Configuration Limits
12
Array Models Prior to PS4100/PS6100
14
Controller Types in All Models Prior to PS4100/PS6100
15
Controller Redundancy in All Models Prior to PS4100/PS6100
16
Controller Failover Behavior in All Models Prior to PS4100/PS6100
16
Array Models PS4100/PS6100
19
Controller Types in PS4100/PS6100 Models
19
Controller Redundancy in PS4100/PS6100 Controllers
20
Controller Failover Behavior: Ps41X0/Ps61X0
20
Vertical Port Failover Behavior in PS4100/PS6100 Controllers
21
Vertical Port Failover Behavior in PS4110/PS6110 Controllers
24
Array Model PS-M4110
26
Controller Type in PS-M4110 Model
26
Configuration Options
27
Failure Behavior in the PS-M4110
27
Networking Considerations and Guidelines
27
2 Controller Firmware
29
About Member Firmware
29
Firmware Upgrade Considerations
29
PS Series Firmware Compatibility with Equallogic Tools
31
Optimizing for High Availability and Preparing for Array Firmware Updates
32
Verify Hosts Are Designed for High Availability
32
Microsoft Windows Servers
32
Vmware ESX Servers
32
Storage Heartbeat on Vsphere 5.0, 4.1, and 4.0
33
Linux Servers
33
Network Topology Health Check
33
Environmental Health
33
3 RAID Policies
34
Setting the RAID Policy for a Member
34
Guidelines for Choosing a RAID Policy
34
RAID Level
35
Drive Configuration
35
Spare Drive Policy
35
RAID Level Characteristics
35
Performance and Availability Characteristics of the Supported RAID Levels
36
Supported RAID Policy Conversions
37
4 Capacity Planning
39
RAID 6 Drive Layouts and Total Reported Usable Storage
39
RAID 10 Drive Layouts and Total Reported Usable Storage
41
RAID 50 Drive Layouts and Total Reported Usable Storage
42
RAID 5 Drive Layouts and Total Reported Usable Storage
43
Array RAID Configurations and Associated RAID Sets
44
5 PS Series Array Concepts
45
Groups and Pools
45
Pools
45
Volumes
47
Volume Attributes
47
Volume Features
48
Snapshots and Clones
48
Clones
49
Thin Provisioning
49
Template Volumes and Thin Clones
50
6 Array Firmware Features
51
Replication
51
Replication Limits
51
Replication Paths
52
Replication Process
53
Fast Failback
55
Sizing Replica Reserve and Delegated Space
55
Effect of TCP Window Size on Latency Across WAN Links
57
Replication Partner Compatibility
57
Clustering
58
Synchronous Replication
58
About Synchronous Replication
58
How Synchronous Replication Works
58
Synchronous States
59
Caveats
59
Requirements for Using Syncrep
59
How Syncrep Protects Volume Availability
60
Syncalternate Volume Unavailable
60
Tracked Changes Written to the Syncalternate Volume
61
Syncactive Volume Unavailable
62
Protecting Your Equallogic Group with Internet Protocol Security
65
Types of Protected Traffic
65
Protected Intra-Group Traffic
66
Ipsec and Replication
66
About Ipsec Security Parameters
66
About Ipsec Certificates
66
About Ipsec Pre-Shared Keys
67
About Ipsec Policies
67
Ipsec Considerations and Limitations
67
Performance Considerations
68
Host Connectivity Considerations
68
7 Equallogic SAN Design
69
General Requirements
69
Implementation of Standards
69
General Requirements and Recommendations
70
Quality of Service (Qos)
71
Ethernet Switches and Infrastructure
71
Connecting SAN Switches in a Layer 2 Network
73
Sizing Inter-Switch Connections
76
Comparing Inter-Switch Connection Types
76
Building a High-Availability SAN
77
Design Guidelines for Host Connectivity in a Redundant SAN
78
Multi-Path I/O
79
Equallogic Isci SAN Design
80
Redundant SAN Configuration
81
Partially Redundant SAN Configurations
83
Minimum Cabling Scenarios: PS4100 and PS6100
84
8 Mixed Speed Environments - Integrating 1Gbe and 10Gbe Sans
87
Design Considerations
87
Optimizing Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Behavior
88
Mixed Speed SAN Best Practices
89
9 Blade Server Chassis Integration
91
Designing a SAN Using Blade Chassis I/O Modules with Arrays Directly Attached
93
SAN Design for Multiple M1000E Enclosure
99
Designing a SAN Using Blade Pass-Through Module
103
Designing a SAN Using Blade Chassis I/O Modules as Host Access to External Switches for Array Connection
105
10 Fluid File System
112
FS Series Architecture
113
FS Series Solution for File Only Storage
113
Dell Fluidfs
114
11 FS Series NAS Appliances
116
Equallogic NAS Appliance Supported Configuration Limits
116
Initial NAS Cluster Valid Configurations
118
FS7500 System Components
119
FS7500 File System Operation on Controller Failover
120
FS7600 Components
120
FS7610 Components
121
12 FS Series File Level Operations
122
NAS Cluster
122
NAS Reserve
122
Relationship between PS Series Groups, Pools and NAS Reserve
122
NAS Container
123
NAS Container Security Styles
124
NAS Container Snapshots
125
NAS Snapshots and Replication
126
Snapshots
126
Replication
126
13 FS Series NAS Configuration
129
FS7500 Connection Paths
129
FS7600/7610 Connection Paths
131
14 Data Center Bridging (DCB)
135
DCB Overview
135
DCB Requirements for Equallogic
138
Methods for Configuring DCB
139
Basic Deployment Topology Example
140
Tested SAN Designs
140
Blade IOM Switch Only
141
Tor Switch Only
141
Blade IOM Switch with Tor Switch
142
Data Center in a Chassis DCB Design
143
Vlans for Iscsi
144
Appendix A Network Ports and Protocols
146
A.1 Required Ports and Protocols
146
A.2 Optional Ports and Protocols
146
Appendix B Recommended Switches
148
Appendix C Supported Iscsi Initiators
149
Appendix D Upgrade Paths for Equallogic PS Seriesarrays
150
Related Publications
151
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