Dell PowerVault NX3600 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2
1 Overview.......................................................................................................................................5
Setting Up The Environment .....................................................................................................................................5
Selecting The Topology ......................................................................................................................................5
MD Topology ......................................................................................................................................................5
Choosing The Switch Topology ..........................................................................................................................7
Best Practice Solution In The HA Option ...........................................................................................................8
Dedicated SAN Solution In The Non-Redundant Option ...................................................................................9
All-In-One High-Availability Option ..................................................................................................................10
All-In-One Non-Redundant Option ...................................................................................................................11
Preparing Your Management Station ...............................................................................................................12
2 Running The NAS IDU..............................................................................................................15
Installing The NAS IDU ...........................................................................................................................................15
Launching The NAS IDU .........................................................................................................................................15
Deploying The NAS Appliance Using The NAS IDU ...............................................................................................15
3 Setting Up Your MD Storage Solution...................................................................................19
Creating Disk Groups ..............................................................................................................................................19
Creating Disk Groups Automatically ................................................................................................................19
Creating Disk Groups Manually ........................................................................................................................20
Creating Virtual Disks .............................................................................................................................................21
Creating A Host Group ............................................................................................................................................21
Creating A Host .......................................................................................................................................................22
Adding Virtual Disks To A Host Group ....................................................................................................................22
Creating Host-To-Virtual Disk Mappings ................................................................................................................23
Accessing The NAS Manager Web Interface ........................................................................................................23
4 NAS Manager Configuration Wizard.....................................................................................25
Configuring Additional Client VIPs ..........................................................................................................................28
5 PowerVault FluidFS NAS Setup Worksheet.........................................................................29
6 Getting Help................................................................................................................................31
Contacting Dell .......................................................................................................................................................31