Dell PowerVault TL4000 User Manual
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Dell PowerVault^*^ TL4000/TL2000 Failover Guide
Dell PowerVault^*^ TL4000/TL2000 Failover Configuration Guide
This document describes the failover feature, outlines the supported failover configurations for the Dell
PowerVault™ TL4000 and TL2000 products and provides instructions for configuring the library, drives,
and host server for failover.
Please note the supported configurations are closely related to the LTO drive generation and form factor
installed in the tape library. Please refer Dell PowerVault™ supported Failover configuration matrix table
1 and 2
Contents
Dell PowerVault™ TL2000/TL4000 Configuration Support matrix..............................................................2
Basic Environment Configuration Requirements........................................................................................ 3
Failover Support Configuration Details....................................................................................................... 4
Configuration Samples................................................................................................................................ 4
LT05 Specific Requirements For Failover Support................................................................................... 11
Heterogeneous validated configurations...................................................................................................13
Take the Library Offline............................................................................................................................. 16
Upgrade Library and Drive Firmware to the Latest Version........................................................................16
Backup Host Control Path Failover Setup.................................................................................................18
Backup Application Setup and Support.....................................................................................................18
Failover Configuration Verification............................................................................................................ 20
Failover Test Procedure............................................................................................................................ 20
Failover Performance considerations........................................................................................................21
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Document Outline
- Contents
- What is Failover?
- Dell PowerVault™ TL2000/TL4000 Configuration Support matrix
- Basic Environment Configuration Requirements
- Failover Support Configuration Details
- Dell PowerVault™ TL4000/TL2000 Failover Guide
- Failover Reference Configuration 2:
- One Host with one dual port Fibre Channel HBA, two Fibre Channel switches and one Dell PowerVault^*^ with two Fibre Channel drives
- Failover Reference Configuration 3:
- One host with dual port SAS HBAs and one Dell PowerVault^"* with two SAS drives
- Failover configuration
- (one host with two NBAs, and two SAS drives)
- Failover Reference Configuration 4:
- One Host with dual Fibre Channel HBAs, two Fibre Channel switches and a Dell PowerVault^ with two Fibre Channel drives
- Failover Reference Configuration 5:
- Two hosts with dual Fibre Channel HBAs, two Fibre Channel switches and one Dell PowerVault^*^ with two Fibre Channel drives
- (one host with two NBAs, and two SAS drives)
- Multiple Host Failover configuration
- Single SAS Drive Failover Configuration
- Dell PowerVault^*^ TL4000/TL2000 Failover Guide
- Dell PowerVault^*^ TL4000/TL2000 Failover Guide