BP1016 Integrating the Dell EqualLogic FS7500 into an Existing SAN iiTable of Contents1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 11.1 Audience ...................................................................................................................................................... 11.2 Terminology ............................................................................................................................................... 22 Dell EqualLogic FS7500 ................................................................................................................................... 32.1 EqualLogic FS7500 support for Network Attached Storage.............................................................. 33 Test topology and architecture ...................................................................................................................... 54 Test methodology ..............................................................................................................................................75 Test results and analysis ................................................................................................................................... 86 Planning and design considerations ............................................................................................................. 116.1 Network ports ........................................................................................................................................... 116.2 IP addresses ............................................................................................................................................... 116.3 Pool configuration ...................................................................................................................................126.4 Volume configuration..............................................................................................................................136.5 Monitoring an existing SAN ....................................................................................................................137 Summary ............................................................................................................................................................15Appendix A Vdbench scripts ........................................................................................................................... 16Related publications ................................................................................................................................................ 17