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ContentsNotes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................21 PowerVault NX3600/NX3610 NAS Appliance Overview.......................................................5Supported Hardware................................................................................................................................................5Supported Software..................................................................................................................................................5Other Information You May Need.............................................................................................................................52 Setting Up The Environment......................................................................................................7Choosing The Switch Topology................................................................................................................................8Cabling Overview......................................................................................................................................................9Dedicated SAN High-Availability (Recommended)................................................................................................10Dedicated SAN Solution In The Non-Redundant Option........................................................................................11All-In-One High-Availability Option.........................................................................................................................12All-In-One Non-Redundant Option..........................................................................................................................13Preparing Your Management Station.....................................................................................................................143 Running NAS IDU......................................................................................................................15Installing NAS IDU..................................................................................................................................................15Launching NAS IDU................................................................................................................................................15Deploying The NAS Appliance Using The NAS IDU...............................................................................................154 Setting Up Your MD Storage Solution...................................................................................19MD Topology...........................................................................................................................................................19Enabling Jumbo Frames On The MD Storage Array...............................................................................................20Considerations When Creating Disk Groups And Virtual Disks..............................................................................20One Disk Group (RAID 6), One Hot Spare.........................................................................................................20One Disk Group (RAID 1/10), One Hot Spare....................................................................................................21Two Disk Groups (RAID 5), Two Hot Spares....................................................................................................21Two Disk Groups (RAID 6), Zero Hot Spares....................................................................................................22One Disk Group (RAID 5), One Hot Spare.........................................................................................................23Creating Disk Groups..............................................................................................................................................23Creating Disk Groups Automatically................................................................................................................23Creating Disk Groups Manually........................................................................................................................24Creating Virtual Disks Using PowerVault MDSM...................................................................................................25For Version 10.80.x6.47 And Earlier..................................................................................................................25For Version 10.84.x6.25 And Later.....................................................................................................................25Creating A Host Group............................................................................................................................................26
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