Dell PowerVault MD3060e Deployment Manual

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3. Ethernet Port — Not used. 4. SAS OUT Port — Enables the StorageEnclosure to be connected to anotherStorage Enclosure5. EMM 1 — Enclosure Management ModuleCabling The Storage EnclosureThere are a number of ways to cable the MD3060e storage enclosure to host servers and to additionalMD3060e storage enclosures. The particular configuration chosen will depend on desired storagecapacity, desired level of resiliency of both the server and storage enclosure and the operation systembeing utilized. .NOTE: The maximum supported SAS cable length is 4 meters.NOTE: All connections from host server to storage enclosure and from storage enclosure to storageenclosure are made using SAS cables with SFF-8088 mini-SAS connectors.Windows with Storage Spaces ConfigurationWindows Server 2012 R2 includes a feature called with Storage Spaces. Storage Spaces is a feature thatallows you to group drives together into a storage pool. Then you can use pool capacity to create storagespaces. Storage spaces are virtual drives that can be used by Windows the same way a physical drivewould be used. Please refer to Microsoft documentation of the Windows Storage Spaces feature for moreinformation.NOTE: If multiple connections are used to attach the enclosure, Dell recommends MPIO to beconfigured with the Failover Only Policy for all drives in the enclosure.The MD3060e supports Storage Spaces using up to four storage enclosures. Full support of StorageSpaces requires each connection to a single EMM from a single host to be from separate HBA’s within thehost.Storage Spaces Configuration LimitsThe following are the recommended configuration limits when using Storage Spaces configurations:• For clustered storage pools:– Up to 80 physical disks in a clustered storage pool (to allow time for the pool to fail over to othernodes)– Up to four storage pools per cluster– Up to 64 storage spaces in a single pool• For non-clustered storage pools:– Up to 128 storage spaces in a single storage pool– Up to 240 physical disks in a non-clustered Windows Server 2012 R2 storage pool• For both clustered and non-clustered pools:– Up to 480 TB of capacity in a single storage pool8