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Appendix D: Storage configuration
Figure 13 shows the Dell PowerVault MD3000i, the primary storage hardware we used.
Dell PowerVault iSCSI SAN
The Dell PowerVault MD3000i has two controllers with two 1Gbps iSCSI ports per controller, one 100Mbps
Ethernet management port per controller, and one SAS 4x port per controller. We connected the iSCSI switch to
two iSCSI ports per controller and one management port per controller.
System Dell PowerVault iSCSI SAN
Storage hardware One Dell PowerVault MD3000i
Storage connectivity (Fibre Channel, SAS, SATA,
iSCSI)
iSCSI
Storage model and OS/firmware revision Dell PowerVault MD3000i Firmware 07.35.22.61
Storage cache 512 MB (per controller)
Network switch
Dell PowerConnect 5448 Switch with Jumbo Frames
enabled, Flow Control enabled, IP Routing enabled,
Spanning Tree set to RSTP and LLDP disabled
Number of connections from storage 4 x 1 Gb
Number of storage controllers 2
Number of storage ports 4 (2 per controller)
SATA drives 4x Hitachi HUA721050KLA330 7,200 RPM
SAS drives
8x Seagate ST3300656SS 300GB 15,000 RPM
2x Seagate ST3146356SS 146GB 15,000 RPM
Total number of disks tested in solution 14
Figure 13: Primary storage hardware.
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