Contents
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2
1 PowerVault NX3600/NX3610 NAS Appliance Overview.......................................................5
Supported Hardware................................................................................................................................................5
Supported Software..................................................................................................................................................5
Other Information You May Need.............................................................................................................................5
2 Setting Up The Environment......................................................................................................7
Choosing The Switch Topology................................................................................................................................8
Cabling Overview......................................................................................................................................................9
Dedicated SAN High-Availability (Recommended)................................................................................................10
Dedicated SAN Solution In The Non-Redundant Option........................................................................................11
All-In-One High-Availability Option.........................................................................................................................12
All-In-One Non-Redundant Option..........................................................................................................................13
Preparing Your Management Station.....................................................................................................................14
3 Running NAS IDU......................................................................................................................15
Installing NAS IDU..................................................................................................................................................15
Launching NAS IDU................................................................................................................................................15
Deploying The NAS Appliance Using The NAS IDU...............................................................................................15
4 Setting Up Your MD Storage Solution...................................................................................19
MD Topology...........................................................................................................................................................19
Enabling Jumbo Frames On The MD Storage Array...............................................................................................20
Considerations When Creating Disk Groups And Virtual Disks..............................................................................20
One Disk Group (RAID 6), One Hot Spare.........................................................................................................20
One Disk Group (RAID 1/10), One Hot Spare....................................................................................................21
Two Disk Groups (RAID 5), Two Hot Spares....................................................................................................21
Two Disk Groups (RAID 6), Zero Hot Spares....................................................................................................22
One Disk Group (RAID 5), One Hot Spare.........................................................................................................23
Creating Disk Groups..............................................................................................................................................23
Creating Disk Groups Automatically................................................................................................................23
Creating Disk Groups Manually........................................................................................................................24
Creating Virtual Disks Using PowerVault MDSM...................................................................................................25
For Version 10.80.x6.47 And Earlier..................................................................................................................25
For Version 10.84.x6.25 And Later.....................................................................................................................25
Creating A Host Group............................................................................................................................................26
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