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Third-party information provided to you courtesy of Dell.
DELL/EMC CX SERIES
INITIAL CONFIGURATION
BEST PRACTICES PLANNING
Abstract
This white paper provides basic best practice recommendations for Dell/EMC CX Series
®
storage system
settings. The recommendations provide parameters that will apply to 80 percent of the configurations
installed.
February 2007
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Seite 1 - INITIAL CONFIGURATION

Third-party information provided to you courtesy of Dell. DELL/EMC CX SERIES INITIAL CONFIGURATIONBEST PRACTICES PLANNINGAbstractThis white paper prov

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Special LUN considerationsWhen binding LUNs destined for the reserved LUN pool, give these LUNs high numbers. Placethese LUNs in the “private LUN num

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MetaLUN settingsTable 3 describes the user-defined and default parameters for metaLUNsTable 3. MetaLUN settingsSet Default setting NotesLUN ExpansionT

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• Response Time – This is the time it takes to complete a transaction. A transactioncan be one or many I/Os. Typical response time is calculated on a

Seite 5 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

paper published by Microsoft for the correct configuration. You can also use EMC Dell/EMC CXSeries Storage Solutions Microsoft Exchange 2003 Best Prac

Seite 6 - Drive type differentiation

Drive sizeEMC has currently certified different FC and ATA/SATA-II drive capacities. EMC does not requireany specific disk size within the supported l

Seite 7 - RAID groups

KEY:Vault driveHot spareAlternating 8+1 and 4+1Raid groupsAll groups are Raid 5Figure 1. Alternating 8+1 and 4+1 RAID groupsKEY:---- Vault drives setu

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KEY:---- Vault drives---- Hot spareAll groups are Raid 1/0Raid 1/0 configurationFigure 3. RAID 1/0 configurationDell/EMC CX Series Initial Configurati

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Storage GroupsA single-host system connected to the CX3 Series storage system will be added to a dedicatedStorage Group. Multi-system cluster nodes wi

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CachingFor 80 percent of the configurations, enable both read and write cache. Assign as much aspossible to write cache. Split the remaining memory b

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The Dell/EMC CX Series allows reverting to a prior revision as long as the FLARE code has notbeen committed. The tradeoffs are: • No changes are allow

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Copyright © 2005, 2007 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.EMC believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date.

Seite 13 - Hot spares

In-array management EMC supports management of the Dell/EMC CX Series directly. The storage system limitsrecommended for off-array management also app

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Event MonitorThe default template provides logging capability only. Critical and hard errors will be logged. Donot change this template.Event Monitor

Seite 15 - 8+1 Raid groups

Phone Home settingsTable 8 describes the user-defined and default Phone Home settings.Table 8. Phone Home settingsSet Default setting NotesEvents Expl

Seite 16 - Raid 1/0 configuration

For SNMP notification, enable SNMP traps in event monitor. Use the Phone Home template forthe list of errors. See Table 10 for the SNMP settings.Table

Seite 17 - Storage Groups

SECURITYThis section discusses access rights and protection mechanisms in the Dell/EMC CX Series.Storage systemsAll Dell/EMC CX Series should be in a

Seite 18 - Software online upgrades

CONNECTIVITYThis section discusses the different connectivity methods.ManagementEMC has customers that use either the on-array or off-array Navisphere

Seite 19 - Management system

For HBA device driver settings, driver levels, or components in the data path, tape or diskconfigurations should include any patches, firmware updates

Seite 20 - Management scope

Fibre Channel SAN link speedThe recommended Dell/EMC CX Series link speed is 4 Gb/s. In any case, EMC recommendssetting the link speed to auto. If t

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Figure 4 shows the recommended path layout for a single host. This configuration provides bothfailover and load-balancing capability.Figure 4. Sing

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little performance advantage to splitting the disks across all the buses, so configuring the disksacross all different buses is not worth the added co

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CONTENTSExecutive summary...5Introduction...

Seite 24 - Management

Dell/EMC CX Seriess can be used to accommodate these configurations. This is consideredoutside the 80 percent rule for best practices. Consultation is

Seite 25 - Fibre Channel connections

Exchange environmentsExchange environments are defined by size and load. Size is measured in numbers of users, andload is defined as the number of I/O

Seite 26 - Data path

Drives per RAID groupSelect 5, 9, 2, or 1 for the number of drives per RAID group. 5= 4+1 RAID 5 9 = 8+1 RAID 5 2 = 1+1 RAID 1 or RAID 1/0 1 = Hot

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The information contained in this document, including all instructions, cautions, and regulatoryapprovals and certifications, is provided by EMC Corpo

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iSCSI connections...25NIC cards...

Seite 29 - Clustering

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThis white paper is provided to expedite deployment of the Dell/EMC® CX3 Series. It defines howto best implement the new/enhanced tec

Seite 30 - Host connectivity

INTRODUCTIONCustomers are requiring simpler installs on Dell/EMC CX Series CX3 Series storage systems.One way to accommodate this requirement, without

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capacity drive in the RAID group. This usually coincides with the capacity of thereplaced drive. • Rotational speed – ATA and SATA-II drives currently

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RAID group settingsThis type of table is used throughout the document. It follows what Navisphere Manager presetsfor a particular configuration area.

Seite 33 - Best Practices Planning 33

LUNsLUNs are created from a RAID group. The RAID type for a RAID group will be assigned when thefirst LUN is bound on the RAID group. LUNs can be boun

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