Dell 530F manual

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v    Use th e fol low ing saf ety guideline s to ensur e yo ur o wn person al saf ety and to he lp protect y our ser ve r , storage s yst em, or app liance f rom potentia l damag e.    [...]

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vii — An objec t has f allen into the pro duct. — Th e produ ct has be en e xposed to w ater . — Th e produ ct has be en droppe d or da maged. — Th e product doe s not operate cor rectly whe n you f ollo w the oper ating instructi ons.  Ke ep y our sy stem components aw ay from radiators and heat s ources. Al so, do not bloc k cooling v [...]

viii  Obser v e e xtension ca ble and po wer strip ratings. M ake s ure that the tot al ampere r ating of a ll produc ts plugged into the e xtension ca ble or po wer strip does not e xceed 80 percent of th e e xtension c able or po wer strip am pere rat ings limit .  T o help pr otect y our sy stem/compone nts from su dden, transient inc reas[...]

ix      Observe the f ollo wing prec autions fo r rac k stability and saf ety . Als o ref er to the rac k installa tion do cumentation accomp an ying t he sy stem and the rac k for sp ecific wa rn- ing and /or cautio n statements and[...]

x  Do not step on or stand on an y sy stem/componen t when se r vicing oth er sy s- tems/co mponents in a rac k.          ! " #$?[...]

xi While y ou work , periodic ally touc h an unpaint ed metal sur fa ce on the computer c hassi s to di ssipate an y static electri city that mi ght har m inter nal co mpone nts. 3. Dis connec t yo ur comp uter an d de vices f rom th eir po w er sou rces. Al so, di scon- nect any telephon e or tel ecommuni cation l ines from t he com puter . Doing [...]

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xiii 1 Monitor s creen at o r belo w e y e le v el 2 W rists relaxe d and flat 3 Arms at d esk le v el 4 F eet flat on the fl oor 5 Monitor a nd k eyb oard pos itioned di rectly in fro nt of user[...]

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support .dell.com Preface xv       ! "# Th is guide is intend ed f or an y one who us es Dell P ow erV ault 530Fstorage area net- work (SAN) app lianc e. The se ctio ns are summari zed as follows:  Chapter 1, “ Introd uction ” — P rovi des an o v er vie w of P o w erV ault 53[...]

xvi Dell P ow erV ault 530F Sy stem A dmin istra tor ’ s Guide  Dell P ow erV ault S ys tems Storag e Area Ne t w ork (S AN) Installation and T rouble- shootin g Guide  QLogic QLA2 20 0 Host Bu s Adapter Car d Inst alla tion Gui de  Dell OpenM anage Dat a S uper vi sor , Event Moni tor , an d Inte grat or I nst alla tion and Operati on G[...]

support .dell.com Preface xvii  Ke y combi natio ns are se ries of key s to be pres sed sim ult aneo usl y (unl ess ot her- wise i ndicated ) to perf orm a si ngle f unction. E x a m p l e : < C t r l ><A l t ><E n t e r >  Command s presented in low ercase bo ld are f or ref erence purposes on ly and are not inten ded to be[...]

xvi ii Dell P ow erV ault 530F Sy stem A dmin istra tor ’ s Guide[...]

xix  '  ( ) ****** ** **** **** ** **** *** *** *** ** (( PowerVa ult 530F F eatures Ove rview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1[...]

xx + '  # * ** **** **** *** *** *** **** *** '( FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 Class A . .[...]

xxi )+ - Figu re 1-1. B ac k-P anel F eatu res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -2 Figure 1 -2. F ront-P anel F eat ures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -3 Figure 1 -3. NIC Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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support .dell.com Introd uct ion 1-1    The De l l ™ Po w e r Va u l t ™ 530F is a storage area network (S AN) appliance tha t prov ides enhanc ed stor age mana gement f eature s betwee n host server s and sto rage sub - sy stems. T his c hapter de scribes f eat ures of the P ow erV[...]

1-2 Dell P ow erV ault 530F S AN Appliance Use r ’ s Guide  One onboa rd network in terf ace card (NI C) adapter f or lo cal area ne t wo rk (LAN) sy stem ma nagement and interc ommunic ation betw een two P ow erV ault 530F systems  T wo Fibre Cha nnel ada pters with hig h speed serial da ta connectors (HSSDC) — these a dapters can be con[...]

support .dell.com Introd uct ion 1-3            ?[...]

1-4 Dell P ow erV ault 530F S AN Appliance Use r ’ s Guide  Y our sy stem ha s an in tegrated 1 0/1 0 0-megabit-p er -second (Mbps ) network interf ace controll er (NIC). T he NIC pro vides all the functi ons of a sep arate netw ork e xpansion card an d supp orts both th e 1 [...]

support .dell.com T ec h nical Spec ifications A-1       Micropro cessor type . . . . . . . . . . . . . three Intel ® Pe n t i u m ® III Xe on ™ proces sors with an internal o perating f requenc y of[...]

A-2 Dell P ow erV ault 530F S AN Appliance User ’ s Guide   Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 .3 centi meters (cm ) )(6.81 in c hes) Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.4 cm (1 7 .07 inc hes) Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.5 cm (29.32 inc hes) W eight[...]

support .dell.com M aint aining the System B-1   Pr oper us e of pre v entiv e mainte nance pro cedures can k eep the sy stem in to p operat- ing con dition and mini miz e the nee d for costly , time-consumi ng serv ice procedure s. Th is secti on con[...]

B-2 Dell P ow erV ault 530F S AN Appliance User ’ s Guide ensure th at the cleaning s olution is applied ev enly ov er the entire di sk et te-driv e head surf ace, and the y pre vent contaminatio n of the he ads by ex posure to for- eign s ubst a nces .  A small va cuum cl eaner with a br ush at t ac hment — Use the vacuu m cl eaner to remo [...]

support .dell.com M aint aining the System B-3 ( . T his s ection discus ses v arious e nv ironmen tal fa ctors that can ad ve rsely af f ect sy stem perf orman ce and longe vity . !          T emper atu re e xtremes can caus e a v ariety of pr oblems, i ncluding[...]

B-4 Dell P ow erV ault 530F S AN Appliance User ’ s Guide /  High-h umidity condi tions ca n cause moist ure migration and pene tration into the sy s- tem. T his moist ure c an cause c orros ion of in ternal com ponents a nd degrad ation of propertie s suc h as elec trical resis tance, thermal con ductivity , phy sical streng[...]

support .dell.com M aint aining the System B-5 ' Th e oil from a pers on's fing ers or pro longed ex posure to high te mperat ure or humidi ty can c orrod e the gold- pla ted ed ge co nnec tors and pi n co nnect ors o n variou s devic es in the sy stem. T his cor rosion o n sy stem connecto rs is a gradua l proc es[...]

B-6 Dell P ow erV ault 530F S AN Appliance User ’ s Guide 0   -. )  Electrom agnetic inte rf erence ( EMI) and ra dio frequency interf erence (RFI) fr om a sy s- tem can adv ersely af f ect devic es suc h as radio an[...]

support .dell.com M aint aining the System B-7  Because t hey store d at a mag netica lly , di sket tes and ha rd-di sk dri ves are extre mely susce ptible to th e ef f ects of magnetis m. Disk et tes should ne ver be s tored nea r mag- neti c sour ces suc h as th e following:  Monitors  TV set s  Pri nters  T[...]

B-8 Dell P ow erV ault 530F S AN Appliance User ’ s Guide $ )   S y stems a re especi ally se nsitiv e to varia tions in vol tage supplied by the A C po wer source. Ov er voltage, undervoltage, an d transie nts (or spi kes ) can eras e data from memory or ev en cause com pone[...]

support .dell.com M aint aining the System B-9  )                (     A number o f de vices a re a va ilable th at protect a gainst po wer proble ms, suc h as po wer surges , transie nts, and p ow er failure s. T he f ollowing subsect ions des cribe some of these de vices. [...]

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C-2 Dell P ow erV ault 530F S AN Appliance User ’ s Guide Inf ormatio n T ec hnolog y Equip ment (I TE), inc luding pe ripherals , ex pansion c ards, prin t- ers, input/output (I/O) de vices, monitors, and so o n, that are integrated into or connec ted to the s ys tem shoul d matc h the electroma gnetic en vironment cl assific a- tion of th e com[...]

support .dell.com Regulato r y Noti ces C-3 frequenc y energ y and, if not ins t alle d and u sed in accorda nce with th e manuf act urer ’ s inst ruc tion manu al, ma y caus e harmful interf erence wit h radio co mmunica tions. Ope r- ation of this equi pment i n a residenti al area is lik ely to cause h armful int erf erence, in whic h case y o[...]

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