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Dell Chelsio USR SAS-to-iSCSI Appliance manual

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  • Page 1

    Enhancing t he Dell iSC SI SAN with Dell PowerVault TM Tape Libraries and Chelsio Unified S torage Router iSCSI Appliance Enhanc ing the De ll iS CSI SA N w i th Dell P o w er V ault TM T ape L ibraries and C hels io Unified Stor ag e Rout er iSCSI Appliance April 12 , 2012[...]

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    Enhancing t he Dell iSC SI SAN with Dell PowerVault TM Tape Libraries and Chelsio Unified S torage Router iSCSI Appliance Table of Con tents 1.0 Int roduction ...................................................................................................................................... 4 2.0 Chelsio Unified S tora ge Rout er (U SR) SAS - to [...]

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    Enhancing t he Dell iSC SI SAN with Dell PowerVault TM Tape Libraries and Chelsio Unified S torage Router iSCSI Appliance Table of Figu r es Figure 1 - Chelsio USR SAS - to - iSCSI Appliance ............................................................................................. 5 Figure 2 - Chelsio USR Ports ..................................[...]

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    Enhancing t he Dell iSC SI SAN with Dell PowerVault TM Tape Libraries and Chelsio Unified S torage Router iSCSI Appliance 1.0 Introdu ction Over the la st five year s Dell has established itself as a key player in the iSCSI storage market by emphasizing innovation and building a solid storage s o lution strategy around th e iSCSI storage area netwo[...]

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    Enhancing t he Dell iSC SI SAN with Dell PowerVault TM Tape Libraries and Chelsio Unified S torage Router iSCSI Appliance 2.0 Chelsio Unified Stor age Router ( USR) SAS - to - iSC SI Applian ce Dell and Chels io Communicatio ns have teame d together to provi de a product which c ould be utili zed with the PowerV ault ta pe libraries to pr ovide a 1[...]

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    Enhancing t he Dell iSC SI SAN with Dell PowerVault TM Tape Libraries and Chelsio Unified S torage Router iSCSI Appliance T he optimal setup to ach ieve the grea test density o f tape drive connectivity is t o use external 1x4 mini - SAS to m ini - SAS fan out c ables to expand t he number of tape dr ives which can be utilized w ith the Chelsio USR[...]

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    Enhancing t he Dell iSC SI SAN with Dell PowerVault TM Tape Libraries and Chelsio Unified S torage Router iSCSI Appliance While there are many ad v anced options available in the management int e rface, th ere are onl y three steps nee ded to configure th e tape library in the Chelsio USR . The home scre en o f the manag ement interface is shown in[...]

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    Enhancing t he Dell iSC SI SAN with Dell PowerVault TM Tape Libraries and Chelsio Unified S torage Router iSCSI Appliance tape library LUN. There ar e several options which can be specified such as I Q N name, alias, I P address and TCP por ts . T o create the tape librar y LUN, select the tape library from the LUN Devi ce drop down list and the n [...]

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    Enhancing t he Dell iSC SI SAN with Dell PowerVault TM Tape Libraries and Chelsio Unified S torage Router iSCSI Appliance Now that the tape library and all attached tape dri v es are c o nfigured in the Chels io USR , the iSCSI initiator on the iSCSI host, t y pically where the data pr otect ion software is installed, can be setup. Using a Softw ar[...]

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    Enhancing t he Dell iSC SI SAN with Dell PowerVault TM Tape Libraries and Chelsio Unified S torage Router iSCSI Appliance 3.0 Integ r ating the Chelsio USR into a Del l Solution Dell’s iSCSI strategy is to en sure customers have an en d - to - end iSCSI solut ion. By implement ing the Chelsio USR SAS - to - iSCSI applian ce with Dell PowerVault t[...]

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    Enhancing t he Dell iSC SI SAN with Dell PowerVault TM Tape Libraries and Chelsio Unified S torage Router iSCSI Appliance S ymantec Backup Exec 2010 R3 and C o mmVault Simpana 9 s oftware were also in s talled on the R810 t o perform th e backup and r estore oper ations. Data sets used in the testin g co nsisted of thousands of random data files ra[...]

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    Enhancing t he Dell iSC SI SAN with Dell PowerVault TM Tape Libraries and Chelsio Unified S torage Router iSCSI Appliance 4.0 Conclusion Dell’s introduction of the Chelsio USR SA S - to - iSCSI appliance allows D ell cust o mer s the opportun ity to seamlessly integrate PowerVau lt tape products into their existing and future Dell iSCSI storage s[...]