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Dell PowerVault 530F SAN Appliance Configurations
A SAN zone that contains one or more Dell PowerVault 530F SAN appliances is con-
sidered to be a PowerVault 530F SAN appliance configuration. A PowerVault 530F
SAN appliance configuration contains either one stand-alone appliance or two appli-
ances configured as a redundant pair. Each PowerVault 530F SAN appliance
configuration (stand-alone or redundant pair) must be in a separate zone.
Table 2-3 lists the maximum number of components supported in a PowerVault 530F
configuration.
130T libraries Maximum of two
PowerVault 130T
DLT4000 or DLT7000
libraries per PowerVault
35F bridge.
Allows a maximum of 16 PowerVault
130T libraries per SAN with a maxi-
mumoffourtapedrivesperPower-
Vault 35F bridge.
Switches Maximum of six Power-
Vault Fibre Channel
switches per SAN.
Three switches are supported per
fabric, allowing six switches for
redundant configurations and three
for nonredundant configurations. At
least one PowerVault 51F or 56F
switch per fabric is strongly recom-
mended for support of a zoning GUI;
see the
Dell PowerVault Systems
Storage Area Network Revision Com-
patibility Guide
, which is available at
http://support.dell.com, for the lat-
est release of the GUI.
Table 2-3. Supported PowerVault 530F SAN Appliance
Configurations
Component Supported Maximum Conditions/Requirements
Servers Maximum of 20 serv-
ers running Windows
NT or Windows 2000.
SeetheReleaseNotesonthe
Dell
PowerVault Fibre Channel Utilities CD
Version 4.0
or the
Dell PowerVault
Fibre Channel Update CD Version 4.0
or see the
Dell PowerVault Storage
Area Network (SAN) Version 4.0
Revision Compatibility Guide
at
http://support.dell.com for a list of
supported servers and required revi-
sion levels.
Host bus
adapters
(HBAs)
Maximum of two HBAs
per server.
Allowsamaximumof40HBAsina
SAN and 48 HBAs in a backup-only
SAN.
Table 2-2. Supported Novell NetWare SAN Configurations (continued)
Component Supported Maximum Conditions/Requirements