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SAN Configurations 2-13
Management
station
One Windows NT or
Windows 2000 system
isrequired formanaging
storage.
The Windows NT or Windows 2000
management station must be
attached to the same local- or wide-
area network as the NetWare
servers. One of the SAN-attached
NetWare servers must be running
Data Managed Node for NetWare.
650F, 651F,
and 660F
Each PowerVault 650F,
651F, and 660F requires
one of the following:
PowerVault 660F storage systems
are supported only in Windows and
PowerVault 530F zones.
Target storage
ports
Maximumof eight ports
for storage per fabric.
A maximum of eight ports are avail-
able for any combination of the
following devices: PowerVault 35F
bridge, PowerVault 650F and 651F
disk processor enclosures (DPEs),
PowerVault 660F storage systems,
and PowerVault 530F SAN appli-
ances. (Each stand-alone PowerVault
530F uses two storage ports on the
switch between the server and the
PowerVault 530F. Each redundant pair
of PowerVault 530Fs uses three stor-
age ports on the switch.)
35F bridges Maximum of eight
PowerVault 35F bridges
Allows a maximum of eight bridges in
a backup SAN.
120T
autoloaders
Maximum of four
PowerVault 120T
DLT4000 or DLT7000
autoloaders per Power-
Vault 35F bridge.
A maximum of 32 PowerVault 120T
autoloaders per SAN.
130T libraries Maximum of two
PowerVault 130T
DLT4000 or DLT7000
libraries per PowerVault
35F bridge.
A maximum of 16 PowerVault 130T
libraries per SAN with a maximum of
four tape drives per PowerVault 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
latest release of the GUI.
Table 2-4. Supported Heterogeneous SAN Configurations (continued)
Components Supported Maximums Conditions/Requirements