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2-8 Dell PowerVault SAN Administrator’sGuide
Novell NetWare SAN Configurations
NetWare 4.2 and 5.1 with the appropriate support pack are supported (see the
Release Notes on the
Dell PowerVault Fibre Channels Utilities CD Version 4.0
or the
Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Update CD Version 4.0
for the correct support pack).
Access the Dell Web site at http://support.dell.com for the latest information about
supported operating systems.
The Dell OpenManage Storage Consolidation software does not support NetWare vol-
umes. A Dell SAN requires the administrator to manually control the mounting of SAN
volumes on each NetWare server.
Table 2-2 lists the maximum number of devices supported in NetWare SAN
configurations.
NOTICES: For volumes to be accessed by a NetWare server, the server must
mount them. You can mount them by issuing the Mount command; however,
most administrators place the command in the autoexec.ncf file. After Net-
Ware installation, the Mount all command is placed in the autoexec.ncf file
by default. The administrator must remove this command and replace it
with a series of Mount commands explicitly mounting each of the volumes
on the SAN that should be available to the server. For instructions, see
Chapter 12, “Installing, Configuring, and Uninstalling Components in a
Novell NetWare SAN.”
MSCS clusters Maximum of 10
Microsoft Cluster
Server (MSCS) clusters.
Each MSCS pair with its PowerVault
storage system must be in its own
zone; see the latest clustering docu-
mentation for your systems, the
Dell
PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN
Guide,
and the
Dell PowerEdge Clus-
ter FE100/FL100 and FE200/FL200
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide
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
graphical user interface (GUI); see
the
Dell PowerVault Systems Storage
Area Network Revision Compatibility
Guide
, which is available at
http://support.dell.com, for the
latest release of the GUI.
Table 2-1. Supported Windows NT and Windows 2000 SAN
Configurations (continued)
Component Supported Maximum Conditions/Requirements