Weitere Nützliche Informationen; Installing Supported Fibre Channel Hbas; Installing Fibre Channel Hba On Your Host Server; Using Fibre Channel Switch Zoning - Dell PowerVault MD3800f Bereitstellungshandbuch

ANMERKUNG: All equipment attached to the switch must be powered on before establishing
zoning. For additional switch hardware requirements, see the manufacturer's documentation.
Weitere nützliche Informationen
Neben dieser Dokumentation finden Sie weitere herstellerspezifische Informationen in der der HBA- und
Fibre Channel-Switch-Hardware beiliegenden Dokumentation. Die dort enthaltenen Informationen sind
erforderlich, um die Einrichtung des Fibre Channel auf Ihrem Speicher-Array abzuschließen.

Installing Supported Fibre Channel HBAs

The storage array supports a specific set of Fibre Channel HBAs, each requiring a unique driver and
firmware level. See the Dell PowerVault MD Series Support Matrix at dell.com/powervaultmanuals for a
list of supported HBAs.
If an HBA is already installed on your host server, verify that it is supported in the Dell PowerVault MD
Series Support Matrix. If the HBA is not listed, it should not be used to connect to the storage array.
VORSICHT: Connecting the storage array to a non-supported host server HBA or installing non-
qualified HBA drivers or firmware can cause instability or loss of access to your data.

Installing Fibre Channel HBA On Your Host Server

For instructions about physically installing an HBA in your host server and loading supported drivers and
firmware, see the documentation supplied with your HBA hardware.
ANMERKUNG: During installation you must enter the manufacturer-specific timeout and/or node
time values. See the Dell PowerVault MD Series Support Matrix at dell.com/powervaultmanuals for
information related to your specific HBA.

Using Fibre Channel Switch Zoning

A Fibre Channel switch allows you to connect multiple devices to the SAN without compromising
bandwidth or data throughput. Switch zoning implemented on each Fibre Channel switch hardware
component using the manufacturer's embedded utility, allows you to divide port traffic between the host
server and storage array to maintain the highest level of redundancy.
The following figure shows each connection to the host server(s) routed to an individual logical zone on
the SAN. Two physical switches provide an alternate (redundant) data path to the storage array. If a single
HBA, switch or RAID controller fails, the host server(s) can still access data on the storage array through
one of the alternate paths provided by the switches.
ANMERKUNG: For a list of supported Fibre Channel switches, see the Dell PowerVault MD Series
Support Matrix at dell.com/powervaultmanuals.
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