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Third-party information provided to you courtesy of Dell. DELL/EMC CX SERIES INITIAL CONFIGURATIONBEST PRACTICES PLANNINGAbstractThis white paper prov

Special LUN considerationsWhen binding LUNs destined for the reserved LUN pool, give these LUNs high numbers. Placethese LUNs in the “private LUN num

MetaLUN settingsTable 3 describes the user-defined and default parameters for metaLUNsTable 3. MetaLUN settingsSet Default setting NotesLUN ExpansionT

• Response Time – This is the time it takes to complete a transaction. A transactioncan be one or many I/Os. Typical response time is calculated on a

paper published by Microsoft for the correct configuration. You can also use EMC Dell/EMC CXSeries Storage Solutions Microsoft Exchange 2003 Best Prac

Drive sizeEMC has currently certified different FC and ATA/SATA-II drive capacities. EMC does not requireany specific disk size within the supported l

KEY:Vault driveHot spareAlternating 8+1 and 4+1Raid groupsAll groups are Raid 5Figure 1. Alternating 8+1 and 4+1 RAID groupsKEY:---- Vault drives setu

KEY:---- Vault drives---- Hot spareAll groups are Raid 1/0Raid 1/0 configurationFigure 3. RAID 1/0 configurationDell/EMC CX Series Initial Configurati

Storage GroupsA single-host system connected to the CX3 Series storage system will be added to a dedicatedStorage Group. Multi-system cluster nodes wi

CachingFor 80 percent of the configurations, enable both read and write cache. Assign as much aspossible to write cache. Split the remaining memory b

The Dell/EMC CX Series allows reverting to a prior revision as long as the FLARE code has notbeen committed. The tradeoffs are: • No changes are allow

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In-array management EMC supports management of the Dell/EMC CX Series directly. The storage system limitsrecommended for off-array management also app

Event MonitorThe default template provides logging capability only. Critical and hard errors will be logged. Donot change this template.Event Monitor

Phone Home settingsTable 8 describes the user-defined and default Phone Home settings.Table 8. Phone Home settingsSet Default setting NotesEvents Expl

For SNMP notification, enable SNMP traps in event monitor. Use the Phone Home template forthe list of errors. See Table 10 for the SNMP settings.Table

SECURITYThis section discusses access rights and protection mechanisms in the Dell/EMC CX Series.Storage systemsAll Dell/EMC CX Series should be in a

CONNECTIVITYThis section discusses the different connectivity methods.ManagementEMC has customers that use either the on-array or off-array Navisphere

For HBA device driver settings, driver levels, or components in the data path, tape or diskconfigurations should include any patches, firmware updates

Fibre Channel SAN link speedThe recommended Dell/EMC CX Series link speed is 4 Gb/s. In any case, EMC recommendssetting the link speed to auto. If t

Figure 4 shows the recommended path layout for a single host. This configuration provides bothfailover and load-balancing capability.Figure 4. Sing

little performance advantage to splitting the disks across all the buses, so configuring the disksacross all different buses is not worth the added co

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Dell/EMC CX Seriess can be used to accommodate these configurations. This is consideredoutside the 80 percent rule for best practices. Consultation is

Exchange environmentsExchange environments are defined by size and load. Size is measured in numbers of users, andload is defined as the number of I/O

Drives per RAID groupSelect 5, 9, 2, or 1 for the number of drives per RAID group. 5= 4+1 RAID 5 9 = 8+1 RAID 5 2 = 1+1 RAID 1 or RAID 1/0 1 = Hot

The information contained in this document, including all instructions, cautions, and regulatoryapprovals and certifications, is provided by EMC Corpo

iSCSI connections...25NIC cards...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThis white paper is provided to expedite deployment of the Dell/EMC® CX3 Series. It defines howto best implement the new/enhanced tec

INTRODUCTIONCustomers are requiring simpler installs on Dell/EMC CX Series CX3 Series storage systems.One way to accommodate this requirement, without

capacity drive in the RAID group. This usually coincides with the capacity of thereplaced drive. • Rotational speed – ATA and SATA-II drives currently

RAID group settingsThis type of table is used throughout the document. It follows what Navisphere Manager presetsfor a particular configuration area.

LUNsLUNs are created from a RAID group. The RAID type for a RAID group will be assigned when thefirst LUN is bound on the RAID group. LUNs can be boun