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Dell EMC PowerStore Planning Guide Version 3.x July 2022 Rev. A06 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 2
of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2020 - 2022 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 3
Connectivity 18 Operational description of Support Connectivity...18 Support Connectivity and security...18 Support Connectivity management...18 Support Connectivity communication...19 Support Connectivity remote support...19 Support Connectivity options...19 Support Connectivity using the Secure - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 4
Appliance network ports...25 Appliance network ports related to file...27 Network ports related to PowerStore X model appliances 30 Appendix B: Rack Space Planning Worksheets 33 Sample worksheet for rack space planning...33 Blank worksheet for rack space planning...34 4 Contents - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 5
https:// www.dell.com/powerstoredocs. ● Troubleshooting For information about products, software updates, licensing, and service, go to https://www.dell.com/support and locate the appropriate product support page. ● Technical support For technical support and service requests, go to https://www.dell - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 6
. Go to Hardware > Appliances to review the overall health of the appliances in the cluster and collect support materials for the appliances for troubleshooting issues. Click the appliance name to launch the Appliance details page where you can review the metrics, alerts, and health information - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 7
associated documentation resources for detailed instructions and recommendations. You can access the PowerStore Networking Guide for PowerStore T Models or PowerStore Networking Guide for PowerStore need to download a Discovery Utility from the support website and install it on this workstation. See - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 8
Guide also includes installation instructions for later reference. NOTE: Either during the initial configuration process or once you log on to PowerStore Manager, it is strongly recommended that you enable the Support Connectivity feature to accelerate problem diagnosis, perform troubleshooting - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 9
the following rack space guidelines when planning the location of the appliance components: ● Leave 2U at the bottom of the rack for serviceability and power cable management. ● Stack base enclosure with no expansion enclosures from the bottom, starting at the 3U mark. ● Stack base enclosure - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 10
Table 2. SAS expansion enclosure dimensions and weight (continued) Dimension Value Depth 34.29 cm (13.5 in) Dimensions and weight for the NVMe expansion enclosure Table 3. NVMe expansion enclosure dimensions and weight Dimension Value Weight (fully populated) 26.08 kg (57.5 lb) (not - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 11
Power requirements for the base enclosure Power requirements will vary depending on system configuration, loading, and environmental conditions. The table below describes the maximum expected power draw. To estimate power consumption values for your specific environment, go to https:// - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 12
Power requirements for the SAS expansion enclosure Power requirements vary depending on system configuration, loading, and environmental conditions. The table below describes the maximum expected power draw. To estimate power consumption values for your specific environment, go to https:// - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 13
Table 7. Power requirements (continued) Requirement Description Ride-through time 10-millisecond minimum Current sharing +/- 5% of full load between power supplies Operating environment limits Table 8. Operating environment limits Description Limit Temperature 5°C through 35°C normal, 35 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 14
Environmental recovery If the system exceeds the maximum ambient temperature by approximately 10°C (18°F), the nodes in the system begin an orderly shutdown that saves cached data, and then shut themselves down. Link control cards (LCCs) in each expansion enclosure in the system power down drives - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 15
Shock and vibration Products have been tested to withstand the shock and random vibration levels. The levels apply to all three axes and should be measured with an accelerometer on the equipment enclosures within the cabinet and shall not exceed any of the following values. Platform condition Non - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 16
try obtaining the license automatically. Or, click Install License to manually install the license. NOTE: You do not need a separate ELA or purchase vSphere licenses from VMware or a partner. PowerStore also supports VMware vSphere Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO) licenses for both ROBO Enterprise - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 17
. Download this utility from the Dell support site at https://www.dell.com/support. For more information about the discovery requirements and process, refer to the PowerStore Networking Guide for PowerStore T Models or PowerStore Networking Guide for PowerStore X Models. Licensing and Workstation - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 18
help speed time to resolution. If you do not enable Support Connectivity, you may need to collect appliance information manually to assist your service provider with troubleshooting and resolving problems with your appliance. Also, Support Connectivity must be enabled on the appliance for data to - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 19
. If you select this option, your service provider will not receive notifications about issues with the appliance. You may need to collect appliance information manually to assist support representatives with troubleshooting and resolving problems with the appliance. Support Connectivity 19 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 20
its own connection to your service provider. Traffic is not routed through the primary appliance in a cluster. However, Support Connectivity can only be running PowerStore OS version 3.0 or later. NOTE: Never manually add or remove an appliance from the gateway server. Only add or remove - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 21
the PowerStore REST API Reference Guide. To determine the status of Support Connectivity, click Settings and under Support select Support Connectivity in the PowerStore Manager. Configure the initial setup of Support Connectivity Prerequisites When configuring Support Connectivity, if your firewall - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 22
, clear the checkbox; otherwise, leave the checkbox selected. 11. The Remote Support checkbox is selected by default; if you do not want to allow support engineers authorized by your service provider to securely troubleshoot your system, clear the checkbox; otherwise, leave the checkbox selected. 12 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 23
application, select the checkbox; otherwise, clear the checkbox. ● Change the setting for Remote Support. NOTE: If you want to allow support engineers authorized by your service provider to securely troubleshoot your system, select the checkbox; otherwise, clear the checkbox. 3. Select Apply to - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 24
. CloudIQ also provides proactive serviceability that informs the user about issues before they occur and provides the user with simple, guided remediation. Users can enable CloudIQ during the configuration process for Support Connectivity implementation. CloudIQ support is enabled by default when - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 25
that may be found on the appliance. Table 11. Appliance network ports Port Service Protocol 22 SSH client, Support TCP Connectivity Connect Home 25 or 587 SMTP 26 SSH client 53 DNS 80, 8080, 3128 123 Support Connectivity NTP 162 or between 1024 - 49151 SNMP 443 HTTPS TCP TCP TCP - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 26
● Storage import access from legacy EqualLogic Peer Storage, Compellent Storage Center, Unity, and VNX2 systems If closed, iSCSI services will be unavailable. Used by Data mobility to support reasonable replication performance on low latency connection. Bi-directional Used by Data mobility to - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 27
DNS query. If closed, mDNS name resolution will not work. Used by Data mobility to support reasonable replication performance on high latency connection. If closed, NVMe TCP Discovery services will be unavailable. ● Required for the VASA Vendor Provider for VASA 3.0. ● Required for the related - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 28
time synchronization. If closed, time will not be synchronized among appliances. Multiple purposes for Microsoft Client. The NETBIOS Name Service is associated with the appliance SMB file sharing services and is a core component of that feature (Wins). If disabled, this port disables all SMB related - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 29
authentication queries will be unavailable. Secure LDAP queries. If closed, Secure LDAP authentication queries will be unavailable. Used to provide NFS statd services. statd is the NFS file-locking status monitor and works in conjunction with lockd to provide crash and recovery functions for NFS. If - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 30
, storage system alert mechanisms which rely on SNMP will not be sent. The default port set for SNMP is 162. The CIM client uses the Service Location Protocol, version 2 (SLPv2) to find CIM servers. Used for client connections. Allows the appliance to send log messages to remote syslog servers. If - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 31
Protocol Access Direction Description 902 Network File Copy TCP ● Bi-directional ● NFC provides a file-type-aware FTP (NFC), VMware for NFC service for vSphere components. ESXi vCenter, vSphere Web Client ● Outbound for VMware vCenter uses NFC for operations such as copying and moving data - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 32
Table 13. Network ports related to PowerStore X model appliances (continued) Port Service Protocol Access Direction Description 31031 vSphere TCP Replication, VMware Site Recovery Manager Outbound Used for ongoing replication traffic by vSphere Replication and VMware Site Recovery - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 33
.xxx Appliance 2 (1 expansion enclosure in the stack) Base Enclosure 1 (BE1) Mgmt IP Address: xxx.xx.xxx Appliance 1 (No expansion enclosure in the stack) Reserved for Serviceability Rack Space Planning Worksheets 33 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 34
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Dell EMC PowerStore
Planning Guide
Version 3.x
July 2022
Rev. A06