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Planning and installation overview, Before the appliance arrives

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Figure 1. Cluster components A cluster provides the following benefits: ● Reduced management complexity. ● Enhanced performance and resource efficiency. Compute and storage resources are pooled within a cluster and the resources usage is balanced across all of the cluster's appliances. Resources are re-balanced as needed to maintain and optimize the cluster's performance and resource usage. This is done based on the storage space usage trends and system performance evaluations occurring in the backend. ● Scalability. Start with a small configuration and easily add capacity or performance to the system by adding more appliances later to meet business demand. Planning and installation overview This section provides a high-level map of the steps you should plan on taking from planning through installation, and finally logging on to the PowerStore Manager user interface. Ensure that you see the associated documentation resources for detailed instructions and recommendations. You can access the documentation resources on the PowerStore Documentation page at www.dell.com/powerstoredocs. Before the appliance arrives: 1. Work with your infrastructure administrators to: a. Configure your network and Top-of-Rack (TOR) switches based on the recommendations that are provided in the PowerStore Network Planning Guide. b. Obtain network-related information that you require for initial configuration of your cluster. Use the PowerStore Initial Configuration Worksheet to plan and collect this information. c. Configure the network ports to allow the cluster to communicate with pertinent hosts and applications securely and efficiently. See Port Usage on page 22 for more information. 2. PowerStore requires a data center or server room that is equipped with controlled electrical, environmental, cabling, and safety systems. Plan the site where you will install the appliances and the location of the appliance components (base enclosures and expansion enclosures) in a rack. See Site planning on page 8 for more information. 3. Set up a workstation that you will use to discover the appliances and configure the cluster. You may also need to download a Discovery Utility from the support website and install it on this workstation. See Workstation requirements on page 13 for more information. Once the appliance arrives: See the PowerStore Quick Start Guide in the box to: 1. Unbox and install your appliance (base enclosure and expansion enclosures). 2. Connect the enclosures to the network, and power up. 3. Start the initial configuration process. For more information, see Discovering PowerStore Appliances on page 19 4. Follow the initial configuration prompts by specifying information that you collected in the PowerStore Initial Configuration Worksheet. The PowerStore Installation and Service Guide also includes installation instructions for later reference. 6 Introduction

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Figure 1. Cluster components
A cluster provides the following benefits:
●
Reduced management complexity.
●
Enhanced performance and resource efficiency. Compute and storage resources are pooled within a cluster and the
resources usage is balanced across all of the cluster's appliances. Resources are re-balanced as needed to maintain and
optimize the cluster's performance and resource usage. This is done based on the storage space usage trends and system
performance evaluations occurring in the backend.
●
Scalability. Start with a small configuration and easily add capacity or performance to the system by adding more appliances
later to meet business demand.
Planning and installation overview
This section provides a high-level map of the steps you should plan on taking from planning through installation, and finally
logging on to the PowerStore Manager user interface. Ensure that you see the associated documentation resources for detailed
instructions and recommendations. You can access the documentation resources on the PowerStore Documentation page at
www.dell.com/powerstoredocs
.
Before the appliance arrives:
1.
Work with your infrastructure administrators to:
a.
Configure your network and Top-of-Rack (TOR) switches based on the recommendations that are provided in the
PowerStore Network Planning Guide
.
b.
Obtain network-related information that you require for initial configuration of your cluster. Use the
PowerStore Initial
Configuration Worksheet
to plan and collect this information.
c.
Configure the network ports to allow the cluster to communicate with pertinent hosts and applications securely and
efficiently. See
Port Usage
on page 22 for more information.
2.
PowerStore requires a data center or server room that is equipped with controlled electrical, environmental, cabling, and
safety systems. Plan the site where you will install the appliances and the location of the appliance components (base
enclosures and expansion enclosures) in a rack. See
Site planning
on page 8 for more information.
3.
Set up a workstation that you will use to discover the appliances and configure the cluster. You may also need to download a
Discovery Utility from the support website and install it on this workstation. See
Workstation requirements
on page 13 for
more information.
Once the appliance arrives:
See the
PowerStore Quick Start Guide
in the box to:
1.
Unbox and install your appliance (base enclosure and expansion enclosures).
2.
Connect the enclosures to the network, and power up.
3.
Start the initial configuration process. For more information, see
Discovering PowerStore Appliances
on page 19
4.
Follow the initial configuration prompts by specifying information that you collected in the
PowerStore Initial Configuration
Worksheet
.
The
PowerStore Installation and Service Guide
also includes installation instructions for later reference.
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Introduction