Adaptec 5325302057 User Guide - Page 24
Planning Your IP SAN Configuration and Setup, Maximum Supported Connections
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Planning Your IP SAN Configuration and Setup Planning Your IP SAN Configuration and Setup As you plan your IP SAN, use this table to understand which Adaptec Storage Manager components can or must be installed on your IP SAN systems. Install... On... To... Required Optional GUI and Agent At least one system on your IP SAN Build, manage, and monitor your IP SAN Management Service At least one system on the same subnet as your iSCSI Storage Appliance (Adaptec recommends it be the same system as the GUI and Agent) Build, manage, and monitor your IP SAN Windows Support (see page 17) All Windows 2003 systems on your IP SAN that will be iSCSI Storage Hosts Any Windows Vista systems on which you want to use third-party storage management tools. Provision storage automatically, create volume snapshots, create synchronous mirrors, use Adaptec Storage Manager with non-Adaptec storage management tools Note See page 203 for a complete list of supported Adaptec Storage Manager features by OS. For additional help planning your IP SAN, see "Sample IP SAN Configurations" on page 19. Maximum Supported Connections When building or expanding your IP SAN, ensure that you don't exceed these connection limitations for your iSCSI Storage Appliance. To each separate iSCSI Storage Appliance, you can connect: • Up to 100 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) plus 4 SATA II disk drives • Up to 48 SATA II disk drives Note Re-initialize any previously used disk drive that was originally initialized by another RAID controller before connecting it to your iSCSI Storage Appliance. Refer to your operating system documentation for instructions. 18 Snap Server 700i Series User's Guide
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