Dell External MD3620i t User Guide - Page 10

Integrating Dell PowerVaultTM MD3600i/MD3620i Arrays with Existing SANs The Starting Point - 1GbE PowerVault SAN reference Architecture Before talking about the various 10GbE components to be integrated into a 1GbE SAN and the deployment and management strategies, we have to have a starting point, a typical 1GbE MD Series SAN. Figure 6 illustrates a typical, fully redundant 1GbE PowerVault SAN reference architecture. Figure 6. Fully Redundant 1GbE PowerVault SAN Reference Architecture 1GbE PowerVault SAN reference Architecture Configuration A SAN consists of three major components: hosts, switches, and storage targets. For our 1GbE SAN starting point, we will make some general assumptions about the configuration of each of these components, but keep in mind that your configuration may vary. Table 1 describes each SAN component used and its configuration prior to integrating the 10GbE components. Page 8