Dell PowerStore 1200T EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 3

Contents Additional Resources...5 Chapter 1: Introduction...6 Introduction to PowerStore ...6 Appliances...6 Clusters...6 Planning and installation overview...7 Chapter 2: Site Planning...9 Rack space guidelines...9 Technical specifications...9 Dimensions and weight for the base enclosure...9 Dimensions and weight for the SAS expansion enclosure 9 Dimensions and weight for the NVMe expansion enclosure 10 Power requirements for the base enclosure...11 Power requirements for the SAS expansion enclosure 12 Power requirements for the NVMe expansion enclosure 12 Operating environment limits...13 Shipping and storage requirements...13 Chapter 3: Licensing and Workstation Requirements 16 PowerStore licensing...16 VMware vSphere licensing (for PowerStore X model appliances 16 Workstation requirements...17 PowerStore Discovery Utility...17 Chapter 4: Support 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 Connect Gateway option 20 Support Connectivity using the Connect Directly option 20 Requirements for Support Connectivity using the Secure Connect Gateway 20 Requirements for Support Connectivity using Connect Directly 21 Configuring Support Connectivity...21 Configure the initial setup of Support Connectivity 21 Manage Support Connectivity settings...22 CloudIQ...23 Cybersecurity...24 Appendix A: Port usage...25 Contents 3