Dell PowerStore 3000X EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 3

Contents Additional Resources...4 Chapter 1: Introduction...5 Introduction to PowerStore ...5 Appliances...5 Clusters...5 Planning and installation overview...6 Chapter 2: Site planning...8 Rack space guidelines...8 Technical specifications...8 Dimensions and weight...8 Power requirements...9 Shipping and storage requirements...10 Chapter 3: Licensing and Workstation Requirements 13 PowerStore Licensing...13 VMware vSphere Licensing (Applies to PowerStore X model appliances 13 Workstation requirements...13 PowerStore Discovery Utility...14 Chapter 4: SupportAssist...15 Operational description of SupportAssist™...15 SupportAssist options...16 SupportAssist Gateway Connect options...17 Requirements for SupportAssist Gateway Connect 17 SupportAssist Direct Connect options...17 Requirements for SupportAssist Direct Connect 18 Configuring SupportAssist...18 Appendix A: Discovering PowerStore Appliances 19 Discover your system...19 Discovery with a direct connection...19 Discovery with remote connection...20 Appendix B: Port Usage...22 Appliance network ports...22 Appliance network ports related to file...24 Network ports related to PowerStore X model appliances 26 Appendix C: Rack Space Planning Worksheets 29 Sample worksheet for rack space planning...29 Blank worksheet for rack space planning...30 Contents 3