Dell Equallogic PS6010e Installation guide

Overview of Dell EqualLogic™ Products and Resources
Thank you for your interest in Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series storage products. We hope you
will find them intuitive and simple to configure and manage.
PS Series Hardware
PS Series arrays are designed to be highly available and optimize resources by automating
volume and network load balancing.
• PS6000 Series – Enterprise Oriented, 16 drive, 3U chassis with full features
S6000S – Low Latency, High Random IO SSD
For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/products/Default.aspx?id=7881
S6000XV – Performance Oriented 15,000 RPM SAS
For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/products/Default.aspx?id=7897
S6000X – Balanced Performance and Capacity 10,000 RPM SAS
For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/products/Default.aspx?id=7889
S6000E – Cost Effective SATA
For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/products/default.aspx?id=7873
• PS6500 Series – Enterprise Oriented, 48 drive, 4U chassis with full features
S6500E – High Density SATA
For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/products/default.aspx?id=7905
PS Series Software
In addition to the scalable hardware, PS Series arrays provide as part of your warrantee or
support contract all-inclusive array management software, host software, and firmware
updates. The following value-add features and products integrate with PS Series arrays and
are included t for the duration of your warrantee or support agreement.
•Firmware - Installed on each array, PS Series firmware software allows you to manage
your storage environment and provides capabilities such as volume snapshots,
cloning, and replication to ensure data hosted on the arrays is protected in the event
of an error or disaster.
For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/resourcecenter/assetview.aspx?id=5601
Group Manager GUI: Provides a graphical user interface for managing a group.

Group Manager CLI: Provides a command line interface for managing a group.
•Manual Transfer Utility (MTU) – Runs on Microsoft® Windows® and Linux systems
and enables you to use physical media to securely transfer large amounts of data to a
replication partner, facilitating replication and preventing network congestion.
Host Software for Windows
•Host Integration Tools
Remote Setup Wizard (RSW): Initializes new PS Series arrays, configures host
connections to PS Series groups, and configures and manages multipathing.
For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/resourcecenter/assetview.aspx?id=5601
Multipath I/O Device Specific Module (MPIO DSM): Includes a connection
awareness-module that understands PS Series network load balancing and
facilitates host connections to PS Series volumes.
For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/resourcecenter/assetview.aspx?id=5255
VSS and VDS Provider Services: Allows 3rd party backup software vendors to
perform off-host backups.
For more information:
CommVault® - http://www.equallogic.com/partnerships/default.aspx?id=6099
Symantec™ - http://www.equallogic.com/partnerships/default.aspx?id=6295
Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition (ASM/ME): Uses PS Series snapshots,
cloning, and replication to provide point-in-time protection of critical data for
supported applications, including SQL Server®, Exchange Server, Hyper-V™, and
NTFS file shares.
For more information:
SQL - http://www.equallogic.com/resourcecenter/assetview.aspx?id=6643
Exchange - http://www.equallogic.com/resourcecenter/assetview.aspx?id=5897
Hyper-V - http://www.equallogic.com/resourcecenter/assetview.aspx?id=8133
SAN HeadQuarters (SANHQ): Provides centralized monitoring, historical
performance trending, and event reporting for multiple PS Series groups.

Host Software for VMware
Storage Adapter for Site Recovery Manager (SRM): Allows SRM to understand and
recognize PS Series replication for full SRM integration.
For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/resourcecenter/assetview.aspx?id=7097
Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware® Edition (ASM/VE): Integrates with VMware Virtual
Center and PS Series snapshots to allow administrators to enable Smart Copy
protection of Virtual Center folders, datastores, and virtual machines.
For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/resourcecenter/assetview.aspx?id=5921
Current Customers Please Note: You may not be running the latest versions of the tools
and software listed above. If you are under a valid warranty or support agreement for your
PS Series array, you are entitled to obtain the latest updates and new releases as they
become available.
Please log on to the EqualLogic Support Site at:
https://www.equallogic.com/secure/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fsupport%2fDefault.aspx using
your EqualLogic Support Account to download your software. If you do not have an
EqualLogic Support Account, you can request one from the same page.
Live Product Demonstrations
Available for a wide variety of topics, including base features, Microsoft integration, and
VMware integration, live product demonstrations allow you to see the products in action
and ask questions of a subject matter expert. Sign up for a demo today at:
http://www.equallogic.com/resourcecenter/democenter.aspx
Dell Power Solutions Magazine
The Dell Power Solutions magazine has numerous articles related to the EqualLogic PS
Series products:
Implementing Enterprise-Wide Data Protection with Dell EqualLogic SANs and Microsoft
DPM 2007
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps2q08-20080231-Albatal.pdf
Inside the EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI Storage Arrays
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps1q08-20080249-EqualLogic.pdf
Flexible Virtualization with EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI Storage Arrays
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps1q08-20080250-EqualLogic.pdf
Business Continuity for SMBs with EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI Storage Arrays
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps1q08-20080252-EqualLogic.pdf
How Thin Provisioning with Dell EqualLogic iSCSI Storage Arrays Simplifies Management
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps2q08-20080314-EqualLogic.pdf
Application-Aware Data Protection with Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps3q08-20080394-Doherty.pdf
Automated Disaster Recovery with VMware SRM and Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs

http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps3q08-20080395-Gilman.pdf
High-Density, Highly Scalable Storage: Dell EqualLogic PS5500E iSCSI SANs
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps4q08-20080396-Locsin.pdf
How Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition Helps Protect Virtual
Environments
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps4q08-20090107-Gilman.pdf
Extending Benefits of Virtual Remote Desktops Using VMware and Dell EqualLogic SANs
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps4q08-20090108-Sherbak.pdf
Akorri BalancePoint: End-to-End Visibility Across Virtualized Servers and Dell EqualLogic
iSCSI SANs
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps1q09-20090109-Akorri.pdf
Simplified Management of Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SANs in Citrix XenServer
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps1q09-20090179-Citrix.pdf
How Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager and Veritas NetBackup Enable Off-Host
Backups
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps1q09-20090182-Doherty.pdf
Advancing Integration of Microsoft Hyper-V and Dell EqualLogic Virtualized SANs
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps1q09-20090183-Stevens.pdf

Technical Product Documentation
For detailed information about PS Series arrays, groups, volumes, array software, and host
software, see the product documentation located on the EqualLogic customer support site.
For more information: https://www.equallogic.com/support/resources.aspx?id=2495

Technical Support and Customer Service
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