3.
Ethernet Port — Not used.
5.
EMM 1 — Enclosure Management Module
Cabling The Storage Enclosure
There are a number of ways to cable the MD3060e storage enclosure to host servers and to additional
MD3060e storage enclosures. The particular configuration chosen will depend on desired storage
capacity, desired level of resiliency of both the server and storage enclosure and the operation system
being utilized. .
NOTE: The maximum supported SAS cable length is 4 meters.
NOTE: All connections from host server to storage enclosure and from storage enclosure to storage
enclosure are made using SAS cables with SFF-8088 mini-SAS connectors.
Windows with Storage Spaces Configuration
Windows Server 2012 R2 includes a feature called with Storage Spaces. Storage Spaces is a feature that
allows you to group drives together into a storage pool. Then you can use pool capacity to create storage
spaces. Storage spaces are virtual drives that can be used by Windows the same way a physical drive
would be used. Please refer to Microsoft documentation of the Windows Storage Spaces feature for more
information.
NOTE: If multiple connections are used to attach the enclosure, Dell recommends MPIO to be
configured with the Failover Only Policy for all drives in the enclosure.
The MD3060e supports Storage Spaces using up to four storage enclosures. Full support of Storage
Spaces requires each connection to a single EMM from a single host to be from separate HBA's within the
host.
Storage Spaces Configuration Limits
The following are the recommended configuration limits when using Storage Spaces configurations:
•
For clustered storage pools:
– Up to 80 physical disks in a clustered storage pool (to allow time for the pool to fail over to other
nodes)
– Up to four storage pools per cluster
– Up to 64 storage spaces in a single pool
•
For non-clustered storage pools:
– Up to 128 storage spaces in a single storage pool
– Up to 240 physical disks in a non-clustered Windows Server 2012 R2 storage pool
•
For both clustered and non-clustered pools:
– Up to 480 TB of capacity in a single storage pool
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4.
SAS OUT Port — Enables the Storage
Enclosure to be connected to another
Storage Enclosure
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