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Hardware Planning Worksheets
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Storage System Hardware
What Next? This chapter explained hardware components of shared and
unshared storage systems. If you have completed the worksheets to
your satisfaction, you are ready to consider ordering some of this
equipment. Or you may want to read about storage management in
the next chapter.
Hardware Component Worksheet for Unshared Storage
Number of servers:
2
Adapters in servers:___4____ Hubs:___
2
____ MIAs (optical to copper):_______
DPE-based and DAE-only storage systems:
Rackmount DPEs:_____SP/LCC pairs:__
4___ PSs:___4__SPSs:_
2
__ Rackmount cabinets:_
2
__
Rackmount iDAEs:_____SPs:_____ PSs:_____SPSs:____ Rackmount cabinets:___
Rackmount DAEs:__
8 ___ LCCs:__16_PSs:__16___
Deskside DPEs:_____SP/ LCC pairs:_____DAE LCCs:____ DPE PSs:____ DAE PSs:____ SPSs:__
Deskside iDAEs:_____SPs:_____ DAE LCCs:____ PSs:____ SPSs:___
Deskside DAEs: 30-slot_____ 10-slot______ LCCs:_____ PSs:_____
Cables between server and storage system or between server and hub - Cable A, copper or optical
Cable A
1
:Number:__
2
_ VCopper VOptical..................................... ..............Length_
2
0
_____m or ft
Cable A
2
:Number:__
2
__ VCopper VOptical ................................. ..............Length_1
0
_____m or ft
Cable A
n
:Number:____ VCopper V Optical.................................... ..............Length________m or ft
Cables between hubs and storage systems - Cable D, copper or optical
Cable D
1
:Number:__
2
__ VCopper VOptical.................................... ..............Length__
2
0
__ _m or ft
Cable D
2
:Number:__
2
__ VCopper VOptical.................................... ..............Length___
2
0
___m or ft
Cable D
m
:Number:_____ VCopperVOptical.................................... ..............Length________m or ft
Cables between storage systems or enclosures - Cable E, which connects LCCs or SP-LCC; between a
DPE LCC or iDAE SP and a DAE LCC, Cable E must be copper; between DAE LCCs, it can be copper or
optical.
Cable E
1
:Number:_16__ VCopper VOptical(DAE to DAE only)....... ..............Length___1____m or ft
Cable E
2
:Number:_____ VCopperVOptical(DAE to DAE only)....... ..............Length________m or ft
Please specify all storage-system components you need, even though you will not need to order them
separately, since most or all components will be included with the model of each system you order.