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Dell EMC PowerStore Planning Guide Version 2.x June 2021 Rev. A04 - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 2
and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2020 - 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 3
Technical specifications...9 Dimensions and weight for PowerStore X model and PowerStore T model 9 Dimensions and weight for PowerStore 500T...10 Power requirements for PowerStore X model and PowerStore T model 11 Power requirements for PowerStore 500T...12 Shipping and storage requirements...12 - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 4
Appendix B: Rack Space Planning Worksheets 29 Sample worksheet for rack space planning...29 Blank worksheet for rack space planning...30 4 Contents - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 5
PowerStore Documentation page at https:// www.dell.com/powerstoredocs. ● Troubleshooting For information about products, software updates, licensing, and service, go to https://www.dell.com/support and locate the appropriate product support page. ● Technical support For technical support and service - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 6
predictive analytics to easily monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot the environment. PowerStore is also highly adaptable, providing the flexibility up to three expansion enclosures. NOTE: The PowerStore 500T does not support expansion enclosures. Clusters A PowerStore cluster is a group of one to four - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 7
instructions and recommendations. You can access the documentation resources on the PowerStore Documentation page at https://www.dell PowerStore Networking Guide for PowerStore T Models or PowerStore Networking Guide for PowerStore a Discovery Utility from the support website and install it on this - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 8
and Service Guide also includes installation instructions for later reference. NOTE: Either during the initial configuration process or once you log on to PowerStore Manager, it is strongly recommended that you enable the SupportAssist feature to accelerate problem diagnosis, perform troubleshooting - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 9
components: ● Leave 2U at the bottom of the rack for serviceability and power cable management. ● Stack base enclosure with no Review the technical specifications to plan and prepare the site where you are installing the PowerStore cluster. Dimensions and weight for PowerStore X model and PowerStore - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 10
cm (13.5 in) NOTE: The weight does not include mounting rails. Allow 3.6 kg (8 lbs) for a rail set. Dimensions and weight for PowerStore 500T Base enclosure Table 3. 2U, 25-drive base enclosure dimensions and weight Dimension Value Weight (fully populated) 37.4 kg (82.4 lbs) Vertical size - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 11
Power requirements for PowerStore X model and PowerStore T model Power requirements will vary depending on system configuration, loading, and environmental conditions. The table below describes the maximum expected power draw. To estimate power - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 12
case data. To estimate power consumption values for your specific environment, go to https:// powercalculator.emc.com/. Table 6. Power requirements Requirement PowerStore 500T Maximum input power 100 to 240 VAC ± 10%, single phase AC line current (operating maximum) 10.6 A max at 100 VAC - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 13
Table 8. Shipping and storage requirements (continued) Requirement Description Storage time (unpowered) Recommendation Do not exceed 6 consecutive months of unpowered storage. Base enclosure airflow The base enclosure uses an adaptive cooling algorithm that increases or decreases fan speed as - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 14
Fire suppressant disclaimer Fire prevention equipment in the computer room should always be installed as an added safety measure. A fire suppression system is the responsibility of the customer. When selecting appropriate fire suppression equipment and agents for the data center, choose carefully. - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 15
is open. The cluster communicates with the Dell EMC licensing management system (ELMS) using port automatically every 24 hours. To review the status of your license, in PowerStore Manager, go to Settings > from VMware or a partner. PowerStore also supports VMware vSphere Remote Office Branch Office - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 16
Download this utility from the Dell support site at https://www.dell.com/support. For more information about the discovery requirements and process, refer to the PowerStore Networking Guide for PowerStore T Models or PowerStore Networking Guide for PowerStore X Models. 16 Licensing and Workstation - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 17
you may need to collect appliance information manually to assist Dell EMC Support with troubleshooting and resolving problems with your appliance. Also, the SupportAssist manage SupportAssist using the PowerStore Manager or the REST API. You can enable or disable the service and provide the - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 18
as one of the following based on the average of all the appliances in the cluster when PowerStore is connected to the Dell EMC backend Support services: ● Evaluating - The quality of service for the connection will be undetermined for the first 10 minutes after SupportAssist is first initialized - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 19
Dell EMC Support will not receive notifications about issues with the appliance. You may need to collect appliance information manually to assist support representatives with troubleshooting and resolving problems be added to the gateway from the PowerStore Manager. If the appliance is added from - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 20
be permitted on ports 443 and 8443 (outbound) to Dell EMC Support. Failure to open port 8443 results in significant performance impact PowerStore REST API Reference Guide. To determine the status of the SupportAssist feature, click Settings and under Support select SupportAssist in the PowerStore - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 21
want to allow support engineers authorized by Dell EMC to securely troubleshoot your system, clear the checkbox; otherwise, leave the checkbox selected. 10. The Remote Secure Credentials checkbox is not selected by default; if you want to allow authorized Dell EMC service personnel to authenticate - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 22
dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/542240. The Customer Network Firewall Rules tool enables you to filter and review the list of firewall rules and ports that are relevant to your PowerStore corresponding services that may be found on the appliance. Table 10. Appliance network ports Port Service 22 - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 23
and ESXi to iSCSI services: host access ● External host iSCSI access ● Bi-directional for ● External or PowerStore embedded replication ESXi host and VNX2 systems If closed, iSCSI services will be unavailable. Used by Data mobility to support reasonable replication performance on low latency - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 24
by enabling FTP. Authentication is performed on port 21 and defined by the FTP protocol. Port 21 is the control port on which the FTP service listens for incoming FTP requests. Allows alert notifications through SFTP (FTP over SSH). SFTP is a client/server protocol. Users can use SFTP to perform - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 25
all SMB related services. If port 139 is also disabled, SMB file sharing is disabled. Required for Kerberos authentication services and SMB. Header (AH) traffic to be forwarded. If closed, IPsec connection between PowerStore appliances will be unavailable. Allows the appliance to send log messages to - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 26
left open by the replicator as soon as some data has to be replicated. After it is started, there is no way to stop the service. ● Enables you to control the backup and recovery of a Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) server through a network backup application, without installing third party - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 27
password for a variety of environments. For three-way backup/restore sessions, NAS Servers use ports 10500 to 10531. Required for the Antivirus checker service. Network ports related to PowerStore X model appliances The following table outlines the collection of network ports and the corresponding - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 28
Table 12. Network ports related to PowerStore X model appliances (continued) Port Service Protocol Access Direction Description 5988 Common TCP Information Model (CIM) Server Inbound Server for CIM. 5989 CIM Secure Server TCP Inbound Server for CIM. 6999 - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 29
) 07 / 08 (2U) 05 / 06 (2U) 03 / 04 (2U) 01 / 02 (2U) Management Switch (PowerStore T Model Only) Ethernet Switch 2 Ethernet Switch 1 Base Enclosure 5 (BE5) Mgmt IP Address: xxx.xx.xxx Expansion Enclosure enclosure in the stack) Reserved for Serviceability Rack Space Planning Worksheets 29 - Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 30
/ 16 (2U) 13 / 14 (2U) 11 / 12 (2U) 09 / 10 (2U) 07 / 08 (2U) 05 / 06 (2U) 03 / 04 (2U) 01 / 02 (2U) Management Switch (PowerStore T Model Only) Ethernet Switch 2 Ethernet Switch 1 Reserved for Serviceability 30 Rack Space Planning Worksheets
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Dell EMC PowerStore
Planning Guide
Version 2.x
June 2021
Rev. A04