Module Objectives: Describe the PS-M4110 solution Describe the
features of the PS-M4110 Install the PS-M4110 in the M1000 Chassis
Operate the drawer of the PS-M4110 Describe the airflow features of
the M1000 Identify whether the M1000 chassis has a version 1.1
Midplane Describe how the PS-M4110 connects to the Servers via the
Fabric modules.
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Introduction
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PS Series Thin Provisioning Start of Solution innovation
Continuous advancements of inclusive software features 2003 +
FS7500 PS6010 Series PS6510 PS4100/4110 PS6100/6110 Series ASM/ME
for Hyper-V Auto-Snapshot Manager/ VMware Edition SAN Headquarters
VMware vStorage Data Center Bridging (DCB) Core File Capability
PS-M4110 PS4000 Series PS6000 Series PS6500 VMware Site Recovery
Manager Sync Rep IPSEC SED PS5000 Series PS5500
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Dell PS-M4110 Blade Array EqualLogic iSCSI SAN for the Dell
M1000e Blade chassis 14 hot-plug 2.5 disk drives 10G controllers PS
Series firmware / Group Manager CMC provides M1000e chassis
management M1000e chassis provides power, cooling, integrated
networking and density PS-M4110M1000e
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PS-M4110 Blade Array - Installed in the M1000e blade chassis. -
Two control modules - Two 10 GbE ports - Configurable Management
port - 14 hot pluggable 2.5 disks - 6Gb/s SAS drives
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Dell PS M4110 and the PowerEdge M1000e 12G Enclosure PS M4110
inserts into two M1000e slots. M1000e chassis provides power,
cooling, and management for the M4110 and server blades.
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PS-M4110 Blade Array Two 10Gbe iSCSI Ports wired internally to
the M-series Ethernet fabrics M-series Blade Server and M4110
Chassis Environment Chassis provides power, cooling, Ethernet
switch configuration CMC provides chassis management, configuration
and monitoring. 10G Ethernet fabric selection - M4110 defaults to B
fabric - Can be on the A fabric with version 1.1 midplane Supports
DCB (Data Center Bridging) M4110 performance is similar to
PS6100E
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The power to do more in less space M1000e and the PS-M4110
EqualLogic Blade Array Physical Convergence = 3x space savings 24
Servers 2 PS-M4110s 24 Servers 4 Switches 2 PS Series Arrays 4
Switches 10 U 32 U
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Installation and Drawer Operation
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Installing The PS M4110 The PS M4110 installs in the top slots
using the rail guides on the top. The PS M4110 installs in the
bottom slots using the slot guides on the bottom. Slide the array
into the M1000e available slots. Seat the array by sliding the
handle firmly in place
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PS M4110 Drawer To open the array inner drawer: Push the
array's front panel and release it quickly to unlatch the arrays
inner drawer. When the drawer is unlatched will be a Caution label
visible
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PS M4110 Drawer When the PS-M4110 is out of the M1000
enclosure, the array's drawer cannot be opened unless its safety
locking mechanism is released.
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PS-M4110 / M1000e
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EqualLogic PS-M4110 Ecosystem PS-M4110 Scalability Up to 4
PS-M4110 per blade chassis Up to 2 PS-M4110 per EqualLogic group
Scale up to 16 EqualLogic arrays per group by joining arrays
outside chassis EqualLogic Array Software Peer storage architecture
Advanced load balancing Snapshots, cloning, replication Thin
provisioning Thin clones EqualLogic Host Software Auto-Snapshot
Manager Microsoft, VMware, Linux Multi-Path I/O PowerShell Tools
Datastore manager SAN HQ M1000E Chassis PS-M4110 Dell Force10 or
PowerConnect Switch PowerEdge Blades 11G or 12G PS-M4110 Design
Drawer in Drawer Double-wide, half-height storage blade
Operate/interoperate with servers inside/outside chassis PS-M4110
Components Dual, hot-pluggable 10GbE controllers 4GB of memory per
controller 1 x dedicated 10/100 management port accessible through
CMC 6Gb/s SAS backend 14x 2.5 drives
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Midplane PS-M4110 Configuration Option #1 Fabric B Switch
(Default) Fabric A1 Ethernet I/O Module Fabric A2 Ethernet I/O
Module Fabric B1 Switch Fabric B2 Switch Fabric C1 I/O Module
Fabric C2 I/O Module External Fabric Connection s PS-M4110 Fabric
Interfac e Module Half-Height Blade Server (16 of 16) Fabric A Enet
LOM Fabric B Mezz Fabric C Mezz Server Logic CM0 (Active ) CM1
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PS-M4110 Configuration Option #2 Fabric A Switch Midplane
Fabric A1 Ethernet Switch Fabric A2 Ethernet Switch Fabric B1 I/O
Module Fabric B2 I/O Module Fabric C1 I/O Module Fabric C2 I/O
Module External Fabric Connections PS-M4110 Fabric Interface Module
Half-Height Blade Server (16 of 16) Fabric A Enet LOM Fabric B Mezz
Fabric C Mezz Server Logic CM0 CM1
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PS-M4110 Configuration Option #3/4 Fabric A/B Pass-Thru to
External Switch Stack Midplane Fabric A1 Pass-Thru Fabric A2
Pass-Thru Fabric B1 I/O Module Fabric B2 I/O Module Fabric C1 I/O
Module Fabric C2 I/O Module External Fabric Connections PS-M4110
Fabric Interface Module Half-Height Blade Server (16 of 16) Fabric
A Enet LOM Fabric B Mezz Fabric C Mezz Server Logic CM0 CM1
Ethernet Switch
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PS-M4110 Configuration PS-M4110 provides a single 10Gb Ethernet
port that can be connected to one of two redundant Fabrics (A or B)
in the M1000e chassis.
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M1000e I/O Module Placement Options Blade Server Mezz B Mezz C
Blade Server Mezz B Mezz C Single Fabric Split Fabric
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10G IOM fabric 10G K supports PS-M4110 Pass through KR with top
of rack (TOR) 8024F or TOR NX-5020 Force 10 (Navasota MLX) M8024-K
(10 gig) (Lavaca) Brocade M8428-K (Brazos) Other M-Series IOM
fabrics not supported for PS-M4110 10G XAUI 1GE FC Infiniband
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Switch Configurations Stack or create a LAG between
switches
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Multiple M1000e Chassis Switch IOMs Stacked IOMs LAG m1000e For
multiple chassis Stacking should be done in two rings, a left side
ring and a right side ring LAGs should be connected between the
rings so that each port on the storage devices and can communicate
to any other port on the storage devices. DCB Support Requires: DCB
external switch (B8000) IOM: Navasota only Intel or Brocade CNA
Mezz
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Module Summary Now that you have completed this module you
should be able to: Describe the PS-M4110 solution Describe the
features of the PS-M4110 Install the PS-M4110 in the M1000 Chassis
Operate the drawer of the PS-M4110 Describe the airflow features of
the M1000 Identify whether the M1000 chassis has a version 1.1
Midplane Describe how the PS-M4110 connects to the Servers via the
Fabric modules
