Ip san best practices
A Dell Technical White Paper
PowerVault MD3200i Storage Arrays
PowerVault™ MD3200i: IP SAN Best Practices
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June 2010
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PowerVault™ MD3200i: IP SAN Best Practices
Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................. 2 iSCSI Overview .......................................................................................................... 2 IP SAN Design ............................................................................................................ 2 Best Practices - Implementation ..................................................................................... 3 Redundancy ........................................................................................................... 3 Security ................................................................................................................... 5 IP SAN Network Infrastructure ....................................................................................... 5 IP SAN Optimization .................................................................................................... 7 Summary