Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.15.0.0 Installation Guide for DM5500

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Hardware and software required for installation

Before installing the DM5500 and the optional expansion enclosures, review the following table to understand the hardware and software requirements for appliance installation.

Table 1. Hardware and software requirements for DM5500 and expansion enclosure installationThis table describes the hardware and software requirements for DM5500 and expansion enclosure installation.
Component	Description
Static rail	Included with the DM5500. Designed to work in any data center rack.
Rack	Customer supplied. The DM5500 requires 2U. Each expansion enclosure requires 2U. The DM5500 and expansion enclosures require front and rear access for servicing and should be placed in the rack to accommodate these requirements. See Install the DM5500 in the rack and Install the expansion enclosure in the rack for more information.
Network switch	Customer supplied. One or more. 10 GbE support required. 25 GbE support is optional. The switch must support VLAN for external (public) communication. Two network switches are recommended for redundancy. The DM5500 requires four ports on the switch (10/25 GbE, optical, or copper). A 1 GbE NIC port connection to the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) port is strongly recommended. See Connect network cables and Connect iDRAC cable for more information.
LC-to-LC multimode fiber (MMF) cables or direct attach copper twinax network cables	Supplied at no cost from Dell. The customer is given the choice of including either LC-to-LC optical cables or direct attach (twinax) cables when ordering the DM5500.
SFPs	If LC-to-LC optical cables are used (instead of twinax cables), 4 x 10/25 GbE SFPs can be ordered as a kit from Dell. Use the SFPs provided by Dell when connecting the 4 GbE ports on the DM5500 to the customer network.
SFPs for switches	Customer supplied if LC-to-LC optical cables are used.
LC-to-LC optical cables	The LC-to-LC optical cables are an option and can be ordered from Dell or can be customer supplied.
RJ45 iDRAC network cable	CAT5e/CAT6 cable for connecting to iDRAC network connection. iDRAC configuration and cabling provide an out-of-band method for remote management and may be required for Dell support engineers to debug and troubleshoot.
RJ45 network cables	CAT6a/CAT7 cables for connecting the DM5500 10GBASE-T ports to the customer network. These cables are required if the customer chooses the DM5500 configuration with the quad 10GBASE-T port HBA in slots 3 and 4.
SAS4 cables	Supplied at no cost from Dell with each expansion enclosure ordered. For a DM5500 configuration with one expansion enclosure, two 1-meter long SAS cables are supplied. For a DM5500 configuration with two expansion enclosures, two 1-meter long SAS cables are supplied to connect to the enclosure directly below the DM5500 server, and two 2-meter long SAS cables are supplied to connect to the lowest enclosure in the rack. For a DM5500 configuration with three expansion enclosures, two 1-meter long SAS cables are supplied to connect to the enclosure directly below the DM5500 server, and two 2-meter long SAS cables are supplied to connect to the lower enclosures in the rack. Two 0.5-meter long daisy cables are supplied to connect the second and third enclosures.
Service computer	A service computer is required for initial login. See Assign static IP address to the service computer for initial DM5500 login.
DNS	In the customer data center.
NTP server address	The DM5500 requires access to an NTP server for time synchronization.
IP addresses	See Collect external network information.