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POWER
SOLUTIONS
THE MAGAZINE FOR DIRECT ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS
EDITOR’S COMMENTS
6 Mastering the Storage Domain
By Tom Kolnowski
EXECUTIVE INSIGHTS
8 Simplifying Enterprise Storage
An interview with Darren Thomas, vice president and general manager
of enterprise storage systems at Dell Inc.
STORAGE ENVIRONMENT
14 Volume Shadow Copy Service Helps Build
an Integrated Backup System
By Ananda Sankaran, Kevin Guinn, and Dat Nguyen
20 Managing Data Protection with Red Hat Linux
and Dell PowerVault Tape Autoloaders and Libraries
By Tesfamariam Michael and Richard Goodwin
28 Protecting Business-Critical Data at Remote Offices
By Sheri Atwood and Michael Parker
31 Streamlining Backup and Recovery Operations
Using Disk-based Protection
By Scott Kosciuk, Michael Parker, and Mark Thomason
34 Leveraging the Microsoft Virtual Disk Service
Using QLogic SANsurfer VDS Manager
By Tim Lustig and Keith Hageman
36 Simplifying Enterprise Backup and Restore Operations
Using BakBone NetVault
By Joe Gallo
SCALABLE ENTERPRISE
38 Migrating to Industry-Standard 64-bit Architectures
By John Fruehe
42 Scaling Out Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
with Dell PowerEdge 6650 Servers
By Fatima Hussain and Scott Stanford
49 Scaling Out Web Server Performance
on Dell PowerEdge 6650 Servers
By David J. Morse
52 Scalable Enterprise Computing: Testing a Clustered
Database on the Dell PowerEdge 6650
By Dave Jaffe, Ph.D., and Todd Muirhead
56 Optimizing Disaster Recovery Using Oracle Data Guard
on Dell PowerEdge Servers
By Paul Rad, Zafar Mahmood, Ibrahim Fashho, Raymond Dutcher, Lawrence To,
and Ashish Ray
59 Introducing VMware ESX Server, VirtualCenter,
and VMotion on Dell PowerEdge Servers
By Dave Jaffe, Ph.D.; Todd Muirhead; and Felipe Payet
BONUS PULL-OUT POSTER
64a Dell Enterprise Storage Environment
Schematic drawings and specifications portray enterprise scenarios configured
with Dell/EMC arrays, Dell PowerVault systems, and other key storage components.
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COVER STORY | PAGE 10
Managing Storage
Across the Enterprise
By Sonya R. Sexton and Vicki Van Ausdall
MARCH 2004
Leveraging the flexibility of modular, next-generation Dell/EMC Fibre Channel
storage arrays and Dell PowerVault network attached storage (NAS) systems,
administrators can use sophisticated software to manage enterprise storage—
wherever it may be.
Dell/EMC CX500 storage array

TABLE OF CONTENTS
SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
65 Deploying Dell OpenManage on VMware ESX Server
By Balasubramanian Chandrasekaran, Tim Abels, Robert Wilson, and Paul Rad
68 Implementing Avocent AMX KVM Switches in the
Dell Enterprise Solutions Engineering Group Lab
By Mike Kosacek and Avocent Corporation
72 Integrating Nagios and Ganglia with Dell OpenManage
Server Administrator in Linux-based Environments
By Dan Beres, Roger Goff, and Terry Schroeder
76 Remotely Managing UNIX and Linux Servers
Using the Dell RAC Serial/Telnet Console
By Aurelian Dumitru
80 Troubleshooting Servers with Dell Remote Access Controllers
By Jon McGary
83 Simplifying Enterprise Deployment of Dell Remote Access Controllers
By Zain Kazim, Bala Beddhannan, and Alan Daughetee
88 System Recovery Using Windows Server 2003
on Dell PowerEdge Servers
By Ranjith Purush, Neftali Reyes, and Edward Yardumian
LINUX ENVIRONMENT
94 Simplifying Linux Management with Dynamic Kernel Module Support
By Gary Lerhaupt and Matt Domsch
99 Configuring and Managing Software RAID
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
By John Hull and Steve Boley
NETWORK AND COMMUNICATIONS
103 Introduction to TCP Offload Engines
By Sandhya Senapathi and Rich Hernandez
108 Improving Quality of Service Using
Dell PowerConnect 6024/6024F Switches
By Marvell Semiconductor
113 10 Gigabit Ethernet Helps Relieve Network Bottlenecks
for Bandwidth-Intensive Applications
By Matt W. Baker and Wu-chun Feng
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EDITORIAL
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | Tom Kolnowski
MANAGING EDITOR | Debra McDonald
THE MAGAZINE FOR DIRECT ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS
SENIOR EDITORS | Liza Graffeo, Lori Kennedy, Cathy Luo, Vicki Van Ausdall
CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS | Tim Abels, Sheri Atwood, Matt W. Baker, Bala Beddhannan,
Dan Beres, Steve Boley, Balasubramanian Chandrasekaran, Chris Croteau, Alan Daughetee,
Matt Domsch, Aurelian Dumitru, Raymond Dutcher, Ibrahim Fashho, Wu-chun Feng, John Fruehe,
Joe Gallo, Roger Goff, Richard Goodwin, Michael Grant, Kevin Guinn, Keith Hageman,
Rich Hernandez, John Hull, Fatima Hussain, Dave Jaffe, Ph.D., Zain Kazim, Mike Kosacek, Scott
Kosciuk, Gary Lerhaupt, Paul Luse, Tim Lustig, Zafar Mahmood, Jon McGary, Tesfamariam
Michael, David J. Morse, Todd Muirhead, Dat Nguyen, Michael Parker, Felipe Payet, Ranjith
Purush, Paul Rad, Ashish Ray, Neftali Reyes, Ananda Sankaran, Terry Schroeder, Sandhya
Senapathi, Sonya R. Sexton, Scott Stanford, Mark Thomason, Lawrence To, Vicki Van Ausdall,
Robert Wilson, Edward Yardumian
ART
ART DIRECTOR | Mark Mastroianni
DESIGNERS | Phu Tran, Cynthia Webb
ILLUSTRATOR | Cynthia Webb
COVER DESIGN | Phu Tran
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER | Lee Kirgan
ONLINE
WEB PRODUCTION | Brad Klenzendorf
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ON THE FRONT COVER | The latest Dell/EMC CX300, CX500, and CX700 Fibre Channel
storage arrays, flanked by EMC VisualSAN management software. Design by Phu Tran.
Photos by Lee Kirgan.
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