Please call me Don.  You can still configure the SAN via the serial port, that hasn't changed at all.  So if you're more comfortable with that then please do so.   Just don't forget to assign IPs to all the ISCSI ports and enable them.  It's an easy step to forget.   If you use the Remote Setup Wizard (RSW), you have to be on same subnet as the array, so yes from a server that's going to connect to it is easiest.  RSW is just trying to make it easier to configure the array it's not mandatory.  Re: Dedicated Port.    In a majority of customer installations, the network is not the bottleneck, so you don't see all the GbE ports 100% utilized.  So using a port for Mgmt isn't likely to impact the SAN performance.   Some customers will use a router to get to the SAN subnet to allow mgmt from their LAN, and block port 3260 to keep iSCSI from traversing the LAN.    Regards, 
I am setting up an iSCSI environment for a Windows Server. I will be using 2 Dell Poweconnect 7024s , 1 Dell PS6000, and a Windows Server (2008 R2). I have more experience in fiber switches and EMC VNX series SANs than I do with the Powerconnect and PS series products, so I have a few questions. 1)The PS6000 has 2 controller cards (the greens) with 4 Ethernet ports each. In this documentation, Section 4.5.1, the image shows all 4 ports of each card connected to the iSCSI network I believe. Additionally it looks like one of the preferred methods to setup these SANs is via the Remote Setup Wizard. Question: Do people generally not have a dedicated IP/management port to each SP for remote management on these? Is the preferred method to use all 4 ports per controller for iSCSI network traffic, and then just manage the SAN via the Windows Server that will be connected to it? Or should I be able to setup 1 of those ports, possibly the last one of each card, as a separate remote management port? 2)In all diagrams of this setup it seems like I have to have the switches either stacked or LAGed. In the same document, figure 19 in section 4.3.1, shows stack or LAG. Question: Do I have to have these switches stacked or LAGed for redundancy, or can they remain not connected?
PS6000 iSCSI setup