Initial Cluster Setup

For the most up-to-date information on all supported Cohesity hardware platforms (C-Series and OEM), refer to the Hardware Universe Help topic. The Initial Cluster Setup topic is retained for reference and may not reflect the latest hardware information.

For the initial cluster setup PDFs, click the platform that hosts the cluster.

On-Premises Cluster Setup

On-premises clusters are hosted on hardware from Cohesity and qualified hardware from Cisco, Dell and HPE.

C2000 Series

The C2000 Series includes the C2xxx hardware nodes, such as the C2100, C2300, C2500, C2105, C2305, C2505, C2515 and C2605 nodes.

If the Cohesity cluster is hosted on C2000 Series hardware with 10GbE SFP+ Network Connections, use the following PDFs.

Rack Rail Instructions—Contains rack rail instructions for installing a C2000 Series chassis in a rack.
C2000 Series Quick Start—Provides the initial hardware setup instructions including a figure displaying the correct network cabling.
Worksheet—Contains a checklist of network requirements and worksheets required to install and configure the Cohesity cluster. Download, fill out and save the PDF prior to setting up the Cohesity cluster.
C2000 Series 10GbE Setup Guide—Provides the complete initial hardware and software configuration instructions.

If the Cohesity cluster is hosted on C2000 Series hardware with 10GbE RJ45 Network Connections, use the following PDFs.

Rack Rail Instructions—Contains rack rail instructions for installing a C2000 Series chassis in a rack.
C2000 Series Quick Start—Provides the initial hardware setup instructions including a figure displaying the correct network cabling.
Worksheet—Contains a checklist of network requirements and worksheets required to install and configure the Cohesity cluster. Download, fill out and save the PDF prior to setting up the Cohesity cluster.
C2000 Series 10GbE Setup Guide—Provides the complete initial hardware and software configuration instructions.

If the Cohesity cluster is hosted on C2000 Series hardware that uses the 1 Gigabit Ethernet (1GbE) ports for data transfer, use the following PDFs. (This C2000 Series has no 10GbE ports.)

Rack Rail Instructions—Contains rack rail instructions for installing a C2000 Series chassis in a rack.
C2000 Series 1GbE Quick Start—Provides the initial hardware setup instructions including a figure displaying the correct network cabling.
Worksheet—Contains a checklist of network requirements and worksheets required to install and configure the Cohesity cluster. Download, fill out and save the PDF prior to setting up the Cohesity cluster.
C2000 Series 1GbE Setup Guide—Provides the complete initial hardware and software configuration instructions.

The following figure shows the back panel of the C2000 Series hardware.

C6000 Series

Version 6.1.1f or 6.3.1b or later of the Cohesity software is required for the C6000 Series hardware model.

If the Cohesity cluster is hosted on C6000 Series hardware, use the following PDFs.

Rack Rail Instructions—Contains rack rail instructions for installing a C6000 Series chassis in a rack.
Quick Start— Provides the initial hardware setup instructions including a figure displaying the correct network cabling. Use one of the following Quick Starts, depending on the C6000 Series network connections:
Worksheet —Contains a checklist of network requirements and worksheets required to install and configure the Cohesity cluster. Download, fill out and save the PDF prior to setting up the Cohesity cluster.
C6000 Series Setup Guide —Provides the complete initial hardware and software configuration instructions.

The following figure shows the back panel of the C6000 Series hardware.

Virtual Edition Cluster Setup

Virtual Edition clusters are hosted on virtual machines in the following hypervisors.

When deployed without the required safeguards, customers introduce a single point of failure into the Cohesity solutions in a virtual environment (virtual edition). To safeguard your cluster, Cohesity strongly recommends hosting virtual edition solutions on resilient underlying storage and having outgoing archival and replication, or both configured to eliminate this risk.

Cohesity Cloud Edition (Legacy) Setup

Cohesity Cloud Edition (legacy) are hosted in the following clouds.

Cohesity Cloud Edition Setup

Cohesity Cloud Edition are hosted in the following clouds.

Setup Documentation