Setup Guide

50 Configuring Storage

Figure 5-16. PowerVault MD3000i Storage Array – Up to 16 SAN-Configured Servers,

Single-Path Data, Dual Controllers (Duplex)

Creating an SR on PowerVault MD3000i Storage Arrays

Follow the steps below to create an SR on a storage volume on a PowerVault

MD3000i storage array.

Change the iSCSI IQN of the XenServer host to a string of your choice by

selecting the host in XenCenter, viewing its

General

tab, and clicking the

Edit

button.

The

Edit General Settings

dialog box is displayed, where you can modify

the iSCSI IQN string.

Using MDSM interface, create virtual disks on MD3000i using steps

described in

Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager User’s Guide

available on the Dell Support website at

support.dell.com

. Ensure that the

XenServer hosts have a physical path to the controller which owns the

newly created virtual disk.

XenServer Pool A

MD3000

XenServer Pool B

Ethernet Switch

Controller 1

Port 0

NIC 0

NIC 1

NIC 0 NIC 1 NIC 0 NIC 1

NIC 0 NIC 1

Controller 0

Port 0

PowerVault MD1000

(optional) storage array

PowerVault MD1000

(optional) storage array