Setup Guide
Configuring Storage 51
3
From the
Mappings
tab in the Storage Array Profile window, note the
controller number which owns the newly-created volume. If you wish to
provide the XenServer hosts access to more than one volume, ensure all
the volumes are on the same MD3000i controller.
To change the controller that owns a volume, in the MDSM interface:
a
Go to
Modify
→
Change Virtual Disk Ownership/Preferred Path
.
b
Select the appropriate Disk Group and the virtual disk.
c
Select RAID Controller Module 0 or 1 as the virtual disk owner and
click
Change
.
4
Run the Modular Disk Storage Manager and manually add the XenServer
host(s) based on the new iSCSI IQN entered in step 1. After opening the
Modular Disk Storage Manager and selecting the MD3000i storage array
to be configured, select the
Configure
tab.
NOTE: In the examples to follow the Storage array “sg23_training” is a
PowerVault MD3000i storage array with virtual disks already configured using
the Create Virtual Disks selection. The new server being added to an existing
host group is named Valhalla.
5
From the
Configure
tab, select
Configure Host Access (Manual)
.
Enter the host name for the server which has XenServer software installed.
Select
Linux
as the host type.
6
From the next screen, specify the iSCSI Initiator by selecting the
New
button. On the
Enter New iSCSI Initiator
screen enter the XenServer
iSCSI initiator name configured in step 1. The label is auto-populated
from the server name. See Figure 5-17.