Deployment Guide

To download the software at Dell.com/dsmsmanuals, click Servers, Storage & Networking →

Engineered Solutions → Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces. Select the storage enclosure

model based on your solution, and then click Drivers & Downloads.

1. Download the latest version of the Dell Storage PowerTools Server Hardware Manager software

located under the Enterprise HDD/SSD subsection.

2. Install the Dell Storage PowerTools Server Hardware Manager on each server.

Ensuring HBAs are installed and updated

SAS Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) are required to connect the storage enclosures to each host. To ensure

that the SAS HBAs listed and the firmware versions are the same based on the supported HBA for your

solution, complete the following task:

1. Log in to each host server with the local Administrator privilege.

2. Start an elevated Administrator CLI, and then run the following command:

shmcli list adapters

The output should look similar to the example screenshot given here.

Figure 13. Output from the list adapters command

NOTE: Ensure the SAS HBAs listed and the firmware versions are the same based on the

supported HBA for your solution. For more information about minimum firmware versions for

the HBA for your solution, see the Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces Support Matrix

available at Dell.com/dsmsmanuals.

Configuring Windows roles and features

1. Start PowerShell as an administrator, and then run the following list of commands.

a. To add roles and features to the server, run the following commands:

Install-WindowsFeature Failover-Clustering -IncludeManagementTools

Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-Clustering –IncludeAllSubFeature

Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS-Tools

b. To enable the default MPIO settings, run the following commands:

Install-WindowsFeature Multipath-IO –IncludeManagementTools

Enable-MSDSMAutomaticClaim -BusType SAS

For more information about advanced MPIO settings, see the Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage

Spaces Best Practices Guide available at Dell.com/dsmsmanuals .

c. To restart the server, run the following commands:

Restart-computer –confirm:$false

2. After the computer restarts, log in by using the domain account with administrative privileges. If you

are unable to install these features prevents the storage solution from functioning properly. If you do

not enable automatic updates on the server, appropriate messages are displayed.