Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Deployment Guide
- Contents
- Before you begin
- Mount the enclosures in the rack
- Connect to the management network
- Cable host servers to the storage system
- Cabling considerations
- Connecting the enclosure to hosts
- Host connection
- Connect power cables and power on the storage system
- Perform system and storage setup
- Record storage system information
- Using guided setup
- Web browser requirements and setup
- Access the PowerVault Manager
- Update firmware
- Use guided setup in the PowerVault Manager Welcome panel
- Perform host setup
- Host system requirements
- Windows hosts
- Configuring a Windows host with FC HBAs
- Configuring a Windows host with iSCSI network adapters
- Configuring a Windows host with SAS HBAs
- Linux hosts
- Configuring a Linux host with FC HBAs
- Configure a Linux host with iSCSI network adapters
- Attach a Linux host with iSCSI network adapters to the storage system
- Assign IP addresses for each network adapter connecting to the iSCSI network
- Register the Linux host with iSCSI network adapters and create volumes
- Enable and configure DM Multipath on the Linux host with iSCSI network adapters
- Create a Linux file system on the volumes
- SAS host server configuration for Linux
- VMware ESXi hosts
- Fibre Channel host server configuration for VMware ESXi
- iSCSI host server configuration for VMware ESXi
- Attach an ESXi host with network adapters to the storage system
- Configure the VMware ESXi VMkernel
- Configure the software iSCSI adapter on the ESXi host
- Register an ESXi host with a configured software iSCSI adapter and create and map volumes
- Enable multipathing on an ESXi host with iSCSI volumes
- Volume rescan and datastore creation for an ESXi hosts with iSCSI network adapters
- SAS host server configuration for VMware ESXi
- Citrix XenServer hosts
- Fibre Channel host server configuration for Citrix XenServer
- iSCSI host server configuration for Citrix XenServer
- Attach a XenServer host with network adapters to the storage system
- Configure a software iSCSI adapter on a XenServer host
- Configure the iSCSI IQN on a XenServer host
- Enable Multipathing on a XenServer host
- Register a XenServer host with a software iSCSI adapter and create volumes
- Create a Storage Repository for a volume on a XenServer host with a software iSCSI adapter
- SAS host server configuration for Citrix XenServer
- Troubleshooting and problem solving
- Locate the service tag
- Operators (Ops) panel LEDs
- Initial start-up problems
- Cabling for replication
- SFP+ transceiver for FC/iSCSI ports
- System Information Worksheet
- Setting network port IP addresses using the CLI port and serial cable
If you are connecting to a storage system with G280 firmware that has been deployed:
a. Type the username of a user with the manage role at the login prompt and press Enter.
b. Type the password for the user at the Password prompt and press Enter.
7. To use DHCP to set network port IP addresses, type the following command at the prompt:
set network-parameters dhcp
To use custom static IP addresses, type the following CLI command to set the values you obtained in step 1:
NOTE: Run the command for controller module A first, and then run the command for controller module B.
set network-parameters ip address netmask netmask gateway gateway controller a|b
where:
● address is the IP address of the controller module
● netmask is the subnet mask
● gateway is the IP address of the subnet router
● a|b specifies the controller whose network parameters you are setting
For example:
set network-parameters ip 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1
controller a
set network-parameters ip 192.168.0.11 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1
controller b
8. Type the following CLI command to verify the new IP addresses:
show network-parameters
The network parameters, including the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address are displayed for each controller
module.
9. Use the CLI ping command to verify connectivity to the gateway address.
For example:
ping 192.168.0.1
10. Open a command window on the host computer and type the following command to verify connectivity to controller A and
controller B:
ping controller-IP-address
If you cannot access your storage system for at least three minutes after changing the IP address, restart the controllers
using the CLI.
NOTE:
When you restart a Management Controller, communication with it is temporarily lost until it successfully
restarts.
Type the following CLI command to restart the Management Controller in both controllers:
restart mc both
CAUTION:
When configuring an iSCSI storage system or a storage system that uses a combination of Fibre
Channel and iSCSI SFPs, do not restart the Management Controller or exit the terminal emulator session
until the CNC ports are configured as described Changing host port settings on page 38
11. Record the IP address for the controller modules to use when connecting to the storage system using PowerVault Manager.
12. When you are done using the CLI, close the terminal emulator.
Topics:
• Mini-USB Device Connection
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