Deployment Guide

iii. Click Next until you reach the Features page.
iv. Select Multipath I/O.
v. Click Next, click Install, and click Close.
vi. Reboot the Windows server.
4. Identify and document the SAS HBA WWNs:
a. Open a Windows PowerShell console.
b. Type Get-InitiatorPort and press Enter.
c. Locate and record the SAS HBA WWNs . The WWNs are needed to map volumes to the server.
Register a Windows host with SAS HBAs and create volumes
Perform the following steps to register a Windows host with SAS HBAs and create volumes using the PowerVault Manager:
1. Log in to the PowerVault Manager.
2. Access the Host Setup wizard:
● From the Welcome screen, click Host Setup.
● From the Home topic, click Action > Host Setup.
3. Confirm that you have met the listed prerequisites, then click Next.
4. Type a host name in the Host Name field.
5. Using the information documented in step 4 of Attach SAS hosts to the storage system, select the SAS initiators for the
host you are configuring, then click Next.
6. Group hosts together with other hosts in a cluster.
● For cluster configurations, group hosts together so that all hosts within the group share the same storage.
○ If this host is the first host in the cluster, select Create a new host group, type a name for the host group, and click
Next.
○ If this host is being added to a host group that exists, select Add to existing host group, select the group from the
drop-down list, and click Next.
NOTE:
The host must be mapped with the same access, port, and LUN settings to the same volumes or volume
groups as every other initiator in the host group.
● For stand-alone hosts, select the Do not group this host option, and click Next.
7. On the Attach Volumes page, specify the name, size, and pool for each volume, and click Next.
To add a volume, click Add Row. To remove a volume, click Remove.
NOTE: Dell EMC recommends that you update the volume name with the hostname to better identify the volumes.
8. On the Summary page, review the host configuration settings, and click Configure Host.
If the host is successfully configured, a Success dialog box is displayed.
9. Click Yes to return to the Introduction page of the wizard, or click No to close the wizard.
Enable MPIO for the volumes on the Windows host
Perform the following steps to enable MPIO for the volumes on the Windows host:
1. Open Server Manager.
2. Select Tools > MPIO.
3. Click the Discover Multi-Paths tab.
4. Select DellEMC ME4 in the Device Hardware Id list.
If DellEMC ME4 is not listed in the Device Hardware Id list:
a. Ensure that there is more than one connection to a volume for multipathing.
b. Ensure that Dell EMC ME4 is not already listed in the Devices list on the MPIO Devices tab.
5. Click Add and click Yes to reboot the Windows server.
Format volumes on the Windows host
Perform the following steps to format a volume on a Windows host:
1. Open Server Manager.
Perform host setup
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