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
Figure 31. Ops panel LEDs—5U enclosure front panel
Table 13. Ops panel functions – 5U enclosure front panel
No. Indicator Status
1 Unit Identification Display (UID) Green (seven-segment display: enclosure sequence)
2 System Power On/Standby
Constant green: positive indication
Constant amber: system in standby (not operational)
3 Module Fault Constant or blinking amber: fault present
4 Logical Status Constant or blinking amber: fault present
5 Top Drawer Fault Constant or blinking amber: fault present in drive, cable, or sideplane
6 Bottom Drawer Fault Constant or blinking amber: fault present in drive, cable, or sideplane
Unit identification display
The UID is a dual seven-segment display that shows the numerical position of the enclosure in the cabling sequence. The UID is
also called the enclosure ID.
NOTE: The controller enclosure ID is 0.
System Power On/Standby LED (green/amber)
LED is amber when only the standby power is available (non-operational). LED is green when system power is available
(operational).
Module Fault LED (amber)
LED turns amber when experiencing a system hardware fault. The module fault LED helps you identify the component causing
the fault. The module fault LED may be associated with a Fault LED on a controller module, IOM, PSU, FCM, DDIC, or drawer.
Logical Status LED (amber)
This LED indicates a change of status or fault from something other than the enclosure management system. The logical status
LED may be initiated from the controller module or an external HBA. The indication is typically associated with a DDIC and LEDs
at each disk position within the drawer, which help to identify the DDIC affected.
Drawer Fault LEDs (amber)
This LED indicates a disk, cable, or sideplane fault in the drawer indicate: Top (Drawer 0) or Bottom (Drawer 1).
Troubleshooting and problem solving
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