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
● In normal operation, the amber LED is:
○ Off if there is no drive present.
○ Off as the drive operates.
○ On if there is a drive fault.
Figure 32. LEDs: Drive carrier LEDs (SFF and LFF modules) used in 2U enclosures
1. Disk Activity LED 2. Disk Fault LED
3. Disk Fault LED 4. Disk Activity LED
5U enclosure LEDs
Use the LEDs on the 5U enclosure to help troubleshoot initial start-up problems.
NOTE:
When the 5U84 enclosure is powered on, all LEDs are lit for a short period to ensure that they are working. This
behavior does not indicate a fault unless LEDs remain lit after several seconds.
5U PSU LEDs
The following table describes the LED states for the PSU:
Table 16. PSU LED states
CRU Fail (Amber) AC Missing
(Amber)
Power (Green) Status
On Off Off No AC power to either PSU
On On Off PSU present, but not supplying power or PSU alert state.
(typically due to critical temperature)
Off Off On Mains AC present, switch on. This PSU is providing power.
Off Off Blinking AC power present, PSU in standby (other PSU is providing
power).
Blinking Blinking Off PSU firmware download in progress
Off On Off AC power missing, PSU in standby (other PSU is providing
power).
On On On Firmware has lost communication with the PSU module.
On -- Off PSU has failed. Follow the procedure in “Replacing a PSU”
in the Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System
Owner’s Manual.
5U FCM LEDs
The following table describes the LEDs on the Fan Cooling Module (FCM) faceplate:
Troubleshooting and problem solving
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