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
SFP+ transceiver for FC/iSCSI ports
This section describes how to install the small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) transceivers ordered with the ME4 Series FC/iSCSI
controller module.
Locate the SFP+ transceivers
Locate the SFP+ transceivers that shipped with the controller enclosure, which look similar to the generic SFP+ transceiver that
is shown in the following figure:
Figure 41. Install an SFP+ transceiver into the ME4 Series FC/iSCSI controller module
1.
CNC-based controller module face 2. CNC port
3. SFP+ transceiver (aligned) 4. Fiber-optic cable
5. SFP+ transceiver (installed)
NOTE: Refer to the label on the SFP+ transceiver to determine whether it supports the FC or iSCSI protocol.
Install an SFP+ transceiver
Perform the following steps to install an SFP+ transceiver:
NOTE: Follow the guidelines provided in Electrical safety on page 8 when installing an SFP+ transceiver.
1. Orient the SFP+ transceiver with the port and align it for insertion.
For 2U controller enclosures, the transceiver is installed either right-side up, or upside down depending upon whether it is
installed into controller module A or B,
2. If the SFP+ transceiver has a plug, remove it before installing the transceiver. Retain the plug.
3. Flip the actuator open.
NOTE:
The actuator on your SFP+ transceiver may look slightly different than the one shown in Install an SFP+
transceiver into the ME4 Series FC/iSCSI controller module on page 98
B
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