Release Notes

Configuration and management
18 Dell EMC SC Series and VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes Best Practices | 3161-BP-SC
4.3.2 PowerCLI
The following PowerCLI changes the default PSP for the VMW_SATP_ALUA SATP to Round Robin on all hosts in a
cluster:
$Cluster = Get-Cluster -Name "New VVol Cluster"
ForEach ( $VMHost in ( Get-VMHost -Location $Cluster | Sort-Object Name ) )
{
Write-Host "Working on host `"$($VMHost.Name)`"" -ForegroundColor Green
$EsxCli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $VMHost
$EsxCli.storage.nmp.satp.list() | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq "VMW_SATP_ALUA"
}
$EsxCli.storage.nmp.satp.set( $null, "VMW_PSP_RR", "VMW_SATP_ALUA" )
$EsxCli.storage.nmp.satp.list() | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq "VMW_SATP_ALUA"
}
}
Note: The default Storage Array Type Plugin (SATP) used with SCOS 7.0 is VMW_SATP_ALUA and the
default PSP for that plugin is MRU. Configure each protocol endpoint for either Round Robin or Fixed with a
Preferred path. For more information about vSphere MPIO and SC Series arrays, refer to Dell EMC SC
Series: VMware vSphere 5.x-6.x Best Practices.
4.4 Miscellaneous esxcli
Esxcli commands may be executed on a vSphere host to reveal Virtual Volume components exposed to
vSphere. Following are a few examples relating to VASA Providers, protocol endpoints, and storage
containers.
[root@tssrv251:~] esxcli storage vvol vasaprovider list
Dell Storage VASA 2.0 Provider
VP Name: Dell Storage VASA 2.0 Provider
URL: https://172.16.21.36:3034/vasa-provider/vasa2/vasa-version.xml
Status: online
Arrays:
Array Id: com.dell.storagecenter:StorageArray.60703
Is Active: true
Priority: 0
[root@tssrv251:~] esxcli storage vvol protocolendpoint list
naa.6000d31000ed1f010000000000000025
Host Id: naa.6000d31000ed1f010000000000000025
Array Id: com.dell.storagecenter:StorageArray.60703
Type: SCSI
Accessible: true
Configured: true
Lun Id: naa.6000d31000ed1f010000000000000025
Remote Host:
Remote Share:
Storage Containers: 6000d310-00ed-1f02-0000-00000000000a