Administrator Guide

Contents
1 Preface.....................................................................................................................7
Audience................................................................................................................................................ 7
Related Documentation........................................................................................................................ 7
Accessing Enterprise Manager and Storage Center Documentation........................................... 8
Dell Online Services.............................................................................................................................. 8
Technical Support and Customer Service............................................................................................9
Contacting Dell......................................................................................................................................9
2 Dell Fluid Cache for SAN Product Overview..................................................10
Dell Fluid Cache for SAN Features......................................................................................................10
Fluid Cache for SAN Environment......................................................................................................10
Example Cabling Diagram.............................................................................................................12
Fluid Cache for SAN Deployment Requirements...............................................................................13
Fluid Cache for SAN in Enterprise Manager GUI................................................................................13
3 Preparing the Fluid Cache Components........................................................14
Checking Security Settings................................................................................................................. 14
Checking Network Connections........................................................................................................ 14
Checking Guest Virtual Machine Settings.......................................................................................... 15
Preparing the Servers...........................................................................................................................15
Preparing the Cache Devices..............................................................................................................15
Non-NVMe Cache Devices........................................................................................................... 16
Preparing the Cache Network Adapters.............................................................................................16
Preparing the Cache Network Switch................................................................................................ 16
Configuring a Dell Networking Switch............................................................................................... 17
4 Installing and Setting up Fluid Cache.............................................................18
Enabling SSH on the ESXi Host........................................................................................................... 18
Marking Devices for Passthrough....................................................................................................... 18
Configuring the Network Adapters.....................................................................................................19
Configuring Access to Compellent Storage.......................................................................................19
Configuring the iSCSI Network.......................................................................................................... 20
Two vSwitches on Separate Subnets with a Single VMNIC.........................................................20
One vSwitch with Multiple VMNICS............................................................................................. 20
Configuring Fibre Channel..................................................................................................................21
Installing the Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA).................................................................................... 21
Mapping Hardware..............................................................................................................................22
Configuring the VSA for Two iSCSI Subnets...................................................................................... 23
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