Owner's Manual

Contents 5
Setting Up the SAS Cluster With PowerVault
MD32xxi and MD12xxi Expansion Enclosures
. . . . . 39
Task 1: Setting Up the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . 39
Task 2: Installing Host-Based Storage Software . . 39
6 iSCSI Cluster Setup for the
Dell EqualLogic PS Series
Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
EqualLogic Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting Up the EqualLogic iSCSI Storage System
. . . . 43
Creating Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configuring the iSCSI Networks . . . . . . . . . . 47
Configuring Host Access to Volumes. . . . . . . . 49
7 Configuring Database Storage
on the Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Verifying and Identifying Your Storage Disks . . . . . . 59
Adjusting Disk Partitions for Systems Running
the Linux Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Example: fdisk Utility Arguments . . . . . . . . . . 62
Procedure: Using the fdisk Utility to
Adjust a Disk Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Configuring Database Storage Using ext3
File System for Single Node Only
. . . . . . . . . . . . 64