Owner's Manual

28 iSCSI Cluster Setup for the PowerVault Enclosure
Task 2: Installing Host-based Software Needed for Storage
To install the necessary host-based storage software for the PowerVault
MD3000i storage system, use the
Dell PowerVault Resource media that came
with your PowerVault MD3000i storage system. Follow the procedures in the
PowerVault MD3000i storage enclosure documentation, available from the
Dell Support website at
support.dell.com , to install the Modular Disk Storage
Manager Software on the Master node and the Multi-Path (MPIO) software on
the remaining nodes.
Task 3: Verifying and Upgrading the Firmware
1 Discover the direct-attached storage of the host system using the Modular
Disk Storage Manager software that is installed on the host system.
2 Verify that the firmware for the following storage components is at the
minimum required version.
• MD3000i storage system firmware
• MD1000 expansion enclosure firmware
NOTE: For the minimum firmware version requirements, select the Dell Validated
Components link on the Oracle Database and Applications Solutions website at
dell.com/oracle.
Post Installation Tasks
After installing the drivers and the software, perform the post installation tasks
listed in the
PowerVault MD3000i Installation Guide , available from the
Dell Support website at
support.dell.com, to create the environment shown in
Table 4-1 on page 24.