Owner's Manual

iSCSI Cluster Setup for the PowerVault Enclosure 29
iSCSI Cluster Setup for the Dell™
PowerVault
™
MD3000i and MD1000
Storage Enclosures
WARNING: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, read the
safety information that shipped with your system. For additional best practices
information, see the Dell Regulatory Compliance website at
www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
This section provides information and procedures for configuring your
Dell PowerEdge™ system and the PowerVault MD3000i and MD1000 storage
enclosures to function in a Oracle
®
Real Application Cluster (RAC)
environment.
Verify the hardware connections, and the hardware and software
configurations using the Supported Configuration section of the Dell
PowerVault MD3000i Support Matrix, available on the Dell Support website
at support.dell.com/manuals.
NOTE: If you are using a PowerVault MD3000i storage enclosure with Oracle
Enterprise Linux
®
5:
1. Run the following script to install the multipath driver; do not install the multipath
from the PowerVault MD3000i Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) media:
dell-oracle-deployment/scripts/standard/510-
rpms_scsi_linuxrdac.sh
2. When prompted to install the multipath during the MDSM installation, select No
and continue the installation.
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