Owner's Manual

40 Setting Up an iSCSI Cluster

The PowerVault MD32xxi Series resource media provided offers the following

installation methods:

• GUI-based Installation (Recommended)—The installer presents a

graphical wizard-driven interface that allows customization of components

to be installed.

• Silent Installation—This installation procedure is useful for users who

prefer to create scripted installations.

Graphical Installation (Recommended)

To complete graphical installation:

Close all other programs before installing any new software.

Insert the resource media.

Select Install MD32

i Storage Software.

NOTE: If the host server is running Windows Server Core version or if the

launcher does not automatically run, navigate to the root of the media and run

md_launcher.exe

Install the MD Storage software. Select one of the following installation

options:

• Full—This package installs core software, providers, and utilities. It

includes the necessary host-based storage agent, multipath driver, MD

Storage Manager, providers, and optional utilities.

• Host Only—This package includes the host context agent, multipath

drivers, and optional utilities required to configure the host.

• Management Station—This package includes the MD Storage

Manager, providers, and optional utilities.

• Custom—This option allows you to select specific components.

Reboot each host server.

Silent Installation

This option allows you to install the software in an unattended mode. To run

the silent installation in a Windows system, perform the following steps:

To begin the installation with all the default options, navigate to the

windows folder on the resource media and run the following command:

md32xxi_install -i silent