Document Outline

• Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere Installation and Configuration Guide
• Overview
  • Installation Prerequisites
  • Configuration Limitations And Scalability
  • Support For Disk Pooling
  • Localization Support
    • Logs, Warnings, And Error Messages
  • Downloading The MD vCenter Plug-In
    • Upgrading From A Previous Version
  • Application Server Requirements
  • Before You Install The MD vCenter Plug-In
  • Installing The MD vCenter Plug-In
• Configuring The Application Server And MD vCenter Plug-In
  • Configuring Storage Administrator Roles
    • Creating A Storage Administrator Role
  • Adding An Existing User To The Storage Administrator Role
    • Non-Authorized Plug-In Use Message
  • Configuring SAS Support On ESX And ESXi Hosts
    • Requirements For Using A SAS Host
  • Installing The SAS Provider Upgrade
    • Installing The SAS Provider Upgrade (ESX 4.1 Servers Only)
    • Installing The SAS Provider (ESXi 4.1 Servers Only)
    • Installing The SAS Provider (ESXi 5.0 and 5.1 Servers Only)
• Configuring The MD Storage Array For ESX/ESXi
  • Grouping HBAs And Creating Virtual Hosts
    • Managing Bandwidth
  • Configuring ALUA Support
    • Changing Your Default Multipath Policy
    • Adding A SATP Claim Rule To Enable ALUA And Change The Multipath Policy To Round Robin
  • Networking Configuration For Fibre Channel And iSCSI Storage (ESX/ESXi 4.x Only)
    • Network Configuration For MD-Series iSCSI Storage Arrays
    • Network Configuration For MD-Series Fibre Channel Storage Arrays
• Configuring The ESX/ESXi Host
  • Configuring ESX Host To Storage Array
• Using The MD vCenter Plug-In
  • MD vCenter Plug-In Features
  • Summary View
  • Organizing Storage Arrays
  • Using Asset Tags
    • Assigning Asset Tags And Values
  • Managing Asset Tags
  • MD vCenter Plug-In Security
    • Accepting And Installing The Trusted SSL Certificate
    • Microsoft Enhanced Browser Security
  • Configuring Storage Arrays
  • Discovering Storage Arrays
  • Adding Storage Arrays To The vCenter Plug-In Manager View
  • Removing Storage Arrays From The vCenter Plug-In Manager View
  • Editing Storage Array Properties
    • Changing The vCenter Plug-In Password
    • Resolving A Password Mismatch Between The MD Storage Array And The vCenter Plug-In
  • Storage Array Configuration Backup
    • Enabling Automatic Save Configuration Backups
    • Initiating A Manual Save Configuration
  • Formatting Virtual Disks
  • Decision-Making Schemes
    • Using The Predictive Scheme To Make Virtual Disk Decisions
    • Using The Adaptive Scheme To Make Virtual Disk Decisions
  • Creating A Disk Group
  • Creating Virtual Disks
    • Creating A Standard Virtual Disk
    • Creating A Thin Provisioned Virtual Disk
  • Mapping A Virtual Disk
  • Datastores View
  • Snapshots Premium Feature
    • Legacy-Based Snapshots
    • Creating A Legacy Snapshot Of A Base Virtual Disk
    • Disabling A Legacy Snapshot
    • Re-Creating a Legacy Snapshot
    • Deleting A Legacy Snapshot
  • Point-In-Time Snapshots
    • Creating A PiT-Based Snapshot Image
    • Creating A Snapshot Virtual Disk
  • Creating A Virtual Disk Copy
    • Creating A New Virtual Disk Copy
    • Changing Virtual Disk Copy Parameters
  • Remote Replication
    • Synchronous Remote Replication (Legacy-Based)
    • Creating Synchronous Remote Replication
    • Suspending Synchronous Remote Replication
    • Resuming Synchronous Remote Replication
    • Changing Synchronous Remote Replication Roles
    • Testing Synchronous Remote Replication
    • Changing Synchronous Remote Replication Parameters
    • Removing Synchronous Replicated Pairs
    • Standard Remote Replication (Asynchronous)
    • Creating Standard Remote Replication Groups
    • Deleting Remote Replication Groups
  • Replicated Pairs
    • Creating Replicated Pairs
    • Removing Replicated Pairs
    • Suspending Remote Replication
    • Resuming Remote Replication
    • Manually Resynchronizing A Replicated Pair
  • Storage Array Event Log
  • Accessing The Event Log
  • Manually Unregistering The MD vCenter Plug-In
    • Uninstall The MD vCenter Plug-In
• Troubleshooting MD vCenter Plug-In Issues
  • Application Server Logs
    • I Cannot Communicate With The Application Server
    • I Cannot Create Or Delete Objects
    • How Can I Maximize Client Performance
    • How Do I Suppress Slow Script Warning Messages
    • Why Can I Not Make Changes To The Storage Array
    • The MD vCenter Plug-In Does Not Show The New Storage Array Name After A Clear Configuration Operation In MDSM
    • Long Timeout For SAS ESX Host Wizard Operation
    • Storage Administrator Privileges Assigned To User Group Not Working
    • Save Dialog Does Not Appear When Attempting To Save Array Configuration Or MEL
    • Error Loading Arrays Message Displayed
    • Entering An Invalid Alternate Controller IP Address Causes Duplicate Array Entries
    • Event Log Viewer Scroll Bar Goes Beyond The Limit
    • ESX Host Name Wraps Unless Window Expanded
• Getting Help
  • Related Documentation
  • VMware Support Information
  • Contacting Dell