Dell POWERVAULT MD3620I - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 Overview.......................................................................................................................................7
Installation Prerequisites ..........................................................................................................................................7
Configuration Limitations And Scalability .................................................................................................................8
Support For Disk Pooling .......................................................................................................................................... 8
Localization Support ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Logs, Warnings, And Error Messages ............................................................................................................... 8
Downloading The MD vCenter Plug-In .....................................................................................................................8
Upgrading From A Previous Version .................................................................................................................. 9
Application Server Requirements .............................................................................................................................9
Before You Install The MD vCenter Plug-In ..............................................................................................................9
Installing The MD vCenter Plug-In ..........................................................................................................................10
2 Configuring The Application Server And MD vCenter Plug-In..........................................11
Configuring Storage Administrator Roles ...............................................................................................................11
Creating A Storage Administrator Role ............................................................................................................11
Adding An Existing User To The Storage Administrator Role .................................................................................13
Non-Authorized Plug-In Use Message ............................................................................................................ 14
Configuring SAS Support On ESX And ESXi Hosts ................................................................................................. 14
Requirements For Using A SAS Host ............................................................................................................... 14
Installing The SAS Provider Upgrade .....................................................................................................................15
Installing The SAS Provider Upgrade (ESX 4.1 Servers Only) ..........................................................................15
Installing The SAS Provider (ESXi 4.1 Servers Only) ........................................................................................16
Installing The SAS Provider (ESXi 5.0 and 5.1 Servers Only) ........................................................................... 16
3 Configuring The MD Storage Array For ESX/ESXi............................................................... 19
Grouping HBAs And Creating Virtual Hosts ............................................................................................................21
Managing Bandwidth .......................................................................................................................................21
Configuring ALUA Support ......................................................................................................................................23
Changing Your Default Multipath Policy .......................................................................................................... 23
Adding A SATP Claim Rule To Enable ALUA And Change The Multipath Policy To Round Robin ...................23
Networking Configuration For Fibre Channel And iSCSI Storage (ESX/ESXi 4.x Only) ...........................................24
Network Configuration For MD-Series iSCSI Storage Arrays ......................................................................... 24
Network Configuration For MD-Series Fibre Channel Storage Arrays ............................................................24
4 Configuring The ESX/ESXi Host.............................................................................................. 25
Configuring ESX Host To Storage Array ................................................................................................................. 26
5 Using The MD vCenter Plug-In............................................................................................... 29