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3 Configuring and Deploying the Dell PS Series Multi-Path I/O Device Specific Module with Microsoft Windows | TR1036
Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
Audience ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 MPIO ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Microsoft Multi-Path I/O ...................................................................................................................................... 6
1.3 PS Series MPIO DSM ........................................................................................................................................ 6
2 Getting started .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
2.1 10Gb networking with PS Series arrays ............................................................................................................. 8
3 Installing, configuring and managing the PS Series MPIO DSM ............................................................................... 10
3.1 Configuring the MPIO DSM .............................................................................................................................. 10
3.1.1 Default Load Balancing policy .......................................................................................................................... 12
3.1.2 Volume session connections ............................................................................................................................ 12
3.1.3 Microsoft iSCSI initiator .................................................................................................................................... 14
4 Connecting to volumes ............................................................................................................................................... 17
4.1 Discovery of target portal .................................................................................................................................. 17
4.2 Connect to PS Series target ............................................................................................................................. 18
4.3 Make the PS Series Volume Available to the Server ....................................................................................... 20
4.4 Verify MPIO ...................................................................................................................................................... 21
4.5 Log off a volume with MPIO ............................................................................................................................. 22
5 Summary .................................................................................................................................................................... 24
A Using hardware initiators ............................................................................................................................................ 25
B Tips, troubleshooting and hotfixes.............................................................................................................................. 26
B.1 Managing connections in large environments .................................................................................................. 26
C Technical support and resources ............................................................................................................................... 27