Deployment Guide

Deployment Guide 25
Installing the Host-Based Software Needed for Storage
To install the EMC Naviagent software using the EMC software that came with
your Dell|EMC system, follow the procedures in your Dell|EMC
documentation.
Verifying the Storage Assignment to the Nodes
1 On the Windows desktop, right-click My Computer and select Manage .
2 In the Computer Management window, click Device Manager .
3 Expand Disk drives .
4 Under Disk drives , ensure that four small computer system interface (SCSI)
disk devices appear for each LUN/virtual disk assigned in the storage.
5 Expand Storage and click Disk Management .
If the
Welcome to the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears,
perform step a through step d
. Otherwise, go to step 6.
a In the Welcome to the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard window,
click
Next .
b In the Select Disks to Initialize window, in the Disks window, select the
disks that are associated with your storage LUNs/virtual disks and click
Next .
c In the Select Disks to Convert window, deselect the disk(s) that you
selected in step b and click
Next .
NOTE: This procedure ensures that your disks are configured as Basic disks.
d
Click Finish .
6 In the Disk Management window, verify that four disks appear. The disks
should be similar in size to each other and to the LUNs/virtual disks that are
assigned to the nodes in the storage system.
7 Repeat step 1 through step 6 on the remaining nodes.
Installing Multi-Path Software for Storage
Follow the documentation accompanying the storage device to install the
appropriate multi-path software.