Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Deployment Guide
- Contents
- Before you begin
- Mount the enclosures in the rack
- Connect to the management network
- Cable host servers to the storage system
- Cabling considerations
- Connecting the enclosure to hosts
- Host connection
- Connect power cables and power on the storage system
- Perform system and storage setup
- Record storage system information
- Using guided setup
- Web browser requirements and setup
- Access the PowerVault Manager
- Update firmware
- Use guided setup in the PowerVault Manager Welcome panel
- Perform host setup
- Host system requirements
- Windows hosts
- Configuring a Windows host with FC HBAs
- Configuring a Windows host with iSCSI network adapters
- Configuring a Windows host with SAS HBAs
- Linux hosts
- Configuring a Linux host with FC HBAs
- Configure a Linux host with iSCSI network adapters
- Attach a Linux host with iSCSI network adapters to the storage system
- Assign IP addresses for each network adapter connecting to the iSCSI network
- Register the Linux host with iSCSI network adapters and create volumes
- Enable and configure DM Multipath on the Linux host with iSCSI network adapters
- Create a Linux file system on the volumes
- SAS host server configuration for Linux
- VMware ESXi hosts
- Fibre Channel host server configuration for VMware ESXi
- iSCSI host server configuration for VMware ESXi
- Attach an ESXi host with network adapters to the storage system
- Configure the VMware ESXi VMkernel
- Configure the software iSCSI adapter on the ESXi host
- Register an ESXi host with a configured software iSCSI adapter and create and map volumes
- Enable multipathing on an ESXi host with iSCSI volumes
- Volume rescan and datastore creation for an ESXi hosts with iSCSI network adapters
- SAS host server configuration for VMware ESXi
- Citrix XenServer hosts
- Fibre Channel host server configuration for Citrix XenServer
- iSCSI host server configuration for Citrix XenServer
- Attach a XenServer host with network adapters to the storage system
- Configure a software iSCSI adapter on a XenServer host
- Configure the iSCSI IQN on a XenServer host
- Enable Multipathing on a XenServer host
- Register a XenServer host with a software iSCSI adapter and create volumes
- Create a Storage Repository for a volume on a XenServer host with a software iSCSI adapter
- SAS host server configuration for Citrix XenServer
- Troubleshooting and problem solving
- Locate the service tag
- Operators (Ops) panel LEDs
- Initial start-up problems
- Cabling for replication
- SFP+ transceiver for FC/iSCSI ports
- System Information Worksheet
- Setting network port IP addresses using the CLI port and serial cable
Table 34. iSCSI Subnet 1 (continued)
Item Information
Gateway IPv4 address
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
IPv4 address for storage controller module A: port 0
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
IPv4 address for storage controller module B: port 0
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
IPv4 address for storage controller module A: port 2
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
IPv4 address for storage controller module B: port 2
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
Table 35. iSCSI Subnet 2
Item Information
Subnet mask
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
Gateway IPv4 address
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
IPv4 address for storage controller module A: port 1
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
IPv4 address for storage controller module B: port 1
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
IPv4 address for storage controller module A: port 3
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
IPv4 address for storage controller module B: port 3
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
Gateway IPv6 address
________ :________ :________ :______::_____
Additional ME4 Series Storage System information
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server information is optional. The proxy server
information is also optional, but it may be required to complete the Discover and Configure Uninitialized text TBD wizard.
Table 36. NTP, SMTP, and Proxy servers
Item Information
NTP server IPv4 address
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
SMTP server IPv4 address
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
Backup NTP server IPv4 address
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
SMTP server login ID
SMTP server password
Proxy server IPv4 address
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
Fibre Channel zoning information
For a storage system with Fibre Channel front-end ports, record the physical and virtual WWNs of the Fibre Channel ports in
fabric 1 and fabric 2. This information is displayed on the Review Front-End page of the Discover and Configure Uninitialized
wizard. Use this information to configure zoning on each Fibre Channel switch.
System Information Worksheet
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