Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.4 Installation and User's Guide
- About This Guide
- Introduction to Host Integration Tools
- Installation
- Obtain the Installation Kit
- Installation Considerations
- Install Host Integration Tools for Microsoft
- Install HIT/Microsoft on a Windows Server Core Machine
- Install HIT on a Windows Server Core Cluster
- About Remote Host Installations
- Install HIT on a Failover Cluster
- About Silent Installations
- Using HIT With a SharePoint Farm
- Remote Setup Wizard
- Remote Setup Command Line Utility
- Using the Multipath I/O Component
- Use the VDS Provider
- Use SCVMM With the Dell EqualLogic SMP
- Install the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Provider
- Configure the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Provider
- Create a Classification for Dell EqualLogic Storage Resources
- Import the SMP Through the SCVMM GUI
- Configure PS Series Groups
- Configure Group Access on Managed Hosts and Clusters
- Configure Storage for VM Rapid Provisioning
- Create a VM Template From a VHD
- Migrate the Rapid-Provisioned VMs
- Migrate Storage of a Deployed VM to Another Location
- Troubleshoot SCVMM Issues
- Supported SMP PowerShell Cmdlets
- Use the HPC iSCSI Provider
- Tools and Utilities
- Index
Figure 3. MPIO Properties Tab in the iSCSI Initiator
The MPIO properties tab also provides the information shown in the following table.
Table 13. MPIO Log Data
Column Title Data Description
Source IP TCP/IP address of the link source device. This address is the NIC or HBA installed in the computer
that accesses an iSCSI volume.
Target Name of the iSCSI volume that is the target of the link. When MPIO is configured, you will see
multiple links.
Target IP TCP/IP address of the PS Series array’s Ethernet port (one of the ports on the active controller).
Path Uptime Elapsed time during which this path is connected. Significant differences in uptime indicate potential
path failovers.
Managed Indicates whether the sessions are actively managed. This status is also indicated by the color of the
text. Sessions colored blue are managed. Sessions colored black are not.
The MPIO properties tab also provides the following options:
● A scroll bar control beneath the information pane so that you can scroll back through the log file to examine MPIO status at
a specific point in the current log
● Ability to disable logging
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Using the Multipath I/O Component