Setup Guide

Contents
About This Manual.........................................................................................................................5
Audience...................................................................................................................................................................5
Related Documentation............................................................................................................................................ 5
Related Sites.............................................................................................................................................................5
Online Services.........................................................................................................................................................5
Dell EqualLogic Storage Solutions............................................................................................................................6
Technical Support and Customer Service................................................................................................................ 6
Contacting Dell...................................................................................................................................................6
Proactive Maintenance Support........................................................................................................................6
1 About High-Availability iSCSI Data Transfer...........................................................................7
High-Availability Procedures ...................................................................................................................................7
Update Initiators and Drivers............................................................................................................................. 7
2 Configure Your Hosts for High Availability.............................................................................. 8
Host Integration Tools...............................................................................................................................................8
Operating System Recommendations...................................................................................................................... 8
Test Modifications in a Non-Production Environment....................................................................................... 8
Increase Transmit and Receive Resource Settings...........................................................................................8
Operating System-Specific Configuration Information......................................................................................8
3 Configure Your Network for High Availability.........................................................................9
General Network Requirements............................................................................................................................... 9
Design Network for Redundancy....................................................................................................................... 9
Ports................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Switches.............................................................................................................................................................9
FS Series Switch Requirements.......................................................................................................................11
Dell Networking N-Series Switching MPIO With M-LAG Advisory................................................................. 11
Hardware Initiators.................................................................................................................................................11
A Configure Your Microsoft Windows Operating System..................................................... 12
Procedure Summary...............................................................................................................................................12
1. Install the Recommended Microsoft Hotfixes.....................................................................................................12
2. Install the Host Integration Tools for Microsoft.................................................................................................. 13
3. Set the Registry Entries.......................................................................................................................................13
Use the Registry Editor Carefully......................................................................................................................13
4. Verify Microsoft Windows Guidelines................................................................................................................ 16
Application-Specific Events.............................................................................................................................16
Microsoft Windows Applications.....................................................................................................................16
Microsoft Exchange Server............................................................................................................................. 16
Set Delay Between Login Attempts................................................................................................................. 16
Enable ICMP Echo Requests for iSCSI Initiators in Windows......................................................................... 17
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