Users Guide

Table 2. Host Integration Tools Service Components (continued)
Component Description
Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition User’s Guide, or you can use
the RSWCLI, described in Remote Setup Command Line Utility.
HPC iSCSI Provider Allows the High Performance Computing (HPC) Service to provision volumes and deploy
compute nodes on Dell EqualLogic SANs. This service is available only on systems
running Windows HPC Server 2012 R2 or later. See www.microsoft.com/hpc for more
information.
iSCSI Initiator Enables connections to iSCSI targets. Required by Remote Setup Wizard, ASM/ME, and
the VDS provider. For information about using the initiator, see Installation
Considerations on page 13.
iSCSI Initiator properties tab Provides information about the status and history of the multipath connections
supported by the Multipath I/O DSM.
SMP Support
HIT/Microsoft includes a Storage Management Provider (SMP) for Windows Server 2012 R2 and later operating systems. This
framework is preferred for enabling support for Windows-based storage management.
The SMP allows you to manage EqualLogic storage directly through native Windows storage interfaces such as storage
PowerShell cmdlets (Storage Module), the File Services UI in the Windows 2012 R2 Server Manager console, or the standard
Windows Management Instrumentation API. The SMP infrastructure is native to Windows Server 2012 R2 or later systems. The
SMP is an optional component installed in default configuration by the HIT/Microsoft installer. The provider is hosted by the
SMP Host Service (EqlSMPHost).
SMP Configuration
SMP implementation requires PS Series group access to be configured. After installing, you must configure group access using
the PowerShell Tools (New-EqlGroupAccess cmdlet) or ASM.
See the Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition User’s Guide for more information.
For a list of features not supported in the SMP, see the Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Release Notes.
SCVMM Support
HIT/Microsoft includes support for System Center Virtual Machine Management (SCVMM or VMM) interface 2016 and 2019.
You must install the Host Integration Tools to enable support for SCVMM with storage. PS Series groups configured on the host
are available for managing storage within SCVMM. All the configured PS Series groups have one provider. SCVMM sees to the
PS Series groups as storage arrays (or storage devices), and to the pools within the PS Series groups as managed storage
pools. In the SCVMM GUI, you can create volumes (referred to as Logical Units in SCVMM).
SCVMM uses the SMP to communicate with the PS Series groups. The SMP allows you to manage Dell EqualLogic storage
directly through native Windows storage interfaces such as storage PowerShell cmdlets (Storage Module), the File Services UI
in the Windows Server 2012 R2 or later Server Manager Console, or the standard Windows Management Instrumentation API.
Configure SCVMM
1. Install the Host Integration Tools.
2. Open a PowerShell window and enter the following cmdlets, using the name and IP address of the PS Series group to which
you want to establish a connection. You must enter an administrator account name and password:
New-EqlGroupAccess
—GroupName name
—GroupWKAddress ip_address
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