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3. For a FC configuration, click COMPELNTCompellent Vol and click Add.
4. Reboot the server when prompted (required).
8.2.2 Apply the MS-DSM with PowerShell (Windows Server 2012 and later)
Windows Server 2012 or later includes the MPIO module in Windows PowerShell. Although the MPCLAIM
command is included in Windows Server 2012 and above, Microsoft recommends using PowerShell.
To associate the SC Series volumes with the Microsoft DSM with PowerShell, follow these steps:
1. Open a PowerShell window with elevated (administrator) privileges.
2. On Windows Server Core installations, type powershell and press Enter at the command prompt.
3. At the PowerShell prompt, enter the following:
New-MSDSMSupportedHW –VendorID "COMPELNT" –ProductID "Compellent Vol"
4. SC Series storage is now supported through the Microsoft DSM. To claim all available SC Series
volumes to be used by MPIO, enter the following command:
Update-MPIOClaimedHW –Confirm:$false
5. To reboot the server (required), enter the following command:
shutdown –r –t 0
8.2.3 Apply the MS-DSM with MPCLAIM
This command provides the same result as the MPIO configuration utility (GUI) or PowerShell. It associates
SC Series volumes with the Microsoft DSM and then reboots the server.
1. Open a command prompt with elevated (administrator) privileges.
2. Enter the following command. If rebooting later is desired, substitute -n in place of –r.
mpclaim.exe -r -i -d "COMPELNTCompellent Vol"