Setup Guide

#esxcli storage nmp psp roundrobin deviceconfig set --device="<naa_id>" --iops=1 --
type=iops
For example:
#esxcli storage nmp psp roundrobin deviceconfig set --
device="naa.68ccf098003f1461569ea4750e9dac50" --iops=1 --type=iops
5. Run the following command to validate that changes were applied to all PowerStore LUNs:
#esxcli storage nmp device list | grep -B1 -A4 DellEMC
Each listed PowerStore LUN should have the following NMP settings:
● Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_RR
● Path Selection Policy Device Config: policy=rr, iops=1
The following example demonstrates issuing the esxcli storage nmp device list command to validate that
changes were applied to all PowerStore LUNs:
#esxcli storage nmp device list |grep -B1 -A4 DellEMC
naa.68ccf09000000000c9f6d1acda1e4567
Device Display Name: DellEMC Fibre Channel RAID Ctlr
(naa.68ccf09000000000c9f6d1acda1e4567)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
Storage Array Type Device Config: {action_OnRetryErrors=off}
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config:
{preferred=vmhba2:C0:T0:L0;current=vmhba2:C0:T0:L0}
--
naa.68ccf098003a54f16d2eddc3217da922
Device Display Name: DellEMC Fibre Channel Disk
(naa.68ccf098003a54f16d2eddc3217da922)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_ALUA
Storage Array Type Device Config: {implicit_support=on; explicit_support=off;
explicit_allow=on; alua_followover=on; action_OnRetryErrors=off;
{TPG_id=1,TPG_state=ANO}}
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_RR
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {policy=rr,iops=1,bytes=10485760,useANO=0;
lastPathIndex=0: NumIOsPending=0,numBytesPending=0}
--
naa.68ccf09800e8fa24ea37a1bc49d9f6b8
Device Display Name: DellEMC Fibre Channel Disk
(naa.68ccf09800e8fa24ea37a1bc49d9f6b8)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_ALUA
Storage Array Type Device Config: {implicit_support=on; explicit_support=off;
explicit_allow=on; alua_followover=on; action_OnRetryErrors=off;
{TPG_id=1,TPG_state=AO}}
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_RR
Next steps
NOTE: Using this method does not impact any non-PowerStore volumes presented to the ESXi host.
For details, refer to VMWare KB articles 1017760 and 2069356 on the VMware weblite (http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1017760/
and http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2069356/ respectively).
Post-Configuration Steps
When host configuration is completed, you can use the PowerStore storage from the host.
You can create, present, and manage volumes accessed from the host via PowerStore Manager, CLI, or REST API. Refer to the
PowerStore Manager Online Help, CLI Reference Guide, or REST API Reference Guide for additional information.
The Dell EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) version 8.4 and later plug-in can be used in to provision from within Virtual
Machine File System (VMFS) datastores and Raw Device Mapping volumes on PowerStore. Furthermore, the Dell EMC VSI
Storage Viewer version 8.4 and later plug-in extends the vSphere Client to facilitate the discovery and identification of
PowerStore storage devices allocated to VMware ESXi hosts and virtual machines.
Host Configuration for VMware vSphere ESXi
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