Setup Guide

Host Configuration for Microsoft Windows
This chapter contains the following topics:
Topics:
• Recommended Configuration Values Summary
• Fibre Channel HBA Configuration
• iSCSI Configuration
• Multipathing Software Configuration
• Post-Configuration Steps - Using the PowerStore system
Recommended Configuration Values Summary
The following table summarizes all used variables and their values when configuring hosts for Microsoft Windows.
NOTE: Unless indicated otherwise, use the default parameters values.
Validation Impact Severity Refer to Section
To clarify the above note for
using default parameter
settings unless states
otherwise in this chapter, make
sure that the following are set
per the default OS setting:
● LUN and HBA queue depth
● HBA timeout
Stability &
Performance
Recommended For further details, refer to OS and HBA
documentation.
Specify Windows as the
operating system for each
defined host.
Serviceability Mandatory Presenting PowerStore Volumes to the
Windows Host
Load balancing: Use Round
Robin or Least Queue Depth for
Microsoft Native Microsoft
Multipath I/O (MPIO) with
Windows Server 2012/R2 and
above.
Performance Warning Configuring Native Multipathing using
Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO)
Temporarily disable UNMAP
during file systems creation:
● To temporarily disable
UNMAP on the host (prior
to file system creation):
fsutil behavior set
DisableDeleteNotify
1
● To re-enable UNMAP on
the host (after file system
creation):
fsutil behavior set
DisableDeleteNotify
0
Performance Recommended Creating a File System
4
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