Setup Guide

Chapter 4: Host Configuration for Microsoft Windows................................................................ 28
Recommended Configuration Values Summary.........................................................................................................28
Fibre Channel HBA Configuration................................................................................................................................. 29
Pre-Requisites..............................................................................................................................................................29
iSCSI Configuration...........................................................................................................................................................29
Pre-Requisites..............................................................................................................................................................29
Multipathing Software Configuration...........................................................................................................................29
Configuring Native Multipathing Using Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO).....................................................29
Post-Configuration Steps - Using the PowerStore system....................................................................................30
Presenting PowerStore Volumes to the Windows Host..................................................................................... 31
Creating a File System................................................................................................................................................ 31
Chapter 5: Host Configuration for Linux...................................................................................... 32
Recommended Configuration Values Summary.........................................................................................................32
Fibre Channel Configuration........................................................................................................................................... 33
Pre-Requisites.............................................................................................................................................................. 33
iSCSI Configuration...........................................................................................................................................................33
Pre-Requisites.............................................................................................................................................................. 33
Configuring the PowerStore Cluster Disk Device with iSCSI........................................................................... 33
Configuring the PowerStore Cluster Disk Device with iSCSI - Single Network Subnet Support............34
Multipathing Software Configuration...........................................................................................................................35
Configuring Linux Native Multipathing...................................................................................................................35
Configuring Oracle ASM............................................................................................................................................ 37
Post-Configuration Steps - Using the PowerStore system....................................................................................37
Presenting PowerStore Cluster Volumes to the Linux Host.............................................................................38
Partition Alignment in Linux...................................................................................................................................... 38
Creating a File System............................................................................................................................................... 38
Chapter 6: Host Configuration for AIX.........................................................................................39
Recommended Configuration Values Summary.........................................................................................................39
Fibre Channel Configuration........................................................................................................................................... 40
Pre-Requisites..............................................................................................................................................................40
Queue Depth.................................................................................................................................................................40
Fast I/O Failure for Fibre Channel Devices............................................................................................................41
Dynamic Tracking......................................................................................................................................................... 41
Fibre Channel Adapter Device Driver Maximum I/O Size..................................................................................42
Dell EMC AIX ODM Installation...................................................................................................................................... 42
Dell EMC AIX ODM Installation Requirements..................................................................................................... 42
Chapter 7: Host Configuration for Solaris....................................................................................44
Recommended Configuration Values Summary.........................................................................................................44
Host Fibre Channel HBA configuration........................................................................................................................45
Pre-Requisites..............................................................................................................................................................45
Queue Depth.................................................................................................................................................................46
Solaris Host Parameter Settings................................................................................................................................... 46
Configuring Solaris native multipathing................................................................................................................. 46
Host storage tuning parameters.............................................................................................................................. 47
Post configuration steps - using the PowerStore system...................................................................................... 50
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