Administrator Guide

Create a Server from a VMware vCenter Host
Congure a VMware vCenter cluster to access block level storage on the Storage Center.
Prerequisites
• Client must be running on a system with a 64-bit operating system.
• The Dell Storage Manager Client must be run by a user with the Administrator privilege.
• The Storage Center must be added to Storage Manager using a Storage Center user with the Administrator or Volume Manager
privilege.
• On a Storage Center with Fibre Channel IO ports, congure Fibre Channel zoning before starting this procedure.
About this task
NOTE: This wizard does not support servers connected to the Storage Center over SAS.
Steps
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage tab, click Servers.
4. Click Create Server from a VMware vSpehere or vCenter.
The Set Up VMware Host on Storage Center wizard appears.
5. Enter the IP address or hostname, the user name and password. Then click Next.
• If the Storage Center has iSCSI ports and the host is not connected to any interface, the Log into Storage Center via
iSCSI page appears. Select the target fault domains, and then click Log In.
• In all other cases, the Verify vCenters Information page appears. Proceed to the next step.
6. Select an available port, and then click Create Servers.
The server denition is created on the Storage Center.
7. The Host Setup Successful page displays the best practices that were set by the wizard and best practices that were not set.
Make a note of any best practices that were not set by the wizard. It is recommended that these updates are applied manually
before starting IO to the Storage Center.
8. (Optional) Place a check next to Create a Volume for this host to create a volume after nishing host setup.
9. Click Finish.
Modifying Servers
Modify a server to change its attributes, apply a Snapshot Prole, and add or remove HBAs.
Apply One or More Snapshot Proles to a Server
Associate a Snapshot Prole with a server to add snapshot creation and expiration schedules to all volumes that are currently
mapped to a server. Volumes that are subsequently mapped to the server do not inherit the snapshot creation and expiration
schedules.
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. Select the server in the Storage tab navigation pane.
4. In the right pane, click Apply Snapshot Proles to Server. The Apply to Server dialog box opens.
5. Select the Snapshot Proles to assign to the server from the top pane of the dialog box.
6. To remove existing Snapshot Proles from each volume mapped to the server, select Replace existing Snapshot Proles.
7. When you are nished, click OK.
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