Administrator Guide

• Fibre Channel – Configure Fibre Channel zoning to allow the server HBAs and Storage Center HBAs to communicate.
• SAS (SCv2000 series controllers only) – Directly connect the controller to a server using SAS ports configured as front-
end connections.
2. Expand the Dell Storage Manager menu, and then click Storage.
3. In the SC Series tab, select a Storage Center to open the Storage Center view.
4. Click the Storage tab.
5. Click the Servers subtab.
6. Click New → Server. The New Server dialog box opens.
7. Configure the server attributes. These attributes are described in the online help.
a. Enter a name for the server in the Name field.
b. Select a server folder from the Server Folder drop-down menu.
c. Select the operating system for the server from the Operating System drop-down menu.
d. To generate Storage Center alerts when connectivity is lost between the Storage Center and the server, select Alert On
Lost Connectivity.
e. To generate Storage Center alerts when the Storage Center only has partial connection to the server, select Alert On
Partial Connectivity.
f. Select or define one or more HBAs for the server.
• If one or more server HBAs are visible to the Storage Center, select them in the Host Bus Adapters table.
• If a server HBA is not visible to the Storage Center, click Manually Add HBA to define it manually. For SAS front-end
connections, use the SAS device name as the world wide name (WWN) to manually add the HBA.
NOTE: IP addresses can be added for HBAs that will be installed on the server in the future. When the HBA that
uses that IP address is installed, it will be configured and ready to use.
8. Click OK.
Related links
Configure Front-End IO Ports (SAS and Fibre Channel)
Configure Front-End IO Ports (iSCSI)
Create a Virtual Server
Create a virtual server object to represent a virtual machine in your environment.
Prerequisites
The server that hosts the virtual server must be added as a physical server.
Steps
1. Make sure the server HBAs have connectivity to the Storage Center HBAs.
• iSCSI – Configure the iSCSI initiator on the server to use the Storage Center HBAs as the target.
• Fibre Channel – Configure Fibre Channel zoning to allow the server HBAs and Storage Center HBAs to communicate.
• SAS (SCv2000 series controllers only) – Directly connect the controller to a server using SAS ports configured as front-
end connections.
2. In the SC Series tab, select a Storage Center to open the Storage Center view.
3. Expand the Dell Storage Manager menu, and then click Storage.
4. In the SC Series tab, select a Storage Center.
5. Click the Storage tab.
6. Click the Servers subtab.
7. Click the name of the server that will host the virtual server to open the Server view.
8. Click More Actions → New → Virtual Server. The New Virtual Server dialog box opens.
9. Configure the server attributes. These attributes are described in the online help.
a. Enter a name for the server in the Name field.
b. Select the operating system for the server from the Operating System drop-down menu.
c. To generate Storage Center alerts when connectivity is lost between the Storage Center and the server, select Alert On
Lost Connectivity.
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