Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V 2008 Host Configuration Rapid EqualLogic Configuration Series Implementation Guide January 2015
Revisions Date Status April 2012 Initial release May 2012 Updated the Intel NIC driver version and EQL host installation kit for Windows version 4.0.0 December 2012 Combined part 1 and part 2 into single guide March 2013 Added Hyper-V 2008 content January 2015 Minor updates © 2013 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Dell, the Dell logo, and other Dell names and marks are trademarks of Dell Inc. in the US and worldwide.
This document is one part of a complete installation guide series from the Rapid EqualLogic Configuration Portal. Please make sure that you have the complete set for your configuration before proceeding. Full link to document site: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/storage/w/wiki/3615.rapid-equallogic-configuration-portalby-sis.aspx Note: For instructions on enabling the Hyper-V role for a Windows 2008 Server, go to: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc794929(v=ws.10).
1 NIC device driver update and installation This configuration is for Windows Server® 2008 R2 hosts. 1.1 Download the latest driver update for the Intel NICs Note: The following procedure is for an Intel 1G or 10G NIC. If you are using Broadcom® network adapters (NICS) for SAN connectivity, proceed to “Download the latest driver update for Broadcom NICs”. 1. Go to http://support.dell.com and click Start Here under Support for Small Business. 2. In the Drivers and Downloads menu, select Drivers Home.
1.2 Install the Intel driver update 1. Click Install to start, and then click Next. 2. After accepting the license, make sure that only Drivers, Intel(R) PROset, and Advanced Network Services are selected as shown and click Next. 3. Click Next and then Install to complete the installation.
1.3 Configure the Intel network adapters (NICS) After installation of the Intel driver, launch the Windows device manager and expand Network adapters. You should see the Intel NICs listed, as shown. For each Intel NIC that will be connected to the SAN, you need to change the following settings: 1. In Device Manager, double click the Intel NIC used for SAN traffic. 2. In the Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab to configure the NIC settings. 3.
6. In the Refine Your Results window, select Windows Server 2008 R2 for the Operating System, and Network as the Category. 7. 1.5 Download the most recent version of the Broadcom driver package for “NetXtreme II Family of Adapters”. Download version 16.2.1 or later. Install the Broadcom driver update 1. Launch the Broadcom driver installation update. 2. At the custom setup screen, select the Control Suite and BASP features as shown, and click Next. 3.
1.6 Configure Broadcom NIC device settings using BACS Launch the Broadcom Advanced Configuration Suite (BACS) tool by going to Start > All Programs > Broadcom. 1. On the left pane, click on the NIC port. 2. On the right pane, click the Configurations tab. 3. Perform the following steps on each NIC port connected to the SAN network.
a. Leave all values at default except for the following: Option Value Flow control Rx & Tx Enabled Jumbo MTU 9014 b. Click Apply to save the changes. c. Exit Broadcom Advanced Control Suite.
2 Configure networking 2.1 Configure and optimize the NIC ports to be used for SAN connectivity. 1. In the NIC properties, disable (uncheck) all protocols except Internet protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). 2. Double click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) to enter the appropriate IP address for each SAN connected port (refer to the Prerequisites Table in Preparation document selected from the Rapid EqualLogic Configuration Portal), and then click Advanced Settings.
3. In the advanced settings properties, open the WINS tab and uncheck Enable LMHOSTS lookup and choose Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP as the NetBIOS setting. 4. Repeat the steps above to configure and optimize each NIC port to be used for SAN connectivity.
3 Install EQL HIT kit Download the latest Host Integration Tools kit from https://support.equallogic.com/secure/login.aspx. In Windows Explorer, double click the downloaded file to run the setup. 1. Select the complete installation option, and then click Next. 2. At the Installation Complete screen, uncheck the Launch Remote Setup Wizard checkbox and then click Finish. 3. When the following message is displayed, click Yes to restart the system.
4 Configure the SAN switch fabric If you have already configured your SAN switches, continue to the next section. If not, refer to the specific instructions for configuring each switch model in the Rapid EqualLogic Configuration Portal. 5 Configure the storage 5.1 Configure the array If you have already configured the storage array, continue to section 5.2.
3. The next screen image illustrates how to use the iSCSI initiator name to limit iSCSI access. Tip: Use this screen to edit initiator names for existing volumes. Paste iSCSI initiator name here. 4. If you need to allow simultaneous connections from initiators with different IQN names, check the box in Access type. Note: This is usually only necessary if the Windows node will be part of a failover cluster.
6 Configure iSCSI – target discovery To configure the host for iSCSI and target discovery, use the remote setup wizard as described in this section. 1. Open the remote setup wizard by clicking Start > All Programs > EqualLogic > Remote Setup Wizard. 2. Chose Configure this computer to access a PS Series SAN, as shown, and then click Next. 3. Click Add Group.
4. Enter the group name and in-band group IP address. Click Save and then Finish.
7 Remote setup wizard to configure host MPIO settings 1. Open the remote Setup wizard by clicking Start > All Programs > EqualLogic > Remote Setup Wizard. 2. Select the radio button for Configure MPIO settings for this computer and click Next. 3. In the Configure MPIO settings for this computer screen, exclude any network not used for iSCSI SAN traffic (for example, the client LAN or management network). Click Finish.
8 Volume access 1. Open the iSCSI Initiator on a Windows host machine by clicking Start > Administrative Tools > iSCSI Initiator. 2. Click the Targets tab to view the iSCSI target for the volume created on the array member. 3. Click Refresh to rescan the ISCSI targets. 4. Select a target to connect to and click Connect.
5. Click OK to confirm the connection. Repeat steps 4 and 5 of “Volume access” for the remaining volumes. 6. 7. 8. 9. 19 Click OK to close the iSCSI initiator properties. Open Start > Administrative Tools > Server Manager. Click Storage > disk management. Right click the new (unknown) disk and choose online.
10. Right click the new (uninitialized) disk and choose Initialize Disk. 11. Choose MBR or GPT (for volumes greater than 2TB in size) and then click OK. 12. Right click on the unallocated volume and choose Simple Volume. Follow the steps in the wizard to create a partition and format the volume for Windows.
