In this video, I will demonstrate attaching a VMWARE ESXI 6.5 host to a storage center array with fiber channel IO cards. Launch the Dell storage manager client click on log in to a storage center or data collector. Provide the credentials and click log in. Click on the storage tab, right? Click servers, click on create server from VMWARE vsphere or V sensor. Review the prerequisites and click next.
Provide the credentials for the ESX host that will be connecting to the storage center and click next the storage center we are connecting to supports both fiber channel and ice Cuzzy. The DSM client didn't find any existing fiber channel connections to the array. So it is asking if you want to use is cuzzy if we had zoned the host to the array prior to starting this wizard, this screen would not be displayed. Click no, the server has a two port fiber channel. HB The wizard will provide you with information on what zones to create, but it can't tell which switch.
The HB is connected to document the H B's worldwide name. Then log into one of the switches. We will start with fault domain one click configure zone admin, scroll down to the port number that has the server hb plugged into it. Our server is connected to port 16 on both switches. Expand out the worldwide name to see the worldwide port name, which is underneath the worldwide known name. We don't see the same worldwide name that was displayed in DSM. So we will log into the other switch. We scroll down to port 16 and expand out the worldwide name.
This time we find the correct worldwide name for the HB A highlight the worldwide port name. Then click create new alias. Enter a name. Typically this is the server name. If the server had multiple connections to each switch, you would want to identify the different H bas we only have one connection to each switch. Click OK, then the right arrow to move the worldwide name over. Next, click on the zone tab, click news on enter a name for the zone. It is typically descriptive of what is in the zone. In this case, we use a server name and a Rayna expand out aliases, locate the newly created server alias and the aliases for the virtual ports of the storage center. Highlight all of them or one at a time and click the right arrow. Next click on the zone. Config tab, expand out zones, find the newly created zone. Highlight it, click the right arrow, click on save, config click on. Yes, wait for the changes to be completed. Then click on enable config after it is completed, you can close a zoning wizard, open DSM and select appropriate fault domain.
In our case, it was fault domain too. Click OK. The wizard now displays the other H B's ports worldwide name, document it and open the zoning wizard on the other switch for the other fault domain. In our case, it would be back to fault domain one just like the other switch, we create the alias for the HB, then create the zone and add it to the config then enable it. When zoning is complete, we continue with the DSM wizard. We select appropriate fault domain and click next. The wizard will show connectivity is not connected. Click on, refresh the status should change to fully connected.
If it doesn't troubleshoot prior to continuing, click next to continue, you should get the host setup, successful screen, click on launch wizard to create a volume for this host. You can use the copy the clipboard feature to save the best practices. Click finish, update the volume name and click next, update the capacity and click next.
Make any modifications necessary for the storage options and click next, adjust the snapshot profiles for the volume and click next, click next and map the volume to the server. Click finish to use the newly created volume, click on storage devices and re scan, click on data stores and they plus icon. Click next, select a compellent disk. You can also update the name and click next, select a version and click next, make any adjustments and click next, click finish.
