How to attach a Windows 2016 Host to a Storage Center array with SAS IO Cards to Storage

This video will demonstrate the attaching procedure of a Windows 2016 Host to a Storage Center array with SAS IO Cards to Storage SC5020/SCv3000/Scv3020.

In this video, I will demonstrate attaching a windows 2016 host to a storage center array with Sass IO cards to attach a host to a storage center with SAS H bas it is important to use a supported HB along with their supported firmware and drivers use the Dell storage compatibility matrix to verify you have the latest supported firmware and drivers. The server needs to have the supported HB installed and cabled to the array. Prior to starting the deployment to download the firmware and drivers. Navigate to the drivers and download page for the power age server you were installing for downloads for your windows release, click change os then select your OS version. Scroll down to SAS non raid. Download both the firmware and drivers.

You could use the Idrac to determine the firmware version but there's a high probability it needs updating and the update utility will provide the current version. Install the firmware first double click the firmware executable, click run, click, install the current and target release will be shown if the firmware is outdated. Click, yes, if not click, no exit and reboot. If the firmware was updated to update the driver, double click, the executable click run, click, install the current and target release will be shown if the firmware is outdated. Click, yes, if not click, no, if the firmware was updated, click yes, to reboot. Another prerequisite for attaching a windows 2016 host is to install MPI.

If using windows 2012, this step can be skipped as Dell storage manager will install it for you to install MPI. Right? Click the windows icon, click on programs and features. Click on turn windows features on or off when the wizard opens up. Click next click next, click next, click next, scroll down to multi path IO select it and click next. Select the auto restart option, then click yes and install after the server reboots. Install Dell storage manager, client, double click the executable click run, click, OK. Click next click, yes, to accept the license agreement. Click finish. There are two ways to launch the wizard for attaching host. You can select configure this host to access a storage center or the other which we will demonstrate here. Select log into a storage center or data collector, provide the credentials and log into the storage center. Click on the storage tab, right. Click on servers then choose create server from local host.

Review the prerequisites and click next. If everything is cabled correctly, you will see fully connected. If not check your cabling, the two ports of the HB must be cabled to the same two ports on each controller, the controller IO ports do not have LEDs. So rely on the LEDs on the server HB A to verify connectivity. Click next to continue MP and best practices will be applied to the host. You should receive the host setup, successful screen. You can use the copy to clipboard feature to save the best practices that were applied. Click on launch wizard to create a volume for this host.

Then click finish, click, OK. 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 to map the volume to the server. Click finish reboot the server after the server reboots open disk management. Locate the new disk, right. Click it and bring it online, right? Click again and choose initialize disk, choose the partition style and click. OK. Right. Click the partition and then new simple volume. Click next next, next, next again, then finish the volume can now be accessed.