The following sections describe how to configure a Windows host with SAS HBAs:
Prerequisites
Complete the
PowerVault Manager guided system and storage setup process.
Refer to the cabling diagrams within this guide before attaching a host to the storage system; careful planning ensures a successful deployment.
Attach a Windows host with SAS HBAs to the storage system
Perform the following steps to attach a Windows host with SAS HBAs to the storage system:
Ensure that all HBAs have the latest supported firmware and driversas described on
Dell.com/support.
For a list of supported SAS HBAs, see the
Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Support Matrix on
Dell.com/support.
Use the SAS cabling diagrams to cable the hosts directly to the storage system.
Install MPIO on the SAS hosts:
Open Server Manager.
Click
Manage > Add Roles and Features.
Click
Next until you reach the Features page.
Select
Multipath I/O.
Click
Next, click
Install, and click
Close.
Reboot the Windows server.
Identify and document the SAS HBA WWNs:
Open a Windows PowerShell console.
Type
Get-InitiatorPort and press Enter.
Locate and record the SAS HBA WWNs. The WWNs are needed to map volumes to the server.
Register a Windows host with SAS HBAs and create volumes
Perform the following steps to register a Windows host with SAS HBAs and create volumes using the
PowerVault Manager:
Log in to the
PowerVault Manager.
Access the Host Setup wizard:
From the Welcome screen, click
Host Setup.
From the Home topic, click
Action > Host Setup.
Confirm that you have met the listed prerequisites, then click
Next.
Type a host name in the
Host Name field.
Using the information documented in step 4 of
Attach SAS hosts to the storage system, select the SAS initiators for the host you are configuring, then click
Next.
Group hosts together with other hosts in a cluster.
For cluster configurations, group hosts together so that all hosts within the group share the same storage.
If this host is the first host in the cluster, select
Create a new host group, type a name for the host group, and click
Next.
If this host is being added to a host group that exists, select
Add to existing host group, select the group from the drop-down list, and click
Next.
NOTE:The host must be mapped with the same access, port, and LUN settings to the same volumes or volume groups as every other initiator in the host group.
For stand-alone hosts, select the
Do not group this host option, and click
Next.
On the Attach Volumes page, specify the name, size, and pool for each volume, and click
Next.
To add a volume, click
Add Row. To remove a volume, click
Remove.
NOTE:Dell
recommends that you update the volume name with the hostname to better identify the volumes.
On the Summary page, review the host configuration settings, and click
Configure Host.
If the host is successfully configured, a
Success dialog box is displayed.
Click
Yes to return to the Introduction page of the wizard, or click
No to close the wizard.
Enable MPIO for the volumes on the Windows host
Perform the following steps to enable MPIO for the volumes on the Windows host:
Open Server Manager.
Select
Tools > MPIO.
Click the
Discover Multi-Paths tab.
Select
DellEMC ME4 in the
Device Hardware Id list.
If
DellEMC ME4 is not listed in the
Device Hardware Id list:
Ensure that there is more than one connection to a volume for multipathing.
Ensure that
Dell EMC ME4 is not already listed in the
Devices list on the
MPIO Devices tab.
Click
Add and click
Yes to reboot the Windows server.
Format volumes on the Windows host
Perform the following steps to format a volume on a Windows host:
Open Server Manager.
Select
Tools > Computer Management.
Right-click on
Disk Management and select
Rescan Disks.
Right-click on the new disk and select
Online.
Right-click on the new disk again select
Initialize Disk. The
Initialize Disk dialog box opens.
Select the partition style for the disk and click
OK.
Right-click on the unallocated space, select the type of volume to create, and follow the steps in the wizard to create the volume.
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