- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Before you begin
- Mount the enclosures in the rack
- Connect to the management network
- Cable host servers to the storage system
- Cabling considerations
- Connecting the enclosure to hosts
- Host connection
- Connect power cables and power on the storage system
- Perform system and storage setup
- Setting up hosts
- Host system requirements
- Windows hosts
- Configuring a Windows host with FC HBAs
- Configuring a Windows host with iSCSI network adapters
- Prerequisites
- Assign IP addresses for each network adapter connecting to the iSCSI network
- Install MPIO on the host
- Configure the iSCSI Initiator on the Windows host
- Create a host and attach volumes in PowerVault Manager
- Enable MPIO for the volumes on the Windows host
- Format volumes on a Windows host
- Update the iSCSI initiator on the Windows host
- Configuring a Windows host with SAS HBAs
- Linux hosts
- Configuring a Linux host with FC HBAs
- Configuring a Linux host with iSCSI network adapters
- Configuring a SAS host server for Linux
- VMware ESXi hosts
- Citrix XenServer hosts
- Configuring a Fibre Channel host server for Citrix XenServer
- Configuring an iSCSI host server for Citrix XenServer
- Prerequisites
- Identify iSCSI adapters on a XenServer
- Configure a software iSCSI adapter on a XenServer host
- Configure the iSCSI IQN on a XenServer host
- Enable Multipathing on a XenServer
- Create a host and attach volumes in PowerVault Manager
- Create a Storage Repository for a volume on a XenServer host with a software iSCSI adapter
- Configuring a SAS host for Citrix XenServer
- Troubleshooting and problem solving
- Cabling for replication
- SFP transceiver for FC/iSCSI ports
- System Information Worksheet
- Setting network port IP addresses using the CLI port
- Technical specifications
Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Storage System Deployment Guide
Installation checklist
This section shows how to plan for and successfully install your enclosure system into an industry standard 19-inch rack cabinet.
CAUTION Use only the power cables supplied when installing the storage system.
The following table outlines the steps that are required to install the enclosures, and initially configure and provision the storage system:
NOTE To ensure successful installation, perform the tasks in the order presented.
| Step | Task | Where to find procedure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unpack the enclosure. | Unpack the enclosure |
| 2 | Install the controller enclosure and optional expansion enclosures in the rack.1 | |
| 3 | Populate drawers with disks (DDICs) in 5U84 enclosure; 2U enclosures ship with disks installed. | Populating drawers with DDICs |
| 4 | Cable the optional expansion enclosures. | Connect optional expansion enclosures |
| 5 | Connect the management ports. | Connect to the management network |
| 6 | Cable the controller host ports.2 | Connecting the enclosure to hosts |
| 7 | Connect the power cords and power on the system. | Power cable connection |
| 8 | Perform system and storage setup. | Accessing the storage manager |
| 9 | Perform host setup:
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| 10 | Perform the initial configuration tasks.3 | Using guided setup |
1 The environment in which the enclosure operates must be dust-free to ensure adequate airflow.
2 For more information about hosts, see the About hosts topic in the Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Storage System Administrator’s Guide.
3 The PowerVault Manager is introduced in Accessing the storage manager. See the Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Storage System Administrator’s Guide or online help for additional information.
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