- 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
Set DNS settings for network ports
Prerequisites
The DNS option was selected in the guided setup and the Network Settings: DNS page is displayed.
Steps
- (Optional) Change the Host Name.
- (Optional) Search for a domain in the Search Domain box. If a Search Domain has not been added to the network previously, you can add one by clicking on the Add Another Search Domain link.
- (Optional) Add up to two more DNS servers.
- When the settings for both controllers are complete, click Apply And Continue.
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