- 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
Micro-USB device connection
The following sections describe the connection to the micro-USB port:
Emulated serial port
When a computer is connected to a controller module using a micro-USB cable, the controller presents an emulated serial port to the computer. The name of the emulated serial port is displayed using a customer vendor ID and product ID. Serial port configuration is unnecessary.
NOTE Certain operating systems require a device driver or special mode of operation to enable proper functioning of the USB CLI port. See also
Device driver/special operation mode.
Supported host applications
The following terminal emulator applications can be used to communicate with an ME5 Series controller module:
| Application | Operating system |
|---|---|
| PuTTY | Microsoft Windows (all versions) |
| Minicom | Linux (all versions) |
Command-line interface
When the computer detects a connection to the emulated serial port, the controller awaits input of characters from the computer using the command-line interface. To see the CLI prompt, you must press Enter.
NOTE Directly cabling to the micro-USB port is considered an out-of-band connection. The connection to the micro-USB port is outside of the normal data paths to the controller enclosure.
Device driver/special operation mode
Certain operating systems require a device driver or special mode of operation. The following table displays the product and vendor identification information that is required for certain operating systems:
| USB identification code type | Code |
|---|---|
| USB Vendor ID | 0x210C |
| USB Product ID | 0xA4A7 |
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