- 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
Troubleshooting hardware faults
Make sure that you have a replacement module of the same type before removing any faulty module.
NOTE If the enclosure system is powered up and you remove any module, replace it immediately. If the system is used with any modules missing for more than a few seconds, the enclosures can overheat, causing power failure and potential data loss. Such action can invalidate the product warranty.
NOTE Observe applicable/conventional ESD precautions when handling modules and components. Avoid contact with midplane components, module connectors, leads, pins, and exposed circuitry.
Isolating a host-side connection fault
During normal operation, when a controller module host port is connected to a data host, the port host link status/link activity LED is green. If there is I/O activity, the host activity LED blinks green. If data hosts are having trouble accessing the storage system, but you cannot locate a specific fault or access the event logs, use the following procedures. These procedures require scheduled downtime.
NOTE Do not perform more than one step at a time. Changing more than one variable at a time can complicate the troubleshooting process.
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