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Dell PowerFlex Manager 4.6.x CLI Reference Guide

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Install SDC on a Linux-based server and connect it to PowerFlex

Install the SDC with the appropriate parameters to connect it to an existing PowerFlex system. This procedure is relevant both for adding more SDCs to an existing system, and for adding SDCs to a two-layer system when deploying a new system.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you have:
  • The virtual IP address or MDM IP address of the existing system. If an MDM virtual IP address is not in use, obtain the IP addresses of all the MDM managers.
  • Login credentials for the intended SDC node.
  • The required installation software package for your SDC operating system (available from the zipped software packages that can be downloaded from the Dell Technologies Support site).
  • Secure Boot is not supported; ensure that Secure Boot is disabled in the BIOS.

About this task

The following procedure explains how to manually install an external SDC on a Linux-based server. External SDCs can be deployed by the PowerFlex Installer.

The steps in the procedure below are relevant for Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS/Oracle Linux operating systems.

Table 1. Modifications required for deployment on other operating systemsThe following table describes the modifications that are required for deployment on other operating systems.
Operating system Modifications required
Ubuntu/OL Before installing PowerFlex, ensure that you have followed the required preparation procedures relating to various types of Linux operating systems.
  • PowerFlex component packages are delivered as TAR files. Before installing, perform the following:
  1. Untar all the packages: tar -xvf <tar_file>.

    This yields SIOB files.

  2. Extract the DEB from the SIOB files: siob_extract <siob_file>
  3. The DEB file is in the following format: EMC-ScaleIO-sdc-.<operating_system>.X.X.x86_64.deb

    Use the extracted DEB files for the installation.

  • Some commands are a bit different, noted where applicable.

Steps

  1. Install the GPG key on every server on which SDC must be installed. From the PowerFlex installation folder, run the following command on every server: 
    rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-ScaleIO
  2. In the command line, install the SDC:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS /Oracle Linux/SLES 
      MDM_IP=<LIST_VIP_MDM_IPS> rpm -i <SDC_PATH>.rpm
    • Ubuntu (These files must be extracted before use, as described above.) 
      MDM_IP=<LIST_VIP_MDM_IPS> dpkg -i <SDC_PATH>.deb
    Where
    • <LIST_VIP_MDM_IPS> is a comma-separated list of all the MDM IP addresses or the virtual IP address of the MDM. Do not include tiebreaker addresses here.
    • <SDC_PATH> is the path where the SDC installation package is located.
  3. You can use the following command to verify if the driver is loaded:
    • SLES 15: 
      service sdc status
    • All other Linux flavors: 
      service scini status

Results

The SDC is installed on the Linux-based server, and is connected to PowerFlex.

Next steps

In newly deployed systems, perform the post-deployment tasks that are described in this guide.

In existing systems, map volumes to the new SDCs that were added to the system.

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