Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Install and Upgrade Guide

Mount a PowerFlex volume

The exposed PowerFlex volumes are connected to the servers by the network. To configure the mounting options of PowerFlex devices, follow the instructions for your specific Linux-based operating system, below.

1. Determine the /dev/disk/by-id correlation to /dev/sciniX:

   ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/ |grep scini

   Output similar to the following appears:

   lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Mar 2 05:35 emc-vol-7ec27ef55b8f2108-85a0f0330000000a -> ../../scinia
   lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Mar 2 05:35 emc-vol-7ec27ef55b8f2108-85a0f03200000009 -> ../../scinib
   lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Mar 2 05:35 emc-vol-7ec27ef55b8f2108-85a0f02c00000003 -> ../../scinic

2. Run the mount command:

   /dev/disk/by-id/<EMC-vol-id> <mount point>

   Example:

   mount /dev/disk/by-id/emc-vol-7ec27ef55b8f2108-85a0f0330000000a /mnt_scinia

3. To make the mount command persistent, edit the /etc/fstab file according to the instructions for your operating system:
   • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x:

     In /etc/fstab, use a text editor to add _netdev to the PowerFlex mount lines.

     Example:

     /dev/disk/by-id/emc-vol-7ec27ef55b8f2108-85a0f0330000000a /mnt_scinia xfs defaults,_netdev 0 0

     Ensure that you comply with the netdev and syntax rules for your file system, as described in the man page.

   • SLES:

     In /etc/fstab, use a text editor to add nofail to the mount lines.

     Example:

     /dev/disk/by-id/emc-vol-7ec27ef55b8f2108-85a0f0330000000a /mnt_scinia xfs nofail 0 0

     Ensure that you comply with the nofail and syntax rules for your file system, as described in the man page.