Dell Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere Client Version 10.0 Product Guide

XtremIO Host Best Practices

Use the procedure in this topic to apply the best practice to ESXi host.

1. Log in to the VMware vSphere Client.
2. Click Menu > Hosts and Clusters.
3. Right-click on a host and select Dell VSI > Apply Host Best Practices.
   To apply host best practices, you can select datacenter, folder, cluster, or host level. If you apply the best practices at datacenter/cluster/folder level, the changes are applied to all the connected hosts within a datacenter/cluster/folder.

   NOTE Some Host Best Practice tasks do not complete when run on a cluster/folder/datacenter with more than 10 hosts. Recommend to distribute hosts into cluster/folder/datacenter which has less than 10 hosts.
4. To view the advanced settings for XtremIO storage system, select the host and click Configure > Dell VSI > Host Best Practices.
5. Select Advanced settings for Array Type: XtremIO to manage host settings for XtremIO.
   The panel displays the list of settings and the values for each of the settings from the host. The settings with warning icon do not meet the best practices.

   NOTE Hover over the warning icon to view the preferred value. Select the setting and the description of the setting is displayed.
6. VSI enables you to set the value to a preferred value. To set the preferred values, click Edit. The Apply Advanced Settings for XtremIO wizard is displayed. It displays the preferred values for each setting.

   There are two functions of host settings:

   • ESXi settings: It is applied to host as global value. It does not affect existing LUN properties. It is applied to LUN that is created after applying the settings.
   • LUN settings: It is applied to all existing XtremIO LUNs on the host. Applying LUN setting does not affect LUN which is mounted after apply.
7. Select the checkbox for the settings that does not match the preferred values and click SAVE.