DeWalt MD3220I manual Select Manually Define Hosts

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Dell PowerVault MD32xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software

1.SELECT MANUALLY DEFINE HOSTS.

2.ENTER THE HOST NAME FOR THE SERVER WHICH HAS THE ESX SERVER SOFTWARE IS INSTALLED.

3.SELECT VMWARE AS THE HOST TYPE.

From the next screen, specify the iSCSI Initiator by entering a name for the iSCSI initiator. The label is auto- populated from the server name.

Host Group configuration starts from the screen titled “Manually Define Hosts”. For ESX servers supporting VMotion, HA, and DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler), a host group must be defined so the MD32xxi storage subsystem has a configured iSCSI path to each of the hosts.

Select “Yes: This host will share access to the same virtual disks with other hosts”

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Contents Page Page Table of Contents Terminology/Glossary Implementing ESX4.1 on the MD32xxi Storage Array IntroductionSupported Hardware and Software Architectural SetupEstablishing Sessions to a SAN PowerVault MD32xxi Storage Setup and Configuration Select Manually Define Hosts Page Select Configuration-Security Profile on the ESX server ISCSI Software Initiator Configuration on ESX4.1 ServerPage Page Clustering with ESX4.1 / Creating DRS Clusters Add iSCSI VMkernel Ports Configure vSwitch & Enable Jumbo FramesPage Assign Network Adapters Page Page Associate VMkernel Ports to Physical Adapters Page Page Enable VMware iSCSI Software Initiator Page Binding VMkernel Ports to iSCSI Software Initiator Static Click the Dynamic Discovery tab Connect to PowerVault MD32XXi StoragePage Page Page Connect to a Volume on PowerVault SAN Enabling VMware Native Multipathing MRU Contact InformationStep A1 Configure vSwitch and Enable Jumbo Frames Appendix aStep A2 Add iSCSI VMkernel Ports Networking Step A3 Assign Network Adapters Step A4 Associate VMkernel Ports to Physical Adapters Page Step A6 Binding VMkernel Ports to iSCSI Software Initiator Step A5 Enable VMware iSCSI Software InitiatorPage Vmk5 iSCSI6 IPv4 Step A7 Connect to the Dell PowerVault Storage