Dell PowerVault 56F User's Guide

DELL POWERVAULT MD32XXI / MD36XXI DEPLOYMENT GUIDE FOR VMWARE ESX4.1 SERVER SOFTWARE A Dell Technical White Paper Version 1.5 PowerVault MD32xxi

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 10 Jumbo Frame support for their environment wi

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 11 You can note the new vSwitch2 with the MTU of

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 12 All of these configurations are done for the

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 13 This will show the VMkernel ports that are as

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 14 esxcfg-vswitch –L vmnic3 vSwitch2 Once agai

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 15 Click the Network Adapters tab. Then click

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 16 Click Next after you have selected the ch

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 17 By default, all the vmnics are assigned to ea

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 18 esxcfg-vswitch –l The output will look simil

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 19 same thing for each of the iSCSI VMkernel por

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 2 DISCLAIMER:

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 20 STEP5: ADD AN MD36XXI INTO THE ESX RULE SET

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 21 When the iSCSI properties window opens unde

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 22

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 23 STEP7: BINDING VMKERNEL PORTS TO ISCSI SOFT

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 24 This can also be found by running the follow

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 25 esxcfg-vmknic –l The output will look similar

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 26 Navigate in the vCenter GUI to Configuratio

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 27 Click Add. When this is done click Clo

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 28 STEP9: POWERVAULT MD32XXI STORAGE SETUP AND

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 29 Naming the host Select a name that matches t

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ...

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 30 Selecting host port identifiers Using the

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 31 Entering host port alias An alias is used

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 32 The completed host port screen will be simi

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 33 Select VMware as the host type Figure 6 Sel

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 34 If you intend to use advanced VMware featur

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 35 Host Group name Enter a host group name th

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 36 Preview Define host If all of the informati

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 37 Creation successful Select No at this time.

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 38 Define Mappings for LUNs Note: In this exam

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 39 Remember that the virtual disk is assigned t

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 4 TERMINOLOGY/GLOSSARY VD == virtual disk VM

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 40 Assign the other virtual disk to the same ho

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 41 After the virtual disks are assigned notice t

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 42 STEP10: PERFORM RESCAN SO VMWARE SEES THE VI

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 43 If everything has been configured properly u

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 44 Repeat this step for each additional new Del

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 45 Because an iSCSI disk is considered a local

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 46 Select one of the LUNS from the MD32xxi to

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 47 This screen displays the information about th

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 48 Enter a Datastore name and select next. Fi

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 49 Adjust the Maximum file size as needed. For

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 5 INTRODUCTION These steps necessary to connect

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 50 Review the disk layout and click Finish to a

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 51 The new storage is completed and ready to use

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 52 STEP12: CONFIGURING VMWARE PATH SELECTION P

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 53 The path selection can be either MRU or RR a

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 54 APPENDIX A Steps for using the iSCSI Offlo

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 55 Regardless of the pathing method in VMware,

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 56 The difference between current path and MD32

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 6 Third Party MPIO Support – With ESX4.1 and vS

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 7 ARCHITECTURAL SETUP As a best practice, Dell

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 8 CONSIDERATIONS WHEN USING ISCSI SOFTWARE OR H

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi/MD36xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software June 2011 Page 9 The following assumptions are made for th