Dell PowerVault NX1950 User Manual

DellInc Page1 DellTM PowerVaultTM Configuration Guide for VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 Version 1.0 May 2008 Dell Virtualizati

DellInc Page10 Note: If you are using MD3000i controller firmware that is earlier than Dell Version A02 version 06.70.15.60, then you are limit

DellInc Page11 Figure 11: Configure Host Access – Specify iSCSI Initiators 2nd Step 6. Specify the Host Group that the ESX server host will acc

DellInc Page12 Figure 13: Configure Host Definition 8. Click Finish to complete. This initiates the wizard configuration of the new host. Figu

DellInc Page13 6. Click Finish. On the following pop-up window, click complete. You now have LUNs that are ready for use with ESX/ESXi. 7. Con

DellInc Page14 8.NX1950Introduction Dell™ PowerVault™ NX1950 is a unified network storage solution that simultaneously stores both file and ap

DellInc Page15 Figure 16: Typical NX1950 storage solution architecture for VMware ESX Server 10. NX1950storagesetupandconfigurationFor inf

DellInc Page16 Note: Teaming of network ports that serve iSCSI storage requests on the NX1950 target system is not supported. 11.NX1950iSCSISo

DellInc Page17 4. Select iSCSI software adapter under storage. You should now see your iSCSI Target name listed. Figure 20: iSCSI softw

DellInc Page18 Figure 22: iSCSI target creation wizard 3. Identify iSCSI Initiator: Select the iSCSI initiator IQN name fro

DellInc Page19 Figure 24: Create virtual disk wizard 3. Specify the size (in MB) of the virtual disk and click Next. 4. Provi

DellInc Page2 TableofContents 1. Introduction ...

DellInc Page20 2. Go to the configuration tab and select Storage. Click on Add Storage, select Disk/Lun and click Next. Select the newly added

DellInc Page21 Section 2: Dell Direct Attached Storage Arrays 14. MD3000IntroductionThe Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000 direct-attached storage array

DellInc Page22 16. MD1000IntroductionThe Dell™ PowerVault™ MD1000 direct-attached storage array consists of a standard configuration that suppo

DellInc Page23 18.References1. Dell | VMware alliance home page: www.dell.com/vmware 2. Dell PowerVault MD3000i support documents: http://

DellInc Page3 1. IntroductionThis document describes configuration steps to deploy solutions with VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 on Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000

DellInc Page4 Section 1: Dell iSCSI Storage Arrays 3. MD3000iIntroductionThe Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i storage solution can enable either a stan

DellInc Page5 Figure 1a: Up to 16 ESX Servers, Dual-Path Data, Dual Controllers (Duplex) Note: Switches are trunked or ISL’ed together and all de

DellInc Page6 4.2 Up to 16 ESX Servers, Dual-Path Data, Single Controller (Simplex) In this configuration, up to 16 VMware ESX servers are connec

DellInc Page7 Figure 3: Security Profile Configuration Tab 2. Click on Properties. The Firewall Properties box appears. Figure 4: Firewall Pro

DellInc Page8 Figure 6: iSCSI software initiator properties window 7. Under the general tab select Configure tab. Select the Ena

DellInc Page9 6. MD3000iStorageSetupandConfiguration After opening the Modular Disk Storage Manager and selecting the MD3000i storage array