Dell EMC ME4 Series, Deployment Manual

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11. Click OK to close the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box.
Register hosts and create volumes
Perform the following steps to register hosts and create volumes using the ME Storage Manager:
1. Log in to the ME Storage Manager.
2. Access the Host Setup wizard:
• From the Welcome screen, click Host Setup .
• From the Home topic, select Action > Host Setup .
3. Confirm that you have met the listed prerequisites, then click Next .
4. Type a host name in the Host Name field.
5. Using the information from step 10 of the Configure the iSCSI Initiator , select the iSCSI initiators for the host you are configuring, then
click Next .
6. Group hosts together with other hosts in a cluster.
• For cluster configurations, group hosts together so that all hosts within the group share the same storage.
• If this host is the first host in the cluster, select Create a new host group , type a name for the host group, and click Next .
• If this host is being added to a host group that exists, select Add to existing host group , select the group from the drop-
down list, and click Next .
• For stand-alone hosts, select the Do not group this host option, and click Next .
7. On the Attach Volumes page, specify the name, size, and pool for each volume, and click Next .
To add a volume, click Add Row . To remove a volume, click Remove .
NOTE: Dell EMC recommends that you update the volume name with the hostname to better identify the volumes.
8. On the Summary page, review the host configuration settings, and click Configure Host .
Enable MPIO for the volumes on the Windows server
Perform the following steps to enable MPIO for the volumes on the Windows server:
1. Open Server Manager.
2. Select
Tools > MPIO .
3. Click the Discover Multi-Paths tab.
4. Select DellEMC ME4 in the Device Hardware Id list.
If DellEMC ME4 is not listed in the Device Hardware Id list:
a. Ensure that there is more than one connection to a volume for multipathing.
b. Ensure that
Dell EMC ME4 is not already listed in the Devices list on the MPIO Devices tab.
5. Click Add and click Yes to reboot the Windows server.
Format volumes on the Windows server
Perform the following steps to format a volume on a Windows server:
1. Open Server Manager.
2. Select
Tools > Computer Management .
3. Right-click Disk Management and select Rescan Disks .
4. Right-click on the new disk and select Online .
5. Right-click on the new disk again select Initialize Disk . The Initialize Disk dialog box opens.
6. Select the partition style for the disk and click OK .
7. Right-click on the unallocated space, select the type of volume to create, and follow the steps in the wizard to create the volume.
Update the iSCSI initiator
Perform the following steps to configure all available volumes and devices on a Windows server:
1. Open Server Manager.
2. Click
Tools > iSCSI initiator .
3. Click the Volumes and Devices tab.
4. Click Auto Configure .
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