2. Use the FC cabling diagrams to cable the hosts to the storage system either by using switches or connecting the hosts directly to the
storage system.
3. Install MPIO on the FC hosts:
a) Open the Server Manager.
b) Click
Add Roles and Features
, then click
Next
until you reach the Features page.
c) Select
Multipath IO
.
d) Click
Next
, click
Install
, click
Close
, and then reboot the host server.
4. Identify and document FC HBA WWNs:
a) Open a Windows PowerShell console.
b) Type
Get-InitiatorPort
and press Enter.
c) Locate and record the FC HBA WWNs. The WWNs are needed to map volumes to the hosts.
5. If the hosts are connected to the storage system using FC switches, implement zoning to isolate traffic for each HBA:
NOTE:
Skip this step if hosts are directly connected to the storage system.
a) Use the FC switch management interface to create a zone for each server HBA. Each zone must contain only one HBA WWN and
all the storage port WWNs.
b) Repeat for each FC switch.
NOTE:
The ME4 Series storage systems support single initiator/multiple target zones.
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, click
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 documented in step 4 of
Attach FC hosts to the storage system
, select the FC initiators for the host you are
configuring, then click
Next
.
6. Group hosts together with other hosts in a cluster.
a) 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
.
b) For stand-alone hosts, select the
Do not group this host
option, then 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 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 the 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.
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