Deployment Guide

4. Using the planning worksheet that you created in the Prerequisites section, type the IP address of a port on controller A that is on the
first subnet and click OK.
5. Repeat steps 3-4 to add the IP address of a port on the second subnet that is from controller B .
6. Click the Targets tab, select a discovered target, and click Connect.
7. Select the Enable multi-path check box and click Advanced. The Advanced Settings dialog box opens.
• Select Microsoft iSCSI initiator from the Local adapter drop-down menu..
• Select the IP address of NIC 1 from the Initiator IP drop-down menu.
• Select the first IP listed in the same subnet from the Target portal IP drop-down menu.
• Click OK twice to return to the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box.
8. Repeat steps 6-7 for the NIC to establish a connection to each port on the subnet.
NOTE: Step 10 is required for multi-path configurations.
9. Repeat steps 3-8 for the NIC 2, connecting it to the targets on the second subnet.
NOTE: After all connections are made, you can click the Favorite Targets tab to see each path. If you click Details,
you can view specific information the selected path.
10. Click the Configuration tab and record the initiator name in the Initiator Name field. The initiator name is needed to map volumes to
the host.
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 PowerVault Manager:
1. Log in to the PowerVault 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.
If the host is successfully configured, a Success dialog box is displayed.
9. Click Yes to return to the Introduction page of the wizard, or click No to close the wizard.
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.
Perform host setup
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