Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore Guide
- Contents
- Additional Resources
- Introduction
- Import requirements and restrictions
- Host plugin installation (non-disruptive import only)
- Installing the host plugin for import on a Windows-based host
- Installing the host plugin for import on a Linux-based host
- Installing the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using the vSphere CLI
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using setup.pl script on VMA
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using VUM
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit during an ESXi-based host upgrade
- Uninstalling the host plugin for import
- Import workflows
- Configuring and managing import
- Import-CLI (Linux)
- Additional tasks related to import for Linux-based hosts
- ImportKit-CLI (Windows)
- How to run the ImportKit CLI commands
- List supported arrays
- Host plugin log information
- Import kit version
- Restart import kit host plugin service
- Import volumes information
- Get Web server port information
- Install import kit certificate
- Re-generate the import kit certificate
- Set Web server port information
- Set host plugin logging debug log level
- Import-CLI (VMware)
- CLI for EQL MPIO
- Fault handling by PowerStore import
5. Install the host plugin.
#./install
NOTE: By default, the installation runs interactively. To run the installation in the background instead, see the latest
version of the Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Linux Installation and User's Guide.
Installing the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-
based host
The following methods exist to install the Dell EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module (MEM) kit on an ESXi host:
● Command line installation using esxcli commands
● Installation using install script on vSphere Management Assistant (VMA) or vSphere Command-Line Interface (VCLI)
● Installation using VMware Upgrade Manager (VUM)
The kit and the associated user guide can be downloaded from the Dell EqualLogic support site https://eqlsupport.dell.com.
For the supported versions of Dell EqualLogic Peer Storage (PS) source system and Dell EqualLogic MEM kit, see Supported
combinations of host OS, host multipath software, host protocol, and source system for non-disruptive import on page 8.
The following configurations are supported:
● Virtual machine file system (VMFS) datastores
● Raw device mapping (RDM) – Windows RDM
○ Clustering Microsoft Clustering Service (MSCS) virtual machines on a single host
○ Clustering virtual machines across physical hosts
NOTE: Linux RDM configurations are not supported.
Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using
the vSphere CLI
Prerequisites
Verify that the supported VMware ESXi software is installed and running. See Supported combinations of host OS, host
multipath software, host protocol, and source system for non-disruptive import on page 8.
About this task
NOTE:
To avoid application disruption, move the ESXi host out of the cluster before installing the host plugin. After
installing the host plugin and rebooting, re-join the ESXi host with the cluster. Virtual machines should be moved out from
the installing host and moved back after the install. Also, to avoid multiple reboots, the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit install can
be planned and combined with any other operating system reboot task.
To install the supported Dell EqualLogic MEM kit (see Supported combinations of host OS, host multipath software, host
protocol, and source system for non-disruptive import on page 8), do the following:
NOTE: To enable only MEM functionality, execute only steps 1, 2 and 6.
Steps
1. Download the latest version of the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit and associated installation guide from the Dell EqualLogic
support site https://eqlsupport.dell.com.
After login, the kit and its associated installation guide can be found under downloads for VMware Integration.
2. Run the install command.
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