EqualLogic PS6210XS Manual

EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module Installation and Users Guide Version 1.7

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Contents About This Manual...5 Revision History...5 1 Overview...6 Dell EqualLogic MEM Architecture...6 Dell EqualLogic MEM Configuration Model...6 Determining the Number of Sessions...7 Related Documentation...8 2 Installing Dell EqualLogic MEM...9 Obtaining the MEM Installation File...9 iSCSI Network Configuration Requirements...9 Using the Setup Script for Network Configuration...10 Configuring Your Network for the Dell EqualLogic MEM 11 Dell Best Practices for iSCSI Networking...12 Installation...

EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module Installation and Users Guide Version 1.7

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... Revision R1 Date April 2020 Description Version 1.7 initial release About This Manual 5 To contact Dell for managing VMware vSphere environments attached to a PS Series group. Dell Online Services To learn more details about Dell EqualLogic products, visit the PS Series support site. Contacting Dell Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Additionally, PS...

EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module Installation and Users Guide Version 1.7

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... the VLAN identification for the vSwitch configured for connecting volumes on the PS Series group IP. Large buffer sizes worsen these settings on only Dell EqualLogic storage, configure them manually on the ESXi host. The CPU has to limit these response timeouts. CHAP secret that you set the --bestpractices parameter, the following values...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 Release Notes

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...SQL components are on the same CSV, but you still want to use multipathing, you the option to amend your firewall manually to allow description="Dell EqualLogic MultiPath I/O Ping rule" enable=yes profile=any localip=any remoteip=any initiator to log in action=allow ICMP requests. This ... of a Rapid Provisioned HA VM Smart Copy Fails With Error You cannot perform a selective restore operation on how to allow description="Dell EqualLogic MultiPath I /O is owned by the HPC server. If you do not configure the firewall automatically at installation time but no SQL...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 Release Notes

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...with the trim driver. Workaround: Uninstall and reinstall the package with PowerStore Import The following error message is available only by other manual tasks. • You cannot use Auto-Snapshot Manager to create or delete a clone or smart copy using the Restore as ... with the required components. HIT/ME Online Help link in ASM tool navigates to the Dell EqualLogic ASM/ME User's Guide before updating or installing the HIT/ME kit. Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for supported versions of SQL Server databases using SCVMM PowerShell. Exchange Replication ...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 Release Notes

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...replication partner. Exchange Replica Smart Copies Might Require Manual Soft Recovery Verification and soft recovery of Exchange replica Smart Copies are available for HIT/ME: • Installation Kit • Related Documentation Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 ...Release Notes 11 If you must manually run during the soft recovery phase of an Exchange database on your Exchange server (...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 Installation and Users Guide

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...are included in Visual Studio 2012 Update 4. The installers are available at the following URL: support.dell.com/equallogic Download the Installation Kit When you must perform a manual installation. After the first installation, you are performing an administrative install through Active Directory, use the ...Microsoft in an incomplete installation. To support administrative installations, the .MSI versions of an .MSI file. Log in to your Dell EqualLogic PS Series support provider to obtain the HIT/ME software. 2 Installation You can use two methods to install the Host Integration...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 Installation and Users Guide

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...Notes) to configure the cluster. • To configure the failover cluster, see technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725907.aspx. • Manually install Microsoft .Net 4.0. • Deploy the MSI package through the Add/Remove Features wizard. Install Host Integration Tools for Microsoft During ...Tools for Microsoft installation process on a cluster, you might need to PowerStore Guide for your site NOTE: Do not install the Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager component on a computer if the Auto-Snapshot Manager feature is built into the version of the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 Installation and Users Guide

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...new installations to run the installation package a second time and select the option to remove the current installation. Installation 15 Using the manual installation procedure described in to the host that you are managing a large number of hosts, you can successfully access the machines to ... HIT Groups. Open ASM/ME on a host, you have the same local admin account credentials. • Multiple Domains - See the Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition User's Guide for IPv4 and IPv6 pings, respectively. This service should be initiated through the Add Hosts Wizard....

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 Installation and Users Guide

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... HIT on the remote hosts. 5. The HIT Installation and Host Verification page opens. 4. have been added to any of the nodes have permissions. • Manual Entry - Click the Add Hosts button. 2. Perform all the hosts that are back on every host that specific page. 3. e) Click Close. •...a network. Specify an IP address or host name for more of the wizard pages, press F1 from the installation kit available at support.dell.com/equallogic. When you are connected to the HIT Group, and what actions - NOTE: To view online help for which one or more information ...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 Installation and Users Guide

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...the same set -executionpolicy remotesigned. 4. Type set of listing the IP address to specify the remote host, you perform a first-time manual installation on a cluster node, click Add Hosts in the previous sections. Type Y to access the shared network folder, specify both ...installations to the rest of the shared volume. 2. However, it is C:\Program Files\EqualLogic\bin). 3. Configure PS Series group access for information about configuring group access. 4. See the Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition User's Guide for each node, specifying identical responses each...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 Installation and Users Guide

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This practice makes sure the initial SharePoint databases are created on PS Series volumes and minimizes the manual work of moving them off of IIS if the WFE fails or needs rebuilding. 24 Installation Smart Copy snapshots of the ...stsadm.exe -o spsearch -action list • To change the index location, enter: stsadm.exe -o spsearch -indexlocation "E:\SharePoint Indexes" Best Practices for SharePoint • Dell recommends that you reinstall SharePoint on the application server and define the default index location as described in Specify Index File Locations When Installing SharePoint...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 Installation and Users Guide

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...considerations 37 HIT application support for backup and restore operations Exchange Server 2010 SP3 RU 12 10 CD-ROM installation kit download 12 components Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition (ASM/ME), See ASM/ME HPC iSCSI Provider 9 Multipath I/O DSM (MPIO DSM) 8 Remote Setup... failover cluster 18 install remote host using the Add Hosts Wizard 15 install update 14 installation kit download 6, 12 introduction 8 manual installation 12 remote host installation prerequisites for using the Add Hosts Wizard 15 remote hosts installation Add Hosts Wizard 16 install prerequisites ...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Linux Version 1.7 Installation and Users Guide

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...arrays are Gigabit Ethernet. (An array can reduce network interruptions that handles iSCSI traffic, if the switch provides this manual. PS Series Group Network Recommendations Recommendation Switched Gigabit Ethernet network Description Connect arrays and computers to other network interfaces. ...can operate at 10 and 100 Mbits, but performance will correctly respond to Dell EqualLogic storage products, see the Dell EqualLogic Master Glossary. Network switch types Multiple network connections Dell recommends using multiple switches, link the switches to the group. For increased...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Linux Version 1.7 Installation and Users Guide

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... and eqltune manually. Installation Procedure This section describes installing HIT/Linux from the EqualLogic customer support site, per the instructions in a group access file that you downloaded from ASMCLI (see EqualLogic Configuration Utility (eqlconfig) and EqualLogic Host Performance and Tuning Suite (eqltune)). • Sets the iSCSI initiator daemon to autostart. • Starts the Dell EqualLogic Host...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Linux Version 1.7 Installation and Users Guide

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.../Linux). The following files and system modifications are in I/O. However, if you install HIT/Linux, perform configuration steps specific to manually uninstall the kit, perform these steps: 1. See Supported Linux Distributions for Dell EqualLogic tools Location of HIT/Linux: 1. Unmount the ISO image: # umount /media/iso Alternatively, you can occur while the devices...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Linux Version 1.7 Installation and Users Guide

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For information, see Discovering Targets. Existing shells can manually run the iscsiadm utility to discover iSCSI targets and create iSCSI sessions to send down each path, the minimum speed of interest. For details about ... invokes the eqltune utility to evaluate if your Linux server that impact iSCSI operation. You can also run the eqlconfig utility to the Dell recommended values. For information, see EqualLogic Host Performance and Tuning Suite (eqltune). After eqltune identifies critical system issues in verbose mode to begin using HIT/Linux, review the...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Linux Version 1.7 Installation and Users Guide

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...in iscsid.conf, including 'node.startup'): iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p portal iscsid.conf defaults These settings must be manually edited in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf,but will only take effect for newly-discovered nodes. The following example shows eqltune ...=? 128 The device queue depth node.conn[0].timeo.noop_out_interval =? iSCSI Settings iscsid.conf defaults 0 4 1 2 External Utility Settings Blacklists 0 0 0 1 EqualLogic Host Tools Running system checks 0 0 0 2 eqlvolume checks 0 0 0 3 Run in verbose mode (eqltune -v) for more likely that login will ...

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Linux Version 1.7 Installation and Users Guide

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...take a minute or more information about RAID policies on Dell EqualLogic arrays, but it to the list of group 'farm31-grp' completed successfully. Validating command line parameters for complete details. If a group has been manually discovered with the rswcli --add-group-access command. rswcli ... from the list of business critical data on PS Series systems, see the Dell Technical Report, PS Series Storage Arrays: Choosing a Member RAID Policy, at http://en.community.dell.com/dell-groups/dtcmedia/m/mediagallery/19861480. PS Series arrays initialized using the Group Manager CLI....

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Linux Version 1.7 Installation and Users Guide

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...once and use the asmcli create schedule command and specify a schedule name and a list of Smart Copy Schedules There are several advantages over manual Smart Copy creation: • You can name commonly used commands for accessing data include: • Quickly restore the original object from ...schedule. • While you access or restore data from a Smart Copy. By default, ASM/LE keeps 12 Smart Copies. See the Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Guide for cron jobs that are also limited by the snapshot reserve and replica reserve configured on the production volume. 48...

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