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...the management information utilized by an administrator, for quick data retrieval. Dell™ Glossary NOTE: For additional information on storage terminology, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association's website at www.snia.org and click on a regular basis. AC - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. An individual code assigned to start your system's... techniques for interchange of data or instructions for security or tracking purposes. A - Ampere(s). The primary organization for the peripheral devices connected to direct configuration and power management. CIM -
...the management information utilized by an administrator, for quick data retrieval. Dell™ Glossary NOTE: For additional information on storage terminology, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association's website at www.snia.org and click on a regular basis. AC - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. An individual code assigned to start your system's... techniques for interchange of data or instructions for security or tracking purposes. A - Ampere(s). The primary organization for the peripheral devices connected to direct configuration and power management. CIM -
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... also memory module. driver - Embedded server management. diagnostics - Digital versatile disc or digital video disc. expansion bus - An add-in -line memory module. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. The part of a clock cycle.
... also memory module. driver - Embedded server management. diagnostics - Digital versatile disc or digital video disc. expansion bus - An add-in -line memory module. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. The part of a clock cycle.
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... and hard drives. Nanosecond(s). parity - parity stripe - pixel - Memory that uniquely identifies an object. Object identifier is a synonym for maintaining the date, time, and system configuration information. POST - ns - A standard for one processor must format each logical drive with a block of booting a system via a LAN (without a hard drive or bootable diskette...
... and hard drives. Nanosecond(s). parity - parity stripe - pixel - Memory that uniquely identifies an object. Object identifier is a synonym for maintaining the date, time, and system configuration information. POST - ns - A standard for one processor must format each logical drive with a block of booting a system via a LAN (without a hard drive or bootable diskette...
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... disk may need to enable or disable the termination on these devices by a "stripe" is installed and how the system should be configured for peripherals, and various ROM chips. SVGA - System Setup program - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. An unregistered (unbuffered) DDR3 memory...again. The amount of disks in the cable. Super video graphics array. VGA and SVGA are connected in the configuration software for the devices. system configuration information - system memory - See RAM. A BIOS-based program that tells a system what hardware is the same...
... disk may need to enable or disable the termination on these devices by a "stripe" is installed and how the system should be configured for peripherals, and various ROM chips. SVGA - System Setup program - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. An unregistered (unbuffered) DDR3 memory...again. The amount of disks in the cable. Super video graphics array. VGA and SVGA are connected in the configuration software for the devices. system configuration information - system memory - See RAM. A BIOS-based program that tells a system what hardware is the same...
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Dell Storage Networking Industry Association www.snia.org A Ampere AC Alternating Current ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ANSI American National Standards Institute BMC Baseboard Management Controller BTU British Thermal Unit C - 섭씨 (Celsius CA...) 은 DMTF CIM SNMP MIB cm Centimeter COMn CPU Central Processing Unit DC Direct Current DDR Double-Data Rate DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol IP DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module DNS Domain Name System www.example.com 208.77.188.166 과 같은...
Dell Storage Networking Industry Association www.snia.org A Ampere AC Alternating Current ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ANSI American National Standards Institute BMC Baseboard Management Controller BTU British Thermal Unit C - 섭씨 (Celsius CA...) 은 DMTF CIM SNMP MIB cm Centimeter COMn CPU Central Processing Unit DC Direct Current DDR Double-Data Rate DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol IP DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module DNS Domain Name System www.example.com 208.77.188.166 과 같은...
Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in User’s Guide
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... a Role 13 No Access 14 SSL Certificate Management 14 Enhanced IE Security 15 Uninstalling the Dell Storage vCenter Plug-in . . . . . 16 Dell MD Storage vCenter Plug-in Features 17 Configuring Storage Arrays 17 Adding a New Storage Array 18 Networking Configuration for Software iSCSI Storage. 19 Activate Multipathing for Software iSCSI Initiator . . . 20 ESX Host...
... a Role 13 No Access 14 SSL Certificate Management 14 Enhanced IE Security 15 Uninstalling the Dell Storage vCenter Plug-in . . . . . 16 Dell MD Storage vCenter Plug-in Features 17 Configuring Storage Arrays 17 Adding a New Storage Array 18 Networking Configuration for Software iSCSI Storage. 19 Activate Multipathing for Software iSCSI Initiator . . . 20 ESX Host...
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... 5 The plug-in utilizes an application server to Dell storage array virtual disks. Communication Detail Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in will also allow the vCenter administrator to configure ESX hosts to Dell MD Storage Arrays, create, map, delete storage virtual disks from the Dell MD Storage Array to the ESX host, and view...
... 5 The plug-in utilizes an application server to Dell storage array virtual disks. Communication Detail Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in will also allow the vCenter administrator to configure ESX hosts to Dell MD Storage Arrays, create, map, delete storage virtual disks from the Dell MD Storage Array to the ESX host, and view...
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Installation Requirements The following table as defined in Configuration Worksheet Example vCenter Server Name VCENTER-4 vCenter Administrator Name Application Server Name administrator App-Server Dell Storage Array 1 WinterPark-173- Name 174 Dell Storage Array 2 Name Dell Storage Array 3 Name Storage User 1 Administrator... system names and IP addresses of the equipment to install and use the Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in. • VMware vCenter 4.x server (installed) • Dell storage array with VMware certified firmware • An application server running an MD...
Installation Requirements The following table as defined in Configuration Worksheet Example vCenter Server Name VCENTER-4 vCenter Administrator Name Application Server Name administrator App-Server Dell Storage Array 1 WinterPark-173- Name 174 Dell Storage Array 2 Name Dell Storage Array 3 Name Storage User 1 Administrator... system names and IP addresses of the equipment to install and use the Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in. • VMware vCenter 4.x server (installed) • Dell storage array with VMware certified firmware • An application server running an MD...
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... Client. Table 1. For this release of the plug-in 7 Recommended maximum configuration: • 10 Dell MD Storage Arrays • 256 Objects per array (Virtual Disks, Virtual Disk Copies, or Snapshots) Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in . The number of systems being managed and...each system will be managed within the vSphere infrastructure. Configuration Worksheet Example (continued) vCenter Server Name VCENTER-4 Storage Administrator User ID DNS Name IP Address vcenter-4.dell.com 192.168.51. 217 Recommended Configurations The Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in . Due to ...
... Client. Table 1. For this release of the plug-in 7 Recommended maximum configuration: • 10 Dell MD Storage Arrays • 256 Objects per array (Virtual Disks, Virtual Disk Copies, or Snapshots) Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in . The number of systems being managed and...each system will be managed within the vSphere infrastructure. Configuration Worksheet Example (continued) vCenter Server Name VCENTER-4 Storage Administrator User ID DNS Name IP Address vcenter-4.dell.com 192.168.51. 217 Recommended Configurations The Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in . Due to ...
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... to Pegasus CIM Object Manager. 11 The installation is 8084 and 8081. Application and vCenter Server Configuration After the application server has been installed, verify the Dell Storage vCenter Plug-In has been successfully registered with the Jetty6-Service service. After the application server... and vCenter server have been configured, you should see the Dell Storage vCenter Plug-in 9 NOTE: To verify successful installation of the CIMOM service will change to pass through any...
... to Pegasus CIM Object Manager. 11 The installation is 8084 and 8081. Application and vCenter Server Configuration After the application server has been installed, verify the Dell Storage vCenter Plug-In has been successfully registered with the Jetty6-Service service. After the application server... and vCenter server have been configured, you should see the Dell Storage vCenter Plug-in 9 NOTE: To verify successful installation of the CIMOM service will change to pass through any...
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..., or add a new role. 2 Right-click and select Add to access the Dell vCenter Plug-in. Figure 2. vCenter Plug-in To edit an existing role, select Edit Role. 10 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in Configuring the Storage Administrator Role By default, all defined vCenter user IDs will need to... have no rights to the Dell storage arrays. This means that any user that requires read or read...
..., or add a new role. 2 Right-click and select Add to access the Dell vCenter Plug-in. Figure 2. vCenter Plug-in To edit an existing role, select Edit Role. 10 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in Configuring the Storage Administrator Role By default, all defined vCenter user IDs will need to... have no rights to the Dell storage arrays. This means that any user that requires read or read...
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... new SSL certificate during the installation process, and this reason, the first time a procedure is called using the following figure. The Dell MD Storage vCenter Plug-in uses SSL to be able to view any statistics from the drop-down list, and click OK to apply .... Figure 6. No Access Message SSL Certificate Management After the storage administrator role has been defined and the appropriate user IDs have been configured with the role, some final installation tasks might need to secure communications between the vSphere Client and application server. For this certificate should...
... new SSL certificate during the installation process, and this reason, the first time a procedure is called using the following figure. The Dell MD Storage vCenter Plug-in uses SSL to be able to view any statistics from the drop-down list, and click OK to apply .... Figure 6. No Access Message SSL Certificate Management After the storage administrator role has been defined and the appropriate user IDs have been configured with the role, some final installation tasks might need to secure communications between the vSphere Client and application server. For this certificate should...
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... button, and verify the certificate information. 3 On the Certificate window, select the Install Certificate button, and click OK to configure a trust relationship with the application server. See Figure 8. Click Add to close. Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in 15 This action generates a security alert, which lets you install the new SSL...
... button, and verify the certificate information. 3 On the Certificate window, select the Install Certificate button, and click OK to configure a trust relationship with the application server. See Figure 8. Click Add to close. Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in 15 This action generates a security alert, which lets you install the new SSL...
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... vCenter Plug-In Icon Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in icon from the Home screen under Solutions and Applications. Figure 9. These features are described in the following sections. • Configuring storage arrays to manage • ESX host storage configuration wizard • Storage array virtual disk management ...• Storage array event log view Configuring Storage Arrays To use the plug-in to create or modify virtual disks on the storage array click the Dell Storage vCenter Plug-in 17 Dell MD Storage vCenter Plug-in Features The Dell MD Storage vCenter Plug-in allows for...
... vCenter Plug-In Icon Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in icon from the Home screen under Solutions and Applications. Figure 9. These features are described in the following sections. • Configuring storage arrays to manage • ESX host storage configuration wizard • Storage array virtual disk management ...• Storage array event log view Configuring Storage Arrays To use the plug-in to create or modify virtual disks on the storage array click the Dell Storage vCenter Plug-in 17 Dell MD Storage vCenter Plug-in Features The Dell MD Storage vCenter Plug-in allows for...
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VMware recommends that handles iSCSI traffic. Figure 11. Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in Figure 11. With port binding, you can create multiple paths for the software iSCSI by using 1:1 mapping. ...create a separate vSwitch for each physical NIC using the port binding technique. No additional network configuration steps are required. • If you designate a separate network adapter entirely for iSCSI. Networking Configuration for Software iSCSI Storage Networking configuration for software iSCSI involves creating an iSCSI VMkernel port and mapping it to a physical NIC...
VMware recommends that handles iSCSI traffic. Figure 11. Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in Figure 11. With port binding, you can create multiple paths for the software iSCSI by using 1:1 mapping. ...create a separate vSwitch for each physical NIC using the port binding technique. No additional network configuration steps are required. • If you designate a separate network adapter entirely for iSCSI. Networking Configuration for Software iSCSI Storage Networking configuration for software iSCSI involves creating an iSCSI VMkernel port and mapping it to a physical NIC...
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...add all unassigned IQN ports to Storage Array option from the previous ESX Host SAN Configuration section. 22 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in this wizard, you can view the current ESX host configuration to the storage array (if it uses two different paths to access the same target...host or host group, rename a host or host group, remove a host or host group and automatically configure the ESX host to another storage array. 3 To automatically configure the ESX host to the Dell storage array, click the storage array to Storage Array wizard. In this example, if you use the ...
...add all unassigned IQN ports to Storage Array option from the previous ESX Host SAN Configuration section. 22 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in this wizard, you can view the current ESX host configuration to the storage array (if it uses two different paths to access the same target...host or host group, rename a host or host group, remove a host or host group and automatically configure the ESX host to another storage array. 3 To automatically configure the ESX host to the Dell storage array, click the storage array to Storage Array wizard. In this example, if you use the ...
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See Figure 16. Figure 14. Close the progress window manually after the changes are being made. The wizard then displays progress while the requested configuration changes are complete. ESX Host Configuration Wizard Menu Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in 23
See Figure 16. Figure 14. Close the progress window manually after the changes are being made. The wizard then displays progress while the requested configuration changes are complete. ESX Host Configuration Wizard Menu Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in 23
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New virtual disks are created using the Dell Storage vCenter Plug-in. 24 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in Configure ESX Host to Storage Array Wizard The ESX host has now been configured to be used by the ESX host. Figure 15. The next step is to create new virtual disks on the storage array to the storage array.
New virtual disks are created using the Dell Storage vCenter Plug-in. 24 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in Configure ESX Host to Storage Array Wizard The ESX host has now been configured to be used by the ESX host. Figure 15. The next step is to create new virtual disks on the storage array to the storage array.
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... virtual disk to complete the mapping. Click OK to be mapped. This action is accomplished from Hosts and Clusters viewConfiguration tabStorage Adapters for the ESX host being configured. Virtual Disk Mapping View From the wizard, select the host group or host to detect the new storage virtual disks... be necessary to run the rescan twice to detect all of the new storage virtual disks that have been mapped to the ESX host. 36 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in NOTE: It may be mapped.
... virtual disk to complete the mapping. Click OK to be mapped. This action is accomplished from Hosts and Clusters viewConfiguration tabStorage Adapters for the ESX host being configured. Virtual Disk Mapping View From the wizard, select the host group or host to detect the new storage virtual disks... be necessary to run the rescan twice to detect all of the new storage virtual disks that have been mapped to the ESX host. 36 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in NOTE: It may be mapped.
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Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in 37 Figure 26. Storage Adapters Rescan From this view, you can also verify that shows the number of paths have been configured. By right-clicking on one of the devices listed under the storage adapter and selecting Manage Paths, a window is displayed that the correct number of paths for the target device.
Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in 37 Figure 26. Storage Adapters Rescan From this view, you can also verify that shows the number of paths have been configured. By right-clicking on one of the devices listed under the storage adapter and selecting Manage Paths, a window is displayed that the correct number of paths for the target device.