DeWALT MD3220I User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents

  1
• Introduction

  3
• Implementing ESX4.1 on the MD32xxi Storage Array

  3
• New Features in vSphere4 Software iSCSI Initiator

  3
• Hardware Requirements

  4
• Supported Operating Systems for MD32xxi array

  4
• Array

  4
• Establishing Sessions to a SAN

  5
• iSCSI Software Initiator Configuration on ESX4.1 Server

  9
• Configure iSCSI storage on ESX4.1 Server - Example Installation Steps

  12
• Step1: Configure vSwitch & Enable Jumbo Frames

  13
• Step2: Add iSCSI VMkernel Ports

  13
• Step3: Assign Network Adapters

  15
• Step4: Associate VMkernel Ports to Physical Adapters

  18
• Step5: Enable VMware iSCSI Software Initiator

  21
• Step6: Binding VMkernel Ports to iSCSI Software Initiator

  23
• Step7: Connect to PowerVault MD32XXi Storage

  25
• Step8: Connect to a Volume on PowerVault SAN

  29
• Step9: Enabling VMware Native Multipathing – MRU

  30
• Step10: Create VMFS Datastores and Connect More Volumes

  30
• Appendix A

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• Step A1: Configure vSwitch and Enable Jumbo Frames

  31
• Step A2: Add iSCSI VMkernel Ports

  31
• Step A3: Assign Network Adapters

  33
• Step A4: Associate VMkernel Ports to Physical Adapters

  34
• Step A5: Enable VMware iSCSI Software Initiator

  36
• Step A6: Binding VMkernel Ports to iSCSI Software Initiator

  36
• Step A7: Connect to the Dell PowerVault Storage

  39