Dell PowerVault MD3000i - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in Overview ..................................................................... 5
Installation Prerequisites ...................................................................................................................................... 6
Recommended Configurations .............................................................................................................................. 6
Downloading the vCenter Plug-in .......................................................................................................................... 6
Installing the vCenter Application Server ............................................................................................................... 6
Installing the vCenter Plug-in ................................................................................................................................ 7
Configuring the Application Server and the vCenter Plug-In ................................................... 8
Configuring Storage Administrator Roles ................................................................................................................ 9
SAS Support on ESX/ESXi hosts ........................................................................................................................... 12
Installing the SAS Provider Upgrade ..................................................................................................................... 13
vCenter Plug-in Security ...................................................................................................................................... 14
Dell MD Storage vCenter Plug-in Features .............................................................................. 19
vCenter Plug-in Features ..................................................................................................................................... 19
Configuring Storage Arrays .................................................................................................................................. 19
Adding a Storage Array ....................................................................................................................................... 20
Removing a Storage array ................................................................................................................................... 21
Editing System Properties .................................................................................................................................... 21
Storage Array Configuration Backup ..................................................................................................................... 21
ESX Host SAN Configuration .................................................................................................... 24
Networking Configuration for Software iSCSI Storage ............................................................................................ 28
ESX Host Configuration Wizard ............................................................................................... 29
Storage Array Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 33
Create Disk Group ............................................................................................................................................... 34