Dell PowerVault NX1950 Configuration Manual
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- Page 1 Dell PowerVault NX1950 configuration guide for VMware® ESX Server software January 2008 Dell | Global Solutions Engineering www.dell.com/vmware Dell Inc.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
2. Architectural Setup ..................4 3. iSCSI Connectivity Support ................4 4. PowerVault NX1950 storage setup and configuration ........5 5. iSCSI Software Initiator Configuration on ESX Server ........6 6. iSCSI Target and Virtual Disk Configuration on NX1950 ........ 8 Create iSCSI Target ................ -
Page 3: Introduction
The PowerVault NX1950 can be deployed as an integrated solution (Basic and High Availability configuration) packaged with a Dell PowerVault MD3000 Storage Array or as a Gateway connecting directly to existing Dell|EMC SAN. This document provides instructions to setup an NX1950 Integrated Basic Configuration to provide iSCSI storage for usage with VMware ESX Server software. -
Page 4: Architectural Setup
2. Architectural Setup The following figure illustrates a typical setup for using NX1950 in an ESX Server farm. As a best practice, Dell recommends using dedicated Gigabit Ethernet network to handle iSCSI storage traffic. Figure 1: Typical NX1950 storage solution architecture for VMware ESX Server 3. -
Page 5: Powervault Nx1950 Storage Setup And Configuration
2. Right click on Microsoft iSCSI Software Target and click on Properties 3. Select the appropriate network interface to service storage requests. Figure 2: Network selection to serve storage requests Note: Teaming of network ports that serve iSCSI storage requests on the NX1950 target system is not supported. Dell Inc. -
Page 6: Iscsi Software Initiator Configuration On Esx Server
3. Under the general tab select Configure tab. Select the Enabled checkbox and click OK. Select Close. Figure 4: iSCSI software initiator properties window 4. Select iSCSI software adapter under storage. You should now see your iSCSI Target name listed. Dell Inc. - Page 7 Figure 5: iSCSI software initiator after initial configuration 5. Select Properties under storage adapters. Select Dynamic Discovery. Select Add. Provide the IP address of the bridge configured on NX1950 and click OK. Figure 6: iSCSI software initiator properties window 6. Click Close. Dell Inc.
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Page 8: Iscsi Target And Virtual Disk Configuration On Nx1950
Figure 7: iSCSI target creation wizard 3. Identify iSCSI Initiator: Select the iSCSI initiator IQN name from the ESX Server host. Select Next to continue. Figure 8: iSCSI initiator selection wizard 4. Select Finish to complete the target creation. Dell Inc. -
Page 9: Create Virtual Disks
Add. Click OK and then click Next and then Finish to complete creation of virtual disk. 6. The iSCSI target should now appear under iSCSI targets and the virtual disk should show with status as idle. Dell Inc. -
Page 10: Configure Iscsi Storage On Esx Server
7. Review the disk layout and click Finish to create the VMFS datastore. The new datastore is now ready to be used for storing virtual machine images. 8. References 1. Dell PowerVault NX1950 support documents: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/PVNX1950/ 2. Drivers download page for NX1950: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=WX64&osl=EN&catid=-... - Page 11 Microsoft Corporation. VMware is a registered trademark of VMware, Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others.