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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