Dell EMC PowerVault MD 34XX/38XX Series Storage Arrays Administrator's Guide

Manually adding SATP rule in ESXi 5.x

1. Run the following command: # esxcli storage nmp satp rule add –s VMW_SATP_ALUA –V DELL –M array_PID -c tpgs_on
   Where, array_PID is your storage array model/product ID. To select the appropriate array_PID for your storage array, see the following table.

   Table 1. Array pids of different storage arraysMD3400, MD3420, and MD3460 storage arrays have MD34xx array_PID. MD3800i, MD3820i, and MD3860i storage arrays have MD38xxi array_PID. MD3800f, MD3820f, and MD3860f storage arrays have MD38xxf array_PID.

   Storage Array	array_PID
   MD3400	MD34xx
   MD3420	MD34xx
   MD3800i	MD38xxi
   MD3820i	MD38xxi
   MD3800f	MD38xxf
   MD3820f	MD38xxf
   MD3460	MD34xx
   MD3860i	MD38xxi
   MD3860f	MD38xxf

2. Reboot your ESX-based host server.