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Upgrade to vsphere 8 on scv3020 storage
HI,
I'm a newbie to dell hardware.
Next week I have to upgrade vsphere 6.7 to version 8.1 on an infrastructure composed of 6 PowerEdge MX740c and one scv3020 storage connected in fc.
I've read the Dell EMC SC Series: Best Practices with VMware vSphere guide and from what I understand I need to do these optimizations:
Apply these settings to each of the esxi hosts:
• fibre Channel: QLogic driver module settings for queue depth and controller failover (section 4.2.1)
esxcli system module parameters set -m qlnativefc -p "ql2xmaxqdepth=255 ql2xloginretrycount=60 qlport_down_retry=60"
• Fibre Channel: Emulex driver module settings for queue depth and controller failover (section 4.2.1)
esxcli system module parameters set -m lpfc820 -p "lpfc_devloss_tmo=60 lpfc_lun_queue_depth=254"
• All protocols: Setting round robin as the default path selection policy (section 6.9.1.1)
esxcli storage nmp satp rule add -s VMW_SATP_ALUA -V COMPELNT -P VMW_PSP_RR -o disable_action_OnRetryErrors -e "Dell EMC SC Series Claim Rule"
All protocols: HA Cluster Settings (section 4.3)
esxcli system settings kernel set -s terminateVMonPDL -v TRUE
Host and cluster settings
• All protocols: HA Cluster Settings (section 4.3)
esxcli system settings advanced set -o "/Disk/AutoremoveOnPDL" -i 1
• All protocols: Advanced options HA Cluster setting (section 4.3)
das.maskCleanShutdownEnabled = True
Correct?
To update I will download the dell 8.0 u1 iso and create an update baseline via lifecycle manager.
Is there any suggestion you can give me?
Thank you
Greetings
briansawyer-koc-pa.com
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May 9th, 2023 11:00
I can't speak to the other suggestions but Round Robin is an important setting to configure that we found helpful. You might start with finding out if your current versions of SC firmware and Dell firmware and hardware drivers will support such an upgrade. They may need to be updated, or you may find out that there is a compatibly issue and an upgrade may not be possible. Hope this helps.
https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-vi/vmware-esxi-8.x/vmware_8.x_icg_pub/download-the-dell-customized-esxi-image-files?guid=guid-af0f9cf5-1b83-46d0-bce7-4c2ab798206e&lang=en-us
Origin3k
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May 9th, 2023 11:00
The Storage Center isnt supportet for vSphere 8 right now. The 7.0.3 is the latest supportet one. If you doesnt have a need for DSITV,VASA,vVOL you could upgrade your vCenter to 8.x but leave the Hosts on 7.0.3.
Btw.. which SCOS version do you running on your SC3020?
Storage Center is End of life since late 2021and i was told that Dell doesnt make the certification by it self any more and they will pay VMware for that job. But paying $$$ for a dead platform doesnt have high priority. So dont hold your breath
Regards,
Joerg
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May 9th, 2023 11:00
The OP sets a claim rule for the path policy which reflect the dell best practices for compellent. As a general note that it will only effect new LUNs and not existing ones. Also.... iam not sure but "disable_action_OnRetryErrors" isnt needed with ESX 7.x and up. But take a look in the latest vsphere best practice guide.
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September 11th, 2023 18:46
Were you able to complete the upgrade?