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Dell Lasso Version 4.7.3 User's Guide

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Use Case Scenario

Using Lasso GUI, collect data for devices such as PowerConnect switches, CLARiiON and EqualLogic storage arrays in your SAN environment and upload the collection to Dell Technical Support.

To do this:

  1. Before running Lasso, make sure:
    • You have the following details for each device:
      • PowerConnect Ethernet Switch — IP address, Username, and Password.
      • CLARiiON — SPA IP address, SPB IP address, Username, and Password
      • EqualLogic — Group IP address, Management IP address, and Member IP address.
    • Prerequisites are met for data collection. For details, see Prerequisites For Data Collection .
  2. Run Lasso. For details, see Running Lasso.
  3. In the Welcome to Lasso page, select the Start with a new configuration option and click Continue.
  4. In the Your Company Information page, enter your company details and click Continue.
  5. In the Your Company Contacts page, enter your company contact details and click Continue.
  6. In the Your Hardware Environment page, select Ethernet & FCoE Switches and Storage Arrays options and click Continue.
  7. In the Your Hardware Environment: Storage Arrays page, from the Type of Storage Array drop down list, select the following storage arrays, enter the information for each array as mentioned in the following table and click Save New Storage Array to validate and save the device:
    Table 1. Types of storage array. Types of storage array:
    Type of Storage Array Fields
    CLARiiON
    • SPA IP/Hostname — 10.94.XXX.YYY
    • SPB IP/Hostname — 10.94.XXX.YY
    • Username — testuser
    • Password — testpassword
    EqualLogic
    • Group/Mgmt IP — 10.94.XXX.YY
    • Community String — public
    • Username — testuser
    • Password —testpassword
    • NOTE: The table provides sample values for the fields.

    If validation fails, edit the information for the device and update to re-validate. Click Continue.

  8. In the Your Hardware Environment: Ethernet Switches page, from the Type of Ethernet Switch drop down list, select PowerConnect switch, enter the following information and click Save New Ethernet Switch to validate and save the device:
    • IP/Hostname — 10.94.XXX.YY
    • Username — testuser
    • Password — testpassword
    • Enable Password — enablepassword

    If validation fails, edit the information for the device and update to re-validate the device. Click Continue.

  9. In the Device Collection page, all the selected devices are displayed. If there are devices that have failed validation, edit and re-validate the devices or remove them from the list. For more details see Device Collection.
  10. Click Start Collection to start the data collection.
  11. Click Continue to parse the data and generate the Lasso report. For more information on file formats, see Generated File Formats .
  12. In the Upload page, click Open Location to view the reports. Click Continue to upload the report to Dell Technical Support site. For more details, see Upload Collection .
  13. The Confirmation page displays the status of the file upload.
  14. To view the HTML file created during parsing the data, select the View your SAN Configuration option. Click Finish to open the report.

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