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Dell PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore Guide

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Install the host plugin for import on a Windows-based host

Prerequisites

Verify the following:

  • A supported operating system is running on the host. See the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix document at https://www.dell.com/powerstoredocs.
  • No other multipath driver is installed on the host.
  • Ensure that MPIO is enabled on the host.
    NOTE:Configuring MPIO on the host during import is not supported.

Ensure you know the management IP address and associated port number to use for import. This network configuration information needs to be provided so that the host gets added to the PowerStore cluster for import.

About this task

To install the host plugin, do the following:
NOTE:By default, the installation runs interactively. To run the installation in the background, accept all defaults, and accept the Dell EULA, enter one of the following commands after downloading the applicable host plugin package to the host.
  • For ImportKIT, enter: 
    Setup64.exe /quiet /v/qn
  • For EQL HIT Kit with import capability, enter: 
    Setup64.exe /v"MIGSELECTION=1" /s /v/qn V"/q ADDLOCAL=ALL /L C:\setup.log
NOTE:To avoid application disruption when running the installation on a Windows Cluster, Hyper-V clusters for example, move the host out of the cluster (maintenance mode) before installing the host plugin. After installing the host plugin and rebooting, re-join the host to the cluster. The virtual machines running on the host should be moved out and moved back after the installation is complete. To avoid multiple reboots, the ImportKit or Dell EqualLogic HIT kit install can be planned and combined with any other operating system reboot task.

Steps

  1. Download the applicable host plugin package to the host.
    For Dell EqualLogic PS, download the Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools Kit from the Dell EqualLogic support site https://eqlsupport.dell.com. For Dell EqualLogic, Compellent SC, or Unity, or Dell VNX2 systems, download the ImportKIT from the Dell Technologies Support site, https://www.dell.com/support. See the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix document at https://www.dell.com/powerstoredocs for the applicable host multipath software versions.
  2. As administrator, run Setup64.exe for the host plugin.
    NOTE:For Dell EQL HIT Kit, ensure the Host Integration Tools installation (with import capability) option is selected on the Installation Type Selection page. Also, adding or removing additional components to an already installed Dell EQL HIT Kit version is not supported.
  3. Reboot the host.
    A reboot of the host is required to complete the installation.

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