- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Before you begin
- Mount the enclosures in the rack
- Connect to the management network
- Cable host servers to the storage system
- Cabling considerations
- Connecting the enclosure to hosts
- Host connection
- Connect power cables and power on the storage system
- Perform system and storage setup
- Record storage system information
- Using guided setup
- Web browser requirements and setup
- Access the PowerVault Manager
- Update firmware
- Use guided setup in the PowerVault Manager Welcome panel
- Perform host setup
- Host system requirements
- Windows hosts
- Linux hosts
- VMware ESXi hosts
- Fibre Channel host server configuration for VMware ESXi
- iSCSI host server configuration for VMware ESXi
- Attach an ESXi host with network adapters to the storage system
- Configure the VMware ESXi VMkernel
- Configure the software iSCSI adapter on the ESXi host
- Register an ESXi host with a configured software iSCSI adapter and create and map volumes
- Enable multipathing on an ESXi host with iSCSI volumes
- Volume rescan and datastore creation for an ESXi hosts with iSCSI network adapters
- SAS host server configuration for VMware ESXi
- Citrix XenServer hosts
- Fibre Channel host server configuration for Citrix XenServer
- iSCSI host server configuration for Citrix XenServer
- Attach a XenServer host with network adapters to the storage system
- Configure a software iSCSI adapter on a XenServer host
- Configure the iSCSI IQN on a XenServer host
- Enable Multipathing on a XenServer host
- Register a XenServer host with a software iSCSI adapter and create volumes
- Create a Storage Repository for a volume on a XenServer host with a software iSCSI adapter
- SAS host server configuration for Citrix XenServer
- Troubleshooting and problem solving
- Locate the service tag
- Operators (Ops) panel LEDs
- Initial start-up problems
- Cabling for replication
- SFP+ transceiver for FC/iSCSI ports
- System Information Worksheet
- Setting network port IP addresses using the CLI port and serial cable
Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Deployment Guide
Fault isolation methodology
ME4 Series Storage Systems provide many ways to isolate faults. This section presents the basic methodology that is used to locate faults within a storage system, and to identify the pertinent CRUs affected.
As noted in Using guided setup, use the PowerVault Manager to configure and provision the system upon completing the hardware installation. Configure and enable event notification to be notified when a problem occurs that is at or above the configured severity. See the Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Administrator’s Guide for more information.
When you receive an event notification, follow the recommended actions in the notification message to resolve the problem.
Fault isolation methodology basic steps
- Gather fault information, including using system LEDs as described in Gather fault information.
- Determine where in the system the fault is occurring as described in Determine where the fault is occurring.
- Review event logs as described in Review the event logs.
- If required, isolate the fault to a data path component or configuration as described in Isolate the fault.
Cabling systems to enable use of the replication feature—to replicate volumes—is another important fault isolation consideration pertaining to initial system installation. See Host ports and replication and Isolating replication faults for more information about troubleshooting during initial setup.
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