Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Deployment Guide

Register a Windows host with FC HBAs and create volumes

Perform the following steps to register the Windows host with Fibre Channel (FC) HBAs and create volumes using PowerVault Manager:

1. Log in to the PowerVault Manager.
2. Access the Host Setup wizard:
   • From the Welcome screen, click Host Setup.
   • From the Home topic, click Action > Host Setup.
3. Confirm that you have met the listed prerequisites, then click Next.
4. Type a host name in the Host Name field.
5. Using the information documented in step 4 of Attach a Windows host with FC HBAs to the storage system, select the FC initiators for the host you are configuring, then click Next.
6. Group hosts together with other hosts in a cluster.
   1. For cluster configurations, group hosts together so that all hosts within the group share the same storage.
      • If this host is the first host in the cluster, select Create a new host group, type a name for the host group, and click Next.
      • If this host is being added to a host group that exists, select Add to existing host group, select the group from the drop-down list, and click Next.
        NOTE: The host must be mapped with the same access, port, and LUN settings to the same volumes or volume groups as every other initiator in the host group.
   2. For stand-alone hosts, select the Do not group this host option, then click Next.
7. On the Attach Volumes page, specify the name, size, and pool for each volume, and click Next.
   To add a volume, click Add Row. To remove a volume, click Remove.

   NOTE:Dell recommends that you update the name with the hostname to better identify the volumes.
8. On the Summary page, review the host configuration settings, and click Configure Host.
   If the host is successfully configured, a Success dialog box is displayed
9. Click Yes to return to the Introduction page of the wizard, or click No to close the wizard.