Dell PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore Guide

Installing the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host

The following methods exist to install the Dell EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module (MEM) kit on an ESXi host:

• Command line installation using esxcli commands
• Installation using install script on vSphere Management Assistant (VMA) or vSphere Command-Line Interface (VCLI)
• Installation using VMware Upgrade Manager (VUM)

The kit and the associated user guide can be downloaded from the Dell EqualLogic support site https://eqlsupport.dell.com.

For the supported versions of Dell EqualLogic Peer Storage (PS) source system and Dell EqualLogic MEM kit, see the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix document at https://www.dell.com/powerstoredocs.

The following configurations are supported:

• Virtual machine file system (VMFS) datastores
• Raw device mapping (RDM) – Windows RDM
  • Clustering Microsoft Clustering Service (MSCS) virtual machines on a single host
  • Clustering virtual machines across physical hosts