Dell DX6000 Deployment Manual page 38

Dell DX Object Storage – File Gateway Deployment Guide
1. Cable the MD3200i as follows:
a. Connect the management ports on each controller to the public network.
b. Connect the data ports (4 on each controller) to the storage network.
2. Install the PowerVault Modular Disk Storage software (also known as MDCU) on a Windows or Linux
management station.
IMPORTANT: Do not install any Dell PowerVault Linux drivers.
NOTE: The management station should be separate from the CFS or CSN servers.
3. Run the management software and allow it to automatically discover storage devices.
NOTE: Autodiscovery assumes that the management station is on the same subnet of the public
network. If the Autodiscovery does not begin automatically when launching the application, select
Tools  Autodiscovery in the console.
4. Configure RAID arrays and virtual disks (LUNs).
a. Open the MD3200i management screen by double-clicking on storage array.
b. Click the Logical tab, right-click a disk, and click Create to configure the drives on the
MD3200i into a single RAID5 array, leaving one disk as hotspare.
c. Click the Logical tab, right-click an array, and click Create to configure the LUNs.
NOTE: Use essentially the same logic as you did for sizing the storage nodes on a DX
cluster when creating virtual disks in the shared spool. For example, if the customer has
larger file sizes, you should create larger LUNs. If you have reason to believe that the
customer may add additional CFS file systems in the future, you can create extra LUNs for
them to use when necessary, or leave unconfigured space for expansion.
5. Create a host group on the MD3200i for each failover node pair.
a. Mappings menu  Define  Host Group
b. Enter host group name and click OK.
6. Assign the LUNs you created to the host group with whatever LUN numbers are desired.
a. Expand Undefined Mappings, right click on the LUN and then select Define Additional
Mappings.
b. Select Host group or host.
c. Select LUN # and click Add.
7. Configure iSCSI on the MD3200i.
a. Setup tab.
b. Configure iSCSI Host Ports
c. IP address and subnet mask
d. Don't need gateway
e. Select iSCSI host ports for other data ports and configure the same.
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