Sas Support On Esx/Esxi Hosts - Dell PowerVault MD3600f User Manual

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SAS Sup port on E ESX/ESXi
For the vCen nter Plug-in t o configure E
connections, , an updated v version of the
This section describes ho ow to upgrade
NOTE: SAS Support is only available f
ESXi are e not supported d.
NOTE: This upgrade e is only requi
configu ure SAS conne ected storage
arrays are already co onfigured or n
provide er does not ne eed to be upg
To use the S SAS provider, , it must first
that SFTP or r SCP be enab bled on the E
install the pa ackage by rem mote login, ei
must be enab bled for remo ote logins.
Enabling Ro oot Login from m a Console
1
Log i in as root .
2
Open n the /etc/s
ssh/sshd_c
3
On th he line that co ontains Perm
4
Save and close the e file.
5
At the e shell promp pt, run the #
Enabling Ro oot Login from m a Console
1
Press F2 to switch h to the diagno
2
Selec ct Troublesho ooting Optio
3
Selec ct Enable Rem mote Tech S
4
Selec ct Restart Ma anagement A
5
Press Esc to close the Configur
Dell MD Storage A Array vCenter Plug g-in
t has either th he Read Only
istics from th he vCenter Plu
authorized to o use this plug
i hosts
ESX and ESX Xi hosts to the
e LSI SAS SM MI-S provide
e the SAS SM MI-S provider
for ESX/ESXi 4. 1 and later host
red to allow fo or the Host to
arrays. If this s functionality
not using SAS S connected st
raded.
be deployed on the ESX/E
ESX/ESXi ho sts. Root acce
ither a new us ser must be cr
Login on ESX X Hosts
config file. .
gin , change n
mitRootLog
service s sshd rest
Login on ESX Xi Hosts
ostic console. .
ns .
upport .
Agents .
ration menu. .
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or Read Writ te Storage Ad
ug-in. If they attempt to ac
g-in message as shown in
e Dell MD Sto orage Arrays
r must be inst talled on the
.
ts. Previous ve rsions of ESX a
o Storage Con figuration opt
y is not require ed (the storag
torage arrays) ), the in-box
ESXi servers to be configu
ess is also req quired to insta
reated with h host login righ
no to yes .
art comman nd to reload t
dministrator
ccess a vCent ter Plug-
Figure 6.
, with SAS
ESX and ESX Xi hosts.
nd
tion to
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ured. This req quires
all the packag ge, and to
hts or the root t user
the service.