Expanding With New Powervault Md1200 Series Expansion Enclosures - Dell PowerVault MD3200i Deployment Manual

Expanding With New PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures

Perform the following steps to attach new PowerVault MD1200 series
expansion enclosures to a PowerVault MD3200i series storage array:
1 Before adding the expansion enclosure(s), ensure that the storage array
software is installed and up to date. For more information, see the Support
Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals.
Install the software and driver package included on the PowerVault
a
MD series resource media.
For information about installing the software, see "The PowerVault
MD series storage software installer provides features that include the
core software, providers, and optional utilities. The core software
feature includes the host-based storage agent, multipath driver, and
MD Storage Manager (MDSM) application used to configure,
manage, and monitor the storage array solution. The providers feature
includes providers for the Microsoft Virtual Disk Service (VDS) and
Microsoft Volume Shadow-Copy Service (VSS) framework. The
PowerVault Modular Disk Configuration Utility (MDCU) is an
optional utility that provides a consolidated approach for configuring
the management ports, iSCSI host ports, and creating sessions for the
iSCSI Modular Disk storage arrays. It is recommended that you install
and use PowerVault MDCU to configure iSCSI on each host
connected to the storage array." on page 27.
Set up the PowerVault MD1200 series expansion enclosure(s).
b
For information about setting up the PowerVault MD1200 series
expansion enclosure(s), see the Hardware Owner's Manual at
support.dell.com/manuals.
Using PowerVault MDSM, update the RAID controller module
c
firmware and NVSRAM to the latest versions available on
support.dell.com. From the Enterprise Management Window
(EMW).
Click Tools Upgrade RAID Controller Module Firmware.
d
2 Stop I/O and turn off all systems:
Stop all I/O to the storage array and turn off affected host systems
a
attached to the storage array.
Turn off the storage array.
b
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