Manually Adding Satp Rule In Esx/Esxi 5.0; Verifying Alua On Vmware Esx/Esxi; Verifying If Host Server Is Using Alua For Md Storage Array - Dell PowerVault MD Series Administrator's Manual

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# esxcli nmp satp addrule –s VMW_SATP_ALUA –V DELL –M
tpgs_off
array_PID is your storage array model/product ID. To select the appropriate array_PID for your storage
Where,
array, see the following table.
Table 8. Storage Arrays and Model/Product IDs (
Storage Array
MD3260
MD3260i
MD3660i
MD3660f
2.
Reboot your ESX-based host server.

Manually Adding SATP Rule In ESX/ESXi 5.0

To manually add the SATP rule in ESX/ESXi 5.0:
1.
Run the following command: # esxcli storage nmp satp rule add –s VMW_SATP_ALUA –V
array_PID -c tpgs_on
DELL –M
array_PID is your storage array model/product ID. To select the appropriate array_PID for your storage
Where,
array, see the table Storage Arrays and Model/Product IDs (
(Update 1 And Update
2.
Reboot your ESX-based host server.

Verifying ALUA On VMware ESX/ESXi

To verify that the SATP claim rule you set is added in VMware ESX/ESXi:
Run the following command for ESX 4.1 (all versions):
# esxcli nmp satp listrules -s VMW_SATP_LSI
Verify that the claim rule for the VID/PID = Dell
flag specified.
Run the following command for ESX/ESXi 5.0:
# esxcli storage nmp satp rule list –s VMW_SATP_ALUA
Verify that the claim rule for VMW_SATP_ALUA with the VID/PID = Dell
flag specified.

Verifying If Host Server Is Using ALUA For MD Storage Array

To confirm that the host server is using the ALUA plugin:
For ESX 4.1, run the following command: #esxcli nmp device list
For ESX/ESXi 5.0, run the following command: #esxcli storage nmp device list
The value for Storage Array Type must be VMW_SATP_ALUA on each MD Series storage array.
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array_PID
MD32xx
MD32xxi
MD36xxi
MD36xxf
2).
array_PID )
array_PID ) in
Manually Adding SATP Rule In ESX 4.1
/array_PID shows Claim Options with the tpgs_off
array_PID -c
/array_PID shows the tpgs_on

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