Dell PowerVault NX1950- Manuals

Page 2 - Table of Contents

Table of Contents 1. Introduction..................................................................................................... 3 2. Architectural Setup ......................................................................................... 4 3. iSCSI Connectivity Support .....................

Page 3 - Introduction; The PowerVault NX1950 can be

1. Introduction Dell™ PowerVault™ NX1950 is a unified network storage solution that simultaneously stores both file and application data while supporting a wide range of operating environments and communication protocols, including the iSCSI standard . The PowerVault NX1950 can be deployed as an i...

Page 4 - Operating System; iSCSI software initiator with ESX Server

2. Architectural Setup The following figure illustrates a typical setup for using NX1950 in an ESX Server farm. As a best practice, Dell recommends using dedicated Gigabit Ethernet network to handle iSCSI storage traffic. Figure 1: Typical NX1950 storage solution architecture for VMware ESX Serv...

Page 5 - Select interface for storage requests; : On the NX1950 server, open the Microsoft iSCSI; Figure 2: Network selection to serve storage requests

4. PowerVault NX1950 storage setup and configuration For information on storage configuration on NX1950, refer to NX1950 Deployment Guide at http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/stor-sys/pvnx1950/en/dg/dg_en.pdf Select interface for storage requests : On the NX1950 server, open the Micr...

Page 6 - Figure 3: iSCSI software initiator tab on VI client

5. iSCSI Software Initiator Configuration on ESX Server This section lists the steps required to configure the software initiator on the VMware ESX Server. Connect to the ESX server/VirtualCenter using VI Client, and follow the below steps: 1. Select Configuration->Storage Adapter...

Page 7 - Figure 5: iSCSI software initiator after initial configuration; Add; Figure 6: iSCSI software initiator properties window; Close

Figure 5: iSCSI software initiator after initial configuration 5. Select Properties under storage adapters. Select Dynamic Discovery. Select Add . Provide the IP address of the bridge configured on NX1950 and click OK. Figure 6: iSCSI software initiator properties window 6. Click Close . Dell Inc. 7

Page 8 - click; Figure 7: iSCSI target creation wizard; Select Next to continue.; Figure 8: iSCSI initiator selection wizard; Finish

6. iSCSI Target and Virtual Disk Configuration on NX1950 6.1 Create iSCSI Target Follow the below steps to create an iSCSI target on the NX1950. Open the Microsoft iSCSI Target Software from Start->Administrative Tools->Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 1. Right click iSCSI...

Page 9 - Figure 9: Create virtual disk wizard

6.2 Create Virtual Disks 1. Right click newly created iSCSI target and select Create Virtual Disk for iSCSI Target . The create virtual disk wizard appears next. 2. Create virtual disk: The virtual disk is created as a file residing on a formatted storage volume (preferably formatted as an NTF...

Page 10 - Figure 10: iSCSI target and LUNs as visible through VI client

7. Configure iSCSI storage on ESX Server Connect to the ESX Server/VirtualCenter using VI Client and follow the steps below. 1. Go to the configuration tab and select Storage Adapters . Select the iSCSI Software Adapter and click Rescan . The newly created iSCSI target and LUN should be ...