Dell PowerVault MD Series - 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

– # esxcli nmp satp addrule –s VMW_SATP_ALUA –V DELL –M array_PID -c
tpgs_off
Where, array_PID is your storage array model/product ID. To select the appropriate array_PID for your storage
array, see the following table.
Table 8. Storage Arrays and Model/Product IDs (
array_PID )
Storage Array array_PID
MD3260
MD32xx
MD3260i
MD32xxi
MD3660i
MD36xxi
MD3660f
MD36xxf
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
DELL –M
array_PID -c tpgs_on
Where, array_PID is your storage array model/product ID. To select the appropriate array_PID for your storage
array, see the table Storage Arrays and Model/Product IDs ( array_PID ) in Manually Adding SATP Rule In ESX 4.1
(Update 1 And Update 2).
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 /array_PID shows Claim Options with the tpgs_off
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 /array_PID shows the tpgs_on
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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