Dell PowerStore 3000T EMC PowerStore Host Configuration Guide - Page 27

Enabling MPIO on the Windows Host and Configuring MPIO for PowerStore Volumes Presented to the Host

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Enabling MPIO on the Windows Host and Configuring MPIO for PowerStore Volumes Presented to the Host This topic describes enabling and configuring MPIO on the Windows host. About this task Before configuring the native multipathing, you should enable MPIO on the server by adding the MPIO feature to Windows. Steps 1. Open PowerShell on the host. 2. Run the following commands to install MPIO if it is not already installed: Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName MultiPathIO Enable-WindowsOPtionalFeature -Online -FeatureName MultiPathIO 3. Run the following command to set vid/pid: New-MSDSMSupportedHW -VendorId DellEMC -ProductId PowerStore 4. Run one of the following commands to set RoundRobin failover policy or Least Queue Depth failover policy, respectively: • Round-Robin Set-MSDSMGlobalDefaultLoadBalancePolicy -Policy RR • Least Queue Depth Set-MSDSMGlobalDefaultLoadBalancePolicy -Policy LQD 5. Run the following commands to set MPIO timeout values: Set-MPIOSetting -NewPathVerificationState Enabled Set-MPIOSetting -NewPathVerificationPeriod 30 Set-MPIOSetting -NewPDORemovePeriod 20 Set-MPIOSetting -NewRetryCount 3 Set-MPIOSetting -NewRetryInterval 3 Set-MPIOSetting -custompathrecovery enabled Set-MPIOSetting -newpathrecoveryinterval 10 Set-MPIOSetting -NewDiskTimeout 30 6. To verify MPIO settings on the host, run the following command: Get-MPIOSetting Post-Configuration Steps - Using the PowerStore Storage This topic describes the post-configuration steps using the PowerStore Storage. After the host configuration is completed, you can use the PowerStore storage from the host. For details on creating, presenting and managing volumes accessed from the host via either the GUI or the CLI, refer to the PowerStore User Guide that matches the version running on your PowerStore cluster. Presenting PowerStore Volumes to the Windows Host This topic discusses presenting PowerStore Volumes to the Windows host. When adding host groups and hosts to allow Windows hosts to access PowerStore volumes, specify Windows as the operating system for the newly-created hosts. Host Configuration for Microsoft Windows 27

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Enabling MPIO on the Windows Host and Configuring MPIO for
PowerStore Volumes Presented to the Host
This topic describes enabling and configuring MPIO on the Windows host.
About this task
Before configuring the native multipathing, you should enable MPIO on the server by adding the MPIO feature to Windows.
Steps
1.
Open PowerShell on the host.
2.
Run the following commands to install MPIO if it is not already installed:
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName MultiPathIO
Enable-WindowsOPtionalFeature -Online -FeatureName MultiPathIO
3.
Run the following command to set vid/pid:
New-MSDSMSupportedHW -VendorId DellEMC -ProductId PowerStore
4.
Run one of the following commands to set RoundRobin failover policy or Least Queue Depth failover policy, respectively:
•
Round-Robin
Set-MSDSMGlobalDefaultLoadBalancePolicy -Policy RR
•
Least Queue Depth
Set-MSDSMGlobalDefaultLoadBalancePolicy -Policy LQD
5.
Run the following commands to set MPIO timeout values:
Set-MPIOSetting -NewPathVerificationState Enabled
Set-MPIOSetting -NewPathVerificationPeriod 30
Set-MPIOSetting -NewPDORemovePeriod 20
Set-MPIOSetting -NewRetryCount 3
Set-MPIOSetting -NewRetryInterval 3
Set-MPIOSetting -custompathrecovery enabled
Set-MPIOSetting -newpathrecoveryinterval 10
Set-MPIOSetting -NewDiskTimeout 30
6.
To verify MPIO settings on the host, run the following command:
Get-MPIOSetting
Post-Configuration Steps - Using the PowerStore
Storage
This topic describes the post-configuration steps using the PowerStore Storage.
After the host configuration is completed, you can use the PowerStore storage from the host. For details on creating, presenting and
managing volumes accessed from the host via either the GUI or the CLI, refer to the
PowerStore User Guide
that matches the version
running on your PowerStore cluster.
Presenting PowerStore Volumes to the Windows Host
This topic discusses presenting PowerStore Volumes to the Windows host.
When adding host groups and hosts to allow Windows hosts to access PowerStore volumes, specify
Windows
as the operating system
for the newly-created hosts.
Host Configuration for Microsoft Windows
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