Dell PowerStore 3000T EMC PowerStore Host Configuration Guide - Page 4

Recommended Configuration Values Summary...25 Fibre Channel HBA Configuration...26 Pre-Requisites...26 iSCSI Configuration...26 Pre-Requisites...26 Multipathing Software Configuration...26 Configuring Native Multipathing Using Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO 26 Post-Configuration Steps - Using the PowerStore Storage 27 Presenting PowerStore Volumes to the Windows Host 27 Creating a File System...28 Chapter 5: Host Configuration for Linux 29 Recommended Configuration Values Summary...29 Fibre Channel Configuration...30 Pre-Requisites...30 iSCSI Configuration...30 Pre-Requisites...30 Configuring the PowerStore Cluster Disk Device with iSCSI 30 Configuring the PowerStore Cluster Disk Device with iSCSI - Single Network Subnet Support 31 Multipathing Software Configuration...32 Configuring Linux Native Multipathing...32 Configuring Oracle ASM...34 Post-Configuration Steps - Using the PowerStore Cluster 34 Presenting PowerStore Cluster Volumes to the Linux Host 34 Partition Alignment in Linux...35 Creating a File System...35 Chapter 6: Host Configuration for AIX 36 Recommended Configuration Values Summary...36 Fibre Channel Configuration...37 Pre-Requisites...37 Queue Depth...37 Fast I/O Failure for Fibre Channel Devices...37 Dynamic Tracking...38 Fibre Channel Adapter Device Driver Maximum I/O Size 38 Dell EMC AIX ODM Installation...39 Dell EMC AIX ODM Installation Requirements...39 Appendix A: Considerations for Boot from SAN with PowerStore 40 Consideration for Boot from SAN with PowerStore...40 4 Contents