Dell EqualLogic PS6210XV EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module Installation - Page 11

Configuring Your Network for the Dell EqualLogic MEM To configure your vSwitch for the Dell EqualLogic MEM , use the following syntax: setup.pl --configure --bestpractices --server=hostname [--username=username] [--password=password] --nics=NIC1,NIC2,... --ips=IP1,IP2,... [--vswitch=vswitchname] [--mtu=mtu] [--vlanid=vlanid] [--vmkernel=vmkernel_prefix] [--netmask=subnet_mask] [--disable] [--disable --RR] [--disable --Fixed] [--enableswiscsi] [--nohwiscsi] [--groupip=PS group IP] [--vds] [--logfile=logfilename] [--heartbeat=IP] [--chapuser=username] [--chapsecret=secret] [--vihost=vihostname] [--viusername=viusername] Your configuration may not require all of the parameters. See the following table for a description of the configuration parameters. Table 4. Parameters Used for vSwitch Configuration Parameter --bestpractices Description Default Applies Dell Best Practices when configuring the iSCSI networking. This practice none includes setting three parameters on the iSCSI initiator, LoginTimeout to 60 seconds, DelayAck to False, and LRO to Disable. See Dell Best Practices for iSCSI Networking. --nics Comma-separated list of vmknics to use for multipathing. none --ips Comma-separated list of IP addresses to assign to VMkernel ports used for multipathing. none --vswitch Name of vSwitch to create. setup.pl uses the existing vSwitch if one is found. vSwitchISCSI --mtu MTU to use for VMkernel ports and vSwitch used for multipathing. 1500 --vmkernel Prefix to use for VMkernel ports created for multipathing. iSCSI --netmask Subnet mask used for VMkernel ports created for multipathing. 255.255.255.0 --disable Disable the default routing value of DELL_PSP_EQL_ROUTED. This action changes the routing to VMWARE_PSP_FIXED. not set --disable --RR Disable the default routing of DELL_PSP_EQL_ROUTED and set the routing to VMWARE_PSP_RR (round robin). When the path is set to round robin, the IOPS is set to 3. not set --disable --Fixed Disable the default routing of DELL_PSP_EQL_ROUTED and set the path to VMW_FIXED_PATH. not set --enableswiscsi Enable the VMware software iSCSI initiator if not already enabled. not set --nohwiscsi Ignores any supported iSCSI offload network cards, and uses only the VMware software iSCSI initiator. If the configuration script detects iSCSI offload network cards, it uses this capability by default unless this parameter is set. not set --groupip Sets the specified IP address as a Send Targets discovery address for all iSCSI none initiators that were configured to bind vmknics. --vds Use a vNetwork Distributed Switch instead of a standard vSwitch. not set --logfile Specify a file to use to record a log of network configuration actions. setup.log --heartbeat IP address to use for a highly available VMkernel port on the iSCSI subnet. This none VMkernel port uses all physical NICs on the vSwitch so that it remains online if a single NIC or switch failure occurs. This parameter is recommended for ESXi 5.0 and earlier. Installing Dell EqualLogic MEM 11