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9.11

Enable S2D

The

Enable-ClusterS2D

cmdlet puts the cluster in S2D mode. It creates the storage pool, configures the

S2D cache drives, and creates capacity and performance tiers.

1.

Run the following command on any one of the Ready Nodes to enable S2D on the cluster:

PS>

Enable-ClusterS2D

–

Verbose

Note:

The command only needs to be run on once as it applies to the entire cluster. The

-Verbose

option is

useful as it shows the S2D configuration steps as they are executed on the screen. The above command will

fail if run from the management system because the Cluster Service is not running on it. Optionally, the

following command can be run from the management system to remotely execute the command on any one

of the Ready Nodes (storage-01 in this example):

PS> Enable-ClusterS2D

–

CimSession storage-01 -Verbose

The following message is displayed:

Confirm

Are you sure you want to perform this action?

Performing operation 'Enable Cluster Storage Spaces Direct' on Target

'Cluster-01'.

[Y] Yes

[A] Yes to All

[N] No

[L] No to All

[S] Suspend

[?] Help

(default is "Y"):

2. Answer

Y

to proceed. When complete, output similar to the following is displayed:

Node

EnableReportName

----

----------------

STORAGE-01 C:\Windows\Cluster\Reports\EnableClusterS2D on 2019.02.12-

16.17.51.htm

3.

Review the report and address any warnings if they appear.

9.12

Create storage volumes

Note:

The following commands are run on any one of the Ready Nodes. Microsoft recommends using the

CSVFS_ReFS filesystem and limiting the size of each volume to 32TB on Windows Server 2016 and 64TB on

Windows Server 2019.

Create S2D storage volumes with the

New-Volume

cmdlet. The following commands create two 2TB

volumes named Volume1 and Volume2:

PS>

New-Volume -FriendlyName "Volume1" -FileSystem CSVFS_ReFS -

StoragePoolFriendlyName S2D* -Size 2TB

PS>

New-Volume -FriendlyName "Volume2" -FileSystem CSVFS_ReFS -

StoragePoolFriendlyName S2D* -Size 2TB

Note:

After the volumes are created, each Ready Node has links to the volumes under C:\ClusterStorage.

Section	Page
1 Introduction	6
1.1 Typographical conventions	6
1.2 Attachments	6
2 Hardware Overview	7
2.1 Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON	7
2.2 Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON	7
2.3 Dell EMC S2D Ready Nodes	7
2.4 Management system	8
2.5 Supported Dell EMC Networking switches	8
3 Topology	9
3.1 Connections to leaf switches	10
3.2 Connections to OOB management switch	11
4 Configuration planning	12
4.1 RDMA overview	12
4.2 DCB overview	12
4.3 Ready Node network adapter options	12
4.3.1 QLogic FastLinQ QL41262	12
4.3.2 Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx	12
4.4 Adapter/RDMA/DCB options	13
4.5 VLANs and IP addressing	13
5 Configure network adapters	14
5.1 Reset network adapters to factory defaults	14
5.2 Configure QLogic QL41262 adapters	15
5.3 Verify Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx adapter settings	19
6 Leaf switch configuration prerequisites	22
6.1 Check switch OS version	22
6.2 Verify license installation	22
6.3 Factory default configuration	23
7 Configure leaf switches	24
7.1 General settings	25
7.2 Configure port-groups	25
7.3 Configure VLANs and VRRP	26
7.4 Configure storage interfaces	27
7.5 Configure in-band management interfaces	28
7.6 Configure VLT	29
7.7 Configure DCB	30
8 Switch validation	33
8.1 General commands	33
8.1.1 show interface status	33
8.1.2 show vlan	33
8.1.3 show lldp neighbors	34
8.1.4 show vrrp brief	34
8.2 VLT validation commands	35
8.2.1 show vlt domain_id	35
8.2.2 show vlt domain_id backup-link	35
8.2.3 show vlt domain_id mismatch	36
9 S2D Ready Node configuration and deployment	37
9.1 Initial state	37
9.2 Ensure DCB is disabled on Intel X710 adapters	38
9.3 Install roles and features	39
9.4 Configure the in-band management and VM network	39
9.5 Configure storage networks	40
9.5.1 Configure storage VLANs	40
9.5.2 Configure storage IP addresses	40
9.5.3 Enable RDMA	41
9.5.4 Enable iWARP on QLogic adapters	41
9.5.5 Enable jumbo frames on NICs	41
9.6 Join Ready Nodes to the Active Directory domain	42
9.7 Clean disks	42
9.8 Run the Test-Cluster cmdlet	44
9.9 Create the cluster	44
9.10 Configure a cluster witness	45
9.11 Enable S2D	46
9.12 Create storage volumes	46
9.13 Configure DCB on Ready Nodes	47
10 PowerShell validation commands and output	48
10.1 Get-NetAdapter	48
10.2 Get-VMSwitch	48
10.3 Get-NetIPAddress	49
10.4 Get-NetRoute	49
10.5 Get-DnsClientServerAddress	49
10.6 View VLAN IDs	49
10.7 Get-NetAdapterRdma	50
10.8 Ensure iWARP is enabled (QLogic adapters only)	50
10.9 View jumbo frame settings	50
10.10 Storage validation commands	51
10.10.1 Get-PhysicalDisk	51
10.10.2 Get-StoragePool	52
10.10.3 Get-VirtualDisk	52
10.11 DCB validation commands	52
10.11.1 Get-NetQosPolicy	52
10.11.2 Get-NetAdapterQos	53
10.11.3 Get-NetQosFlowControl	54
10.11.4 Get-NetQosTrafficClass	54
10.11.5 Get-NetQosDcbxSetting	54
10.11.6 Verify Mellanox adapters are set to “Host in Charge”	54
11 Switch DCB validation commands	55
11.1 Show queuing statistics	55
11.2 Show interface priority flow control	55
A Validated components	56
A.1 Dell EMC Networking Switches	56
A.2 S2D Ready Nodes	56
A.3 Management System	57
A.4 Dell EMC Networking Optics and Cables	58
A.5 S2D Ready Node and management system software	58
B Port-groups	59
C Technical resources	61
D Fabric Design Center	62

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