Dell EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for Vmware Vsphere Client Version 8.4
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Dell EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere Client Version 8.4 Product Guide REV 01 May 2020 Copyright © 2018-2020 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS-IS.” DELL MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE, COPYING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY DELL SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION REQUIRES AN APPLICABLE SOFTWARE LICENSE. Dell Technologies, Dell, EMC, Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Published in the USA. Dell EMC Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748-9103 1-508-435-1000 In North America 1-866-464-7381 www.DellEMC.com 2 Dell EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere Client Product Guide CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction 7 About this document...........................................................................................8 Audience................................................................................................ 8 Scope.....................................................................................................8 Related Documentation..........................................................................8 Product Overview...............................................................................................8 Dell EMC Storage System Requirements.......................................................... 10 Chapter 2 Deploying and Unregistering VSI Plug-in 13 Overview........................................................................................................... 14 Software prerequisites...................................................................................... 14 Upgrade VSI Plug-in.......................................................................................... 14 Upgrade VSI Plug-in using DockerHub..................................................14 Upgrade VSI using Package..................................................................16 Deploying the VSI Plug-in.................................................................................. 17 Default Port Assignment................................................................................... 19 Unregistering the VSI plug-in.............................................................................19 Chapter 3 Dell EMC VSI 21 Dell EMC VSI Dashboard...................................................................................22 Register vCenter Servers..................................................................................22 Unregister vCenter Servers.............................................................................. 23 Chapter 4 Managing VMAX All Flash/PowerMax Storage System with VSI 25 Introduction...................................................................................................... 26 Register VMAX All Flash/PowerMax Storage System.......................................26 Unregister VMAX All Flash/PowerMax Storage System................................... 27 View VMAX All Flash/PowerMax Storage System............................................ 27 Edit Dell EMC PowerMax Storage System........................................................28 Register Storage Group.................................................................................... 29 Unregister Storage Group.................................................................................29 View Storage Group..........................................................................................30 Create VMFS Datastores on a VMAX All Flash/PowerMax Storage System.....30 View Datastore Details.......................................................................................31 VMAX All Flash/PowerMax Host Best Practices...............................................32 Create RDMs on VMAX All Flash/PowerMax Storage System..........................32 Delete RDMs from Dell EMC PowerMax Storage System.................................34 View Storage Details for RDMs and vVols.........................................................34 Dell EMC PowerMax Usage Limits.................................................................... 34 View Usage Limits................................................................................35 Set Usage Limits..................................................................................35 Increase VMFS Datastore Capacity ................................................................. 36 Delete Datastores on PowerMax Storage system............................................. 37 Chapter 5 Managing XtremIO Storage System with VSI 39 Introduction...................................................................................................... 40 Register XtremIO Storage System....................................................................40 Dell EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere Client Product Guide 3 Contents Unregister XtremIO Storage System................................................................. 41 View XtremIO Storage System.......................................................................... 41 Edit Dell EMC XtremIO Storage System........................................................... 42 Create VMFS Datastores on XtremIO Storage System.....................................42 View Datastore Details......................................................................................43 Edit VMFS Datastore Properties.......................................................................44 XtremIO Host Best Practices............................................................................44 Create RDMs on XtremIO Storage System.......................................................45 Chapter 6 Managing Unity Storage System with VSI 47 Introduction...................................................................................................... 48 Register Unity Storage System.........................................................................48 Unregister Unity Storage System..................................................................... 49 View Unity Storage System Details...................................................................50 Edit Dell EMC Unity Storage System................................................................50 Register Unity Storage Pool.............................................................................. 51 Unregister Unity Storage Pools........................................................................ 52 View Unity Storage Pool Details........................................................................52 Register NAS Servers....................................................................................... 53 Unregister Unity NAS Servers.......................................................................... 53 View Unity NAS Server Details......................................................................... 54 Register Unity Capability Profiles..................................................................... 54 Unregister Unity Capability Profiles.................................................................. 55 View Unity Capability Profiles........................................................................... 55 Manage Unity Capability Profile Access............................................................56 Create VMFS Datastores on Unity Storage System..........................................57 Create NFS Datastores on Unity Storage System.............................................58 Create vVol Datastores on a Unity Storage System..........................................58 View NFS/VMFS/vVol Datastore Storage Details............................................ 59 Edit VMFS Datastore Properties.......................................................................60 Edit NFS Datastore Properties......................................................................... 60 Edit vVol Datastore Properties.......................................................................... 61 Manage Access and Connectivity for NFS datastores....................................... 61 Unity Host Best Practices.................................................................................62 Create RDMs on Unity Storage System............................................................62 View Datastore Details......................................................................................64 View Storage Details for RDMs and vVols.........................................................64 Chapter 7 Managing PowerStore Storage System with VSI 65 Introduction...................................................................................................... 66 Register a Dell EMC PowerStore Storage System............................................ 66 Unregister a Dell EMC PowerStore Storage System.........................................67 Edit a Dell EMC PowerStore Storage System................................................... 67 Grant/Revoke Storage Access......................................................................... 68 Manage VMFS Datastores for PowerStore.......................................................69