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Dell EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Windows P/N 300-000-603 REV 61 MAY 2020 Copyright © 2015-2020 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 Host Connectivity Guide for Windows CONTENTS PREFACE 5 Chapter 1 Introduction to Windows Infrastructure 7 Overview.............................................................................................................8 Terminology........................................................................................................8 Windows functions and utilities...........................................................................8 Supported network connectivity in Windows environment................................. 8 Fibre Channel.........................................................................................9 iSCSI......................................................................................................9 Supported hardware........................................................................................... 9 Chapter 2 Connectivity 11 Fibre Channel connectivity................................................................................ 12 Introduction..........................................................................................12 Configuring HBAs for a Windows host.................................................. 12 iSCSI connectivity............................................................................................. 17 Introduction.......................................................................................... 17 iSCSI discovery.................................................................................... 18 iSCSI Initiator cleanup.......................................................................... 19 NVMeoFC............................................................................................ 20 Booting from SAN.............................................................................................20 Introduction......................................................................................... 20 Supported environments......................................................................20 Limitations and guidelines.....................................................................21 Preparing host connectivity..................................................................21 Configuring a SAN boot for an FC-attached host.................................22 Direct-attached storage....................................................................................25 Network-attached storage................................................................................25 Chapter 3 Managing Storage and Disk Paths in a Windows Environment 27 Introduction...................................................................................................... 28 Dell EMC PowerPath for Windows....................................................................28 PowerPath for Windows...................................................................... 28 PowerPath verification and problem determination............................. 30 Microsoft Native MPIO.....................................................................................35 MPIO with Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019.................35 Veritas volume management software.............................................................. 38 Chapter 4 Host Connectivity with Dell EMC Products 39 PowerMax/VMAX All Flash...............................................................................40 Dell EMC PowerMax............................................................................ 40 Dell EMC VMAX All Flash..................................................................... 40 PowerMax/VMAX All Flash/VMAX3 - Device types ............................ 41 Local replication services .....................................................................41 Remote Replication Services ...............................................................42 Non-Disruptive Migration services ...................................................... 42 PowerMax/VMAX All Flash-Storage provisioning ............................... 43 Dell EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Windows 3 Contents Dell EMC PowerMax/VMAX All Flash/VMAX3 - Director bit settings .... 43 Midrange Storage............................................................................................. 44 Unity storage....................................................................................... 44 Storage configuration.......................................................................... 44 Features...............................................................................................47 Application considerations................................................................... 50 PowerStore......................................................................................... 55 VPLEX.............................................................................................................. 60 Overview..............................................................................................60 Documentation.................................................................................... 60 Prerequisites........................................................................................60 Provisioning and exporting storage.......................................................61 Storage volumes.................................................................................. 63 System volumes...................................................................................64 Required storage system setup............................................................65 Required VMAX series FA bit settings..................................................65 Supported storage arrays.................................................................... 66 Initiator settings on back-end arrays....................................................66 Host connectivity.................................................................................66 Configuring Fibre Channel HBAs..........................................................66 Windows Failover Clustering with VPLEX.............................................72 Setting up quorum on a Windows 2016/2019 Failover Cluster for VPLEX Metro clusters......................................................................................72 Setting up quorum on a Windows 2012 / 2012 R2 Failover Cluster for VPLEX Metro clusters.......................................................................... 77 Configuring quorum on Windows 2008/2008 R2 Failover Cluster for VPLEX Metro clusters..........................................................................80 XtremIO............................................................................................................ 84 Best practices for zoning and subnetting............................................. 84 Host Configuration for Microsoft Windows.......................................... 91 Chapter 5 Operating System Features 111 General Windows information.......................................................................... 112 Booting Windows from external storage...........................................................112 Boot-from-SAN...................................................................................112 Microsoft Windows failover clustering............................................................. 114 Operating system characteristics.....................................................................115 Hyper-V........................................................................................................... 116 4 Dell EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Windows PREFACE As part of an effort to improve its product lines, Dell EMC periodically releases revisions of its software and hardware. Therefore, some functions described in this document might not be supported by all versions of the software or hardware currently in use. The product release notes provide the most up-to-date information on product features. Contact your Dell EMC technical support professional if a product does not function properly or does not function as described in this document. Note: This document was accurate at publication time. Go to Dell EMC Online Support (https://support.emc.com) to ensure that you are using the latest version of this document. Purpose This guide describes the features and setup procedures for Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2012 host interfaces to Dell EMC storage arrays over Fibre Channel or iSCSI.