Dell Acceleration Appliances for Databases - Manual (Page 4)

Changing the IP Addresses for Cluster Interconnect Ports ......................................................... 25
Changing the iSCSI Port IP Address ........................................................................................... 25
HA (High Availability) and Configuring Clusters ............................................................................... 28
ABOUT ION ACCELERATOR HIGH AVAILABILITY ....................................................................... 28
ISCSI CONNECTIONS FOR HA .................................................................................................... 29
FABRIC AND CLUSTER INTERCONNECT CARDS (ISCSI) .............................................................. 30
ConnectX®-3 cluster interconnect card..................................................................................... 30
Multipathing Overview .................................................................................................................... 31
NETWORK FABRIC AND HOSTS SUPPORTED ............................................................................. 31
ABOUT MULTIPATHING ............................................................................................................. 32
LOAD-BALANCE POLICIES FOR MPIO ........................................................................................ 32
Configuring Multipathing on Windows............................................................................................ 33
INSTALLING MULTIPATH ON WINDOWS ................................................................................... 33
Installing Multipath on Windows Server 2008 ........................................................................... 33
Installing Multipath on Windows Server 2012 ........................................................................... 34
CONFIGURING WINDOWS MULTIPATHING ............................................................................... 35
Configuring Multipathing on Windows Server 2008 ................................................................. 36
Configuring Multipathing on Windows Server 2012 ................................................................. 39
Discovering Multipaths .............................................................................................................. 41
CONFIGURING ISCSI INITIATORS FOR WINDOWS ...................................................................... 42
Standalone Mode ...................................................................................................................... 42
HA Mode .................................................................................................................................. 43
SETTING UP ISCSI IN WINDOWS ................................................................................................ 43
Creating Windows Initiators in ION Accelerator ......................................................................... 46
Configuring Multipathing on Linux .................................................................................................. 48
INSTALLING MPIO ON LINUX ..................................................................................................... 48
Common mpathconf Settings ................................................................................................... 48
Installing Multipathing in HA Mode ........................................................................................... 49
Installing Multipathing with Host-Based Mirroring (RAID/LVM/ASM) in Standalone Mode ......... 49
Restarting Multipathing ............................................................................................................. 50
Setting the Node Session Timeout for iSCSI ............................................................................... 51
LINUX ISCSI INITIATOR NOTES ................................................................................................... 51
HA Mode .................................................................................................................................. 52
Standalone Mode ...................................................................................................................... 52
SETTING UP LINUX ISCSI INITIATORS ......................................................................................... 53
Discovering and Accessing an ION Accelerator Volume ............................................................. 53