Managing devices on mpio – Dell PowerVault NX3200 User Manual
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used with Fibre Channel, Internet SCSI (iSCSI), and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interfaces in Windows Server 2008,
Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012.
MPIO provides the following features:
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High application availability through failover clustering
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High availability for storage arrays
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SAS disk compatibility
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The ability to perform MPIO tasks through Windows PowerShell cmdlets
NOTE: To work with the DSM provided by Microsoft, storage must be SCSI Primary Commands-3 (SPC-3)
compliant.
Managing Devices On MPIO
To manage devices on MPIO:
1.
In the Server Manager menu bar, click Tools → MPIO .
The MPIO Properties window is displayed.
2.
On the MPIO Devices tab, click Add and enter the Device hardware ID of the device you want to add MPIO support
for and click OK.
3.
The device hardware ID's are seen in the Discover Multi-Paths tab.
NOTE: A device hardware ID is a combination of vendor’s name and a product string that matches the device
ID that is maintained by MPIO in its supported device list. The vendor and product IDs are provided by the
storage provider, and they are specific to each type of hardware.
4.
On the DSM Install tab, enter the DSM INF file and click Install or Uninstall to install/Uninstall a DSM.
5.
On the Configuration Snapshot tab, capture the snapshot of the current MPIO configuration on the system, specify
a filename for the information to be captured and click Capture.
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