Sas support on esx/esxi hosts – Dell PowerVault MD3000i User Manual
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No Access
If users are not members of a role that has either the Read Only or Read Write Storage Administrator
permission, they cannot view any statistics from the vCenter Plug-in. If they attempt to access a vCenter Plug-
in feature they receive the User is not authorized to use this plug-in message as shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6. No Access Message
SAS Support on ESX/ESXi hosts
For the vCenter Plug-in to configure ESX and ESXi hosts to the Dell MD Storage Arrays, with SAS
connections, an updated version of the LSI SAS SMI-S provider must be installed on the ESX and ESXi hosts.
This section describes how to upgrade the SAS SMI-S provider.
NOTE: SAS Support is only available for ESX/ESXi 4.1 and later hosts. Previous versions of ESX and
ESXi are not supported.
NOTE: This upgrade is only required to allow for the Host to Storage Configuration option to
configure SAS connected storage arrays. If this functionality is not required (the storage
arrays are already configured or not using SAS connected storage arrays), the in-box
provider does not need to be upgraded.
To use the SAS provider, it must first be deployed on the ESX/ESXi servers to be configured. This requires
that SFTP or SCP be enabled on the ESX/ESXi hosts. Root access is also required to install the package, and to
install the package by remote login, either a new user must be created with host login rights or the root user
must be enabled for remote logins.
Enabling Root Login from a Console Login on ESX Hosts
1
Log in as root.
2
Open the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.
3
On the line that contains PermitRootLogin, change no to yes.
4
Save and close the file.
5
At the shell prompt, run the # service sshd restart command to reload the service.
Enabling Root Login from a Console Login on ESXi Hosts
1
Press F2 to switch to the diagnostic console.
2
Select Troubleshooting Options.
3
Select Enable Remote Tech Support.
4
Select Restart Management Agents.
5
Press Esc to close the Configuration menu.