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Postedon09/09/2014byvcdx133
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howtoprovisionaLUN(lessthan239GB)forvSphereonanEMCSymmetrixVMAXusingthe
UnisphereforVMAXGUI.ThebasicarchitectureoftheVMAXiscoveredhere
(http://wp.me/p4znjP4b).IfyouwanttobuildLUNsgreaterthan238GB,youfollowthesame
procedure,butwiththeadditionalstepofcreatingaMetaVolume(multipleTDEVsboundtoa
singlelogicalvolume).
Summary
CreatetheLUNTDEV(ThinDevice)
CreatetheStorageGroupandbindtheTDEVtoit
CreatetheInitiatorGroupwiththeESXiHBAWWPNs
CreatetheMaskingViewandbindtheStorageGroup,PortGroupandInitiatorGrouptoit
AppendixSetPortAttributesforvSphere
Prerequisites
YouhaveadministratoraccesstotheEMCSymmetrixVMAXandUnisphereforVMAXGUI.
EMCSymmetrixVMAXEnginuitycode5876.268.174withEMCUnisphereforVMAXversion
1.6.0.8.
SymmetrixVMAXisbeingconfiguredforVirtualVolumeswithFASTVP,notRegular
VolumesandFASTDP.
Youknowyourstorageenvironment,inparticular,howtozonetheSANFabricandwhich
VMAXFrontEndPortsarebeingusedforyourESXihosts.
Thisprocedurebreaksthetasksintotheirmostbasicsteps,youcanalsousetheProvision
StoragewizardintheCommonTaskssectionontherightoftheGUI.SymmetrixVMAX
gurusalsousesymclitoscriptviaCLInotcoveredhere.
CreatetheLUNTDEV(ThinDevice)
1. OpenaWebBrowserandconnecttotheUnisphereforVMAXGUI:http://<IP(http://<IP)
Address>:8443/univmax/
2. Loginasadministrator(defaultloginsmc).
3. SelecttheSymmetrixVMAXtobeconfigured.
4. PresstheStorageiconandthentheVolumesobject.
5. ExpandtheVirtualVolumefolder,selectTDEVandthenpresstheViewbutton.
6. PresstheCreatebutton.
7. IntheCreateVolumewindow,pressVirtualVolumeType,ConfigurationTDEV,
EmulationFBA,NumberofVolumes1,VolumeCapacity1GB(forESXiBootLUN)and
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BindtoPoolFCR10orR6.ThenselectRunNow.
8. Recordtheserialnumber(0C08inthisexample)ofthevolumewhentheSuccessfully
createdwindowappears.PresstheClosebutton.

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CreatetheStorageGroup
1. PresstheStorageiconandthentheStorageGroupsobject.
2. IntheStorageGroupswindow,presstheCreatebutton.
3. IntheCreateStorageGroupwindow,entertheStorageGroupName(endwith_SGfor
clarity)andtheStorageGroupTypeEmptyStorageGroup.ThenpresstheFinishbutton.
ThenpresstheClosebutton.
4. PresstheFilterbuttontosearchforthenewStorageGroup,selectitandthenpressthe
ViewDetailsbutton.
5. IntheStorageGroupDetailswindow,selecttheappropriateFASTPolicyandpressthe
VolumesEmptylinktoassigntheTDEV.
6. IntheVolumeswindow,presstheAddbutton.
7. IntheAddVolumestoStorageGroupwindow,presstheFilterbuttonandthenexpand
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theVolumeIdentifierobjectandentertheTDEVserialnumber(0C08inthisexample)in
theVolumeIDfield.ThenpressOK.
8. SelectthefilteredTDEVandpressOK.
9. IntheStorageGroupDetailswindow,verifythattheRelatedObjectscontainsVolumes
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CreatetheInitiatorGroup

1. PresstheHostsiconandthentheInitiatorGroupsobject.
2. IntheInitiatorGroupswindow,presstheCreatebutton.
3. IntheHostManagementCreateHostwindow,selecttherelevantSymmetrixSerial
Number,HostName(endwith_IGforclarity),selecttheInitiatorWWPNsoftheESXi
HostHBAsandAddthemtotheInitiatiorGroup.ThenpressFinishandthenClose.

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1. PresstheHostsiconandthentheMaskingViewsobject.
2. IntheMaskingViewswindow,presstheCreatebutton.
3. IntheCreateMaskingViewwindow,entertheMaskingViewName(add_MVfor
clarity),InitiatorGroupnamefromthepreviousstep,theselectedPortGroupthatiszonedto
theESXiHostandtheStorageGroupnamefromthepreviousstep.ThenpressOKandthen
pressClose.
4. YouLUN(TDEV)isnowreadyforuse.MakesureyourSANfabrichaszonedtheESXiHost
HBAstotheFrontEndportsoftheVMAXaspertheMaskingViewjustconfigured.

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AppendixEMCSymmetrixVMAXSetPortAttributesforvSphere
TheFrontEndPortsoftheVMAXrequireaspecificsetofPortAttributestobeconfiguredto
functionwithvSphere.ThisshouldalreadybeconfiguredaspartoftheSymmetrix
implementation,buthereitisanyway.
1. PresstheSystemiconandthentheFrontEndDirectorslinkintheHardwaresection.
2. SelecteachoftheFrontEndDirectorobjectsthatisbeingusedwithvSphereFAxxyand
presstheSetPortAttributesbutton.
3. MakesurethefollowingPortAttributesareTicked:ACLX,CommonSerialNumber,
SCSI3andSPC2ProtocolVersion.

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