SmartFabric Storage Software Deployment Guide

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  Notes, cautions, and warnings

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  Purpose of this guide
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  Dell Technologies
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  NVMe and NVMe-oF
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  Why NVMe over TCP
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  SmartFabric Storage Software (SFSS)

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  Network design considerations
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  Example network topologies
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  Initial configuration worksheet template

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  Steps to deploy SFSS for NVMe/TCP
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  Topology overview
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  Initial configuration worksheet for this guide

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  Switch interface configuration
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  SmartFabric Services configuration
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  OpenManage Network Integration software

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  VMware vSphere initial state
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  Configure ESXi NVMe/TCP host virtual networking

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  CDC discovery configuration options
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  Configure Linux NVMe/TCP host virtual networking
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  Discovery of CDC IPs using nvme-stas

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  PowerStore initial state
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  PowerStore Storage Networks

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  PowerMax discovery options
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  Configure PowerMax virtual networking and discovery

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  Deploy SFSS on ESXi
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  VMware vSphere initial state
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  Configure ESXi SFSS host virtual networking
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  Download SFSS

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  Deploy SFSS on Linux KVM
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  Linux SFSS Host
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  Configure Linux SFSS host virtual networking
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  Download SFSS
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  Deploy SFSS on Linux KVM

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  Set the root user password
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  Configure NTP
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  Access SFSS
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  Configure a CDC
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  Configure zoning

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  Add zoned hosts to PowerStore
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  View subsystem discovery in vSphere
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  View subsystem discovery in Linux
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  Provision storage in PowerStore
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  Create datastore for ESXi host

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  Configure VMware guest virtual machines

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  PowerSwitch systems
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  PowerEdge servers for ESXi
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  PowerStore storage
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  SFSS software
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  OMNI software
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  VMware
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  Linux
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  PowerStore software
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  PowerMax software

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  Manual discovery, registration, and verification of ESXi
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  Manual verification of Linux discovery and registration
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  Manual discovery, registration, and verification of PowerStore

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  Configure SFSS using CLI
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  OpenManage Network Integration
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  Sample initial configuration worksheet for dual SFSS
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  SFSS licenses
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  Modify hostname in SFSS
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  Identifying storage interfaces
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  Remove interface
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  Restore a network interface to SFSS vApp

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  ESXi CLI commands for NVMe/TCP

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  Troubleshooting discovery of CDC in Linux
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  Managing nvme-stas
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  Debug commands
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  Changing NQNs of cloned VMs
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  Configure a user-friendly name
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  Prevent unwanted connections to a CDC
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  References

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  Check the network infrastructure
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  Check the CDC infrastructure

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  Technical resources
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  Support and feedback