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Enabling MPIO on the Windows Host and Configuring MPIO for PowerStore Volumes Presented to the Host

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Enabling MPIO on the Windows Host and Configuring MPIO for PowerStore Volumes Presented to the Host This topic describes enabling and configuring MPIO on the Windows host. About this task Before configuring the native multipathing, you should enable MPIO on the server by adding the MPIO feature to Windows. Steps 1. Open PowerShell on the host. 2. Run the following commands to install MPIO if it is not already installed: Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName MultiPathIO Enable-WindowsOPtionalFeature -Online -FeatureName MultiPathIO 3. Run the following command to set vid/pid: New-MSDSMSupportedHW -VendorId DellEMC -ProductId PowerStore 4. Run one of the following commands to set RoundRobin failover policy or Least Queue Depth failover policy, respectively: ● Round-Robin Set-MSDSMGlobalDefaultLoadBalancePolicy -Policy RR ● Least Queue Depth Set-MSDSMGlobalDefaultLoadBalancePolicy -Policy LQD 5. Run the following commands to set MPIO timeout values: Set-MPIOSetting -NewPathVerificationState Enabled Set-MPIOSetting -NewPathVerificationPeriod 30 Set-MPIOSetting -NewPDORemovePeriod 20 Set-MPIOSetting -NewRetryCount 3 Set-MPIOSetting -NewRetryInterval 3 Set-MPIOSetting -custompathrecovery enabled Set-MPIOSetting -newpathrecoveryinterval 10 Set-MPIOSetting -NewDiskTimeout 30 6. To verify MPIO settings on the host, run the following command: Get-MPIOSetting PowerPath Configuration with PowerStore Volumes PowerStore supports multipathing using Dell EMC PowerPath on a Microsoft Windows host. For the most updated information about PowerPath support with PowerStore, see the PowerStore SImple Support Matrix. For details on installing and configuring PowerPath with PowerStore on your host, see Dell EMC PowerPath on Microsoft Windows Installation and Administration Guide for the PowerPath version you are installing. 52 Host Configuration for Microsoft Windows

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Enabling MPIO on the Windows Host and Configuring MPIO for PowerStore
Volumes Presented to the Host
This topic describes enabling and configuring MPIO on the Windows host.
About this task
Before configuring the native multipathing, you should enable MPIO on the server by adding the MPIO feature to Windows.
Steps
1.
Open PowerShell on the host.
2.
Run the following commands to install MPIO if it is not already installed:
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName MultiPathIO
Enable-WindowsOPtionalFeature -Online -FeatureName MultiPathIO
3.
Run the following command to set vid/pid:
New-MSDSMSupportedHW -VendorId DellEMC -ProductId PowerStore
4.
Run one of the following commands to set RoundRobin failover policy or Least Queue Depth failover policy, respectively:
●
Round-Robin
Set-MSDSMGlobalDefaultLoadBalancePolicy -Policy RR
●
Least Queue Depth
Set-MSDSMGlobalDefaultLoadBalancePolicy -Policy LQD
5.
Run the following commands to set MPIO timeout values:
Set-MPIOSetting -NewPathVerificationState Enabled
Set-MPIOSetting -NewPathVerificationPeriod 30
Set-MPIOSetting -NewPDORemovePeriod 20
Set-MPIOSetting -NewRetryCount 3
Set-MPIOSetting -NewRetryInterval 3
Set-MPIOSetting -custompathrecovery enabled
Set-MPIOSetting -newpathrecoveryinterval 10
Set-MPIOSetting -NewDiskTimeout 30
6.
To verify MPIO settings on the host, run the following command:
Get-MPIOSetting
PowerPath Configuration with PowerStore Volumes
PowerStore supports multipathing using Dell EMC PowerPath on a Microsoft Windows host.
For the most updated information about PowerPath support with PowerStore, see the
PowerStore SImple Support Matrix
.
For details on installing and configuring PowerPath with PowerStore on your host, see
Dell EMC PowerPath on Microsoft
Windows Installation and Administration Guide
for the PowerPath version you are installing.
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Host Configuration for Microsoft Windows