Config SCVMM Storage by IBM XIV Storage

Continue the previous posts, I am planing to create a failover cluster to test the Cluster-Aware Updating. So the difficulty part for me now, is the Storage part. It is my first time to use the storage part in SCVMM. I got a overview on this page. then I found a very detailed instruction for IBM XIV storage. It is very lucky that I worked in IBM and I can borrow an XIV device from other team. 

Now, after many negotiations, I borrowed an XIV, the iSCSI is well set. Now I can follow this whitepaper to do. Here are some points which are not mentioned in this whitepaper.

• When discover the storage device, due the SSL limit, need to do a regedit modification on the SCVMM server. you can follow this page.  

• 默认情况下，由于应用程序兼容性问题，此安全更新在 schannel 级别设置 Opt-in 模式。若要禁用系统范围内所有应用程序的此安全更新，您必须将名为“SendExtraRecord”且值为 2 的 DWORD 值添加到以下注册表子项：
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL
  若要添加此 schannel 注册表项，请执行以下步骤：
  依次单击“开始”、“运行”，在“打开”框中键入“regedit”，然后单击“确定”。
  找到并单击注册表中的以下子项：
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL
  在“编辑”菜单上，指向“新建”，然后单击“DWORD 值”。
  键入“SendExtraRecord”作为 DWORD 的名称，然后按 ENTER。
  右键单击“SendExtraRecord”，然后单击“修改”.
  在“数值数据”框中，键入“2”禁用 schannel 中的拆分记录，然后单击“确定”。
  退出注册表编辑器。

• while I choose to use iSCSI way to add this stroage, the system need to install iSCSI initator and MPIO and some other feature. I got a very helpful tool called IBM XIV Host Attachment Kit. This tool can easily config the client very well and automatic.