vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.0 - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.0 - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.0 - Documentation - VMware
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<strong>vSphere</strong> <strong>Storage</strong><br />
Network Appliance <strong>Storage</strong> 48<br />
LSI-Based <strong>Storage</strong> Systems 49<br />
6 Booting <strong>ESXi</strong> from Fibre Channel SAN 51<br />
Boot from SAN Benefits 51<br />
Boot from Fibre Channel SAN Requirements and Considerations 52<br />
Getting Ready for Boot from SAN 52<br />
Configure Emulex HBA to Boot from SAN 54<br />
Configure QLogic HBA to Boot from SAN 55<br />
7 Best Practices for Fibre Channel <strong>Storage</strong> 57<br />
Preventing Fibre Channel SAN Problems 57<br />
Disable Automatic Host Registration 58<br />
Optimizing Fibre Channel SAN <strong>Storage</strong> Performance 58<br />
Fibre Channel SAN Configuration Checklist 59<br />
8 Using <strong>ESXi</strong> with iSCSI SAN 61<br />
iSCSI SAN Concepts 61<br />
How Virtual Machines Access Data on an iSCSI SAN 66<br />
9 Configuring iSCSI Adapters and <strong>Storage</strong> 67<br />
<strong>ESXi</strong> iSCSI SAN Requirements 68<br />
<strong>ESXi</strong> iSCSI SAN Restrictions 68<br />
Setting LUN Allocations for iSCSI 68<br />
Network Configuration and Authentication 69<br />
Setting Up Independent Hardware iSCSI Adapters 69<br />
Configuring Dependent Hardware iSCSI Adapters 70<br />
Configuring Software iSCSI Adapter 72<br />
Setting Up iSCSI Network 74<br />
Using Jumbo Frames with iSCSI 80<br />
Configuring Discovery Addresses for iSCSI Adapters 81<br />
Configuring CHAP Parameters for iSCSI Adapters 82<br />
Configuring Advanced Parameters for iSCSI 86<br />
iSCSI Session Management 87<br />
10 Modifying iSCSI <strong>Storage</strong> Systems for <strong>ESXi</strong> 91<br />
Testing <strong>ESXi</strong> iSCSI SAN Configurations 91<br />
General Considerations for iSCSI SAN <strong>Storage</strong> Systems 92<br />
EMC CLARiiON <strong>Storage</strong> Systems 92<br />
EMC Symmetrix <strong>Storage</strong> Systems 93<br />
Enable HP <strong>Storage</strong>Works MSA1510i to Communicate with <strong>ESXi</strong> 93<br />
HP <strong>Storage</strong>Works EVA <strong>Storage</strong> Systems 94<br />
NetApp <strong>Storage</strong> Systems 95<br />
Dell EqualLogic <strong>Storage</strong> Systems 95<br />
HP <strong>Storage</strong>Works SAN/iQ <strong>Storage</strong> Systems 95<br />
Dell PowerVault MD3000i <strong>Storage</strong> Systems 96<br />
iSCSI Targets in vApps 96<br />
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