vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
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Configuring iSCSI Adapters and 11<br />
<strong>Storage</strong><br />
Before <strong>ESXi</strong> can work with a SAN, you must set up your iSCSI adapters and storage.<br />
To do this, you must first observe certain basic requirements and then follow best practices for installing and<br />
setting up hardware or software iSCSI adapters to access the SAN.<br />
The following table lists the iSCSI adapters (vmhbas) that <strong>ESXi</strong> supports and indicates whether VMkernel<br />
networking configuration is required.<br />
Table 11-1. Supported iSCSI adapters<br />
iSCSI Adapter (vmhba) Description VMkernel Networking<br />
Software Uses standard NICs to connect your<br />
host to a remote iSCSI target on the IP<br />
network .<br />
Independent Hardware Third-party adapter that offloads the<br />
iSCSI and network processing and<br />
management from your host.<br />
Dependent Hardware Third-party adapter that depends on<br />
<strong>VMware</strong> networking and iSCSI<br />
configuration and management<br />
interfaces.<br />
Required<br />
Not required<br />
Required<br />
After you set up the iSCSI adapters, you can create a datastore on iSCSI storage. For details on how to create<br />
and manage datastores, see “Creating Datastores,” on page 159.<br />
This chapter includes the following topics:<br />
n “<strong>ESXi</strong> iSCSI SAN Requirements,” on page 78<br />
n “<strong>ESXi</strong> iSCSI SAN Restrictions,” on page 78<br />
n “Setting LUN Allocations for iSCSI,” on page 78<br />
n “Network Configuration and Authentication,” on page 79<br />
n “Setting Up Independent Hardware iSCSI Adapters,” on page 79<br />
n “Configuring Dependent Hardware iSCSI Adapters,” on page 81<br />
n “Configuring Software iSCSI Adapter,” on page 84<br />
n “Modify General Properties for iSCSI Adapters,” on page 87<br />
n “Setting Up iSCSI Network,” on page 87<br />
n “Using Jumbo Frames with iSCSI,” on page 97<br />
n “Configuring Discovery Addresses for iSCSI Adapters,” on page 99<br />
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