vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-55-storage-guide

vSphere StorageiSCSI initiatorsconfiguring advanced parameters 96configuring CHAP 93hardware 77setting up CHAP parameters 92iSCSI names, conventions 70iSCSI networkingbinding adapters 88changing policy 87creating a VMkernel interface 85managing 88port binding details 88troubleshooting 89iSCSI ports 70iSCSI SANaccessing 74best practices 115boot 107concepts 69preventing problems 115iSCSI SAN restrictions 76iSCSI sessionsadding for a target 98displaying 97managing 97removing 98iSCSI storage systems 101ISL 51Jjumbo framesenabling for dependent hardware iSCSI 90enabling for independent hardware iSCSI 90enabling for software iSCSI 90using with iSCSI 89LLayer 3 connections 138layered applications 31Linux, host type 50Linux Cluster, host type 50Linux Cluster host type 102Linux host type 102load balancing 28, 40local SSDsunavailable for Virtual SAN 191undetectable 171local SSDs are unavailable 209locations of virtual machines 30loss of network connection, troubleshooting 113lower-tier storage 30LUN decisionsadaptive scheme 30predictive scheme 30LUN masking 35LUNsallocations 40, 76and VMFS datastores 39changing number scanned 124decisions 29making changes and rescan 123masking 231multipathing policy 225NPIV-based access 41one VMFS volume per 76setting multipathing policy 225Mmaintenance 28maintenance mode, Virtual SAN 187managing disk groups 183masking LUNs 231MBR 18metadata, RDMs 158metadata consistency, checking with VOMA 151metadata updates 136microcode, Hitachi Data Systems storage 54Microsoft Cluster Service 49mid-tier storage 30migrating virtual machines with Flash ReadCache 209migrationcross-host Storage vMotion 246storage 246monitor disks in Virtual SAN datastores 186monitor Virtual SAN hosts 185monitoring Virtual SAN 185Most Recently Used path policy 222, 225mounting VMFS datastores 146MPPsdisplaying 228See also multipathing plug-insMRU path policy 225MSA (HP StorageWorks) 103MSCS 49multipathingactive paths 223broken paths 223considerations 226disabled paths 223standby paths 223viewing the current state of 223272 VMware, Inc.