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

Indexmultipathing claim rulesadding 229deleting 231multipathing plug-ins, path claiming 223multipathing policy 225multipathing state 224multiple virtual flash resources 207NN-Port ID Virtualization, See NPIVNAA 70NAS 15NAS plug-insinstalling 242uninstalling 242upgrading 243Native Multipathing Plug-In 220, 221NetApp storage system 105Netware host mode 54network adapters, configuring for iBFT iSCSIboot 111Network Appliance storage 54network connections, create 85network performance 117networking, configuring 77NFS datastoresand non-ASCII characters 138maximum size 138repositories 138unmounting 145NFS storage, adding 140NICs, mapping to VMkernel 86NMPI/O flow 222path claiming 223See also Native Multipathing Plug-InNPIVabout 41assigning WWNs 42changing WWNs 43limitations 42requirements 42Oone-way CHAP 92Ppartition mappings 158passive disk arrays 40, 76, 225path claiming 223path failoverand virtual machines 219array-based 218host-based 216path failure rescan 123path management 215path policiesFixed 218, 222, 225Most Recently Used 222, 225MRU 225Round Robin 222, 225Path Selection Plug-Ins 222path selection policies, changing 225path thrashing 50, 102pathsdisabling 226masking 231preferred 223unmasking 232PDL, See permanent device lossperformancechecking Ethernet switch statistics 119network 117optimizing 66, 116storage system 116permanent device loss 124, 125, 127planned device removal 126Pluggable Storage Architecture 220pointer block cache, configuring 152port binding 216port redirection 218Port_ID 36predictive scheme 30preferred path 223prevent SSD formatting during autopartitioning170profile-driven storage 195PSA, See Pluggable Storage ArchitecturePSPs, See Path Selection Plug-InsQQlogic HBA BIOS, enabling for BFS 59queue depth 76RRAID devices 158raw device mapping, see RDM 155RDMadvantages 156and virtual disk files 159dynamic name resolution 159overview 155physical compatibility mode 158VMware, Inc. 273