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

vSphere Storagevirtual compatibility mode 158with clustering 159RDMsand snapshots 158path management 161reclaiming space 251remove a virtual flash resource 208removing disks from Virtual SAN 185requirements, boot from SAN 56rescanLUN creation 123path masking 123when path is down 123rescanningstorage 123storage adapter 124resignature a VMFS datastore copy 142resignaturing 141restrictions 39Round Robin path policy 222, 225rule sets 197SSANbackup considerations 32benefits 27hardware failover 51requirements 39specifics 28SAN fabric 35SAN management software 32SAN storage performance, optimizing 66, 116SAS 14SATA 14SATPsadding rules 233displaying 228See also Storage Array Type Plug-Insscanning, changing number 124SCSI, vmkfstools 259SCSI controllers 13sense codes 125server performance 67, 116set up multiple virtual flash resources 207set up virtual flash resource 206setup steps 40software iSCSIand failover 216diagnostic partition 149networking 83software FCoEand VMkernel 46activating adapters 47booting 61software FCoE bootbest practices 62configuring parameters 62ESXi installation 63requirements 61setting up 62software FCoE installation, troubleshooting 63software iSCSI adapterconfiguring 81disabling 82software iSCSI boot, changing settings 113software iSCSI initiator, enabling 81software iSCSI initiators, setting up discoveryaddresses 90SSD, monitoring 168SSD formatting, prevent during autopartitioning170SSD devicesauto-detect 164tag 164SSD enablement, benefits 163SSDsbest Practices 169estimating lifetime 169standard switches 86static discovery, configuring 91static discovery addresses 90static targets, removing 92storageaccess for virtual machines 23adapters 20introduction 13local 14networked 15provisioning 245rescan 123supported vSphere features 24types 14used by virtual machines 247storage capability, definition 195storage policiesedit 200non-complaint 202reapplying 203rule sets 197storage policyapply to a virtual machine 200compliance 201delete 200enable 198storage provider, requirements 254storage adapter, rescan 124274 VMware, Inc.