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Chapter 6 Modifying Fibre Channel Storage for ESXi3 Execute these commands for SPB to have it return Not Ready sense data.Press Enter only after you enter all commands.SMcli.exe ip-addr-for-SPBset controller [b] HostNVSRAMBYTE [13,0x12]=0x01; set controller [b] HostNVSRAMBYTE[13,0x13]=0x00; reset Controller [b]NOTE If you use the DS4800 Storage Manager GUI, paste the configuration commands for both storageprocessors into a single script and configure both storage processors at the same time. If you useSMcli.exe, make individual connections to each SP.IBM Systems Storage 8000 and IBM ESS800The IBM Systems Storage 8000 and IBM ESS800 systems use an active-active array that does not need specialconfiguration in conjunction with VMware ESXi.The following considerations apply when you use these systems:• Automatic resignaturing is not supported for these systems.• To use RDMs successfully, a given LUN must be presented with the same LUN ID to every ESXi host inthe cluster.• In the ESS800 Configuration Management tool, select Use same ID for LUN in source and target.• If you are configuring the host to use boot from SAN from these arrays, disable the internal fibre portfor the corresponding blade until installation is finished.HP StorageWorks Storage SystemsThis section includes configuration information for the different HP StorageWorks storage systems.For additional information, see the HP ActiveAnswers section on VMware ESXi at the HP web site.HP StorageWorks EVATo use an HP StorageWorks EVA system with ESXi, you must configure the correct host mode type.Set the connection type to Custom when you present a LUN to the host. The value is one of the following:• For EVA4000/6000/8000 active-active arrays with firmware below 5.031, use the host mode type000000202200083E.• For EVA4000/6000/8000 active-active arrays with firmware 5.031 and above, use the host mode typeVMware.Otherwise, EVA systems do not require special configuration changes to work with an ESXi system.See the VMware Infrastructure, HP StorageWorks Best Practices at the HP Web site.HP StorageWorks XPFor HP StorageWorks XP, you need to set the host mode to specific parameters.• On XP128/1024/10000/12000, set the host mode to Windows (0x0C).• On XP24000/20000, set the host mode to 0x01.VMware, Inc. 53