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

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ContentsUsing esxcli Commands with Virtual Flash 21022 VMkernel and Storage 211Storage APIs 21223 Understanding Multipathing and Failover 215Failover with Fibre Channel 215Host-Based Failover with iSCSI 216Array-Based Failover with iSCSI 218Path Failover and Virtual Machines 219Managing Multiple Paths 220VMware Multipathing Module 221Path Scanning and Claiming 223Managing Storage Paths and Multipathing Plug-Ins 22624 Storage Hardware Acceleration 235Hardware Acceleration Benefits 235Hardware Acceleration Requirements 236Hardware Acceleration Support Status 236Hardware Acceleration for Block Storage Devices 236Hardware Acceleration on NAS Devices 241Hardware Acceleration Considerations 24425 Storage Thin Provisioning 245Storage Over-Subscription 245Virtual Disk Thin Provisioning 245Array Thin Provisioning and VMFS Datastores 24926 Using Storage Providers 253Storage Providers and Storage Data Representation 253Storage Provider Requirements and Considerations 254Storage Status Reporting 254Register Storage Providers 2<strong>55</strong>Securing Communication with Storage Providers 256View Storage Provider Information in the vSphere Web Client 256Unregister Storage Providers in the vSphere Web Client 256Update Storage Providers in the vSphere Web Client 25727 Using vmkfstools 259vmkfstools Command Syntax 259vmkfstools Options 260Index 269VMware, Inc. 7
Page 1 and 2: vSphere StorageESXi 5.5vCenter Serv
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Page 27 and 28: Overview of Using ESXi with a SAN 2
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Page 35 and 36: Using ESXi with Fibre Channel SAN 3
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Chapter 7 Booting ESXi from Fibre C
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Chapter 7 Booting ESXi from Fibre C
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Booting ESXi with Software FCoE 8ES
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Chapter 8 Booting ESXi with Softwar
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Best Practices for Fibre ChannelSto
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Chapter 9 Best Practices for Fibre
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Using ESXi with iSCSI SAN 10You can
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Chapter 10 Using ESXi with iSCSI SA
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Chapter 10 Using ESXi with iSCSI SA
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Configuring iSCSI Adapters andStora
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Modifying iSCSI Storage Systems for
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Booting from iSCSI SAN 13When you s
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Chapter 13 Booting from iSCSI SAN2
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Chapter 13 Booting from iSCSI SANIs
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Best Practices for iSCSI Storage 14
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Chapter 14 Best Practices for iSCSI
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Managing Storage Devices 15Manage l
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Chapter 15 Managing Storage Devices
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Working with Datastores 16Datastore
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Raw Device Mapping 17Raw device map
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Solid State Disks Enablement 18In a
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Working with Virtual SAN 19Virtual
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About Virtual Machine Storage20Poli
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About VMware vSphere Flash Read21Ca
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Chapter 21 About VMware vSphere Fla
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VMkernel and Storage 22The VMkernel
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Chapter 22 VMkernel and Storage•
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Storage Hardware Acceleration 24The
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Storage Thin Provisioning 25With ES
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Using Storage Providers 26vSphere u
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Chapter 26 Using Storage Providers
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Using vmkfstools 27vmkfstools is on
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Chapter 27 Using vmkfstoolsFile Sys
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Chapter 27 Using vmkfstoolsWhen upg
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Chapter 27 Using vmkfstoolsRenaming
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Chapter 27 Using vmkfstoolsWhen spe
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IndexSymbols{scsi,ide,sata}#:#.term
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IndexFC SANaccessing 37hardware req
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Indexinitializing virtual disks 264
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