Users Guide

18 Storage Solutions Guide
iSCSI Arrays
In addition to supporting the features described for all storage arrays, iSCSI
arrays also provide support for booting from an iSCSI SAN (BFi) where the
Windows 2008 Server files, including the Hyper-V additions, reside on a disk
on the iSCSI array. For more information on BFi, refer to the whitepaper, Dell
PowerEdge
™ Systems Instructions to Perform Boot from iSCSI for Dell Storage
Arrays at support.dell.com/support/edocs/network/BFi.
The following considerations should be made when implementing BFi:
• Hyper-V restricts virtual switches from being created on the adapters used
for BFi.
• BFi is not currently supported for clustered hosts.
• BFi is not currently supported with VLANs.
Planning your network configuration is a critical element of successful iSCSI
deployment with Hyper-V. For best practices refer to "Appendix A: Planning
for iSCSI-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN)" on page 38.
Dell EqualLogic PS Series
The Dell EqualLogic PS series of iSCSI storage arrays offers high
performance, reliability, intelligent automation, and seamless virtualization of
a single pool of storage to enable simplified enterprise storage deployment
and management. EqualLogic PS series arrays are capable of supporting up to
2048 iSCSI connections per group of PS series arrays.