HP 3PAR VMware ESX Implementation Guide

ESXi 5.x with HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 uses the native T10 plugin, and should not show any HP 3PAR
plugin.
# esxcli storage core plugin list
Plugin name Plugin class
----------- ------------
NMP MP
The following output shows that Hardware Acceleration is enabled on HP 3PAR LUNs to take
advantage of the storage primitives on ESX 4.1 and ESXi 5.x. Use the esxcfg-advcfg command
to check that the options are set to 1 (enabled):
# esxcfg-advcfg -g /DataMover/HardwareAcceleratedMove
# esxcfg-advcfg -g /DataMover/HardwareAcceleratedInit
# esxcfg-advcfg -g /VMFS3/HardwareAcceleratedLocking
Figure 21 Hardware Acceleration for HP 3PAR devices
56 Configuring the Host for a Fibre Channel Connection