HP 3PAR VMware ESX Implementation Guide

Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................6
Supported Configurations..........................................................................................................6
HP 3PAR OS Upgrade Considerations.........................................................................................7
Audience.................................................................................................................................7
2 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for Fibre Channel..........................8
Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x or OS 2.3.x.........................8
Setting Up the Ports..............................................................................................................8
Creating the Host Definition (HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x or OS 2.3.x).....................................................9
Setting Up and Zoning the Fabric.............................................................................................11
HP 3PAR Coexistence.........................................................................................................12
Configuration Guidelines for FC Switch Vendors....................................................................12
Target Port Limits and Specifications for FC............................................................................13
HP 3PAR Priority Optimization for FC...................................................................................13
HP 3PAR OS Persistent Ports for FC.......................................................................................14
Fibre Channel...............................................................................................................14
3 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for iSCSI....................................15
Software iSCSI Support...........................................................................................................15
Setting Up the Ports for an iSCSI Connection.........................................................................15
Creating the iSCSI Host Definition on an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x
and OS 2.3.x....................................................................................................................16
Setting Up and Configuring Challenge—Handshake Authentication Protocol.............................17
Hardware iSCSI Support .........................................................................................................22
Independent Hardware iSCSI .............................................................................................22
Dependent Hardware iSCSI ................................................................................................26
Target Port Limits and Specifications..........................................................................................30
HP 3PAR Priority Optimization for iSCSI.....................................................................................31
HP 3PAR OS Persistent Ports for iSCSI........................................................................................31
iSCSI................................................................................................................................31
4 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for FCoE....................................32
Setting Up the FCoE Switch, FCoE Initiator, and FCoE target ports.................................................32
Creating the Host Definition.....................................................................................................33
Target Port Limits and Specifications..........................................................................................35
HP 3PAR Priority Optimization for FCoE.....................................................................................35
HP 3PAR OS Persistent Ports for FCoE........................................................................................35
Fibre Channel over Ethernet................................................................................................36
5 Configuring the Host for a Fibre Channel Connection....................................37
Installing the HBA and Drivers..................................................................................................37
Installing Virtual Machine Guest Operating System.....................................................................38
Multipath Failover Considerations and I/O Load Balancing..........................................................39
Configuring Round Robin Multipathing on ESX 4.x or later for Fibre Channel.............................41
Configuring ESX/ESXi Multipathing for Round Robin via SATP PSP............................................42
ESX/ESXi 4.0 GA - 4.0 Ux.............................................................................................44
ESX/ESXi 4.1 GA - 4.1 Ux..............................................................................................45
ESXi 5.x.......................................................................................................................45
SATP Info Commands.........................................................................................................46
Default SATP Rules and Their Current Default PSP...............................................................46
SATP Custom Rules and Associated Defined Parameters......................................................46
Show Device Information................................................................................................47
Script Alternative for Path Policy Changes on Storage Devices without a Host Reboot..............47
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