HP 3PAR VMware ESX Implementation Guide

Performance Considerations for Multiple Host Configurations........................................................48
ESX/ESXi Handling SCSI Queue Full and Busy Messages from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
Array...............................................................................................................................49
VMware ESX Releases through ESX 3.5 Update 3.............................................................49
VMware ESX Release 3.5 Update 4 through ESX 4.x, ESXi 5.0 and 5.0 updates, and ESXi
5.5..............................................................................................................................49
VMware ESXi Release 5.1...............................................................................................49
ESX/ESXi 4.1, ESXi 5.x Additional Feature Considerations............................................................50
Storage I/O Control...........................................................................................................50
vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI).............................................................................50
HP 3PAR VAAI Plugin 1.1.1 for ESX 4.1..................................................................................51
HP 3PAR VAAI Plugin 2.2.0 for ESXi 5.x...............................................................................51
UNMAP (Space Reclaim) Storage Hardware Support for ESXi 5.x............................................51
Out-of-Space Condition for ESX 4.1 and ESXi 5.x...................................................................52
Additional New Primitives Support on ESXi 5.x......................................................................53
VAAI and New Feature Support Table..................................................................................54
VAAI Plug-in Verification.....................................................................................................54
6 Configuring the Host as an FCoE Initiator Connecting to a FC target or an FCoE
Target........................................................................................................57
Configuring the FCoE Switch....................................................................................................57
Using system BIOS to configure FCoE........................................................................................57
Configuring an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Port for a FCoE Host Connection..................................59
Configuring Initiator FCoE to FC Target.....................................................................................60
Configuring Initiator FCoE to Target FCoE..................................................................................60
7 Configuring the Host for an iSCSI Connection..............................................62
Setting Up the Switch and iSCSI Initiator....................................................................................62
Installing iSCSI on VMware ESX...............................................................................................62
Installing Virtual Machine Guest Operating System.....................................................................63
Creating a VMkernel Port........................................................................................................64
Configuring a Service Console Connection for the iSCSI Storage..................................................67
Configuring the VMware SW iSCSI Initiator...............................................................................71
iSCSI Failover Considerations and Multipath Load Balancing........................................................73
Performance Considerations for Multiple Host Configurations........................................................73
ESX/ESXi Additional Feature Considerations..............................................................................73
8 Allocating Storage for Access by the ESX Host.............................................74
Creating Storage on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage...................................................................74
Creating Virtual Volumes for HP 3PAR OS 2.3.1 and Later.......................................................74
Exporting LUNs to an ESX Host.................................................................................................74
Creating a VLUN for Export................................................................................................75
Discovering LUNs on VMware ESX Hosts...................................................................................76
Removing Volumes..................................................................................................................77
Host and Storage Usage.........................................................................................................78
Eventlog and Host Log Messages.........................................................................................78
9 Booting the VMware ESX Host from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage................79
10 Support and Other Resources...................................................................80
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................80
HP 3PAR documentation..........................................................................................................80
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................83
HP 3PAR branding information.................................................................................................83
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