HP LeftHand SAN Solutions Support Document - Installation Manual - VSA Quick Start Guide for SAN/iQ® 8.0

Configuring the Capacity of the Data Disk

When you configure the data disk, use Table 2 to determine the proper size to

configure the disk. The maximum disk size on the ESX Server is limited by

the block size used to format the datastore.

Installing with VMware VI Client

Use one of the following methods, depending on your software.

For ESX 3.5+ or ESXi

1 Connect to ESXi host via VC or VI Client.

2 Click on ESXi host and go to Configuration tab.

3 Select Storage.

4 Find the local VMFS datastore where VSA would be hosted.

5 Right-click and select Browse DataStore.

6 Ceate new directory and click on the upload files icon.

7 Upload unzipped folder for VSA.

For ESX Server 3.0 to 3.0.2

If you imported the VSA as a virtual appliance through the Virtual

Infrastructure Client, skip to Configure a Data Disk on page 28.

Table 2 Relationship of disk size to datastore block size

Block Size Max VMDK

1 MB 256 GB

2 MB 512 GB

4 MB 1024 GB

8 MB 2048 GB