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Chapter 6: Upgrade Instructions for Asymmetric Logical Unit Access (ALUA) with the VMware OS 43
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Upgrade Instructions for Asymmetric Logical Unit Access
(ALUA) with the VMware OS
Use the procedures in this chapter to configure VMware to support ALUA/TPGS.
Starting with storage management software version 10.83 and controller firmware
version 7.83, any storage array with the ALUA/TPGS feature enabled is managed by
the VMW_SATP_ALUA plug-in on VMware.
To use a host running VMware as a management station, SANtricity ES is installed on
one of the guest OSs running over VMware. Use the procedures in the guide for the
supported guest OS to upgrade SANtricity ES on such a management station.
System
Requirements
for VMware
Systems running VMware are supported only as I/O attached hosts. You must run
SANtricity ES Storage Manager on a management station with a supported OS or on
a guest OS running with VMware. For a management station running a guest OS on
VMware, you must use out-of-band management.
Operating system version for I/O
attached hosts
VMware
 4.1 u3
 5.0 u2
 5.1 (M/N release)
Refer to the applicable VMware documentation for guest operating
systems supported.
Processor Support Intel Xeon 64 bit, AMD Opteron 64 bit
Controller-drive trays
 E2600
 E5400
JRE version 1.6.x
Rootboot supported? Yes, where supported by the HBA (not with iSCSI host connections)
I/O path failover VMware Native failover - TPGS
Preferred failover mode SATP-ALUA
Node failover
 VMware HA
 VMware FT (fault tolerance)
Providers None