System information

diagnostic partitions
boot from SAN 44
sharing 65
direct connect 33
disabling auto volume transfer 37
disabling paths 63
disaster recovery 17
disk access, equalizing 69
disk arrays
active-active 62
active-passive 62
active/active 30
active/passive 30, 47, 69
zoning disk array 55, 56
disk shares 21
Disk.MaxLUN 56
Disk.SchedNumReqOutstanding parameter 69
Disk.SupportSparseLUN 57
display problems, AX100 35
distributed locking 12
drivers, device drivers 65
DRS 28
DS4800, configuring hardware for SAN
failover 36
dump partitions, sharing 65
E
educational support 7
EMC CLARiiON 34
EMC Symmetrix, pseudo LUNs 35
Emulex FC HBA
boot from SAN 48
NPIV support 58
Emulex HBA, adjusting queue depth 71
enabling BIOS for BFS 48
enabling boot BIOS prompt for BFS 48
equalizing disk access 69
esx, host type 34
ESX/ESXi
introduction 9
sharing VMFS 18
ESX/ESXi and SAN, requirements 29
esxcli corestorage command options 86
EVA (HP StorageWorks) 40
extents 12
F
failover
FAStT storage 36
transparent 16
failover paths, status 61
failure 26
FC HBA setup 30
Fibre Channel, concepts 15
file-based (VMFS) solution 73
finding information 18
Fixed path policy, path thrashing 68
H
HA 26
hardware compatibility 10
HBA
Emulex 48, 58
enabling Qlogic HBA BIOS for BFS 47
Qlogic 46, 58
queue depth 70
setup 30
static load balancing 30
high-tier storage 26
Hitachi Data Systems storage, microcode 41
host registration, disabling 66
host type 34
host-based failover 23
HP StorageWorks
EVA 40
MSA 39
XP 40
hub controller issues 40
I
IBM ESS800 38
IBM FAStT 36
IBM System Storage DS4800 36
IBM Systems Storage 8000 38
initiators, minimizing the number 46
installation
preparing for boot from SAN 44
steps 31
Inter-Switch Link 36
interacting with ESX/ESXi systems 13
ISL 36
issues
hub controller 40
performance 68
visibility 54
L
layered applications 72
Linux
host type 34
profile name 39
VMkernel 9
Linux Cluster, host type 34
load balancing, manual 63
locations of virtual machines 26
locking 12
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