System information

preferred path 61
prioritizing virtual machines 21
problems
avoiding 66
hub controller 40
performance 68
visibility 54
profile name, Linux 39
PSA, See Pluggable Storage Architecture
PSA claim rules, deleting 83
PSPs, See Path Selection Plugins
Q
Qlogic FC HBA
boot from SAN 46
NPIV support 58
Qlogic HBA BIOS, enabling for BFS 47
queue depth 70, 71
R
raw device mapping, mapping file 13
RDM
mapping file 13
Microsoft Cluster Service 13
refresh 55
requirements, boot from SAN 31
rescan
adding disk array 55, 56
LUN creation 54–56
LUN masking 54
path masking 55, 56
when path is down 55, 56
reservations, reducing SCSI reservations 70
resolving problems 66
resource utilization, optimizing 27
restrictions 29
Round Robin path policy 25, 62
S
SAN
backup considerations 71
hardware failover 36
preparing 45
requirements 29
server failover 27
specifics 21
SAN fabric 15
SAN management software 21
SAN storage performance, optimizing 67
SAN storage, benefits 17
SANs, accessing 22
SATP rules, adding 84
scanning, changing number 56
SCSI controllers 11
SCSI controllers, device driver options 65
SCSI reservations, reducing 70
SDK 13
selectable boot, enabling 47
server failover 27
server failure 26
server performance 67
service console 43
setup steps 31
sharing diagnostic partitions 65
sharing VMFS across servers 18
snapshot software 72
software compatibility 10
SP visibility, LUN not visible 54
sparse LUN support 57
storage adapter, displaying in vSphere Client 52
storage adapters, viewing in vSphere Client 51
SATPs, displaying 81
Storage Array Type Plugins 24
storage arrays
configuring 33
multipathing requirements 77
performance 67
storage devices
accessible through adapters 54
available to hosts 53
displaying 81
naming 53
paths 62
viewing information 52
storage processors
configuring sense data 38
port configuration 37
sense data 38
storage systems
EMC CLARiiON 34
EMC Symmetrix 35
Hitachi 41
HP StorageWorks 39
Network Appliance 41
types 16
storage virtualization 11
supported devices 34
T
tape devices 30
technical support 7
third-party backup package 72
third-party management applications 21
timeout 64
TimeoutValue parameter 29
Fibre Channel SAN Configuration Guide
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