Specifications

Administration Guide
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6 Choose!the!virtual!SCSI!node!to!which!you!want!to!attach!the!raw!disk.
7Click!OK.
A!new!virtual!disk!and!SCSI!Controller!1!appear!on!the!Hardware!tab.
8Click!Edit!next!to!SCSI!Controller!1!to!change!the!bus!sharing!from!none!to!
physical.
9From!the!Bus!Sharing!drop‐down!list!choose!physical,!and!click!OK.
Setting!the!bus!sharing!to!physical!makes!sure!that!all!the!SCSI!reserve!and!reset!
commands!go!through!to!the!physical!disk.
Repeat!Step 1!–!Step 8!to!create!an!additional!shared!raw!disk!using!SCSI!1:2.
You!have!completed!the!virtual!machine!configuration.
For!information!about!
adding!a!raw!SCSI!device,!see!the!VMware!technical!note!Using!
Raw!Device!Mappings!with!ESX!Server,!available!at!
http://www.vmware.com/support/resources/esx_resources.html.
Installing Microsoft Cluster Service
Follow!the!procedure!in!“Installing!Microsoft!Cluster!Service”!on!page 290.
Additional Notes for Clustering Across Physical Machines
! Supply!an!extra!parameter!to!the!Emulex!driver!when!it!is!loaded!by!editing!the!
file!/etc/vmware/hwconfig.!Identify!the!bus,!slot!and!function!holding!the!first!
(or!only)!Emulex!card.!Find!this!information!at!the!Startup!Profile!page.!Add!a!line!
with!the!format:
device.vmnix.6.14.0.options = "lpfc_delay_rsp_err=0"
to!the!end!of!/etc/vmware/hwconfig.!The!numbers!6.14.0!specify!the!bus,!slot,!
and!function!where!the!Emulex!card!is!located.!If!you!have!more!than!one!Emulex!
card,!you!should!have!only!a!line!referencing!the!first!card.
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OTE In!ESX!Server,!physical!disks!are!identified!by!a!vmhba!number.!For!example,!
vmhba0:1:2:1!means!physical!adapter!vmhba0,!target!1,!LUN!2,!partition!1.!
When!the!final!number!is!:0,!that!indicates!you!are!specifying!the! entire!disk,!
rather!than!a!particular!partition.
NOTE Shared!disks!must!be!attached!to!a!separate!SCSI!controller!from!the!system!
disk.!Select,!SCSI!1:1