Installation guide

CHAPTER 9
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Storage and File Systems
This chapter contains information about SCSI disks. These disks may be accessed by
local SCSI adapters, or on a Storage Area Network (SAN) by Fibre Channel adapters.
Therefore, whenever we describe SCSI adapters in this chapter, these descriptions also
apply to Fibre Channel adapters, even though they are not explicitly mentioned.
This chapter provides the following information:
• File System Management on SCSI Disks and RAID on page 292
• Using vmkfstools on page 296
• Determining SCSI Target IDs on page 311
• Sharing the SCSI Bus on page 313
• Using Storage Area Networks with ESX Server on page 315
• Using Persistent Binding on page 320
• Using Multipathing in ESX Server on page 323