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Booting ESXi from Fibre Channel SAN 51
Boot from SAN Benefits 51
Requirements and Considerations when Booting from Fibre Channel SAN 52
Getting Ready for Boot from SAN 52
Configure Emulex HBA to Boot from SAN 54
Configure QLogic HBA to Boot from SAN 55
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Booting ESXi with Software FCoE 57
Requirements and Considerations for Software FCoE Boot 57
Best Practices for Software FCoE Boot 58
Set Up Software FCoE Boot 58
Troubleshooting Boot from Software FCoE for an ESXi Host 60
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Best Practices for Fibre Channel Storage 61
Preventing Fibre Channel SAN Problems 61
Disable Automatic Host Registration 62
Optimizing Fibre Channel SAN Storage Performance 62
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Using ESXi with iSCSI SAN 65
iSCSI SAN Concepts 65
How Virtual Machines Access Data on an iSCSI SAN 71
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Configuring iSCSI Adapters and Storage 72
ESXi iSCSI SAN Requirements 73
ESXi iSCSI SAN Restrictions 73
Setting LUN Allocations for iSCSI 73
Network Configuration and Authentication 74
Set Up Independent Hardware iSCSI Adapters 74
About Dependent Hardware iSCSI Adapters 78
About the Software iSCSI Adapter 82
Modify General Properties for iSCSI Adapters 86
Setting Up iSCSI Network 87
Using Jumbo Frames with iSCSI 98
Configuring Discovery Addresses for iSCSI Adapters 100
Configuring CHAP Parameters for iSCSI Adapters 101
Configuring Advanced Parameters for iSCSI 106
iSCSI Session Management 108
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Booting from iSCSI SAN 111
General Recommendations for Boot from iSCSI SAN 111
Prepare the iSCSI SAN 112
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