Users Guide

Figure 14. Add software iSCSI adapter

Additional information

For more information about network configuration for software iSCSI storage, refer to the following

sections in the iSCSI SAN Configuration Guide in the VMware vSphere Online Library:

• Configuring iSCSI Initiators and Storage

• Setting Up Software iSCSI Initiators

• Networking Configuration for Software iSCSI Storage

Configuring SAS support on ESXi hosts

For the MD vCenter Plug-in to configure ESXi hosts to the MD storage arrays, with SAS connections, an

updated version of the LSI SAS SMI-S provider must be installed on the ESXi hosts.

Upgrading the SAS SMI-S provider

NOTE: SAS support is available only for ESXi version 5.1 and later host versions. Previous versions of

ESX and ESXi are not supported.

NOTE: This upgrade is required only to allow the Host to Storage Configuration option to configure

SAS connected storage arrays. When the storage arrays are already configured, or the storage arrays

are not SAS-connected, you do not need to upgrade the in-box provider.

To use the SAS provider, you must first deploy it on the ESXi servers to be configured. This deployment

requires that either Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) or Secure Copy (SCP) is enabled on the ESXi host.

To install the SAS SMI-S Provider upgrade package, you must have root access. To install the package by

remote login, either create a new user with host login privileges, or enable remote logins for the root

user.