Instruction Manual

Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 Server
Core
Linux
Sun Solaris 10
VMware
Initiator rules and guidelines
This section describes the following iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines:
• “iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines” on page 33
• “VMware iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines” on page 33
• “Windows iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines” on page 34
• “OpenVMS iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines” on page 36
• “Apple Mac OS X iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines” on page 35
• “Linux iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines” on page 35
• “Solaris iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines” on page 35
iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines
This section describes iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines.
• iSCSI Initiators and mpx100/100b iSCSI ports can reside in different IP subnets. This requires
setting the mpx100/100b iSCSI gateway feature. See “Configuring the mpx100/100b” on page
51 and “Command line interface” on page 139 for more information.
• There can be a maximum of eight mpx100/100b iSCSI targets per iSCSI Initiator.
• Both single path and multipath initiators are supported on the same mpx100/100b.
• Fibre Channel LUNs and iSCSI LUNs are not supported on the same server.
VMware iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines
Supports:
• Native iSCSI software initiator in VMware ESX 3.5
• Guest OS SCSI Controller, LSI Logic and/or BUS Logic (BUS Logic only with SUSE Linux)
• ESX server's native multipath solution, based on NIC teaming in the server
• Guest OS boot from mpx100/100b iSCSI device
• VMFS file system data stores and raw device mapping for guest OS virtual machines
• Multi-initiator access to the same LUN via VMFS cluster file system
• VMware ESX server supports multipath, using ESX server's native multipath solution based on NIC
teaming
Does not support:
• BUS Logic Guest OS SCSI controller with Windows and/or Red Hat Linux
• EVA3000/5000
Supported by the EVA iSCSI option with VMware:
EVA iSCSI Connectivity User Guide 33