User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- HP 3PAR VMware ESX Implementation Guide
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for Fibre Channel
- 3 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for iSCSI
- 4 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for FCoE
- 5 Configuring the Host for a Fibre Channel Connection
- Installing the HBA and Drivers
- Installing Virtual Machine Guest Operating System
- Multipath Failover Considerations and I/O Load Balancing
- Performance Considerations for Multiple Host Configurations
- ESX/ESXi 4.1, ESXi 5.x Additional Feature Considerations
- Storage I/O Control
- vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)
- HP 3PAR VAAI Plugin 1.1.1 for ESXi 4.1
- HP 3PAR VAAI Plugin 2.2.0 for ESXi 5.x
- UNMAP (Space Reclaim) Storage Hardware Support for ESXi 5.x
- Out-of-Space Condition for ESX 4.1 and ESXi 5.x
- Additional New Primitives Support on ESXi 5.x
- VAAI and New Feature Support Table
- VAAI Plugin Verification
- VMware All Paths Down
- 6 Configuring the Host as an FCoE Initiator Connecting to a FC target or an FCoE Target
- 7 Configuring the Host for an iSCSI Connection
- Setting Up the Switch, iSCSI Initiator, and iSCSI target ports
- Installing iSCSI on VMware ESX
- Installing Virtual Machine Guest Operating System
- Creating a VMkernel Port
- Configuring a Service Console Connection for the iSCSI Storage
- Configuring the VMware iSCSI Initiator
- iSCSI Failover Considerations and Multipath Load Balancing
- Performance Considerations for Multiple Host Configurations
- ESX/ESXi Additional Feature Considerations
- 8 Allocating Storage for Access by the ESX Host
- 9 Booting the VMware ESX Host from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
- 10 Support and Other Resources
- 11 Documentation feedback
1 Introduction
This implementation guide provides information for establishing communications between an
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage and a VMware ESX host. General information is also provided on the
basic steps required to allocate storage on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage that can then be accessed
by the ESX host.
The information contained in this implementation guide is the outcome of careful testing of the
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage with as many representative hardware and software configurations
as possible.
Required
For predictable performance and results with your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage, you must use the
information in this guide in concert with the documentation set provided by HP 3PAR for the
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage and the documentation provided by the vendor for their respective
products.
Supported Configurations
The following types of host connections are supported between the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
and hosts running a VMware ESX OS:
Fibre Channel connections are supported between the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage and the ESX
host in both a fabric-attached and direct-connect topology.
For information about supported hardware and software platforms, see the HP Single Point of
Connectivity Knowledge (HP SPOCK) website:
http://www.hp.com/storage/spock
For more information about HP 3PAR storage products, follow the links in “HP 3PAR Storage
Products” (page 6).
Table 1 HP 3PAR Storage Products
See...Product
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/
Home.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=12169&
prodSeriesId=5335712&lang=en&cc=us
HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/
Home.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=12169&
prodSeriesId=5157544&lang=en&cc=us
HP 3PAR StoreServ 10000 Storage
http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Nav?
h_pagetype=s-001&h_lang=en&h_cc=us&
HP 3PAR Storage Systems
h_product=5044012&h_client=S-A-R163-1&
h_page=hpcom&lang=en&cc=us
http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Nav?
h_pagetype=s-001&h_lang=en&h_cc=us&
HP 3PAR StoreServ Software — Device Management
h_product=5046476&h_client=S-A-R163-1&
h_page=hpcom&lang=en&cc=us
http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Nav?
h_pagetype=s-001&h_lang=en&h_cc=us&
HP 3PAR StoreServ Software—Replication
h_product=5053605&h_client=S-A-R163-1&
h_page=hpcom&lang=en&cc=us
Required
All installation steps should be performed in the order described in this implementation guide.
6 Introduction