HP LeftHand SAN Solutions Support Document - User Manual - User Manual VSA 7.0 SP1 for VMware

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1 Chapter: Designing A Virtual SAN
Overview
The Virtual SAN Appliance for VMware
®
ESX Server (VSA™) enables full
featured use of the SAN/iQ
®
software in a virtualized environment.
Implementing SAN functionality within server virtualization enables many
unique server and storage configurations. When deployed correctly, LeftHand
Networks virtual SANs are scalable, highly available, and fully redundant.
Figure 1 Example of a Virtual SAN using the Virtual SAN Appliance
for VMware
®
ESX Server (VSA)
Getting Started
Find detailed instructions for properly installing and configuring the VSA in
both the VMware VI Client and the SAN/iQ software in the Quick Start Guide
for the VSA. The VSA Quick Start Guide is available in PDF format and is
installed in the Documentation subdirectory with the Centralized
Management Console program files.