Deployment of VMFS and RDM LUN through ESX VSphere and RSM Server (February 2010)

List of figures
Figure 1 Architecture ......................................................................................................... 3
Figure 2 WWN ID
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Figure 3 Adding ESX host using StorageWorks CV EVA
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Figure 4 Adding ESX host using RSM server
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Figure 5 Validating ESX 4 Server Credentials for Adding the ESX host using RSM server
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Figure 6 ESX 4 server information
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Figure 7 New enabled port
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Figure 8 Summary information
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Figure 9 Verification
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Figure 10 Creating virtual disk
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Figure 11 Presentation LUN to the ESX 4 server
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Figure 12 Rescanning the ESX 4 server
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Figure 13 Configuring VMFS LUN using VSphere client
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Figure 14 Adding storage type
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Figure 15 Selecting Disk/LUN
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Figure 16 Specifying storage property
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Figure 17 Formatting the VMFS disk
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Figure 18 Summary information of VMFSLUN/DataStore
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Figure 19 VMFS LUN summary assigned to the virtual disk
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Figure 20 Adding Hardware
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Figure 21 Selecting a disk
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Figure 22 Creating a disk
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Figure 23 Specifying virtual disk size
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Figure 24 Advanced options
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Figure 25 Summary information of VMFS LUN
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Figure 26 RSM dashboard
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Figure 27 Virtual machine properties
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Figure 28 Adding hardware
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Figure 29 Selecting a disk ............................................................................................... 27
Figure 30 Selecting target LUN
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Figure 31 Adding a datastore
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Figure 32 Selecting compatibility mode
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Figure 33 Selecting a mode
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Figure 34 Summary information of adding RDM LUN to VMware guest OS
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