HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform administrator guide (5697-0109, July 2009)

Deployment steps
Before actually configuring the environment it is very important to carefully plan the environment and
the deployment steps after taking all the requirements into consideration. The deployment steps include
configuring of all the storage components that provide storage services for the VMware environment:
• Fibre Channel zoning—Configure the appropriate SAN zoning.
• Storage systems—Configure the LUNs and LUN masking.
• VSM—Configure the storage pools: virtual disks and assigning the virtual disks to the VMware/ESX
servers.
• VMware ESX server—Configure the storage adapter and create the DATASTORE.
NOTE:
It is important that the components are configured in the specific order as described in the following
sections.
Supported VMware ESX versions
The following VMware ESX and Virtual Center versions are supported by the current VSM software
release:
• VMware ESX Server 3.5 update 2 and update 3
• VMware ESX Server 3i update 2 and update 3 (both installable and embedded)
Supported VSM software versions
SVSP 2.0 or higher is required for proper interoperability with VMware ESX server.
Configuration
Fibre Channel zoning
The basic zoning requirement includes at least two zones: front-end and back-end.
• The front-end zone includes the ESX server's HBA ports and the DPM target ports (by default DPM
port 0 and port 2).
• The back-end zone includes the DPM initiator ports (by default DPM port 1 and port 3), VSM ports
(port 0 and port 1), and the storage system controller FC ports.
Storage system
The basic requirement is to have at least one configured LUN presented from the storage system. To
configure the storage system:
1. Configure a LUN.
2. Configure the LUN masking to include the DPM and VSM server ports. Each LUN must be presented
to both DPMs and both VSM servers using the same LUN number for all cases. Use the host type
“Microsoft 2003 Non Clustered.”
Deploying VMware ESX Server with SVSP100