HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Administrator Guide (5697-0934, May 2011)

3. Load balance the LUNs (if more than one) between storage systems or controllers.
VSM GUI
The following steps are an overview of the VSM GUI configuration process:
1. Configure at least one storage pool from the LUN presented by the storage system.
2. Configure at least one virtual disk from that storage pool.
3. Configure a user defined hosts (UDHs) for the VMware ESX servers using the appropriate
personality.
4. Assign the virtual disk to the VMware ESX (UDH) servers.
5. Assign the first VSM virtual disk with LUN 0 to the VMware ESX (UDH) servers.
To configure using the VSM GUI:
1. Verify that you can see the LUN presented by the storage system as back-end LUs.
2. Follow the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Manager User Guide for
instructions on how to create a storage pool.
3. Follow the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Manager User Guide for
instructions on how to create a virtual disk from that storage pool.
4. Follow the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Manager User Guide for
instructions on how to configure a UDH for the VMware server (choose VMware for the OS
type).
5. Configure the SCSI personality.
A SCSI personality defines the way in which the DPM (acting as storage system controllers)
reacts to certain SCSI commands coming from the ESX server, especially with regard to virtual
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