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

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 (UDH) 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 or later
• VMware ESX Server 3.5 update 2 or later (both installable and embedded)
• VMware ESX Server 4
• VMware ESX Server 4i (both installable and embedded)
Supported VSM software versions
SVSP 3.0 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). Each ESX HBA port is zoned with a DPM target port. The following
is a zoning example with two ESX servers with each having a dual-port HBA.
◦ Zone_1: ESX1_HBA_Port0, DPM1_Port0
◦ Zone_2: ESX1_HBA_Port0, DPM2_Port0
◦ Zone_3: ESX2_HBA_Port0, DPM1_Port0
◦ Zone_4: ESX2_HBA_Port0, DPM2_Port0
◦ Zone_1: ESX1_HBA_Port1, DPM1_Port2
◦ Zone_2: ESX1_HBA_Port1, DPM2_Port2
◦ Zone_3: ESX2_HBA_Port1, DPM1_Port2
◦ Zone_4: ESX2_HBA_Port1, DPM2_Port2
• 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. Use the host type
“Microsoft 2003 Non Clustered.”
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