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

Configuring VMFS and RDM LUN through ESX VSphere
and RSM Server
This chapter provides the prerequisites for configuring VMFS and RDM LUNs
through ESX 4 VSphere and RSM server. This chapter also addresses the following
topics:
• Configuring HBA Ports
• Adding ESX host using CV server and RSM server
• Adding RSM host agent using RSM server
• Creating and Presenting virtual disk
• Present LUN to ESX 4 server through RSM
• Present LUN to virtual machine through VSphere
• Configuring VMFS LUN
• Configuring RDM LUN
Prerequisites
The VMware VSphere 4 and SAN administrators must ensure proper zoning of the
Fibre Channel switch and must be familiar with storage concepts.
The prerequisites for configuring VMFS and RDM LUN through ESX 4 VSphere and
RSM server are:
•
Install HP StorageWorks Command View EVA. For instructions on how to
install the HP StorageWorks Command View EVA, see the HP
StorageWorks Command View EVA installation guide :
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.js
p?contentType=SupportManual&locale=en_US&docIndexId=179911&taskI
d=101&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=471497
• Install the HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager. For instructions
on how to install the HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager, see
the HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager-Installing :
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SupportTaskIndex
.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=115&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=3807
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• Install ESX 3.5 or 4.0 server application on a supported server configuration
and update the HBA drivers as per the instructions provided in
Configuration best practices for HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array
(EVA) family and VMware VSphere 4 White Paper :