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Table 4. Storage Heartbeat Summary lists a summary of heartbeats.
Table 4. Storage Heartbeat Summary
ESX/ESXi Version iSCSI Login Timeout Value Storage Heartbeat Multipathing Policy
ESX/ESXi 4.0 Not applicable
1
Yes RR
ESX/ESXi 4.1 Not applicable
1
Yes MEM
4
, RR
ESX/ESXi 4.1 update 3 60 Yes MEM
4
, RR
ESXi 5.0 60
2
Yes MEM
4
, RR
ESXi 5.1 60 No
3
MEM
4
, RR
ESXi 5.5 60 No
3
MEM
4
, RR
1. Under ESXi 4.0 and 4.1, the iSCSI Login Timeout value is set to 15 seconds and cannot be changed.
2. VMware patch ESXi500-201112001 is required to enable editing of the iSCSI Login Timeout value.
3. Due to improvements in later ESXi releases, it is no longer necessary to implement the Storage Heartbeat
VMkernel port.
4. The Dell EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module for vSphere (MEM) depends on the vSphere Storage APIs for
Multipathing, which are available only under Enterprise or Enterprise Plus licensing.
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