Install Guide

Figure 1. Dell EqualLogic MEM Logical Path Configuration
Table 1. EqualLogic MEM Logical Path Configuration Details describes the components shown in Figure 1. Dell EqualLogic MEM Logical
Path Configuration.
Table 1. EqualLogic MEM Logical Path Configuration Details
Callout Description
1 VMware virtual machines with guest operating system
2 Virtual machine disk format (VMDK)
3 Raw device mapping (RDM) disk
4 VMware file system (VMFS)
5 CIM provider, which hosts EqualLogic Host Connection Management
6 EqualLogic Routed PSP
7 VMware native multipathing, hosting the PSP driver
8 VMkernel, the ESXi hypervisor, including network and storage stacks
9 Host Bus Adapter (HBA) or software initiator
10 Network
11 PS Series group members
Determining the Number of Sessions
EHCM creates the appropriate number of sessions to an EqualLogic volume.
The actual number of sessions is determined by:
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