Setup Guide

Additional Resources.....................................................................................................................6
Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 7
Purpose.................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Chapter 2: Best Practices for Storage Connectivity...................................................................... 8
General SAN Guidelines..................................................................................................................................................... 8
Recommended Zoning Configurations......................................................................................................................8
Using LUN 0 with PowerStore................................................................................................................................... 8
Fibre Channel SAN Guidelines.......................................................................................................................................... 9
Recommended Configuration Values Summary..................................................................................................... 9
Minimal Zoning Configuration for Fibre Channel....................................................................................................9
Recommended Zoning Configuration for Fibre Channel.................................................................................... 10
iSCSI SAN Guidelines........................................................................................................................................................ 13
Recommended Configuration Values Summary....................................................................................................13
Minimal Subnetting Configuration for iSCSI..........................................................................................................13
Recommended Configuration for iSCSI.................................................................................................................. 14
Chapter 3: Host Configuration for VMware vSphere ESXi............................................................ 17
Chapter Scope.................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Recommended Configuration Values Summary..........................................................................................................17
Fibre Channel HBA Configuration.................................................................................................................................. 18
Pre-Requisites...............................................................................................................................................................18
iSCSI Configuration........................................................................................................................................................... 19
Pre-Requisites...............................................................................................................................................................19
Software iSCSI Adapter Configuration................................................................................................................... 19
Jumbo Frames..............................................................................................................................................................20
Delayed ACK................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Login Timeout...............................................................................................................................................................20
vStorage API for System Integration (VAAI) Settings..............................................................................................21
Confirming that VAAI is Enabled on the ESXi Host............................................................................................. 21
Setting the Maximum I/O................................................................................................................................................ 21
Confirming UNMAP Priority............................................................................................................................................22
Configuring VMware vSphere with PowerStore Storage in a Multiple Cluster Configuration.......................22
Multipathing Software Configuration...........................................................................................................................23
Configuring Native Multipathing..............................................................................................................................23
Post-Configuration Steps............................................................................................................................................... 25
Disk Formatting............................................................................................................................................................26
Presenting PowerStore Volumes to the ESXi Host............................................................................................ 26
Creating a File System............................................................................................................................................... 26
VMware Paravirtual SCSI Controllers.................................................................................................................... 26
Virtual Disk Provisioning............................................................................................................................................ 26
Virtual Machine Guest OS Settings.........................................................................................................................27
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