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12 Booting VMware ESXi from FCoE
The below screenshot shows an active zone in a Dell S5000 Switch. The output shown is generated by
executing show fc zoneset active command in the Switch command-line interface.
For more information, see the PowerSwitch S5000 documents.
Following are the two ways to access the storage controller:
• Use a web browser with network access and connect to the eth0 IP address of the controller.
• Download Storage Manager Client (Windows/Linux) to manage and monitor Storage center (s).
The following screenshot displays a volume mapped to an FCoE initiator in a Dell Compellent SC8000
storage array.
For more information, see the Dell Storage SC8000 documents.
Boot PowerEdge server with ESXi ISO build mounted. The configured FCoE LUN is listed as one of the
storage devices as shown: