HP 3PAR VMware ESX Implementation Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP 3PAR VMware ESX Implementation Guide
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for Fibre Channel
- 3 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for iSCSI
- 4 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for FCoE
- 5 Configuring the Host for a Fibre Channel Connection
- Installing the HBA and Drivers
- Installing Virtual Machine Guest Operating System
- Multipath Failover Considerations and I/O Load Balancing
- Performance Considerations for Multiple Host Configurations
- ESX/ESXi 4.1, ESXi 5.x Additional Feature Considerations
- Storage I/O Control
- vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)
- HP 3PAR VAAI Plugin 1.1.1 for ESX 4.1
- HP 3PAR VAAI Plugin 2.2.0 for ESXi 5.x
- UNMAP (Space Reclaim) Storage Hardware Support for ESXi 5.x
- Out-of-Space Condition for ESX 4.1 and ESXi 5.x
- Additional New Primitives Support on ESXi 5.x
- VAAI and New Feature Support Table
- VAAI Plugin Verification
- 6 Configuring the Host as an FCoE Initiator Connecting to a FC target or an FCoE Target
- 7 Configuring the Host for an iSCSI Connection
- Setting Up the Switch, iSCSI Initiator, and iSCSI target ports
- Installing iSCSI on VMware ESX
- Installing Virtual Machine Guest Operating System
- Creating a VMkernel Port
- Configuring a Service Console Connection for the iSCSI Storage
- Configuring the VMware SW iSCSI Initiator
- iSCSI Failover Considerations and Multipath Load Balancing
- Performance Considerations for Multiple Host Configurations
- ESX/ESXi Additional Feature Considerations
- 8 Allocating Storage for Access by the ESX Host
- 9 Booting the VMware ESX Host from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
- 10 Support and Other Resources
- 11 Documentation feedback
- A Appendix
Setting Up and Configuring CHAP Authentication
Enabling Host CHAP is an option that can be set up at the ESX system administrator's discretion.
The following example outlines the procedures for host (initiator) CHAP which is available as of
ESX 3.x. As of ESX 4.0, mutual (bidirectional, initiator-target) CHAP is also available.
1. Issue the HP 3PAR OS CLI showhost command to verify that a host definition has been
created on HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for the ESX host that will have CHAP enabled.
# showhost
Id Name ----------------WWN/iSCSI_Name---------------- Port
0 ESX1 iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:hpdl380-01-11a38a59 0:1:2
iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:hpdl380-01-11a38a59 1:1:2
The following example uses the CHAP secret (CHAP password) host_secret3 for the ESX
host. Be aware that the CHAP secret must be at least 12 characters long.
2. On the ESX host's VI/vSphere client, select the Configuration tab, then click Storage Adapters
under the Hardware pane. Select the iSCSI Software Adapter and select the Properties link.
For ESX 3.5, select the CHAP Authentication tab, and then select the Use the following CHAP
credentials radio button.
Figure 1 CHAP Authentication in ESX 3.5
For ESX/ESXi 4.x or ESX/ESXi 5.x, select the Use initiator name check box.
18 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for iSCSI