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
NOTE: Use HP 3PAR OS CLI showsys command to get the Mutual CHAP Name (Name of
your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage).
# showsys
---------------(MB)----------------
ID -Name- ---Model---- -Serial- Nodes Master TotalCap AllocCap FreeCap FailedCap
99800 s331 HP_3PAR 7200 1699800 2 1 8355840 849920 7504896 1024
Hardware iSCSI Support
At ESX 5.0 and above, hardware iSCSI is supported using the CN1100E CNA card and other
Emulex BE3 models. This CNA can be configured using either Dependent iSCSI (the IP address of
the system is obtained from the host NIC connections) or Independent iSCSI (the IP address is
entered into the CNA card). The CN1100E can be configured to boot from SAN; SCSI targets
are entered into the card.
For general information about the CN1100E and other BE3 models supported, see the HP SPOCK
website:
HP SPOCK
Independent Hardware iSCSI
To set a static IP address, follow these steps:
1. After installing the CN1100E, boot the system. The following text appears if you have already
configured your CN1100E to operate in iSCSI as opposed to FCoE mode; if not use <Ctrl>
<P> to switch protocols:
Emulex 10Gb iSCSI Initiator BIOS..
Press <Ctrl> <S> for iSCSISelect(TM) Utility
2. Press Ctrl+S to enter the utility.
Figure 5 iSCSI Utility
3. Select a controller and press Enter.
22 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for iSCSI