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: If changing the config from iSCSI to FCoE, follow the steps below.
1. Issue the showport command.
# showport
0:3:1 target ready - 000E1E05BEE6 iscsi iSCSI - - -
0:3:2 target ready - 000E1E05BEE2 iscsi iSCSI - - -
2. Turn off the iSCSI ports by issuing the command controlport offline
[node:slot:port]:
# controlport offline 0:3:1
# controlport offline 0:3:2
showport
0:3:1 target offline - 000E1E05BEE2 iscsi iSCSI0:3:2 target offline - 000E1E05BEE2 iscsi iSCSI
3. Change the topology to FCoE by issuing the commands controlport config fcoe
[node:slot:port] and controlport rst [node:slot:port]:
# controlport config fcoe 0:3:1
# controlport config fcoe 0:3:2
# controlport rst 0:3:1
# controlport rst 0:3:2
0:3:1 target offline - 000E1E05BEE2 iscsi iSCSI
0:3:2 target offline - 000E1E05BEE2 iscsi iSCSI
# showport
0:3:1 target ready 2FF70002AC000121 20310002AC000121 host FCoE - - -
0:3:2 target ready 2FF70002AC000121 20320002AC000121 free FCoE - - -
4. Check the current settings of the FCoE ports by issuing showport -fcoe.
For example:
# showport -fcoe
N:S:P ENode_MAC_Address PFC_Mask
0:3:1 00-02-AC-07-01-21 0x08
0:3:2 00-02-AC-06-01-21 0x00
Setting Up the FCoE Switch, FCoE Initiator, and FCoE target ports 33