HP 3PAR VMware ESX Implementation Guide

Performance Considerations for Multiple Host Configurations........................................................49
ESX/ESXi Handling SCSI Queue Full and Busy Messages from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
Array...............................................................................................................................50
VMware ESX Releases through ESX 3.5 Update 3.............................................................50
VMware ESX Release 3.5 Update 4 through ESX 4.x, ESXi 5.0 and 5.0 updates, and ESXi
5.5..............................................................................................................................50
VMware ESXi Release 5.1...............................................................................................50
ESX/ESXi 4.1, ESXi 5.x Additional Feature Considerations............................................................51
Storage I/O Control...........................................................................................................51
vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI).............................................................................51
HP 3PAR VAAI Plugin 1.1.1 for ESX 4.1..................................................................................52
HP 3PAR VAAI Plugin 2.2.0 for ESXi 5.x...............................................................................52
UNMAP (Space Reclaim) Storage Hardware Support for ESXi 5.x............................................53
Out-of-Space Condition for ESX 4.1 and ESXi 5.x...................................................................53
Additional New Primitives Support on ESXi 5.x......................................................................55
VAAI and New Feature Support Table..................................................................................55
VAAI Plugin Verification......................................................................................................56
6 Configuring the Host as an FCoE Initiator Connecting to a FC target or an FCoE
Target........................................................................................................59
Configuring the FCoE Switch....................................................................................................59
Using system BIOS to configure FCoE........................................................................................59
Configuring an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Port for a FCoE Host Connection..................................61
Configuring Initiator FCoE to FC Target.....................................................................................62
Configuring Initiator FCoE to Target FCoE..................................................................................62
7 Configuring the Host for an iSCSI Connection..............................................64
Setting Up the Switch, iSCSI Initiator, and iSCSI target ports.........................................................64
Installing iSCSI on VMware ESX...............................................................................................64
Installing Virtual Machine Guest Operating System.....................................................................65
Creating a VMkernel Port........................................................................................................66
Configuring a Service Console Connection for the iSCSI Storage..................................................69
Configuring the VMware SW iSCSI Initiator...............................................................................73
iSCSI Failover Considerations and Multipath Load Balancing........................................................75
Performance Considerations for Multiple Host Configurations........................................................75
ESX/ESXi Additional Feature Considerations..............................................................................75
8 Allocating Storage for Access by the ESX Host.............................................76
Creating Storage On the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage..................................................................76
Creating Virtual Volumes for HP 3PAR OS 2.3.1 and Later.......................................................76
Exporting LUNs to an ESX Host.................................................................................................76
Creating a VLUN for Export................................................................................................77
Discovering LUNs on VMware ESX Hosts...................................................................................78
Removing Volumes..................................................................................................................79
Host and Storage Usage.........................................................................................................80
Eventlog and Host Log Messages.........................................................................................80
9 Booting the VMware ESX Host from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage................81
10 Support and Other Resources...................................................................82
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................82
HP 3PAR documentation..........................................................................................................82
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................85
HP 3PAR branding information.................................................................................................85
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