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
Figure 25 PCI Slot 1 and Slot 2 Configured for FCoE
5. Save the changes and exit the BIOS.
Figure 26 Exiting the BIOS Utility
Configuring an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Port for a FCoE Host
Connection
When setting up FCoE initiator to FC target, there is nothing unique that needs to be configured
on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage. The initiator coming from the host adapters through the FCoE
Forwarder switch is treated as just another Fibre Channel device connecting to the HP 3PAR
StoreServ Storage ports. The same guidelines described in “Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ
Storage for Fibre Channel” (page 8) and “Configuring the Host for a Fibre Channel Connection”
(page 38) must be followed when a server with a host CNA card configured with FCoE is connected
to HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage ports.
When setting up FCoE initiator to FCoE target, the StoreServ ports must be configured for FCoE.
See Chapter 4, “Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for FCoE” (page 32), for notes on
how to configure FCoE ports on the StoreServ.
NOTE: For specific configurations that support FCoE CNAs and forwarder switches, refer to the
appropriate HP 3PAR OS release version on the HP SPOCK website:
HP SPOCK
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