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
4. Identify the QLogic HBA module that is currently loaded.
vmkload_mod -l | grep qla2300
Depending on the model of the HBA, the module can be one of the following:
qla2300_707 (ESX 3.0.x)
qla2300_707_vmw (ESX 3.5)
5. The target port queue depth can now be modified via the service console command line using
VMware supplied binaries.
The example shows the qla2300_707 module. Use the appropriate module based on the
outcome of Step 4.
esxcfg-module -s ql2xmaxqdepth=42 qla2300_707
esxcfg-boot –b
The server must now be rebooted for the changes to take effect.
6. Reboot the ESX host.
Upon boot up, the ESX host will now be throttled to a maximum of 42 outstanding commands
(as per the example in Step 5) to the target (HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage port).
NOTE: For additional information on changing the queue depth for HBAs, refer to the
VMware Fibre Channel SAN Configuration Guide.
Follow-up Actions/Recommendations for ESX 3.5 Update 3 and Earlier 89