ESX/ESXi Handling SCSI Queue Full and Busy Messages from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
Array...............................................................................................................................46
VMware ESX Release ESX 4.x, ESXi 5.0 and 5.0 updates, and ESXi 5.5...............................46
VMware ESXi Release 5.1...............................................................................................46
ESX/ESXi 4.1, ESXi 5.x Additional Feature Considerations............................................................47
Storage I/O Control...........................................................................................................47
vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI).............................................................................47
HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in 1.1.1 for ESX 4.1.................................................................................47
HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in 2.2.0 for ESXi 5.x...............................................................................48
UNMAP (Space Reclaim) Storage Hardware Support for ESXi 5.x............................................48
Out-of-Space Condition for ESX 4.1 and ESXi 5.x...................................................................49
Additional New Primitives Support on ESXi 5.x......................................................................50
VAAI and New Feature Support Table..................................................................................50
VAAI Plug-in Verification.....................................................................................................51
6 Configuring the Host as an FCoE Initiator Connecting to a FC target or an FCoE
Target........................................................................................................54
Configuring the FCoE Switch....................................................................................................54
Using system BIOS to configure FCoE........................................................................................54
Configuring an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Port for a FCoE Host Connection..................................56
Configuring Initiator FCoE to FC Target.....................................................................................57
Configuring Initiator FCoE to Target FCoE..................................................................................57
7 Configuring the Host for an iSCSI Connection..............................................59
Setting Up the Switch and iSCSI Initiator....................................................................................59
Installing Software iSCSI on VMware ESX..................................................................................59
Installing Virtual Machine Guest Operating System.....................................................................60
Creating a VMkernel Port........................................................................................................61
Configuring a Service Console Connection for the iSCSI Storage..................................................64
Configuring the VMware SW iSCSI Initiator...............................................................................68
iSCSI Failover Considerations and Multipath Load Balancing........................................................70
Performance Considerations for Multiple Host Configurations........................................................70
ESX/ESXi Additional Feature Considerations..............................................................................70
8 Allocating Storage for Access by the ESX Host.............................................71
Creating Storage on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage...................................................................71
Thin Deduplication.............................................................................................................71
Creating Virtual Volumes....................................................................................................71
Exporting LUNs to an ESX Host.................................................................................................72
Creating a VLUN for Export................................................................................................73
Discovering LUNs on VMware ESX Hosts...................................................................................74
Removing Volumes..................................................................................................................74
Host and Storage Usage.........................................................................................................75
Eventlog and Host Log Messages.........................................................................................75
9 Booting the VMware ESX Host from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage................77
10 Support and Other Resources...................................................................78
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................78
HP 3PAR documentation..........................................................................................................78
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................81
HP 3PAR branding information.................................................................................................81
11 Documentation feedback..........................................................................82
Index.........................................................................................................83
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