HP QR516B manual To show the version of the installed VAAI plugin

•On ESX 4.1, you can verify that the VAAI Plugin is installed and enabled on devices using the following commands:

•To show the version of the installed VAAI plugin:

#esxupdate --vib-view query grep 3par cross_3par-vaaip-inserv_410.1.1-230815

installed

•To show that the claim rule is in effect for the HP 3PAR devices discovered:

•To show that the VAAI is supported on the device:

#esxcfg-scsidevs -l naa.50002ac003da00eb

Device Type: Direct-Access

Size: 512000 MB

Display Name: 3PARdata iSCSI Disk (naa.50002ac003da00eb)

Multipath Plugin: NMP

Console Device: /dev/sdx

Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.50002ac003da00eb

Vendor: 3PARdata Model: VVRevis: 3110

SCSI Level: 5 Is Pseudo: false Status: on

Is RDM Capable: true Is Removable: false

Is Local: false Other Names:

vml.020001000050002ac003da00eb565620202020

VAAI Status: supported

ESXi 5.x with HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 uses the native T10 plugin, and should not show any HP 3PAR plugin.

#esxcli storage core plugin list Plugin name Plugin class

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NMP MP

The following outputs shows that Hardware Acceleration is enabled on HP 3PAR LUNs to take advantage of the storage primitives on ESX 4.1 and ESXi 5.x. Use the esxcfg-advcfgcommand to check that the options are set to 1 (enabled):

#esxcfg-advcfg -g /DataMover/HardwareAcceleratedMove

#esxcfg-advcfg -g /DataMover/HardwareAcceleratedInit

#esxcfg-advcfg -g /VMFS3/HardwareAcceleratedLocking

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