STORCENTER IX4-200r NAS WITH VMWARE ESX SERVER 3.5

w Creating VMFS datastores in the ESX Server – for iSCSI, configuring VMFS datastores over the iSCSI LUNs that were provisioned from a StorCenter ix4-200r.

w Adding RDM disks to virtual machines – for iSCSI, alternatively making the LUNs available as RDM disks to the virtual machines.

w Multipathing and failover in the ESX Server – best practices for designing highly available network architecture in the ESX Server.

NIC AND ISCSI INITIATOR CONFIGURATION

The NIC and iSCSI HBA drivers provided by VMware as part of the ESX Server distribution should be utilized when connecting the ESX Server to a StorCenter ix4-200r storage device.

For iSCSI, both the ESX Server software iSCSI initiator and the iSCSI HBA can be used to connect to StorCenter ix4- 200r iSCSI targets. When using iSCSI HBA, two models by QLogic are currently supported. They are QLA4050c and QLE4060c; both are certified in the VMware I/O Compatibility Guide for ESX Server 3.5 (http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi35_io_guide.pdf).

VMKERNEL PORT CONFIGURATION

A VMkernel port allows for the usage of both iSCSI and NFS storage. When the storage has been configured on a StorCenter ix4-200r, the ESX server host must have a VMkernel port defined with network access to the Iomega device.

1.Click Configuration >Networking > Add Networking.

Figure 2 Add network

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