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• HP 3PAR VMware ESX Implementation Guide

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• Contents

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• 1 Introduction

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  • Supported Configurations

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  • HP 3PAR OS Upgrade Considerations

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  • Audience

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• 2 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for Fibre Channel

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  • Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x or OS 2.3.x

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    • Setting Up the Ports

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    • Creating the Host Definition

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  • Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 2.2.x

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    • Setting Up the Ports

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    • Creating the Host Definition

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  • Setting Up and Zoning the Fabric

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    • HP 3PAR Coexistence

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    • Configuration Guidelines for Fabric Vendors

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    • Target Port Limits and Specifications

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    • HP 3PAR Priority Optimization

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    • Persistent Ports

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      • Persistent Ports Setup and Connectivity Guidelines

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      • Persistent Ports Limitations

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      • Unsupported Configurations

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• 3 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for iSCSI

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  • Software iSCSI Support

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    • Setting Up the Ports for an iSCSI Connection

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    • Creating the iSCSI Host Definition on an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x and OS 2.3.x

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    • Creating the iSCSI Host Definition on an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 2.2.x

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    • Setting Up and Configuring CHAP Authentication

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  • Hardware iSCSI Support

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  • Target Port Limits and Specifications

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  • HP 3PAR Priority Optimization

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• 4 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for FCoE

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  • Setting Up the FCoE Switch, FCoE Initiator, and FCoE target ports

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  • Creating the Host Definition

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  • Target Port Limits and Specifications

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  • HP 3PAR Priority Optimization

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• 5 Configuring the Host for a Fibre Channel Connection

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  • Installing the HBA and Drivers

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  • Installing Virtual Machine Guest Operating System

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  • Multipath Failover Considerations and I/O Load Balancing

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    • Configuring Round Robin Multipathing on ESX 4.x or later for Fibre Channel

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    • Configuring ESX/ESXi Multipathing for Round Robin via SATP PSP

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      • ESX/ESXi 4.0 GA - 4.0 Ux

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      • ESX/ESXi 4.1 GA - 4.1 Ux

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      • ESXi 5.x

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    • SATP Info Commands

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      • Default SATP Rules and Their Current Default PSP

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      • SATP Custom Rules and Associated Defined Parameters

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      • Show Device Information

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      • Script Alternative for Path Policy Changes on Storage Devices without a Host Reboot

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  • Performance Considerations for Multiple Host Configurations

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    • ESX/ESXi Handling SCSI Queue Full and Busy Messages from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Array

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      • VMware ESX Releases through ESX 3.5 Update 3

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      • VMware ESX Release 3.5 Update 4 through ESX 4.x and ESXi 5.0

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      • VMware ESXi Release 5.1

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    • Follow-up Actions/Recommendations for ESX 3.5 Update 3 and Earlier

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      • Recommendations for ESX Hosts Attached to a Storage Port on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage

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      • Modifying the Tuneable Parameters for Queue Depth Throttling in ESX 3.x

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  • ESX/ESXi 4.1, ESXi 5.x Additional Feature Considerations

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    • Storage I/O Control

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    • vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)

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    • HP 3PAR VAAI Plugin 1.1.1 for ESXi 4.1

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    • HP 3PAR VAAI Plugin 2.2.0 for ESXi 5.x

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    • UNMAP (Space Reclaim) Storage Hardware Support for ESXi 5.x

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    • Out-of-Space Condition for ESX 4.1 and ESXi 5.x

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    • Additional New Primitives Support on ESXi 5.x

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    • VAAI and New Feature Support Table

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    • VAAI Plugin Verification

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    • VMware All Paths Down

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• 6 Configuring the Host as an FCoE Initiator Connecting to a FC target or an FCoE Target

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  • Configuring the FCoE Switch

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  • Using system BIOS to configure FCoE

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  • Configuring an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Port for a FCoE Host Connection

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  • Configuring Initiator FCoE to FC Target

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  • Configuring Initiator FCoE to Target FCoE

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• 7 Configuring the Host for an iSCSI Connection

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  • Setting Up the Switch, iSCSI Initiator, and iSCSI target ports

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  • Installing iSCSI on VMware ESX

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  • Installing Virtual Machine Guest Operating System

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  • Creating a VMkernel Port

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  • Configuring a Service Console Connection for the iSCSI Storage

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  • Configuring the VMware iSCSI Initiator

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  • iSCSI Failover Considerations and Multipath Load Balancing

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  • Performance Considerations for Multiple Host Configurations

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  • ESX/ESXi Additional Feature Considerations

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• 8 Allocating Storage for Access by the ESX Host

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  • Creating Storage On the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage

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    • Creating Virtual Volumes for HP 3PAR OS 2.2.4 and Later

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    • Creating Virtual Volumes for HP 3PAR OS 2.2.3 or Earlier

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  • Exporting LUNs to an ESX Host

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    • Creating a VLUN for Export

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  • Discovering LUNs on VMware ESX Hosts

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  • Removing Volumes

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  • Host and Storage Usage

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    • Eventlog and Host Log Messages

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• 9 Booting the VMware ESX Host from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage

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• 10 Support and Other Resources

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  • Contacting HP

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  • HP 3PAR documentation

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  • Typographic conventions

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  • HP 3PAR branding information

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• 11 Documentation feedback

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