Cisco Cisco UCS C22 M3 Rack Server White Paper

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Create Persistent Storage for VMware ESXi Logs and VSA Deployment

Repeat the following steps on each ESXi host to add the storage for the SvSAN VSA deployment.

1.  Log in to vSphere Client and select the host from the 

Inventory pane.

2.  Click the 

Configuration tab and click Storage in the Hardware pane.

3. Click 

Datastores and click Add Storage.

4.  Select the 

Disk/LUN storage type (Figure 20). Then click Next.

Figure 20.  Selecting the Storage Type

5.  On the 

Select Disk/LUN page, select the 34.19-GB storage device (Figure 21). Then click Next.

Figure 21.  Selecting the Storage Device

6.  On the 

Current Disk Layout page, click Next.

7.  On the 

Properties page, type the data-store name and click Next.

8.  Specify the storage capacity. Then click 

Next.

9. Click 

Finish to complete the process (Figure 22).