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1 Introduction...............................................................................................6
Supported Configurations..........................................................................................................6
HP 3PAR OS Upgrade Considerations.........................................................................................7
Audience.................................................................................................................................7
2 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for Fibre Channel..........................8
Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x or OS 2.3.x.........................8
Setting Up the Ports..............................................................................................................8
Creating the Host Definition..................................................................................................9
Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 2.2.x........................................10
Setting Up the Ports............................................................................................................11
Creating the Host Definition................................................................................................12
Setting Up and Zoning the Fabric.............................................................................................12
HP 3PAR Coexistence.........................................................................................................13
Configuration Guidelines for Fabric Vendors..........................................................................13
Target Port Limits and Specifications.....................................................................................14
HP 3PAR Priority Optimization.............................................................................................15
Persistent Ports...................................................................................................................15
Persistent Ports Setup and Connectivity Guidelines.............................................................16
Persistent Ports Limitations...............................................................................................17
Unsupported Configurations...........................................................................................17
3 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for iSCSI....................................18
Software iSCSI Support...........................................................................................................18
Setting Up the Ports for an iSCSI Connection.........................................................................18
Creating the iSCSI Host Definition on an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x
and OS 2.3.x....................................................................................................................19
Creating the iSCSI Host Definition on an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS
2.2.x................................................................................................................................20
Setting Up and Configuring CHAP Authentication..................................................................21
Hardware iSCSI Support..........................................................................................................25
Target Port Limits and Specifications..........................................................................................30
HP 3PAR Priority Optimization..................................................................................................30
4 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for FCoE....................................31
Setting Up the FCoE Switch, FCoE Initiator, and FCoE target ports.................................................31
Creating the Host Definition.....................................................................................................33
Target Port Limits and Specifications..........................................................................................34
HP 3PAR Priority Optimization..................................................................................................34
5 Configuring the Host for a Fibre Channel Connection....................................35
Installing the HBA and Drivers..................................................................................................35
Installing Virtual Machine Guest Operating System.....................................................................36
Multipath Failover Considerations and I/O Load Balancing..........................................................37
Configuring Round Robin Multipathing on ESX 4.x or later for Fibre Channel.............................39
Configuring ESX/ESXi Multipathing for Round Robin via SATP PSP............................................40
ESX/ESXi 4.0 GA - 4.0 Ux.............................................................................................42
ESX/ESXi 4.1 GA - 4.1 Ux..............................................................................................43
ESXi 5.x.......................................................................................................................43
SATP Info Commands.........................................................................................................44
Default SATP Rules and Their Current Default PSP...............................................................44
SATP Custom Rules and Associated Defined Parameters......................................................45
Show Device Information................................................................................................45
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