HP MPX200 Multifunction Router - Manual (Page 58)

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Guest OS boot from an MPX200 iSCSI device
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VMFS data stores and raw device mapping for guest OS virtual machines
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Multi-initiator access to the same LUN via VMFS
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VMware ESX server 4.0/3.5 native multipath solution based on NIC teaming
iSCSI initiator operating system considerations:
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Host-mode setting—VMware
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Hardware iSCSI initiator (iSCSI HBA)—Not supported
Supported IP network adapters
For the latest information on IP network adapter support, see the product release notes or SPOCK
at
http://www.hp.com/storage/spock . You must sign up for an HP Passport to enable access.
Table 11 (page 58) lists the IP network adapters supported by the MPX200.
Table 11 Supported IP network adapters
Network interconnect Operating system
All standard GbE NICs/ASICs supported by Apple Apple Mac OS X
All standard 1 Gbe or 10 GbE NICs/ASICs and TOE NICs supported by HP
for Windows 2012, 2008 and 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2012,
2008, 2003, Hyper-V
QLogic iSCSI HBAs
All standard 1 Gbe or 10 GbE NICs/ASICs supported by HP for Linux Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux
QLogic iSCSI HBAs
All standard GbE NICs/ASICs supported by Sun Solaris
All standard 1 Gbe or 10 GbE NICs/ASICs supported by HP for VMware VMware
QLogic iSCSI HBAs
IP network requirements
HP requires the following:
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Network protocol: TCP/IP IPv6 or IPv4, Ethernet 1,000 Mb/s or 10 GbE
NOTE: If you configure IPv6 on any MPX200 iSCSI port, you must also configure IPv6 on
the HP Command View management server.
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IP data—LAN/VLAN supported with less than 10 ms latency; maximum of two VLANs per
port, one VLAN per protocol
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IP management—LAN/WAN supported
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Dedicated IP network for iSCSI data
HP recommends the following:
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Jumbo frames
Setting up the iSCSI initiator
This section explains how to set up the iSCSI initiator.
58 MPX200 iSCSI configuration rules and guidelines