HP EVA P6000 Storage - Manual (Page 93)

VMware iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines
The VMware iSCSI Initiator supports the following:
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Native iSCSI software initiator in VMware ESX 4.0/3.5
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Guest OS SCSI Controller, LSI Logic and/or BUS Logic (BUS Logic with SUSE Linux only)
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ESX server's native multipath solution, based on NIC teaming on the server
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Guest OS boot from an iSCSI or an iSCSI/FCoE presented target device
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Virtual Machine File System (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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Does not support hardware iSCSI initiator (iSCSI HBA)
Supported IP network adapters
For the latest information on network adapter support, see the product release notes or the Single
Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) at
http://www.hp.com/storage/spock . You must sign
up for an HP Passport to enable access.
Table 19 (page 93) lists the IP network adapters supported by the iSCSI and iSCSI/FCoE controller.
Table 19 Operating system and multipath software support
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 Oracle Solaris
All standard 1GbE or 10 GbE NICs/ASICs supported by HP for VMware VMware
QLogic iSCSI HBAs
IP network requirements
HP recommends the following:
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Network protocol: TCP/IP IPv6, IPv4, Ethernet 1000 Mb/s or 10 GbE
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IP data: LAN/VLAN support with less than 10 ms latency; maximum of 2 VLANs per port, 1
VLAN per protocol
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IP management—LAN/WAN support
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Dedicated IP network for iSCSI data
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Jumbo frames
NOTE: If you configure IPv6 on any iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module's ISCSI data port, you must
also configure IPv6 on the HP P6000 Command View management server.
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