Platform
Additional
Setting
Figure 1-35: Options Tab in the Edit Host Group Page
5. From the Middleware pull-down list on the Options tab, select the
middleware to be connected according to
Observe the following guidelines when selecting platform and middleware
settings on the storage system:
•
If you use winBoot/i by emBoot, Inc. or Open Enterprise Server by
Novell, Inc, check Enable NOP-In Suppress Mode.
•
For VMware, select the following setting:
Platform = VMware
Middleware = not specified
Common Settings = Standard Mode
•
If you use VMware CHAP (Discovery session) over an iSCSI connection,
check Enable Discovery CHAP Mode and refer to your VMware
documentation for additional information.
•
If you use alternate path (MPIO:Multipath I/O) and clustering (MSCS:
Microsoft Cluster Service) configuration using the Microsoft's iSCSI
Software Initiator on Windows Server 2003 with the iSCSI connection,
the following setting is required.
•
Registry setting on the server.
When downloading the iSCSI Software Initiator from the Microsoft
home page, refer to the descriptions of Microsoft Server Cluster
(MSCS) in the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 2.x Users Guide, which is a
Hitachi AMS 2100/2300 Getting Started Guide
Middleware
Table 1-9 on page
1-38.
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