Vmware Iscsi Initiator Rules And Guidelines; Supported Ip Network Adapters; Ip Network Requirements - HP EVA P6000 User Manual

iSCSI Initiator operating system considerations:
Host mode setting – Oracle Solaris
Does not support TOE NICs or iSCSI HBA
Does not support LUN 0

VMware iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines

The VMware iSCSI Initiator supports the following:
Native iSCSI software initiator in VMware ESX 4.0/3.5
Guest OS SCSI Controller, LSI Logic and/or BUS Logic (BUS Logic with SUSE Linux only)
ESX server's native multipath solution, based on NIC teaming on the server
Guest OS boot from an iSCSI or an iSCSI/FCoE presented target device
Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) data stores and raw device mapping for guest OS virtual
machines
Multi-initiator access to the same LUN via VMFS
VMware ESX server 4.0/3.5 native multipath solution based on NIC teaming
iSCSI Initiator operating system considerations:
Host mode setting VMware
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 15 (page 82)
Table 15 Operating system and multipath software support
Operating system
Apple Mac OS X
Microsoft Windows Server 2008,
2003, Hyper-V
Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux
Solaris
VMware

IP network requirements

HP recommends the following:
Network protocol: TCP/IP IPv6, IPv4, Ethernet 1000 Mb/s or 10 GbE
IP data: LAN/VLAN support with less than 10 ms latency; maximum of 2 VLANs per port, 1
VLAN per protocol
IP management—LAN/WAN support
82 iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE configuration rules and guidelines
lists the IP network adapters supported by the iSCSI and iSCSI/FCoE controller.
Network interconnect
All standard GbE NICs/ASICs supported by Apple
All standard 1 GbE or 10 GbE NICs/ASICs and TOE NICs supported by HP
for Windows 2008 and 2003
QLogic iSCSI HBAs
All standard 1 GbE or 10 GbE NICs/ASICs supported by HP for Linux
QLogic iSCSI HBAs
All standard GbE NICs/ASICs supported by Oracle
All standard 1GbE or 10 GbE NICs/ASICs supported by HP for VMware
QLogic iSCSI HBAs