Table Of Contents - HP StorageWorks XP10000 - Disk Array Configuration Manual

Contents
1 Installing and configuring VMware for the XP disk array .......................... 7
Features and requirements ........................................................................................................... 7
Fibre Channel interface ............................................................................................................... 8
Device emulation types ................................................................................................................ 8
Failover ..................................................................................................................................... 8
SNMP configuration .................................................................................................................... 9
XP RAID Manager command devices ............................................................................................ 9
Installation roadmap ................................................................................................................... 9
Installing and configuring the disk array ...................................................................................... 10
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports .......................................... 10
Setting the system option modes ........................................................................................... 11
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports ..................................................................................... 11
Fibre address .............................................................................................................. 11
Fabric and connection parameter settings ....................................................................... 12
Installing and configuring the host ............................................................................................... 12
Loading the operating system and software ........................................................................... 12
Installing and configuring the FCAs ..................................................................................... 12
Clustering and fabric zoning ................................................................................................ 12
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems ................................................. 13
Configuring VMware ESX Server .......................................................................................... 14
Connecting the disk array .......................................................................................................... 15
Defining the paths .............................................................................................................. 15
Setting up Virtual Machines (VMs) and guest operating systems ...................................................... 16
Setting the SCSI disk timeout value for Windows VMs ............................................................. 16
Sharing LUNs .................................................................................................................... 16
Selecting the SCSI emulation driver ....................................................................................... 19
2 Troubleshooting ............................................................................... 21
Error conditions ........................................................................................................................ 21
3 Support and other resources .............................................................. 23
Related documentation .............................................................................................................. 23
Conventions for storage capacity values ...................................................................................... 23
HP technical support ................................................................................................................. 23
Subscription service .................................................................................................................. 24
HP websites ............................................................................................................................. 24
Documentation feedback ........................................................................................................... 24
A Path worksheet ................................................................................ 25
B Disk array supported emulations ........................................................ 27
Supported emulations ................................................................................................................ 27
Emulation specifications ............................................................................................................. 27
XP Disk Array Configuration Guide for VMware 3