Part 2 Configuration
by Gabriel Requejo, Minja Obradovic, Hartmut Lonzer, Mario David Ganem, Diego Silva
VMware Implementation with IBM System Storage DS5000
- Front cover
- Notices
- Preface
- Part 1 Planning
- Chapter 1. Introduction of IBM VMware Midrange Storage Solutions
- Chapter 2. Security design of the VMware vSphere Infrastructure architecture
- Chapter 3. Planning the VMware vSphere storage system design
- 3.1 VMware vSphere ESXi Server storage structure: Disk virtualization
- 3.2 Choosing the IBM Midrange Storage Subsystem for a VMware implementation
- 3.3 Overview of IBM Midrange Storage Systems
- 3.4 Storage subsystem considerations
- 3.4.1 Segment size
- 3.4.2 Midrange Storage Systems cache features
- 3.4.3 Enabling cache settings
- 3.4.4 Aligning file system partitions
- 3.4.5 Premium features
- 3.4.6 Considering individual virtual machines
- 3.4.7 Determining the best RAID level for logical drives and arrays
- 3.4.8 Server consolidation considerations
- 3.4.9 VMware ESX Server storage configurations
- 3.4.10 Configurations by function
- 3.4.11 Zoning
- Chapter 4. Planning the VMware vSphere Server design
- 4.1 Considering the VMware vSphere Server platform
- 4.2 Operating system considerations
- 4.2.1 Buffering the I/O
- 4.2.2 Aligning host I/O with RAID striping
- 4.2.3 Recommendations for host bus adapter settings
- 4.2.4 Recommendations for Fibre Channel switch settings
- 4.2.5 Using Command Tag Queuing
- 4.2.6 Analyzing I/O characteristics
- 4.2.7 Using VMFS for spanning across multiple LUNs
- 4.2.8 Using the VAAI plug-in
- Part 2 Configuration
- Chapter 5. VMware ESXi Server and storage configuration
- 5.1 Storage configuration
- 5.2 Installing the VMware ESX Server
- 5.2.1 Prerequisites
- 5.2.2 Configuring the hardware
- 5.2.3 Configuring the software on the VMware ESX Server host
- 5.2.4 Connecting to the VMware ESXi Server
- 5.2.5 Creating additional virtual switches for guests’ connectivity
- 5.2.6 Connecting to SAN storage by using iSCSI
- 5.2.7 Configuring VMware ESXi Server Storage
- 5.2.8 Verifying the multipathing policy for Fibre Channel LUNs
- 5.2.9 Creating virtual machines
- 5.2.10 Additional VMware ESX Server Storage configuration
- Chapter 6. VMware command-line tools for configuring vSphere ESXi storage
- Chapter 7. IBM System Storage Plug-In for VMware vCenter
- Chapter 8. VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM5) implementation
- Chapter 9. VMware vSphere ESXi 5 advanced configuration and new features
- Appendix A. VMware ESXi Fibre Channel configuration checklist
- Related publications
- Back cover
Configuration
In Part 2, we provide detailed steps for the VMware ESXi Server installation and storage-related setup and configuration.
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