iscsi connection between hp msa2312i and ESX Server
I have an ESX server running on HP, and an MSA2312i running in my network. Currently no disks have been allocated on the MSA, the volumes and all that have been created, etc, however nothing has been assigned to a host.
What I am looking for is a "common sense" approach to assigning a volume to the ESX Server for storage. Now I know that the specific device procedures are intricate, and I can deal with that, however I need the basic over view, and I will do the research to complete the process.
Here is what I have...
flat network:
192.168.1.0/24
ESX Host
Disk Array
an example of what I am looking for is the following:
ON MSA -- Do this first
Create VDISK
Create Volume
Assign ISCSI ID to Volume
ON ESX Server
go to Configuration
Storage
Add Storage
Input ISCSI ID to create Virtual Disk
your done... disk should work.
That's how simple I would like it.
Thanks.
What I am looking for is a "common sense" approach to assigning a volume to the ESX Server for storage. Now I know that the specific device procedures are intricate, and I can deal with that, however I need the basic over view, and I will do the research to complete the process.
Here is what I have...
flat network:
192.168.1.0/24
ESX Host
Disk Array
an example of what I am looking for is the following:
ON MSA -- Do this first
Create VDISK
Create Volume
Assign ISCSI ID to Volume
ON ESX Server
go to Configuration
Storage
Add Storage
Input ISCSI ID to create Virtual Disk
your done... disk should work.
That's how simple I would like it.
Thanks.
Oh, and don't forget to zone your ESX hosts and setup a separate VLAN or a separate network for the SAN.
And add a second switch for redundancy, and 2 seperate VLANs really since the two controllers in the MSA should be on seperate subnets.
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Paul - thanks for the input... zone the esx - do you mean to just put the ESX on seperate subnet as well as the MSI? and is this a requirement? It's a small network 6 workstations, 2 virtuals, 1 MSI (2 controllers) 1 ESX, and 2 File Servers.
Thanks again.
Andyalder, thanks too for the "Optimum" redundancy suggestion.
Thanks again.
Andyalder, thanks too for the "Optimum" redundancy suggestion.
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Let me clarify, you should zone the LUNs for the ip address of the vmkernel ip address (that connects your iscsi software initiator) on your SAN, the iscsi vmkernel ip address is what is talking to your SAN
iscsi vsphere
mpio p32-34
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_iscsi_san_cfg.pdf