Dell PowerStore 3000T EMC PowerStore Host Configuration Guide - Page 3

Contents Additional Resources...5 Chapter 1: Introduction...6 Purpose...6 Chapter 2: Best Practices for Storage Connectivity 7 General SAN Guidelines...7 Recommended Zoning Configurations...7 Using LUN 0 with PowerStore...7 Fibre Channel SAN Guidelines...7 Recommended Configuration Values Summary...7 Minimal Zoning Configuration for Fibre Channel...8 Recommended Zoning Configuration for Fibre Channel 8 iSCSI SAN Guidelines...11 Recommended Configuration Values Summary...11 Minimal Subnetting Configuration for iSCSI...12 Recommended Configuration for iSCSI...12 Chapter 3: Host Configuration for VMware vSphere ESXi 16 Chapter Scope...16 Recommended Configuration Values Summary...16 Fibre Channel HBA Configuration...17 Pre-Requisites...17 iSCSI Configuration...17 Pre-Requisites...18 Jumbo Frames...18 Delayed ACK...18 Login Timeout...18 vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) Settings...19 Confirming that VAAI is Enabled on the ESXi Host 19 Setting the Maximum I/O...19 Confirming UNMAP Priority...19 Configuring VMware vSphere with PowerStore Storage in a Multiple Array Configuration 20 Multipathing Software Configuration...20 Configuring Native Multipathing...20 Post-Configuration Steps...23 Disk Formatting...23 Presenting PowerStore Volumes to the ESXi Host 23 Creating a File System...23 VMware Paravirtual SCSI Controllers...23 Virtual Disk Provisioning...24 Virtual Machine Guest OS Settings...24 Chapter 4: Host Configuration for Microsoft Windows 25 Contents 3