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1 Introduction Topics: • Purpose • Audience Purpose This document provides an overview of how virtualization is implemented on PowerStore clusters. This document contains the following information: ● Hypervisor configuration for a PowerStore X model appliance. ● How to manage virtualization components in PowerStore Manager. ● How to add an external ESXi host to a PowerStore cluster in vCenter Server. ● How to add the ESXi hosts in PowerStore X model appliances to VMware NSX-V. ● Best practices and limitations for PowerStore, vCenter Server, and vSphere. Audience The information in this guide is primarily intended for: ● System administrators who are responsible for a wide range of technologies in their organization including basic storage management ● Storage administrators who manage the operations of storage infrastructure within their organization ● Virtualization administrators who deliver and maintain the virtual infrastructure for their organization Users should have current practical experience with the following topics: ● Managing virtual machines and ESXi hypervisors with the embedded VMware vSphere Web Client ● Accessing the ESXi Shell in order to use ESXCLI commands ● Using other VMware management interfaces such as PowerCLI Introduction 5

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Introduction
Topics:
•
Purpose
•
Audience
Purpose
This document provides an overview of how virtualization is implemented on PowerStore clusters.
This document contains the following information:
●
Hypervisor configuration for a PowerStore X model appliance.
●
How to manage virtualization components in PowerStore Manager.
●
How to add an external ESXi host to a PowerStore cluster in vCenter Server.
●
How to add the ESXi hosts in PowerStore X model appliances to VMware NSX-V.
●
Best practices and limitations for PowerStore, vCenter Server, and vSphere.
Audience
The information in this guide is primarily intended for:
●
System administrators who are responsible for a wide range of technologies in their organization including basic storage
management
●
Storage administrators who manage the operations of storage infrastructure within their organization
●
Virtualization administrators who deliver and maintain the virtual infrastructure for their organization
Users should have current practical experience with the following topics:
●
Managing virtual machines and ESXi hypervisors with the embedded VMware vSphere Web Client
●
Accessing the ESXi Shell in order to use ESXCLI commands
●
Using other VMware management interfaces such as PowerCLI
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