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= Configure ESX/ESXi Storage = | = Configure ESX/ESXi Storage = | ||
== Configure FC SAN Storage == | == Configure FC SAN Storage == | ||
'''Storage Device Naming''' | |||
* '''Name''' - A ''friendly'' name based on storage type and manufacturer. User changeable, kept consistent across ESX's | |||
* '''Identifier''' - Globally unique, human unintelligible. Persistent through reboot and consistent across ESX's | |||
* '''Runtime Name''' - The first path to a device, created by host and unpersistent of format '''<code>vmhba#:C#:T#:L#''' | |||
** vmhba - Storage Adapter number | |||
** C - Storage Channel number (software iSCSI uses this to represent multiple paths to same target) | |||
** T - Target | |||
** L - LUN (provided by storage system; if only 1 LUN its always L0) | |||
'''PSA - Pluggable Storage Architecture''' | '''PSA - Pluggable Storage Architecture''' | ||
* Manages storage multipathing | * Manages storage multipathing | ||
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** Storage Array Type Plugin (SATP) - unique to a particular array (effectively an array driver, like a standard PC hardware driver) | ** Storage Array Type Plugin (SATP) - unique to a particular array (effectively an array driver, like a standard PC hardware driver) | ||
** Path Selection Plugin (PSP) - default assigned by NMP based on the SATP | ** Path Selection Plugin (PSP) - default assigned by NMP based on the SATP | ||
* Multipathing Plugin (MPP) - 3rd party, can run alongside or in addition to Native Multipathing Plugin | * Multipathing Plugin (MPP) - 3rd party, can run alongside or in addition to Native Multipathing Plugin, | ||
'''PSA operations''' | '''PSA operations''' | ||