D-link systems, inc. Page 1 december 2, 2009 d-link system, inc.™ xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 rev. A.
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 2 december 2, 2009 © 2009 d-link systems, inc. All rights reserved disclaimer of liability: with respect to documents available from this server, neither d- link systems, inc. Nor any of their employees, makes any ...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 3 december 2, 2009 executive summary the xstack storage series iscsi storage arrays from d-link provide cost-effective, easy-to- deploy shared storage solutions for applications like the vmware infrastructure 3 ser...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 4 december 2, 2009 the xstack storage series iscsi san solution is designed for different sized customers and varying environments and is easy to configure to provide storage to vmware hosts. This document will des...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 5 december 2, 2009 the d-link dsn-1100-10 iscsi san the d-link dsn-2100-10 iscsi san the d-link dsn-3200-10 & 3400-10 iscsi san the d-link dsn-5110-10, & 5210-10 & 5410-10 iscsi san figure 1: the xstack storage fam...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 6 december 2, 2009 vmware and iscsi this section will describe the steps needed to attach iscsi storage to a vmware esx server host. Once attached and formatted, the storage can be provided to guest virtual machine...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 7 december 2, 2009 figure 2: esx two nic configuration for iscsi figure 3: esx four nic configuration for iscsi.
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 8 december 2, 2009 connecting the esx server host to the iscsi array the process to connect an esx server host to an iscsi storage array has three steps: first, the iscsi software initiator in esx is configured to ...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 9 december 2, 2009 basic setup to provide a basic setup using an xstack storage iscsi storage offering, a poweredge 2850 esx host with two intel® dual-core xeon® processors running at 2.66ghz and with 4gb memory wa...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 10 december 2, 2009 figure 4: basic setup (typical servers, switch and xstack storage dsn-3200-10 iscsi san solution).
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 11 december 2, 2009 storage connectivity with the introduction of vmware virtual infrastructure 3.0, several new storage connectivity options were introduced. This section covers the available storage options and r...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 12 december 2, 2009 note that the default block size of a virtual machine file system is 1mb. This block size supports storing virtual disk files up to a maximum of 256gb in size. If you plan to store virtual disks...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 16 december 2, 2009 figure 11: iscsi initiator properties window d-link offers iscsi hbas for use with iscsi implementations. For larger deployments, scalability benefits may be realized in storage performance by i...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 17 december 2, 2009 esx 3.5 configuration connectivity from a host running vmware’s esx 3.5 server to iscsi storage is much similar to esx 3.0.2 server in the above configuration. However, there are some basic diff...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 18 december 2, 2009 2. Click on properties. The firewall properties box appears. Figure 13: firewall properties window 3. Check software iscsi client. 4. Select configuration->storage adapters on the esx server. 5....
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 19 december 2, 2009 6. The iscsi initiator properties window appears. 7. Under the general tab select configure tab. Select the enabled checkbox and click ok. Select close. Figure 15: iscsi software initiator prope...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 20 december 2, 2009 9. Select properties under storage adapters. Select dynamic discovery. Select add. Provide the ip address of the xstack storage iscsi data port and click ok. There may be a slight delay before t...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 21 december 2, 2009 configure iscsi storage on esx 3.5 server connect to the esx server/virtual center using vi client and follow the steps below. 1. Go to the configuration tab and select storage adapters. Select ...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 22 december 2, 2009 performance tuning tuning your environment is very important. Always update the bios, firmware, drivers, and patches to the latest and greatest version. By doing so, you may circumvent a problem...
Xstack storage dsn-series san arrays vmware esx 3.0.2 & 3.5 d-link systems, inc. Page 23 december 2, 2009 the d-link xstack storage series is a good entry level iscsi solution and is ideal for customers who have file-intensive environments and are looking to deploy virtualization for a small subset ...