Chapter 3 Notes; Connection Notes; For Vmware Vsphere - Fujitsu ETERNUS DX Disk User Manual

Chapter 3
Notes
Note the following issues when connecting the ETERNUS DX Disk storage system to a server.
3.1

Connection Notes

3.1.1

For VMware vSphere

Dedicated IP addresses must be allocated to the iSCSI LAN. An IP address must be allocated to each VMkernel
that corresponds to an iSCSI Initiator, and a LAN card and VMkernel must be connected via a virtual switch.
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For the ETERNUS DX Disk storage system
For example, a total of four IP addresses are required by the following iSCSI connection setup.
Example connection configuration
VMkernel (iSCSI Software Initiator)
IP address (1)
IP address
for iSCSI port (3)
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VMkernel (iSCSI Software Initiator)
IP address (2)
LAN card
LAN switch
IP address
for iSCSI port (4)
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