Chapter 7

Configuring and Managing Storage

IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL LEARN TO:

• BECOME FAMILIAR WITH STORAGE CONCEPTS
  • Learn the Basics of Storage in vSphere
  • Learn the Types of Supported Storage
  • Learn the Benefits of Remote Storage
  • Guidelines for Implementing Storage

• CONFIGURE FIBRE CHANNEL SAN STORAGE
  • Connect Fibre Channel Storage to an ESXi Host
  • Manage Fibre Channel Storage on an ESXi Host
  • Configure NPIV for Virtual Machines

• CONFIGURE ISCSI SAN STORAGE
  • Become Familiar with ESXi iSCSI SAN Requirements
  • Configure Hardware iSCSI Initiators if Present
  • Configure Software iSCSI Initiators

• CONFIGURE NFS STORAGE
  • Configure NFS Storage with ESXI

VMware ESXi natively provides virtualization of CPU, memory, network, and disk resources. The first three resources have to be utilized locally on the ESXi host. Disk resources can be utilized locally or remotely.