HP 3000 Enterprise Virtual Array - Manual (Page 116)

4. Click Manage Paths to view and modify your selections.
5. Click OK.
Important information about multi-initiators and VMFS clusters
In a multipath environment, configure two ESX servers to view the same LUN. When presenting a
LUN from HP Command View EVA, present the LUN to both initiators:
• From one initiator, create a VMFS file system and mount it. By default this files system is in PUBLIC
mode.
• The second host also accesses the same file system created on the shared LUN.
IMPORTANT:
Multi-initiators can access the same LUN in single path as well. Accessing the same LUN is not restricted
to multipathing.
Configuring multipath with the Solaris 10 iSCSI Initiator
This section contains information about configuring multipath with the Solaris 10 iSCSI Initiator.
MPxIO overview
The Sun multipathing software (MPxIO) provides basic failover and load-balancing capability to HP
StorageWorks EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 storage systems. MPxIO allows the merging of multiple SCSI
layer paths, such as an iSCSI device exposing the same LUN via two different iSCSI target names.
Because MPxIO is independent of transport, it can multipath a target that is visible on both iSCSI and
FC ports. This section describes only the iSCSI implementation of MPxIO with the mpx100/100b.
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