Dell PowerVault MD3820f User Manual

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Setting Round-Robin Load Balancing Policy On ESXi-

Based Storage Arrays

NOTE: Perform this procedure after you have enabled ALUA on VMware ESXi and verified if the host
server is using ALUA for the MD storage array. For more information, see

Enabling ALUA On VMware

ESX/ESXi

and

Verifying If Host Server Is Using ALUA For MD Storage Array

.

To set a round-robin load balancing policy on your ESXi-based host server:

1.

For ESXi 5.x, run the following command:
# esxcli storage nmp satp set --default-psp VMW_PSP_RR --satp VMW_SATP_ALUA/

VMW_SATP_LSI

2. Reboot your ESX-based host server.

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