Installation and Configuration vSphere Storage Appliance 1.0 vSphere 5.0
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VMware vSphere Storage Appliance Installation and Configuration
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Contents
VMware vSphere Storage Appliance Installation and Configuration
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Updated Information 7
1 Introduction to vSphere Storage Appliance 9
What Is a VSA Cluster? 9
VSA Cluster Components 10
VSA Cluster Architecture 11
VSA Cluster Network Architecture 12
How a VSA Cluster Handles Failures 14
Differences Between VSA Clusters and Storage Area Networks 15
VSA Cluster Capacity 16
2 Install and Configure the VSA Cluster Environment 21 vSphere Storage Appliance Planning Checklist 21
VSA Cluster Requirements 22
Configure RAID on a Dell Server 27
Configure RAID on an HP Server 27
Configure VLAN IDs on the Ethernet Switches 28
ESXi Installation 28
Configure the ESXi Hosts 30 vCenter Server