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Dual controller MD3600i with separate subnets (as per manual), connecting via separate isolated switches to two separate HBAs in ESX 4/5
What am I supposed to see (have) with multipath working correcly?
Active (I/O) - Active (this is what I have showing currently)
or
Active (I/O) - Active (I/O) (I believe it should be that condition)
on each controller for each target (LUN)
The manual states:
Increasing Bandwidth With Multiple iSCSI Sessions The PowerVault MD3600i Series storage array in a duplex configuration supports two active/active asymmetric redundant controllers. Each controller has two 10G Ethernet ports that support iSCSI. The bandwidth of the two ports on the same controller can be aggregated to provide optimal performance. A host can be configured to simultaneously use the bandwidth of both the ports on a controller to access virtual disks owned by the controller. The multi-path failover driver that Dell provides for the MD3600i Series storage array can be used to configure the storage array so that all ports are used for simultaneous I/O access. If the multi-path driver detects multiple paths to the same virtual disk through the ports on the same controller, it load-balances I/O access from the host across all ports on the controller.
There is no driver for ESX, so how would one configure it?
I am NOT using the targets (LUN) for VMFS, but RDM to my VM OS
Thanks
Seb
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