Dell EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module Installation and User’s Guide Version 1.7

Dell EqualLogic MEM Configuration Model

Figure 1 shows the logical path configuration that the MEM uses.

Table 1 describes the components shown in Figure 1.

Table 1. EqualLogic MEM Logical Path Configuration DetailsDescription of callouts in figure
Callout	Description
1	VMware virtual machines with guest operating system
2	Virtual machine disk format (VMDK)
3	Raw device mapping (RDM) disk
4	VMware file system (VMFS)
5	CIM provider, which hosts EqualLogic Host Connection Management
6	EqualLogic Routed PSP
7	VMware native multipathing, hosting the PSP driver
8	VMkernel, the ESXi hypervisor, including network and storage stacks
9	Host Bus Adapter (HBA) or software initiator
10	Network
11	PS Series group members