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VPLEX metro in combination with vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1)
I have i very simple question.
what is the Native Multipath Setting on a ESXi 5.1 host when he get its storage from a VPLEX environment.
(Fixed , Round Robin or something different)
i looking for a recent document where it is explained.
sureshacs
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March 31st, 2015 14:00
According to EMC vplex SAN best practices for NMP its fixed.
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April 1st, 2015 13:00
Hi, actually this has changed as of mid-2014. VPLEX recommends a NMP multipathing policy of Round-robin. FIxed is still fully supported I stress, it's just less than ideal when it comes to many hosts and many volumes and multiple VPLEX FE ports.
This is outlined in the VMware ESX Host Connectivity Guide (last updated Nov 2014):
https://support.emc.com/docu5265_Host-Connectivity-Guide-for-VMWare-ESX-Server.pdf?language=en_US
And this doc discusses it as well:
https://support.emc.com/docu58229_VPLEX-Host-Multipathing:-Implementation-Planning-and-Best-Practices.pdf?language=en_US
Gary
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April 1st, 2015 15:00
Perfect Gary . Thanks for clarification.