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Configuring VMDirectPath I/O for HP Command View EVA (Partner Supported) (1025641)

Last Updated: 6/27/2017Categories: How toTotal Views: 20630Language:
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This article provides instructions for HP Partner Support for configuring VMware VMDirectPath I/O with HP equipment listed below.

VMDirectPath I/O

VMDirectPath I/O allows device drivers in virtual machines to bypass the virtualization layer so that they can directly access and control a physical device. VMDirectPath I/O provides this capability to some I/O device drivers.

It relies on DMA Address Translation in an I/O Memory Management Unit to convert guest physical addresses to host physical addresses

It is primarily targeted to those applications that can benefit from direct access by the guest operating system to the I/O devices. Other virtualization features, such as VMotion, hardware independence, and sharing of physical I/O devices is not yet available to virtual machines using this feature.

Note: Partner support implies that the solution is not directly supported by VMware and customer has to contact HP for issues with this configuration. VMware offers best effort support to the partner to fix vSphere related problems that may be found in the field. The partner has to verify proper functioning of the configuration with any future vSphere major and minor release as VMware does not guarantee that compatibility with future major/minor releases are maintained.

Solution

Supported HP Servers

VMDirectPath I/O supports a direct device connection for virtual machines running on Intel Xeon 5500 systems, which feature an implementation of the I/O memory management unit (IOMMU) called Virtual Technology for Directed I/O (VT ‐d). VMDirectPath can work on AMD platforms with I/O Virtualization Technology (AMD IOMMU), but this configuration is offered as experimental support.

CVEVA (Command View EVA) will be supported on an Intel VT-d or AMD IOMMU capable Proliant Servers.

Supported HBAs

Emulex LPe 1205-HP 8Gb FC HBA (456972-B21)

Emulex LPe12000 8Gb FC HBA (AJ762A/81E)

Emulex LPe12002 8Gb FC HBA (AJ763A/82E)

Firmware version: (refer to HP compatibility support matrix for supported versions)

QLogic QMH2562 8Gb FC HBA (451871-B21)

QLogic QLE2562 8Gb FC HBA

QLogic QLE2560 8Gb FC HBA

Firmware version: (loaded by the driver)

Supported VMware ESX versions

VMware ESX 4.0

VMware ESX 4.1

VMware ESXi 5.0

VMware ESXi 5.1

VMware ESXi 5.5

VMware ESXi 6.0

Supported CVEVA (Command View EVA)

Command view EVA version 9.3 or later is required.

Note: The Command view EVA version used must also meet the minimum requirement for the EVA array and firmware used.

Supported EVA Arrays

EVA 4100/6100 (HSV200-A)

EVA 8100 (HSV210-A)

EVA 4400 (HSV300)

EVA 4400 (HSV300-S)

EVA 6400 (HSV400)

EVA 8400 (HSV450)

P6300 (HSV340)

P6500 (HSV360)

Note: Regarding the EVA array Firmware supported on these arrays, see the Compatibility Reference Guide.

Supported Guest Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Standard

Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition

Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition

Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Webserver edition

Windows 2003

Additional Documentation

For Command View Documentation please refer to the CV EVA Compatibility Reference Guide.

For more information, see the Configuring VMDirectPath I/O for Command View EVA in a VM section (Appendix E) in the HP enterprise virtual array family with VMware vSphere 4.0 , 4.1 and 5.0 configuration best practices document.

For information about VMDirectPath I/O requirements, see VMware vSphere VMDirectPath I/O: Requirements for Platforms and Devices (2142307).

For translated versions of this article, see:

日本語: HP Command View EVA の VMDirectPath I/O を構成する（パートナーによるサポート） (2089868)

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