VMware vSphere considerations
This chapter provides information about the technical specifications for attaching IBM System Storage DS8000 systems to host systems running VMware vSphere. There are multiple versions of VMware vSphere available. However, this chapter presents information based on vSphere Version 5. Most of this information also applies to earlier versions.
The following topics are covered:
•vSphere introduction
•vSphere storage concepts
•Multipathing
•Storage vMotion
•SSD detection
•Best practices
7.1 vSphere introduction
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