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How to Configure Openfiler iSCSI Storage for VMware ESX 4

Title: How to Configure Openfiler iSCSI Storage for VMware ESX 4
Author(s): Xtravirt (Paul Buckle)
Target Audience: Technical - Intermediate
Current Revision: 1.0 August 2009
First Published: 18 August 2009
Products: Openfiler 2.3, VMware ESX 4
UID: XD10119

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Title: 
How to Configure Openfiler iSCSI Storage for VMware ESX 4
Author(s): 
Xtravirt (Paul Buckle)
Target Audience: 
Technical - Intermediate
First Published: 
18 August 2009
Products: 
Openfiler 2.3, VMware ESX 4
UID: 
XD10119

Provision a locally-hosted iSCSI storage target and present it as a datastore on a VMware ESX 4 host using the freely available Openfiler appliance. This document shows you how.

How-to guide for provisioning a locally-hosted iSCSI storage target on a VMware ESX 4 host using the freely available Openfiler appliance.

Overview

This document describes how to provision a locally-hosted iSCSI storage target and the process to present it as a datastore on a VMware ESX 4 host using the freely available Openfiler appliance.

Its important to note that this configuration is not a suitable solution for a production environment and it does not include any iSCSI CHAP authentication or datastore multipathing.

Key concepts:

  • Pre-requisites
  • Configuration Details
  • Step-by-step procedure on how to install and configure Openfiler
Tags
appliance
datastore
ESX 4
iSCSI
OpenFiler
storage target
VMware
Hypervisor
Storage

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