Hi,
I was told that I can add vhba cards on VM since ESX 3.5 (I'm on 4.0).
But I don't see vhba in list af possible new peripherals ?
Where can I find this kind of peripheral ?
Thx
I'm new on ESX 4.0 so where is PCI passthrought ?
Under ESX / Configuration / Advanced Settings
In this page you can see if your hardware support VMDirectPath.
It's to say that I have to have a hba card for ESX an another hba for each VM which need direct access to SAN ?
Yes.
In a real world 2 (for failover/multipath/...) HBA to ESX, and probably also 2 for the VM.
Andre
You can add a HBA card to a single VM using PCI Passthrough.
But your hardware must support this function.
And you cannot use the same HBA also for ESX.
Andre
Thank for your answer.
I'm new on ESX 4.0 so where is PCI passthrought ?
It's to say that I have to have a hba card for ESX an another hba for each VM which need direct access to SAN ?
Thx very much for your help
I'm new on ESX 4.0 so where is PCI passthrought ?
Under ESX / Configuration / Advanced Settings
In this page you can see if your hardware support VMDirectPath.
It's to say that I have to have a hba card for ESX an another hba for each VM which need direct access to SAN ?
Yes.
In a real world 2 (for failover/multipath/...) HBA to ESX, and probably also 2 for the VM.
Andre