Targets ? ? ?

[MrVmware9423]

Dear VMware Experts,

I want to know the difference between Tragets, following is the snapshot of the same.

in vmhba2:c0:T1:L1 (T1 stands for Target) is it means StorageController/Processor???? in the second colum again Target , what this target means. is it mean SAN Switch Mac Address???

Regards

MrVMware.

[UmeshAhuja]

Hi,

vmhba#:C#:T#:L#, where

vmhba# is the name of the storage adapter. The name refers to the physical  adapter on the host, not to the SCSI controller used by the VMs.

C# is the storage channel number.

T# is the target number. Target numbering is decided by the host and might  change if there is a change in the mappings of targets visible to the host.  Targets that are shared by different hosts might not have the same target number.

L# is the LUN number that shows the position of the LUN within the target.  The LUN number is provided by the storage system. If a target has only one LUN,  the LUN number is always zero (0).

[nava_thulasi39 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You have two HBA cards (Hba 1, 2) and 2 stroage processor / Controller (Target) (0,1) and hitting LUN1.

So you have 4 paths like

vmhba1:C0:T0:L1

vmhba1:C0:T1:L1

vmhba2:C0:T0:L1

vmhba2:C0:T1:L1

(T1 stands for Target) is it means StorageController/Processor????

Yes.

in the second colum again Target , what this target means. is it mean SAN Switch Mac Address?

No. This is identifier from the LUN level (Stroage)