Previously Failover Clustering was called MSCS.īefore installing VMware ESX software with your storage array, please examine the lists on the following pages to find out whether your array and configuration are supported. Such clustering is certified only with a subset of arrays listed in this guide.
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Windows Clustering refers Cluster Services in Windows operating systems in a shared disk configuration between two virtual machines or a virtual machine and a physical system. Microsoft Windows Failover Cluster with ESX Please contact your storage vendors if you do not find devices certified in the SAN HCL list. It does not include older ESX 2.5.x or earlier versions listed in. This SAN HCL lists storage devices starting with ESX 3.0.x onwards.
NOTE: The use of an external enclosure, or JBOD connected to a supported SAS/SCSI controller in a supported server is supported, as long as there is no disk sharing among multiple servers or SAS/SCSI cards. We recommend contacting the OEM vendor for the best information on when their device is planned to be certified with Virtual Infrastructure.įor further details about array firmware, storage product configurations and best practices, please contact the storage vendor. Due to different product release cycles, levels of testing, and OEM agreements, not all OEM devices will be supported at the general availability date of a new version of ESX. VMware works closely with each of its OEMs to drive towards mutual support of ESX at the time of announcement. If you are having a technical issue with 3rd party HW/SW and it is not found on this list, please refer to our 3rd Party HW/SW support policy at. Note: Boot from SAN (Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, SAS, or iSCSI) is not supported with ESXi version 4.0 and earlier.
If a product is listed as supported for ESX, the product is also supported for ESXi Embedded and ESXi Installable corresponding versions. In this guide we only explicitly list ESX compatibility information. This guide describes the storage devices currently tested by VMware and its storage partners.ĮSX, ESXi Embedded and ESXi Installable are equivalent products from a storage compatibility perspective. VMware ESX software has been tested and deployed in a variety of storage network environments.