HPE StoreVirtual 3200 - Data Paths

• Or, an iSCSI session from each initiator IP address to the VIP must be created.
• The system uses an OS-provided multipathing driver, such as the Windows multipath driver. On iSCSI
systems, each storage controller uses two IP addresses per storage controller for increased
performance.
• Round Robin is the suggested load balancing policy for the StoreVirtual 3200 iSCSI network
configuration. Windows Server 2016 defaults to Round Robin with Subset. VMware ESXi 6.0 uses the
Round Robin Path Selection Policy by default.
• The iSCSI configuration uses MLTP which provides multiple LUNs on a single target.
Data paths
Each host must have a connection from at least two interfaces to the four IP addresses on iSCSI systems
or four WWPNs on Fibre Channel systems to provide highly available paths. One path for each target will
be an active-optimized path and the other paths will be standby.
An MPIO driver is required to select paths and to prevent duplicate volumes. Use the generic MPIO driver
supplied with the operating system.
Figure 27 shows MPIO sessions as seen in the SVMC.
Figure 27: StoreVirtual Management Console view of MPIO sessions
Figure 28 shows MPIO sessions as seen in the Windows iSCSI initiator.
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