NPIV support in VMware ESX4

Simon Long wrote a blog post on NPIV support in vSphere titled : NPIV support in VMware ESX4

“Whilst revising for the VCP4 Beta Exam and also replying to a thread on the VMTN Forum, I’ve come across a couple of instances where there is a lack of “using NPIV in VMware ESX 4″ information. The only good post I can find is Jason Boche’s post; N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) and VMware Virtual Infrastructure, but his post is written and tested using ESX3.5. So I have decided to find out as much information as I can and post it here.

What are the Advantages of using NPIV?

• Standard storage management methodology across physical and virtual servers.
• Portability of access privileges during VM migration.
• Fabric performance, as NPIV provides quality of service (QoS) and prioritization for ensured VM-level bandwidth assignment.
• Auditable data security due to zoning (one server, one zone).

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Read the full blog post at http://www.simonlong.co.uk/blog/2009/07/21/npiv-support-in-vmware-esx4/

I wanted to post this as very useful info.

Thanks to Simon.