vSphere Plugin: Creating an Individual Host Group

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Note:
For NVME hosts, the following criteria must be met for each host in the cluster:

  • An NVME topology with at least 1 NVME adapter

  • The NVME adapter must have an NVME controller configured and connected to a FlashArray controller.

  • See the following video For NVME hosts, the following criteria must be met for each host in the cluster: for more details.

  1. Right-click on the ESXi cluster to create a host group.
  2. Navigate to Everpure > Add/Update Host Group .
  1. Select the FlashArray or Fusion fleet on which to configure the host connectivity.
  1. Select Fibre Channel, iSCSI or the pertinent NVMe-oF selection. The plugin will then auto-generate the name of the hosts and host group. They can be changed if needed at a later time.

If the host/host group does not yet exist on the array, it will be marked as Will be created. If it does exist, it will be marked as Already configured.

If the host name already exists on the array, the plugin will append the protocol name to the host name to make it unique.

A protocol will not allow host host group and host creation if the target FlashArray or hosts do not currently offer that particular protocol.

  1. If selecting Configure iSCSI initiators on the hosts, the plugin will also configure the iSCSI target information and best practices on that particular host or hosts. See the section entitled Configuring iSCSI for details.
  2. Click Create to complete the creation.