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VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook

By : Abhilash G B
Book Image

VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook

By: Abhilash G B

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Viewing the LUNs presented to an ESXi host


In this recipe, we learn how to view the LUNs presented to an ESXi host.

During the initial phase of adding shared storage to an ESXi host, LUN devices are presented to the ESXi host. The presentation is achieved at the storage and fabric levels. We will not get into the details of how a LUN is presented using the storage or fabric management software as that is beyond the scope of this book.

Once the LUNs are made available to the ESXi hosts, you can then format them with VMFS to host the virtual machine files. The LUNs can also be presented as RAW volumes to the virtual machines, in which case they are called Raw Device Mappings (RDM). For more information on RDMs, refer to the recipe Attaching RDM to a virtual machine in Chapter 10, Creating and Managing Virtual Machines.

In this recipe, we will learn how to view the LUNs that are already presented to an ESXi host.

Getting ready

You need administrator access to the vCenter or root access to an ESXi...