Virtualization’s impact on drivers and switches
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Virtualization's impact on drivers and switches
HBA, Virtualization and hardware, Switches, Drivers
What is virtualization’s impact on HBA drivers and zoning switches?
ASKED: Jan 23 2009  8:44 PM GMT
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This answer was submitted by virtualization expert Rick Vanover:

Virtualization's impact is substantial. In some cases, such as VMware's ESX, it effects the server provisioning process because VMware ESX provides the drivers for various HBA's and storage systems. From the switch perspective, it makes obtaining information about the number of paths a little different from what is done on other operating systems. Here are some good resources to check out what administrators are doing in this area:

Troubleshooting SAN configurations:
http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid179_gci1282176,00.html

Proprietary drivers explained, enlightened:
http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/proprietary-esx-drivers-explained-enlightened/
Last Answered: Jan 23 2009  8:48 PM GMT by SearchServerVirtualization ATE   385 pts.
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