As of vsphere 6 5 update 2 release vmw satp local provides multipathing support for the local devices except the devices in 4k native format.
Direct attached storage vmware.
For more information about adding hard disks to virtual machines see the vmware vsphere documentation.
Adding direct attached or san storage volumes in vmware vsphere.
Vmw satp local satp for local direct attached devices.
Yes no firmwareversion.
You must restart the virtual machine or the add rangedbs rb script might not find the new drives.
Self service web based support resources such as the knowledge base and vmware communities are also available.
The storage infrastructure s reliability depends on the virtual san and its commodity hardware however.
Storage virtual appliance only.
Using commodity servers the backbone of hyperconverged infrastructure enables design of low cost and scalable storage environments.
Technical support for vmware products is available online or by phone depending on your support offering.
Restart the virtual machine.
But there are numerous small and medium sized virtualization installations that run these virtual san technologies without the use of traditional storage products.
Virtual desktop infrastructures running on direct attached storage.
This type of storage does not require a storage network to communicate with your host but prevents you from using vsphere features that require shared storage such as high.
Esxi includes several generic satp modules for storage arrays.
The major players microsoft vmware and xen all provide support for using direct attached storage das network attached storage nas or storage area networks sans.
Direct attached storage internal hard disks or external storage systems attached to the esxi host through a direct connection using procotols such as sas or sata.
For leveraging of existing storage solutions such as san nas or direct attached storage on x86 industry standard hardware sds delivers complete flexibility.