ESXi Fibre Channel SAN Requirements
In preparation for configuring your SAN and setting up your ESXi system to use SAN storage, review the requirements and recommendations.
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ESXi supports Fibre Channel (FC), a storage protocol that the SAN uses to transfer data traffic from hosts to shared storage. This section provides introductory information about how to use ESXi with Fibre Channel SAN. THIS DOCUMENT AND THE INFORMATION FURNISHED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. MARVELL AND ITS AFFILIATES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM AND MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES, WHETHER EXPRESS, ORAL, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, ARISING BY OPERATION OF LAW, OR AS A RESULT OF USAGE OF TRADE. The first level of VMware ESXi is the host (ESXi machine), which is the actual server that includes the host bus adapter and the NVMe SCSI support. The host manages both hardware resource and virtualized components by using the GUI and CLI (esxcli). Check the compatibility of your Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) and Brocade Fibre Channel switches with the VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide.