Configuring Vvol for EMC Unity 300

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Configuring Vvol for EMC Unity 300

For configuring Vvol between EMC Unity 300 and VMWare use following steps:

At EMC Side

1. Under Storage -> Block go to ISCSI Interfaces and give IPs for iSCSI for both Storage processors
2. Under Storage -> Pools create required pools
3. Under Storage -> VMWare create required capability profiles
4. Under Access -> VMWare both vCenter and ESXi hosts should appear properly
5. Under Storage -> VMWare under datastore create required datastore and give access to required ESXi hosts

At VMWare Side

1. Create required storage switch with desired kernel port using available NICs for storage access
2. In hosts and clusters view go to Host. Go to configure. Select storage adapters. Scroll down the list to get to last iSCSI software adapter
3. After selecting iSCSI software adapter under network port binding add the kernel port created in step 1
4. Then for same software adapter under Target add IP addresses given to all four storage processors for EMC storage (previous step 1)
5. Rescan iSCSI software initiator adapter
6. After rescan under paths additional paths should be visible
7. Go to host and then go to datastore. Try to add datastore of type Vvol.