vSAN-enabled hypervisor clusters

Starting from HPE OneView 5.0, hypervisor cluster profiles support VMware vSAN-enabled ESXi hypervisor clusters. vSAN is configured on the ESXi hypervisor cluster. vSAN creates a single storage pool shared across all hosts in the vSAN cluster and eliminates the need for external shared storage thus simplifying storage configuration and virtual machine provisioning activities.

You can import a vSAN-enabled ESXi hypervisor cluster from vCenter into HPE OneView. You can also create the hypervisor cluster profile using an OS deployment plan and enable vSAN on the corresponding cluster in vCenter.

The following are the vSAN configurations that must be done on the ESXi hypervisor cluster using vCenter:
  • The vSAN kernel port creation on the ESXi host.

  • IP address assignment to the vSAN kernel port.

  • vSAN enablement and configuration.

NOTE:
  • The vSAN network must be created in HPE OneView as a general-purpose network.
  • The virtual switch name that is configured in the hypervisor cluster profile switch layout for the vSAN network must be the same as the virtual switch name on which the vSAN kernel port is configured in vCenter.
  • Using the hypervisor cluster profile, you cannot migrate virtual switches from Standard to Distributed type or conversely on a vSAN-enabled ESXi hypervisor cluster.

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