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This chapter contains information about SCSI disks. These disks may be accessed by local SCSI adapters, or on a Storage Area Network (SAN) by Fibre Channel adapters. Therefore, whenever we describe SCSI adapters in this chapter, these descriptions also apply to Fibre Channel adapters, even though they are not explicitly mentioned.

This chapter provides the following information:

• File System Management on SCSI Disks and RAID
  • Viewing and Manipulating Files in the /vmfs Directory
  • VMFS Volumes
  • VMFS Accessibility
• Using vmkfstools
  • Labelling VMFS Volumes
• Determining SCSI Target IDs
• Sharing the SCSI Bus
• Using Storage Area Networks with ESX Server
  • Changing VMkernel Configuration Options for SANs
  • Configuring VMFS Volumes on SANs
• Using Persistent Binding
• Using Multipathing in ESX Server
  • Viewing the Current Multipathing State
  • Setting Your Multipathing Policy for a LUN
  • Specifying Paths