Setting up your ESXi storage in traditional environments, includes configuring your storage systems and devices, enabling storage adapters, and creating datastores.
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What Types of Physical Storage Does ESXi Support ESXi storage management process starts with storage space that your storage administrator preallocates on different storage systems. ESXi supports local storage and networked storage. Viewing Storage Devices Available to an ESXi Host ESXi host connects to block-based storage systems, LUNs or storage devices that support ESXi become available to the host. View Storage Adapters Available on an ESXi Host ESXi host to a specific storage unit or network. ESXi supports different classes of adapters, including SCSI, NVMe, iSCSI, RAID, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and Ethernet. ESXi accesses the adapters directly through device drivers in the VMkernel.Characteristics of ESXi Datastores ESXi hosts and analyze their properties. Using Persistent Memory Devices with ESXi ESXi supports next generation persistent memory devices, also known as Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) devices. These devices combine performance and speed of memory with the persistence of traditional storage. They can retain stored data through reboots or power source failures. Using ESXi with a SAN ESXi with a SAN improves flexibility, efficiency, and reliability. Using ESXi with a SAN also supports centralized management, failover, and load balancing technologies.
