ESXi supports FCoE storage and up to 5 node WSFC clusters.
- ESXi supports FCoE for Windows Server 2012 and above releases. Windows Server 2008 SP2 and earlier are not supported.
- Cluster-across-box (CAB) and cluster-in-a-box (CIB) are supported. A mixture of CAB and CIB is not supported.
- CAB configurations are supported with some cluster nodes on physical hosts. In a CAB configuration, a max of one virtual machine in a host can see a LUN.
- Clustered VMDK is not supported on a datastore connected over FCoE.
- N+1 cluster configuration, in which one ESXi host has virtual machines which are secondary nodes and one primary node is a physical box are supported.
- Required DRS affinity (CIB) or Anti-affinity (CAB) rules for WSFC virtual machines.
- All hosts must be running FCoE initiators. Mixed cluster nodes running FC and FCoE are not supported.
- Mixed mode FCoE configuration is supported.