ISCSI storage with UCS

Hi All,
Can i ask a question with regards to connecting iSCSI storage to use with UCS. We are looking at using Nimble storage which is iSCSI based & want to understand best practise recommendations on how to connect it to UCS to get the best level of performance & reliability/ resilience etc.
Another question is more around how VMware deals with loss of connectivity to one path (where dual connections are setup, from storage to fabrics), would it re-route traffic to running path?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Kassim

Hello Kassim,
Currently Nimble iSCSI storage is certified with UCS 2.0.3 firmware version.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/interoperability/matrix/r_hcl_B_rel2.03.pdf
The following guide can serve as reference.
Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solution with Nimble Storage Reference Architecture
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns836/ns978/guide_c07-719522.pdf
In above setup, ESXi software iSCSi multipathing with PSP Round Robin algorithm is implemented to take to care of load balancing IO and failover with dual paths.
HTH
Padma

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