The setup that I used for this implementation is mentioned below :
-Two DELL PowerEdge R710 servers (ESXI01 and ESXI02)
-Implemented Open-E DSS V7 Active-Passive iSCSI Failover Cluster – using two VSA’s running on different ESXI 5.5 hosts
- Created VM and installed Open-E Node A on ESXI01
- Created VM and installed Open-E Node B on ESXI02
- Configured separate network interfaces for heartbeat, volume replication and WEB GUI management
- Configured a vSwitch on both ESXI hosts (ESXI01 and ESXI02)
- Added direct point-to-point connection between the above two ESXI hosts for reliable volume replication
- Configured iSCSI volumes and targets on Node A and Node B
- Configured replication task
- Configured failover cluster with multiple auxiliary paths
- Configured virtual target IP address
- Added target to cluster
- Configured iSCSI initiator
- Tested failover and failback functions successfully
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