Implementing storage cluster - Open-E DSS V7 Active-Passive iSCSI SAN Failover Cluster

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

Note :

Detailed configuration guide is given in Open-E website itself