
426 DS8800 Performance Monitoring and Tuning
11.1 Disk I/O architecture overview
The DS8000 currently supports the VMware high-end virtualization solution. Other VMware
products, such as VMware Server and Workstation, are not intended for the data center-class
environments where the DS8000 is typically used.
This chapter introduces the relevant logical configuration concepts needed to attach VMware
ESX/ESXi Server to a DS8800/DS8700 and focuses on performance-relevant configuration
and measuring options. For further information about how to set up ESX/ESXi Server with the
DS8000, see IBM System Storage DS8000 Architecture and Implementation, SG24-8886. ...