VMM 2016 supports block-level storage devices and file storage solutions:
- Block-level storage devices
- These expose logical unit numbers (LUNs) for storage, using fiber channel, iSCSI, and SAS connection mechanisms. You can integrate these arrays with VMM using a storage provider, meaning that you will be able to manage the arrays through the VMM console.
- The supported storage providers in VMM 2016 are as follows:
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- SMI-S CIM-XML: VMM 2016 uses SMAPI to interconnect with the SMI-S compliant server. This in turn uses the Microsoft standards-based Storage Management Service (SMS) to communicate with the SMI-S external storage.
If your storage is SMI-S compatible and provider is not embedded, install ...