Appendix—Load Balancing 83
To change the load balance policy using Windows Server 2008 disk
management:
1
From the desktop of the host, right-click
My Computer
and click
Manage
to open the
Computer Management
dialog box.
2
Click
Disk Management
to show the list of virtual disks attached to the
host.
3
Right-click the virtual disk for which you want to set the load balance
policy, then click
Properties
.
4
From the
MPIO
tab, select the load balance policy that you want to set for
this virtual disk.
Increasing Bandwidth With Multiple iSCSI Sessions
The PowerVault MD3600i Series storage array in a duplex configuration
supports two active/active asymmetric redundant controllers. Each controller
has two 10G Ethernet ports that support iSCSI. The bandwidth of the two
ports on the same controller can be aggregated to provide optimal
performance. A host can be configured to simultaneously use the bandwidth
of both the ports on a controller to access virtual disks owned by the
controller. The multi-path failover driver that Dell provides for the MD3600i
Series storage array can be used to configure the storage array so that all ports
are used for simultaneous I/O access. If the multi-path driver detects multiple
paths to the same virtual disk through the ports on the same controller, it
load-balances I/O access from the host across all ports on the controller.
Figure C-1 illustrates how the initiator can be configured to take advantage of
the load balancing capabilities of the multi-path failover driver.
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