Storage Foundation functionality and compatibility matrix
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Storage Foundation functionality and compatibility matrix

Table: Storage Foundation functionality and compatibility matrix with VMware disk modes shows the Storage Foundation functionality and compatibility with VMware ESXi disk modes.

Table: Storage Foundation functionality and compatibility matrix with VMware disk modes

Storage Foundation

VMware ESXi disk mode: Virtual Disk (VMDK)

VMware ESXi disk mode: Raw Device Mapping Logical mode

VMware ESXi disk mode: Raw Device Mapping Physical mode

VxVM Disk format: simple, sliced

Yes

Yes

Yes

VxVM Disk format: cdsdisk

Yes

Yes

Yes

I/O fencing

Yes (with non-SCSI3-PR based fencing)1

Yes (with non-SCSI3-PR based fencing) 1

Yes (with disks configured in RDM-P mode) 1

Portable Data Containers

No

No

Yes

Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the guest

No 2

No 2

No 2

Volume Replicator

Yes

Yes

Yes

CVM/VVR

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bunker node (non-CVM environment)

Yes

Yes

Yes

DDL extended attributes

No

No

Yes

Thin reclamation

No

No

Yes

1. Details are provided in the section on I/O fencing.

See I/O fencing considerations in an ESXi environment.

2. Although DMP does not perform multi-pathing in the VM, DMP is an integral part of the data path of Storage Foundation products and cannot be disabled. DMP performs device management tasks such as device discovery and thin reclamation.

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