{"id":446,"date":"2012-02-12T19:10:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T18:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/?p=446"},"modified":"2018-05-23T18:00:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T16:00:48","slug":"hp-ml110-g7-and-vt-d-directpath-io-configuration-and-vmware-ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/?p=446","title":{"rendered":"HP ML110 G7 and VT-d DirectPath I\/O Configuration and VMware FT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had quiet a few questions over the past days about the HP ProLiant ML110 G7. And here are some screenshots aboutabout using Intel VT-d or DirectPath I\/O and VMware FT.<\/p>\n<p>To use the Intel VT-d DirectPath I\/O you need to make sure that Intel VT-d is enabled in the BIOS of the ML110 G7. Then you can assign any non used PCIe card that supports it for DirectPath I\/O configuration. Assigning a PCIe device for DirectPath I\/O configuration requires the ESXi to reboot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_447\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/02\/ML110G7-and-VT-d-DirectPath-IO-Configuration.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-447\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-447   \" title=\"ML110G7 and VT-d DirectPath IO Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/02\/ML110G7-and-VT-d-DirectPath-IO-Configuration-1024x676.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ML110G7-and-VT-d-DirectPath-IO-Configuration-1024x676.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ML110G7-and-VT-d-DirectPath-IO-Configuration-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ML110G7-and-VT-d-DirectPath-IO-Configuration.png 1101w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ML110G7 and VT-d DirectPath IO Configuration<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here is a close up on the SmartArray P212 select for Passthrough mode.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_451\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/02\/SmartArray-P212-in-Passthrough-mode.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-451\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-451 \" title=\"SmartArray P212 in Passthrough mode\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/02\/SmartArray-P212-in-Passthrough-mode.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/SmartArray-P212-in-Passthrough-mode.png 558w, https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/SmartArray-P212-in-Passthrough-mode-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SmartArray P212 in Passthrough mode<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The second question I got a few time is can I also use VMware FT. Yes you can, theIntel E3 Xeon CPU are recent enough to support the Lockstep process of VMware FT. Here is a screenshot of my vShield Manager appliance running with VMware FT protection between two HP Proliant ML110 G7.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_448\" style=\"width: 582px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/02\/VMware-FT-on-ML110G7.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-448 \" title=\"VMware FT on ML110G7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/02\/VMware-FT-on-ML110G7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/VMware-FT-on-ML110G7.png 817w, https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/VMware-FT-on-ML110G7-300x246.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VMware FT on ML110G7<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So Just to resume, the HP ProliantML110 G7 is an awesome system for ESXi 5.0 and allows you to use VMware HA &amp; DRS, VMware FT, DirecPath I\/O mode (VT-d), VMware Distributed Power Management via the HP iLO3 module.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had quiet a few questions over the past days about the HP ProLiant ML110 G7. And here are some screenshots aboutabout using Intel VT-d or DirectPath I\/O and VMware FT. To use the Intel VT-d DirectPath I\/O you need to make sure that Intel VT-d is enabled in the BIOS of the ML110 G7. 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