Using Hardware iSCSI Initiators with ESX/ESXi hosts allows which of the following
tasks to be offloaded from the VMkernel? Select all that apply-
A.
Issuing SCSI commands to the virtual disk
B.
Mapping requests for blocks on the virtual disk to blocks on the appropriate physical
device
C.
Encapsulation of iSCSI PDUs into TCP/IP packets
D.
Encapsulation of I/O requests into iSCSI Protocol Data Units (PDUs)
Explanation:
iSCSI SAN Configuration Guide ESX 4.0 ESXi 4.0 vCenter Server 4.0, page 19.
If the iSCSI initiator is a hardware iSCSI initiator (iSCSI HBA), the HBA performs the
following tasks.
Encapsulates I/O requests into iSCSI Protocol Data Units (PDUs). [D above]
Encapsulates PDUs into TCP/IP packets. [C above]
Sends IP packets over Ethernet to the iSCSI storage system.