topic NCM for vSphere in Array Setup and Networking https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/ncm-for-vsphere/m-p/6984639#M1380 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is this NCM extension needed for only iSCSI MPIO or is it also for Fiber Channel connections too? </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 22:28:11 GMT joeinca 2016-02-22T22:28:11Z NCM for vSphere https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/ncm-for-vsphere/m-p/6984639#M1380 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is this NCM extension needed for only iSCSI MPIO or is it also for Fiber Channel connections too? </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 22:28:11 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/ncm-for-vsphere/m-p/6984639#M1380 joeinca 2016-02-22T22:28:11Z Re: NCM for vSphere https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/ncm-for-vsphere/m-p/6984640#M1381 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>For FC implementation; we strongly recommend customer also install NCM on vSphere ESX.</P><P>Despite it works well with VMware native round-robin multipath policy; having NCM setup will also install "Nimble Path Selection Plugin (PSP)" which helps automatically directs the I/O request for a Nimble Storage device to the most favorable route; result better performance.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Feb 2016 04:57:48 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/ncm-for-vsphere/m-p/6984640#M1381 thomas_lam 2016-02-24T04:57:48Z