Does anyone else here use vSphere with NetApp SANs? NetApp love NFS, but Exchange 2010 does not officially support it. The only other option is FCoE. How do other people with NetApps provision storage for a 2010 DAG - not standalone? iSCSI is not supported in a DAG leaving NFS/FCoE as the only options (not pure FC as that is not available)... I am having to work with what is provided so am interested to know how others do it as NetApps must be used in lots of places out there and NetApp love NFS.
Is FCoE the same as the FC mentioned below? I'm sure the servers work just fine on NFS storage as lets face it VMWare and NetApp work together and it is not a physical Exchange box connected to a NAS, but I need to be able to conform to MS requirements as far as possible.
Even with the latest SP2 UR6, does Microsoft still not support NFS for a VMWare deployment?
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/Exchange_2010_on_VMware_-_Best_Practices_Guide.pdf
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Microsoft does not currently support NFS for the Mailbox Server role (clustered or standalone).For Mailbox servers that belong to a Database Availability Group, only Fibre Channel is currently supported; iSCSI can be used for standalone mailbox servers. To see the most recent list of compatibilities please consult the latest VMware Compatibility Guides.