Connection Between Oracle FS Systems and vSphere Overview

An Oracle FS System must be connected to the vSphere environment for you to be able to view and manage storage systems.

Besides the physical connection of the Oracle FS System to the vSphere environment, the vSphere software only becomes aware that an Oracle FS System is connected under the following circumstances:

An Oracle FS System LUN is mapped to that ESX host.
You manually add an Oracle FS System.

Note: If you change the IP address of an Oracle FS System, reboot the ESX host to which the associated LUNs are mapped. Otherwise, the Oracle FS System fails to authenticate.

Any Oracle FS System that is connected to the vSphere environment is listed in the Oracle FS System tab for hosts. You connect an Oracle FS System to the vSphere environment in the Select Oracle FS System page that appears when you right-click an ESX host in the vSphere inventory tree and select a management task from the Manage Oracle FS Storage context menu.