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Here is a generic high level view of the vVol Architecture. Make note that the Control/Management Path is separate from the Data Path. |
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Note:
Binding and unbinding is automatic. Do not manually bind a vVol to an ESXi host.
FlashArrays only bind vVols to ESXi hosts that make requests; they do not bind them to host groups.
If multiple PEs are presented to an ESXi host, the host selects one at random to satisfy each bind request. Array administrators cannot control which PE is used for a bind.
This blog post contains a detailed description of ESXi host to PE to vVol binding.
The end user should never need to manually connect a vVol to a FlashArray Host or Hostgroup.