Overview

This section describes the validation of external SAN (Storage Area Network) appliances used as backend storage for OpenNebula’s datastores. It focuses on ensuring compatibility, performance, and proper configuration of iSCSI-based block storage across different enterprise-grade storage vendors. Each guide outlines the required setup steps to integrate the storage array with OpenNebula hosts, including iSCSI initiator configuration, LUN or volume creation, and host-to-storage mappings. While vendor-specific tools and interfaces differ, the core validation approach remains consistent: verifying that the exported block devices are properly discovered, accessible via multipath, and usable for LVM thin provisioning within OpenNebula.