For NVMe-oF targets, ESX uses the High-Performance Plug-in by default; this multipathing module stands in for NMP on fast devices such as NVMe.
Also called High-Performance Plug-in.
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Terms in this definition
- ESX
VMware's bare-metal hypervisor, installed on each host in a VCF fleet. Up to version 9.0 it was known as ESXi.
- NMP
Handles failover and path choice for SCSI storage through two kinds of submodule, SATP and PSP, and is VMware's default multipathing module. For NVMe devices, HPP is used instead.
- Kerberos armoring
Wraps Kerberos pre-authentication in an encrypted tunnel; Group Policy must enable support on both clients and domain controllers.
- NVMe
Flash Optimized Azure Managed Redis keeps keys and hot values in memory while moving colder values, roughly 80 percent of capacity, onto this high-speed flash storage.
Related terms
- PSA
Multipathing on ESX is organised by this VMkernel framework, which sits above NMP, HPP and any multipathing plug-ins supplied by third parties and coordinates them.