VMware KB: Disabling auto-registration to EMC CX-4 storage arrays

VMware KB: Disabling auto-registration to EMC CX-4 storage arrays:
In some cases, you may need to disable the auto-registration feature that is enabled by default for EMC CLARiiON arrays on vSphere and use manual registration. To perform manual registration using storage management software, turn off the ESX/ESXi auto-registration feature.

To disable the auto-registration feature:

1. In the vSphere Client, select the host in the inventory.
2. Click the Configuration tab and click Advanced Settings under Software.
3. Select Disk in the left panel and scroll to Disk.EnableNaviReg.
4. Change the default value to 0.
5. Reboot the ESX host for the changes to take effect.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1027029

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Need Cisco drivers during the VMWare installation

- Find the drivers you need (the Cisco drivers were here: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/5_0#drivers_tools?cc=www&client=VMware_Site&entqr=0&ud=1&num=20&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=VMware_gsa_Site&site=VMware_Site&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=download%20drivers&x=0&y=0 )

- Use this KB (http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2005205) to add async drives to the ISO.

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