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In a direct-connect environment, the same principles can be achieved with two more HBA or HBA
ports; however, the configuration is slightly different, as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4. EVA/vSphere 4.x and 5.0 direct-connect topology
If the direct-connect configuration were to use two rather than four HBA ports, there would be a one-
to-one relationship between every HBA and controller. Thus, a controller failover would result in an
HBA failover and vice versa, creating a configuration that is not ideal.
In order to implement the recommended topology shown in Figure 3, all vSphere hosts must have their
EVA host profiles set to VMware in Command View EVA, as shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5. EVA host profile for a vSphere host
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