On the Array Management window of the Storage array go to the “Host Mappings” tab and right-click the name of the host, then select Define and click on “Host”Īssign a name to the ESX host, and click next ON iSCSI Software adapter click on properties, under the General tab click on on “Configure” to see the General Properties menu, select the iSCSI Name (this is the IQN that will be used to identify this host under the storage array) Type in one of the IP’s from the Storage Array:Īfter adding the iSCSI server IP a rescan of the HBA will be recommended, click on “Yes.”Īfter the HBA rescan is finished you should be able to see all the IP’s of the storage array on the Static Discovery tab. Go to the Dynamic Discovery and select “Add” Select the iSCSI software adapter and go to properties. Under the Network Configuration tab we are going to add the vMKernel we created by clicking “Add.” Under properties click on “Configure” to see the General Properties menu, make sure Status is set to “Enabled”
Once the new iSCSI Software adapter has been created click on properties: Under the configuration tab on Vsphere click on storage array Adapters, right click on an empty area and select “Add Software iSCSI adapter” (AT THIS POINT JUMBO FRAMES, FLOW CONTROL, AND RAPID SPANNING-TREE PROTOCOL NEED TO BE ENABLED ON YOUR ISCSI SWITCH, AND UNICAST STORM CONTROL DISABLED) IPV6 needs to be unchecked, and MTU needs to be set to 9000 in the advanced port settings.Īll the ports on the controllers need to be changed to the correct IP’s, No need to have Gateway.ĮNABLE VMWARE iSCSI SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION (IF YOUR STORAGE ARRAY LOOKS DIFFERENT, PLEASE UPGRADE TO THE NEWEST FIRMWARE FIRST) Go to the setup tab and click on “Configure iSCSI Host Ports.” Under MDSM right-click on the array and click on “Manage Storage Array.” The VMKernel and the vSwitch both need to have their MTU set to 9000 (JUMBO FRAMES). Please note that only one(1) VMnic is selected.ĪFTER THE FIRST VSWITCH IS CREATED A SECOND VSWITCH NEEDS TO BE CREATED AS THE PICTURE BELOW.Īfter the vswitches have been created, go to the properties menu of each of the switches and click on edit. Under connection types select “VMKernel.”Īt the next menu screen we want to select “Create a VSphere standard Switch” for creating switch. Within the ESX host go to the configuration tab and select “Add Networking.” (Please note each controller has access to the same 4 subnets.) The IP configuration needs to have 4 subnets per host, two subnets are going to each switch.
The SAN cabling configuration is made in case expansion to multiple hosts is required in the future. Physical configuration should be similar as below, server can be connected to only one (1) switch if needed but will have no redundancy.
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