iSCSI configuration for VMware VSphere vCenter 5.1

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1. Select "Add Network"

2. Select the "VMkernel" connection type

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3. Select Create a vsphere standard switch and select two physical network adapters dedicated to iSCSI

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4. Set "Network label" to ISCSI01, if VLAN, enter VLAN ID, do not need to tick any other option

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5. Enter the IP address information that must be stored on the same network segment as the iSCSI

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6. The soon-to-be-completed

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7. Complete the virtual network after adding iSCSI01, select the standard switch "VSWITCH2" and select "Properties"

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8. Select "Add"

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9. Select "VMkernel"

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10. Set the network label to "ISCSI02", other settings such as "iSCSI01"

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11. Set the IP address

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12. Nearing completion

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13. Complete the addition of the iscsi02 Vmkernel, then select "ISCSI01" and select "Edit"

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14. Select the "NIC Bindings" tab,

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15. Tick "Alternate switch failover Sequence" and select Network card VMNIC5, move the NIC to "unused adapter" by "Move Down", leave "vmnic2" on "Active adapter", then "OK save"

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16. Select "ISCSI02" and select "Edit"

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17. Switch to the "network adapter Bindings" tab and tick "Alternate switch failover Sequence"

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18. Select the "vmnic2" physical network card, with the "name" of the network card in the "unused adapter", leaving "vmnic5" in the "Active adapter", and iscsi01 just the opposite.

That is, the iscsi01 Vmkernel is bound to the VMNIC2 physical network card, and Iscsi02 's vmkernel is bound to the VMNIC5 physical network card

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19. Select "VSwitch" and select "Edit"

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20. Switch to the "General" tab and set the "MTU" to 9000

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21. As with "vswitch", change the MTU of ISCSI01 to 9000

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22. As with "vswitch", change the MTU of ISCSI02 to 9000

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Note: The MTU setting requires an end-to-end setting, where both the Vmkernel and the virtual switch are set to the MTU of 9000, while the physical switch corresponds to the physical port and physical switch to be set to 9000 MTU, while the storage also needs to be set to support 9000 MTU, If one of the links is not set, the effect will decrease.

23. After two ESXi hosts have completed the virtual network setup, the virtual network settings of the ESXi host are all the same except for the IP, and the network sign and the physical NIC bindings are all the same

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24. Select the host, select "Configure", "Hardware" select "Storage Adapter" and select "Add" on the right.

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25. Select "Address software ISCSI Adapter"

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26. Select "OK"

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27. Select "Vmhba33" under "ISCSI software Adapter" and select "Properties"

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28. Select "Configure" in the "General" selection card

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29. Set the iSCSI name and select OK

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30. Switch to "network Configuration" and select "Add"

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31. Select the "iSCSI01" Port Group and select "OK"

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32. In the Vmkernel port binding, display the newly added ISCSI01 Port Group and display Group Policy as compliant, select Add, add iscsi02 port Group

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33. Select "ISCSI02"

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34. Complete the post-add effect of the iscsi01 and iscsi02 ports

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35. Switch to "dynamic discovery" and select "Add"

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Enter the IP address of the iSCSI storage in the iSCSI server, the port remains the default

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37. Complete the iSCSI Storage address additions and select "Off"

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38. Select "Yes" to rescan the host's HBA card

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39. Complete Multipath Network setup for iSCSI storage and add iSCSI storage, select Vmhba33, "Devices" below, display two storage LUNs

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40. Select "Memory" and select "Add Storage"

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41. Select "Disk/lun" memory type

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42. Select a stored Lun

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43. Select the file system version, this time select Vmfs-5

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44. Display the relevant partition information for the LUN you just selected

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45. Enter the data store name

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46. Set the capacity size

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47. Display related Information

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48. Complete the addition of disk storage and format the file system

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iSCSI configuration for VMware VSphere vCenter 5.1