DeWalt MD3220I manual Associate VMkernel Ports to Physical Adapters

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Dell PowerVault MD32xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software

Click Next after you have selected the chosen adapters. For now keep the defaults listed in the Failover Order screen and click Next. Review the adapters listed and click Finish completing the process.

These adapters will now show up in the GUI under the Network Adapters tab.

Step4: Associate VMkernel Ports to Physical Adapters

The next step is used to create the individual path bindings for each VMkernel to a NIC. This is required in order to take advantage of the new advanced features such as Most Recently Used(MRU) MPIO or 3rd party MPIO plug-ins available from Dell.

From our previous step there are 3 VMkernel ports and 3 NICs. This means that each NIC will have 1 VMkernel ports assigned to it. Again, each environment will differ and these numbers can change based on the number of NICs and the number of paths assigned.

This process can be done either via CLI or through the vCenter GUI.

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Contents Page Page Table of Contents Terminology/Glossary Introduction Implementing ESX4.1 on the MD32xxi Storage ArrayArchitectural Setup Supported Hardware and SoftwareEstablishing Sessions to a SAN PowerVault MD32xxi Storage Setup and Configuration Select Manually Define Hosts Page ISCSI Software Initiator Configuration on ESX4.1 Server Select Configuration-Security Profile on the ESX serverPage Page Clustering with ESX4.1 / Creating DRS Clusters Configure vSwitch & Enable Jumbo Frames Add iSCSI VMkernel PortsPage Assign Network Adapters Page Page Associate VMkernel Ports to Physical Adapters Page Page Enable VMware iSCSI Software Initiator Page Binding VMkernel Ports to iSCSI Software Initiator Static Connect to PowerVault MD32XXi Storage Click the Dynamic Discovery tabPage Page Page Connect to a Volume on PowerVault SAN Contact Information Enabling VMware Native Multipathing MRUStep A2 Add iSCSI VMkernel Ports Step A1 Configure vSwitch and Enable Jumbo FramesAppendix a Networking Step A3 Assign Network Adapters Step A4 Associate VMkernel Ports to Physical Adapters Page Step A5 Enable VMware iSCSI Software Initiator Step A6 Binding VMkernel Ports to iSCSI Software InitiatorPage Vmk5 iSCSI6 IPv4 Step A7 Connect to the Dell PowerVault Storage