I have got my ISCSI setup running against an AX150i, SPA has IPs 172.31.1.1 and 172.31.1.2, SPB has IPs 172.31.1.3 and 172.31.1.4. (NOTE: I read somewhere that having all four ports in the same network is not a valid config for a Linux box and it shoudl be 172.31.1.1, 172.31.2.1, 172.31.1.2 and 172.31.2.2!).

I have set both NICs to the same VSwitch and both nics are hard wired into a switch which is then connected to all four ports on the AX150i.

Viewing the performance of the ESX server via virtual center I can see there is no traffic going across the secondary NIC (unless I make it the primary NIC then it takes the traffic just fine). The failover works great as well so I know the connections are correct.

I have seen two locations to adjust load balancing one is in the Virtual switch and the other is the kernel.

So, how do I make the system balance the load across the two NICs? What option should I use for load balancing and in the switch and/or the kernel? Mac hash?

Thanks,
Bob

PS The load balancing on the ax150i with Powerpath when running Windows works great so I know (or think) it is not the AX150, but rather my configuartion in ESX.