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manish_r_k
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iSCSI Hardware initiator configuration.



Hi,


 Is there a way to configure the iSCSI H/W initiator card on Host to be configured for direct access to a vmware guest?


 Can it be done in a similar way as done for Fibre channel cards that can be configured as Direct I/O to the guest?


Regards


-Manish RK-
 

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vmroyale
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Note: Discussion successfully moved from vSphere Guest SDK to VMware ESXi 5

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a_nut_in
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Hi Manish,

iSCSI cards are not supported as passthrough devices.

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You could try Microsoft's iSCSI initiator or RDM's that will allow you to pass a LUN directly to the guest

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