Could someone confirm I have set this server up in a recommended way for ISCSI speed and resiliance?
1.x ESXI 5.1 / vCenter 5.1
1 x Equalogic SAN
1 x Poweredge R510 with a broadcom 5709 DUAL PORT
2 x Extreme switches dedicated for SAN with jumbo frames enabled.
Configuration/Networking section:
1 x vSwitch for the SAN network (MTU 9000 on the vSwitch)
2 x port groups within the vSwitch
each port group has its own IP on the san range and MTU set at 9000
each port group has 'override switch failover order' ticked with one active and one unused NIC port on each one.
Configuration/Storage Adaptors section:
The broadcom shows TWO ISCSI intiators.
each intiator has ONE port group from the vswitch associated with it under Network Configuration TAB.
each intiator has dynamic discovery enabled and has picked up the LUN.
Configuration/Storage secion:
Under the properties of the LUN, clicking the 'Manage Paths' button.
Round Robin (Vmware) is enabled.
Based on the hardware is this setup how you would have it setup?
