Configuring ISCSI

[peter79]

Guys,

I'm setting up an office with 2 ESX servers and will be connecting to NAS using software ISCSI. The office will be using a 172.17.162.X network. There is a separate subnet for ISCSI.

The service consoles and vmkernel will be on different subnets. WIll I need to create a second service console and attach it to the vmkernel?

[mocal]

not so much attach it to the vmkernal, but attach it to the vswitch that the vmkernal is attached too.

[weinstein5]

If you can not route between the two subnets then yes you will need a second Service Console port - the easiest way is to put in on the same vswitch as yor vmkernel port that is on the iSCSI network -

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[prakashraj · Accepted solution]

Hi,

If iSCSI is in seperate subnet you need to have service console network port and vmkernal IP storage network port for that subnet for the software iSCSI initiator to work

Prakash